Throughout most of the GE Digital APM documentation, family field descriptions are provided in a table format, where the table describes the purpose and behavior of all fields that are defined for a specific family.
In ASI, however, most of the fields that are defined for families representing SAP items (e.g., Maintenance Plan) correspond directly to an SAP field. We assume that you are familiar with your SAP data structure and fields, so we do not provide descriptions of the values that these fields are meant to store. In other words, because they store the same values that their corresponding SAP counterpart fields store, we assume that you understand what to enter or select in the fields in GE Digital APM.
We do, however, provide information about the behavior of some fields on the datasheet if that behavior cannot be inferred based upon prior knowledge of SAP functionality. For example, if a field is required in GE Digital APM to save a record, we note the requirement. Likewise, if a field is populated automatically in GE Digital APM as a result of selecting a value in another field, this is also noted.
Note: For all families, all fields are disabled after the Implementation Package is implemented.
Cycle
Counter ID: This field contains the ID for the counter that is being applied to the Maintenance Plan. If there is no Counter ID, the Cycle will be time-based.
Cycle: The numeric component of the Counter interval applied to the Maintenance Plan.
Cycle Description: A description of the Cycle being applied to the Maintenance Plan.
Cycle Set Sequence: This field contains a number which corresponds to the Cycle Set Sequence value that you assigned to the Maintenance Plan.
Cycle UOM: The unit component of the Counter interval applied to the Maintenance Plan.
Offset: This field contains a numeric value corresponding to an interval at which some maintenance may have been carried out in the middle of a scheduled Cycle.
Plan Key: The ID for the associated Maintenance Plan.
Start Counter: This field contains a numeric value corresponding to an interval at which the maintenance plan will begin. This field is only applicable to single-cycle plans.
Maintenance Item
Cycle Set Sequence: This field contains a number which corresponds to the Cycle Set Sequence value that you assigned to a Maintenance Item.
Equipment: The Equipment field is disabled if the Maintenance Item record is linked to a Task List record and the associated Task List has been implemented in SAP, or if the Task List record contains a value in the Equipment field.
If a Maintenance Item record contains a value in either the Functional Location or Equipment field, after you create a Task List record that is linked to that Maintenance Item record, you can use the Synchronize button in that Maintenance Item record to copy that value to the Task List record.
Functional Location: The Functional Location field is disabled if the Maintenance Item record is linked to a Task List record and the associated Task List has been implemented in SAP or if the Task List record contains a value in the Functional Location field.
If a Maintenance Item record contains a value in either the Functional Location or Equipment field, then after you create a Task List record that is linked to that Maintenance Item record, you can use the Synchronize button in that Maintenance Item record to copy that value to the Task List record.
Implementation Status: This field can contain any of the following values:
Added: The record is new and has not yet been sent to SAP. In this case, when the Implementation Package is implemented, the corresponding SAP item will be created.
Modified: One or more values in the record have changed since it was last sent to SAP. In this case, when the Implementation Package is reimplemented, the corresponding SAP item will be updated accordingly.
Deleted: The record has been flagged for deletion since it was last sent to SAP. In this case, when the Implementation Package is reimplemented, the corresponding SAP item will be deleted.
Unchanged: The record has not changed since it was last sent to SAP. In this case, when the Implementation Package is reimplemented, the corresponding SAP item will not be modified.
The Implementation Status field is not available on any baseline datasheets. Instead, the value is used to determine the image that is displayed next to the node name in the tree on the Packaging page.
Item Description: This field is required.
Maintenance Item: After the Implementation Package is implemented, this field is populated automatically with a link that you can select to open the ITS System Information screen in Internet Explorer, where you can log in to the SAP system to view the Maintenance Item.
Maintenance Package
Implementation Status: This field can contain any of the following values:
Added: The record is new and has not yet been sent to SAP. In this case, when the Implementation Package is implemented, the corresponding SAP item will be created.
Modified: One or more values in the record have changed since it was last sent to SAP. In this case, when the Implementation Package is reimplemented, the corresponding SAP item will be updated accordingly.
Deleted: The record has been flagged for deletion since it was last sent to SAP. In this case, when the Implementation Package is reimplemented, the corresponding SAP item will be deleted.
Unchanged: The record has not changed since it was last sent to SAP. In this case, when the Implementation Package is reimplemented, the corresponding SAP item will not be modified.
