Customizing new PM Notification type and other related components

Customizing new PM Notification type and other related components

1. Defining new notification
   type (I.E  B1) :

• Go to SPRO IMG - > Plant
  Maintenance and Customer Service - > Maintenance and Service Processing
  -> Maintenance and Service Notifications ->Notification Creation - > Notification
  Types - > Define Notification Types

• Press on "New Entries"
  button

• Fill the data fields like
  in the screen beneath (As to Catalog profile: I will explain in details what Catalog
  profile is and how to use it in different technical document). Press save when
  you finish filling up the details.

1. Assigning number range to
   the new notification type you have created:

• Go to SPRO IMG - > Plant
  Maintenance and Customer Service - > Maintenance and Service Processing
  -> Maintenance and Service Notifications -> Notification Creation - >
  Notification Types - > Define Number Ranges

• Now there are two options :
  • Create new Group with new
    number range
  • Assign notification type
    you've created to existing group with existing number range.

Creating new group with new number range

• Press on
• In next screen press on
  Group menu in upper part of the screen and then press Insert (Or press F6)

• In next screen type the
  name of the new group and submit the lower and upper limit of group's number
  range. You can also check the check box "Ext" - then the number range
  is external number range, meaning the user will have to type notification's
  code by himself instead of notification's code will be determined by the system
  if you uncheck this field (number range will be internal ' code will be
  determined by the system).

Tip: Choose External number range only if
there is any logic to notification's code numbering (i.e xxx/yyy/zzz).

• After you've created the
  new group there is one thing left : assigning notification type you've created
  to this group:
  1. Find your notification type in "Not assigned" - lower
     part of screen

1. Click on it
2. Check the group you wish to assign the notification type to

1. Press save , and save it to relevant CR code

• Here there are fewer steps
  to be done. Remember that existing groups already contain number ranges as a
  part of the group. As a matter of fact, only the last 4 steps mentioned in
  previous paragraph are necessary:
  1. Find your notification type in "Not assigned" - lower
     part of screen

1. Click on it
2. Check the group you wish to assign the notification type to

1. Press save , and save it to relevant CR code

1. Build screen structure for
   your notification type

• Go to SPRO IMG - > Plant
  Maintenance and Customer Service - > Maintenance and Service Processing
  -> Maintenance and Service Notifications -> Overview of Notification Type

• Here you should find the
  notification type you've created and mark that row

• Then, you should double
  click on the library icon named Screen Areas in Notification (first icon from up,
  in the left part menu - shown in print screen above)
  
  
  
  
• The screen which will open
  should be configured like this (screen type hdr = "H100" , ScrnType
  Object = "O100") :

• If this is the case ,
  double click on "Screen Structure for Extended View" library icon
  (second from up) this step is crucial for notification's type screens
  structure
• The following screen will
  appear
  
  
  
  
• The values in the left
  column determine notification's type main tabs. Here we can see that there will
  be 4 tabs for this notification's type "BA"
  
  
• Press on Tab's field search
  help button , and choose from that code bulk

• Every code has different
  tab's structure. Tip: You can change Tab's header to other tab's name for your convenience.  For example I changed 10\TAB19 tab name to
  "Attached Files".

• After you've finished
  choosing and submitting tab codes don't forget to save changes to relevant CR.
• Go back to this screen :

• Now you will built, in very
  similar manner , the inside screen parts of each tab you chose to configure
• Mark relevant tab row , and
  press in upper screen menu on Magnifying Glass button ("details" button
  
  
  
• The following screen will
  appear :

• You can name the Tab header
  here (tab header was mentioned in previous sections)
• The lower screen part is
  crucial for each tab inside structure (inside screen parts)
• Choose in the following fields:
  Screen area 1, Screen area 2, Screen area 3, Screen area 4, and Screen area 5
  the proper built in SAP codes. The order of inside screen parts is determined
  like this: first screen part will be the one that its code was submitted to
  Screen area 1, second one that its code was submitted to Screen area 2 and so
  on…
  
  
  
• For example my 10\TAB01 tab
  is configured like that :

• Don't forget to save every
  change to relevant CR.

1. These three major steps are
   main configuration step for creating new notification type. Your notification
   will work, just run it in IW21 tcode.
2. There are many additional
   configuration options for notification type like using catalog profiles, partner
   determination procedures and priority profiles (PM notification is a very
   powerful tool (!)). I will explain in detail those options in the following
   technical document.