Keep in mind the structure of an equipment planned to be sent. The structure can be checked in transaction IEO3.
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Navigate to transaction /PACG/ECM_EQUI and enter the number of an equipment to be sent. If the ‘Send sub hier’ option in /PACG/ECM_EQ1 is not set, checking the ‘Send Subhierarchy’ field here will overwrite that customizing.
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After executing, four outbound equipment idocs are generated (also related idocs can be generated, such as address or item). The number of transferred equipments corresponds to the number of top-down structure elements of the sent object (in this case equipment had three sub-objects).
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