Hello Jerry,
- Efforts to completely answer this query would definitely stretch to evolving a custom process. So, you need to take clues from the discussions those are going to take place today and beyond in this thread, and develop further.
- In fact, requirements like thse force us to be creative in using the available features of SAP-PM.
- Let's first discuss about your original query, it is about making an Inspection Notification relevant for multiple Equipments.
- My opinion is, no matter how creative we are going to be here in utilizing the available standard functionalities, we will not be able to avoid technical (ABAP) work to completely address the requirement.
- Initially the thing comes to my mind is the use of one of the tabs 10\TAB11,10\TAB14 in Notification configuration (if not already configured). where you can relate the inspection finding or job to be done as one line item where you would put the corresponding Equipment number in Task text field.
- If you need additional fields in this area then you can use screen exits too. See this: User-fields in Catalog Tabs of Notifications
- Then for reporting requirement on this information you may need to do some more technical work.
- Then comes your Order related Query, Here you can make it happen the way you described again through development.
- You can write codes in user-exit IWO10009 which updates the Objects tab of the Order you are creating through Notification with the Equipment numbers you already put in the All Tasks tab(10/TAB14).
- Then it is a standard process to deal with Equipments present in the Objects tab of an Order.
- If you are in EHP7 or so and LOG_EAM_OLC has been activated then you can have these Equipments in individual operations too.
- Suddenly I recollect one of my old posts on creativity where one case on Tasks might be triggering some ideas to you. See it here: SAP and Creativity
So, such are the possibilities.
Good luck
Regards
KJogeswaraRao