Definition of Alternative Names
You use this function to specify alternative names for the following resource types:
Vehicle resource (see Vehicle Resource)
Handling resource (see Handling Resource)
Transportation Unit resource (see Transportation Unit Resource)
Alternative names only play a role for selecting and displaying resources.
Prerequisites
You have created a resource. For more information, see Creating Handling, Vehicle, and Calendar Resources.
You have specified categories of alternative names in Customizing for SAP Transportation Management (SAP TM) under
Transportation Management
Master Data
Resources
Specify Categories of Alternative Names
.
Activities
On the SAP Easy Access
screen or in SAP NetWeaver Business Client, you assign categories of alternative names to resources and specify alternative names on the Change Resources: Header Data
screen by choosing the Alternative Names
tab page. Note that an alternative name has to be unique within an alternative name category.
Example
Resource 001000815 is a vehicle resource. For this resource, you have specified the alternative name TRUCK_007 for the category OURCUSTOMERS_RES_1. No other resource can have this alternative name within this category.