Questions Answers on PM Equipment

Equipment

Q: How do you create a new equipment category in customising? A: IMG>plant maintenance>master data in plant maintenance>technical objects>equipment>equipment categories>maintain equipment category.

Q: What functions are determined by the category of the equipment? A: In the IMG transaction for defining equipment categories, reference category, change documents, alphanumerical numbering, work flow event, object information key, view profile can also define additional business views and number ranges in other transactions.

Q: What settings in customising are available to create a view profile. A: Using the transaction in the IMG >technical objects>general data>set view profiles for technical objects the following settings are possible: Screen group by technical object (floc, equip), Tab number, description, active tab indicator, 4 possible sub screens per tab, 18 sub screens available for choice, icons and texts.

Q: Which business views can be activated in addition to the view profile? A: PRTs, SD data, Config, Serialisation, Other data.

Q: What transaction is used to allow the equipment category to be installed at the functional location also what transaction is used for the usage of equipment to be defined, what other settings are possible? A: Transaction OIEP, define installation at functional location, indicator for install. OIEH for defining usage history, mark the time segment field with an X (yes).

Q: To review changes made to an equipment over a period of time what functionality is used, what settings are made in customising? A: Extras>action log displays changes in the master data, change documents must be activated in customising.

Bills of Materials Q: What is the usage type for BOMs in plant maintenance, where in customising is this defined, what usage indicators are available? A: Usage 4 is for PM, transaction OICD change BOM usage details the usage options, production, end/design, spare parts, pm, sales and costing.

Q: What other BOM usage types are available? A: Production, Engineering Design, Spare Parts, Sales and costing.

Q: What default item categories are predefined in the system, what customising transaction is used? A: Transaction OICK, define item categories in customising is used, D - document item, I PM structure element, K class item, L stock item, M intra material, N son stock item, R variable size item and T text item.

Plant Maintenance Q & A - Rept & Analyses - Mgt of Task Lists Reporting & Analyses Q: What are the components of the maintenance history? A: Completed notifications, completed and historical orders, usage lists.

Q: How can you display a list of install locations for a piece of equipment? A: In transaction IE02, change equipment use the menu path >extras>usage list, ensure location field is displayed in the current variant.

Q: What are the central modules for evaluations and analysis in the PMIS? A: Information structures form the basis for standard analysis, they contain a combination of characteristics and key figures with time base (period) The available information structures are: S016, S062, S063, S065, S115 and S116.

Q: What is standard analysis, what are available in SAP? A: Standard analysis are complete predefined analysis that stop at one of the standard information structures. The following are available: object class, manufacturer, location, planner group, damage analysis, object statistics, breakdown analysis, cost analysis.

Management of Task Lists Q: How is usage, status and increment controlled for the task list and how can these parameters be predefined for the user? A: From within the transaction IA05, create general task lists, status and increment are defined by populating the user profile with the parameter PIN and value of increment example 0000001.

Q: How does the control key come into the task list as default? A: The control key is copied from the work centre default values screen Q: What is the structure (main components) of a task list? A: The task list comprises of a header containing default data, an operations screen containing details of tasks to be performed during maintenance and there is an components screen containing spare part material information. There are also functions for relationships, PRTs and where applicable functions for inspection characteristics, service and maintenance packages.

Q: What types of task lists are available? A: Functional location, equipment and general task lists?

Q: What is different about general task lists? A: Unlike functional location and equipment task lists, general task lists are maintained independent of a object, the general task lists can be split by group, each group can have a maximum of 99 counters which can be regarded as

individual task lists. The functional location and equipment task lists are object dependent, the object acts as the group in this case and there can be 99 task lists per object.

Q: Making a cost estimate for a task list, how would you proceed? A: Use transaction IA16, evaluations>task list costing.

Q: What options are available for entry of task lists into a work order? A: Direct entry, to reference object, general task lists for assembly, general task lists for object structure and general task lists.

Q: Generate a where used list for a work centre, how do you proceed? A: Evaluations>work centre where used, transaction CA82.

Q: How do you create a configuration profile for configurable task lists? A: Plant maintenance>planned maintenance>maintenance task lists>task lists>general task lists>configuration profile>create

Is there an easy way to generate a list of PM orders with both the total planned hours and planned costs displayed?

Try IW40 transaction. The output is not printer friendly but these transactions give a whole lot of details. once you are in the report you can select the columns to be displayed for orders and operations and costs to get a good report.

How do you reload your Function Currently we have very old Function level and equipment numbering in our system. I want to delete all current data in the PM module and reload a new functional level structure and equipment catalog. What is the procedure to delete and reload this data?.al Level tables and etc. Closed all transaction data. Set deletion flag for existing one. Upload new structure.

How many types of PM order exists in SAP-PM? Following are the Standard PM Order types available in SAP, however additional order types can also be created on need basis PM01 Maintenance order PM02 Maintenance order PM03 Maintenance order/notification PM04 Refurbishment order PM05 Calibration order PM06 Capital investment order Calibration Order will be used to handle Equipment Calibration Process in SAP. When Calibration Order is created in SAP, an Inspection Lot is automatically assigned to that Order. This Inspection Lot can then be used further to perform Results Recording and Usage Decision for the Equipment that is to be calibrated. there are mainly 6 pm order exist in sap pm. pm01- preventive maintenance order pm02-breakdown maintenance order pm03-maintenance order pm04-refurbishment order pm05-calliberation order pm06-predective maintenance order