The Implementation Status field is not available on any baseline datasheets. Instead, the value is used to determine the image that is displayed next to the node name in the tree on the Packaging page.
Maintenance Plan
Description: This field is required.
Factory Calendar: This field is disabled if the value in the Scheduling Indicator field is empty. If the Scheduling Indicator field is cleared after a value already exists in the Factory Calendar field, the Factory Calendar field will be cleared automatically.
Implementation Status: This field can contain any of the following values:
Added: The record is new and has not yet been sent to SAP. In this case, when the Implementation Package is implemented, the corresponding SAP item will be created.
Modified: One or more values in the record have changed since it was last sent to SAP. In this case, when the Implementation Package is reimplemented, the corresponding SAP item will be updated accordingly.
Deleted: The record has been flagged for deletion since it was last sent to SAP. In this case, when the Implementation Package is reimplemented, the corresponding SAP item will be deleted.
Unchanged: The record has not changed since it was last sent to SAP. In this case, when the Implementation Package is reimplemented, the corresponding SAP item will not be modified.
The Implementation Status field is not available on any baseline datasheets. Instead, the value is used to determine the image that is displayed next to the node name in the tree on the Packaging page.
ID: After the Implementation Package is implemented, this field is populated automatically with a link that you can select to open the ITS System Information screen in Internet Explorer, where you can log in to the SAP system to view the Maintenance Plan.
Interval: This field is required.
Interval Unit: This field is required.
Maintenance Strategy: If you modify the value stored in the Maintenance Strategy field in a predecessor Maintenance Plan record, that value will be copied automatically to the Maintenance Strategy field in the successor records, with one exception: if you modify the value stored in the Maintenance Strategy field in a Maintenance Plan record that is linked to predecessor Maintenance Package records, the Maintenance Package records will be deleted automatically.
Multiple Counter: If this box is checked when creating a Maintenance Plan, it will enable multiple cycles to be applied. Otherwise, only a single-cycle plan can be created. This check box is unselected by default. If the check box is selected, then the Scheduling Indicator field will automatically be populated as Multiple Counter (4) and disabled.
Scheduling Indicator: Within a maintenance strategy, you can use different scheduling indicators to specify the type of scheduling you require:
Time - Key Date (1)
Time - Factor Calendar (2)
Performance Based (3)
Multiple Counter (4).
Note: The Multiple Counter (4) value will only be populated if the Multiple Counter check box is selected.
Material
Implementation Status: This field can contain any of the following values:
Added: The record is new and has not yet been sent to SAP. In this case, when the Implementation Package is implemented, the corresponding SAP item will be created.
Modified: One or more values in the record have changed since it was last sent to SAP. In this case, when the Implementation Package is reimplemented, the corresponding SAP item will be updated accordingly.
Deleted: The record has been flagged for deletion since it was last sent to SAP. In this case, when the Implementation Package is reimplemented, the corresponding SAP item will be deleted.
Unchanged: The record has not changed since it was last sent to SAP. In this case, when the Implementation Package is reimplemented, the corresponding SAP item will not be modified.
The Implementation Status field is not available on any baseline datasheets. Instead, the value is used to determine the image that is displayed next to the node name in the tree on the Packaging page.
Notification
Implementation Status: This field can contain any of the following values:
Added: The record is new and has not yet been sent to SAP. In this case, when the Implementation Package is implemented, the corresponding SAP item will be created.
Modified: One or more values in the record have changed since it was last sent to SAP. In this case, when the Implementation Package is reimplemented, the corresponding SAP item will be updated accordingly.
Deleted: The record has been flagged for deletion since it was last sent to SAP. In this case, when the Implementation Package is reimplemented, the corresponding SAP item will be deleted.
Unchanged: The record has not changed since it was last sent to SAP. In this case, when the Implementation Package is reimplemented, the corresponding SAP item will not be modified.
The Implementation Status field is not available on any baseline datasheets. Instead, the value is used to determine the image that is displayed next to the node name in the tree on the Packaging page.
Notification Number: After the Implementation Package is implemented, this field is populated automatically with a link that you can select to open the ITS System Information screen in Internet Explorer, where you can log in to the SAP system to view the Notification.
Notification Type: This field is required.
Short Text: This field is required.
Object List Item
Equipment Description: This field is populated automatically after the Equipment Number field is populated.
