SAP PPPI Configuration

Minimum Configuration of Process Management in SAP PPPI

Following are the steps to configure process management in SAP PPPI. The below bullet points are configuration steps carried out the sequence in which it is arranged.

A) Copying Process Management Characteristics and Process Message Categories to your Client

 It is always recommended to run the following 3 transaction code before you start the configuration for the Process management. 

Firstly Run transaction code O23c - Transport Predefined characteristics, to transfer process instruction characteristics or process message characteristics from the SAP reference client (000) to your client. 

Secondly you have to run transaction code O22c - Transport Predefined Message Categories – to transfer or copy all the process message characteristics from the SAP plant to your plant; when you carry out this configuration, you need to enter the plant and press execute button and then press the copy button in the next screen to copy the process messages. 

Thirdly you have to run transaction code CO60_VM to transport the display variants for PI Sheets predefined by SAP from the SAP reference client to your logon client. Press the save button while exiting. 

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B)  Releasing Characteristics Groups for Process Managements 

Characteristic groups are defined by SAP to group a certain set of characteristics according to functions or areas in which the characteristics are used; in Process management, the process message characteristics are grouped under a group called “PPPI_01” and process instruction characteristics are grouped under a group called “PPPI_02”. 

For use of characteristics as process message characteristics, the process message characteristics should carry characteristics group “PPPI_01”, similarly for use of characteristics as process instruction characteristics, the process instruction characteristics should carry a characteristics group called “PPPI_02”.  

Releasing the Characteristics Groups for Use - These groups are already defined by SAP in your SAP client, though you need to release them for use as process messages and process instructions, for a given plant.

 Transaction code O08C, is used to release process message characteristics group for use in process messages or process management. When you configure you need to configure release for the following groups:

 PPPI_01          Process Message Characteristics

PPPI_03          Char. for Material Flow between Orders

PPPI_04          Special Applications

 Transaction code O09C, is used to release process instruction characteristics group for use in process instructions or process management. When you configure you need to configure release for the following groups:

 PPPI_01          Process Message Characteristics

PPPI_02          Process Instruction Characteristics

PPPI_03          Char. for Material Flow between Orders

PPPI_04          Special Applications

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C)  Creating Custom Process Message Characteristics & Process Instruction Characteristics

SAP offers a bunch of process message characteristics and process instruction characteristics along with another big bunch of process messages categories and process instructions categories in a SAP plant 0001. 

When you carry out the transport of predefined characteristics and transport of predefined process message categories, the system brings all the process message characteristics, process message categories, and process instruction characteristics (it doesn’t copy the process instruction categories to your respective plants and you would need to create them manually with reference to those in 0001 plant); but you may need to create a few characteristics manually when you design project specific process instruction categories and message categories, the transaction code to create the process message characteristics is O25C (Change is O26C, Display is O27C). Similarly you can create the process instruction categories using the same set of transaction codes. 

Process message or process instruction characteristics created using O25C has process management button on the header screen, which contains you enter information of reference tables-fields used for automatic population of characteristics values or function modules which would populate the data automatically. Though you cannot make any changes in SAP defined standard characteristics. 

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D)  Creating Control Recipe Destinations

Once you are done with the above 3 configuration steps, you need to create the control recipe destinations using the transaction code O10c and if you are using an external control system then you need to also configure the RFC destination for the control recipe destination. Along with this configuration, one should also configure QDR system for the resources when you are using an external process control system. 

A control Recipe destination contains the following: 

a) The type of control recipe destination – Destination to which the process instructions are transferred to. There are predominantly 2 types of destinations, one is an operator group inside of SAP and the other is an external process control system. Type 1 is a shop floor destination in SAP to which the process instructions arranged on an ABAP based PI sheet are transferred, similarly type 4 is an shop floor destination to which a browser based PI sheet is transferred, type 2 is an external process control system which receives the process instructions as transferred by SAP and type 3 is an external process control system which triggers the transfer of process instructions towards them. 

b) Address of the destination – When the destination is an internal SAP based destination like type 1 and type 4, the Address can be name of the destination, but when the destination is an external process control system then the address is the RFC destination of the external system. 

c) Signature – You can include the signature details, the user name, password, digital signature etc. 

d) Assignment of instructions – You can assign process instructions to the destinations rather than having them assigned to each and every material recipe.

You can also assign process instructions as a part of “automatically generated process instructions”, these process instructions are generated when the control recipe is created. 

Control recipe Destinations

 Standard SAP has control recipe destinations which receive the process instructions and using which the destination carries out the manufacturing and at the end of which they send back the process messages to confirm their production activities or production status on a real time basis.

The control recipe destinations are assigned to the individual phases of an operation; which means that every phase in a master recipe can carry different control recipe destinations. One control recipe is created for a given destination and order combination.

The destinations or recipients of the process instructions can be SAP destinations or external process control system destinations. If the destination is in SAP itself, then it can be a shop floor operator/operator group at a plant or a production line or shop floor operator/operator group for a specific activity, executing the phase; where as if the destination is an external process control system outside of SAP, then the process instructions & process messages are interfaced with that external system.

The definition of the control recipe destination needs configuring the destination type, address of the destination (in external system, the address is the RFC destination of the process control systems).

Control Recipe Destinations Type 1 & 4 - Destination located in SAP ECC System

For shop floor destinations which are in SAP itself, there are 2 different types of destinations called “1” and “4”, to represent them. The destination operator group of type 1 receives all the process instructions & requested process messages well arranged on an ABAP based sheet or screen called as a PI-Sheet (one for an order, for a destination). Whereas for a destination of type 4, a sheet containing all the process instructions and requesting process messages, well arranged on a web based sheet browser based PI-Sheet is sent to the internal operator/operator group.

Note: An ABAP based PISHEET is shown below, if the same is set for a destination type 4 – browser based PI-Sheet, then the sheet with the information would appear in a browser in HTML format. With Destination type there are standard BAPI’s and connections working, which would process the messages once sent back to SAP by the respective destinations.

Note: In configuration for the destinations of type 2 and 3, you can assign process instructions which would be automatically become a part of control recipe and would be downloaded to the external control system. Whereas for destinations of type 1 and 4, there is a provision to assign the process instructions in a sequence (making a list of suitable instructions) which are generated in the process order control recipe and subsequently downloaded to the SAP operator/operator group.  

Note: Transaction to create the Control Recipe destination is O10C.

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