Change Type Affects Change Process (SAP Library - Engineering Change Management (LO-ECH))

Change Type Affects Change Process

The change process of an ECR / ECO is controlled by the change type.

The change type affects the change process due to the following factors:

You control the processing of the change master and of the change objects via different statuses.

See also:

You can specify whether a digital signature is necessary as an additional authorization check in certain processing situations.

Defining Change Types

You define change types in Customizing for Engineering Change Management. The following table contains the work steps.

Work Steps for Change Types

Work step	Object	Use
Define change types for master record	Change master record	You can control the whole change master record with these change types.
Define change types for objects	Change object	You can control a particular change object with these change types.