Equipment Number: If the Functional Location ID field is empty, this field is required.
Functional Location ID: If the Equipment Number field is empty, this field is required.
Functional Location Label: This field is populated automatically after the Functional Location ID field is populated.
Implementation Status: This field can contain any of the following values:
Added: The record is new and has not yet been sent to SAP. In this case, when the Implementation Package is implemented, the corresponding SAP item will be created.
Modified: One or more values in the record have changed since it was last sent to SAP. In this case, when the Implementation Package is reimplemented, the corresponding SAP item will be updated accordingly.
Deleted: The record has been flagged for deletion since it was last sent to SAP. In this case, when the Implementation Package is reimplemented, the corresponding SAP item will be deleted.
Unchanged: The record has not changed since it was last sent to SAP. In this case, when the Implementation Package is reimplemented, the corresponding SAP item will not be modified.
The Implementation Status field is not available on any baseline datasheets. Instead, the value is used to determine the image that is displayed next to the node name in the tree on the Packaging page.
Operation
Calc: Depending upon what you select in the Calc list, other fields will be enabled or disabled. This behaviors are described in the following list:
If you select Calculate Duration, the Normal Duration and Normal Duration Unit fields will be disabled.
If you select Calculate Work, the Work and Work Unit fields will be disabled.
If you select Calculate Number of Capacities, the Number of Resources field will be disabled.
If you select Calculate Manually or leave this field blank, all the fields are enabled.
Implementation Status: This field can contain any of the following values:
Added: The record is new and has not yet been sent to SAP. In this case, when the Implementation Package is implemented, the corresponding SAP item will be created.
Modified: One or more values in the record have changed since it was last sent to SAP. In this case, when the Implementation Package is reimplemented, the corresponding SAP item will be updated accordingly.
Deleted: The record has been flagged for deletion since it was last sent to SAP. In this case, when the Implementation Package is reimplemented, the corresponding SAP item will be deleted.
Unchanged: The record has not changed since it was last sent to SAP. In this case, when the Implementation Package is reimplemented, the corresponding SAP item will not be modified.
The Implementation Status field is not available on any baseline datasheets. Instead, the value is used to determine the image that is displayed next to the node name in the tree on the Packaging page.
Plant: This field is populated automatically after the Work Center field is populated.
StdTxt: When you populate the StdTxt field in an Operation record, a message appears, asking if you want to overwrite the value in the Description field or append the value in the Long Text field with the selected value.
If you choose to overwrite the value in the Description field, the Description field becomes disabled.
If you choose to append the value in the Long Text field, the StdTxt field is cleared after the value in the Long Text field is appended with the standard text value.
Task List
Description: This field is required.
Equipment: If the Equipment field contains a value, an Equipment Task List will be created in SAP. If the Functional Location field contains a value, a Functional Location Task List will be created in SAP. If neither field contains a value, a General Task List will be created in SAP.
Equipment Description: This field is populated automatically after the Equipment field is populated.
Functional Location: If the Equipment field contains a value, an Equipment Task List will be created in SAP. If the Functional Location field contains a value, a Functional Location Task List will be created in SAP. If neither field contains a value, a General Task List will be created in SAP.
Functional Location Label: This field is populated automatically after the Functional Location field is populated.
Group: After the Implementation Package is implemented, this field is populated automatically with a link, which displays the ITS System Information window in Internet Explorer, where you can log in to the SAP System to view the SAP Task List.
Implementation Status: This field can contain any of the following values:
Added: The record is new and has not yet been sent to SAP. In this case, when the Implementation Package is implemented, the corresponding SAP item will be created.
Modified: One or more values in the record have changed since it was last sent to SAP. In this case, when the Implementation Package is reimplemented, the corresponding SAP item will be updated accordingly.
Deleted: The record has been flagged for deletion since it was last sent to SAP. In this case, when the Implementation Package is reimplemented, the corresponding SAP item will be deleted.
Unchanged: The record has not changed since it was last sent to SAP. In this case, when the Implementation Package is reimplemented, the corresponding SAP item will not be modified.
The Implementation Status field is not available on any baseline datasheets. Instead, the value is used to determine the image that is displayed next to the node name in the tree on the Packaging page.
Key Date: By default, the value in this field is set to the current date and time.
Maintenance Strategy: This field is disabled if the associated Task List has been implemented in SAP.
Status: By default, the value in this field is set to 4.