The FSM Cloud Connector component was released on 6th March 2023
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FSM Cloud Connector release PACG 200/S4PACG 200 SP8 aligns with SAP FSM release 2302 |
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Post-installation steps
Install SAP notes. The list of available notes can be found here.
Run /PACG/ECM_SETUP
Change Log (SAP NOTE
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Attachments | PRTs of type ‘Document’ can be transferred as activity attachments Deletion of GOS attachments in FSM can result in deletion of all the references (so-called inherited attachments)Learn more: https://proaxia-prod-doc.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/PFCC/pages/37135497/PACG+ECM+ACTIVE+General+Properties+of+E4C+Activity#(S4)PACG-200-SP08--PRT-Attachments , field ‘PRT Attachments’ Bidirectional support for notification-based service call and activity attachments Optionally link attachments added to notification tasks in SAP ECC/S4 to the related activities. Link attachments added in FSM to activities to the related notification tasks. Learn more: https://proaxia-prod-doc.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/PFCC/pages/37135497/PACG+ECM+ACTIVE+General+Properties+of+E4C+Activity#(S4)PACG-200-SP08--Link-SAP-att.-of-Not.-Task-to-Activity, fields ‘Link SAP att. of Not. Task to Activity' and 'Link FSM att. of Activity to Not. Task’ Support for DMS attachments Store attachments using different DMS document properties, depending on the inbound attachment’s file type in transaction /PACG/ECM_DEL_ATTS - Delete Attachments Learn more: /PACG/ECM_DEL_ATTS - Delete Attachments Support for maintenance order operation attachments available also for ECC systems (creation in SAP ECC/deletion from activity in FSM). Learn more: DMS attachments added to maintenance orders Link attachments added to WBS element/network-based service calls in FSM to all the related activities See /PACG/ECM_WBS - WBS (Service call) definition, /PACG/ECM_SCTDO - Service call types definition (NW), field ‘Cpy.Att.To.Acti’ Force send the related attachments when force sending any object with dedicated sending transactions Customizing /PACG/ECM_CUST_ATTA:
Learn more: DMS configuration, fields ‘Deletion in FSM’, ‘Action on DMS doc.’
Learn more: https://proaxia-prod-doc.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/PFCC/pages/928809066/DMS+configuration#(S4)PACG-200-SP08-File-Type, field ‘File type’
Learn more: GOS configuration
Learn more: https://proaxia-prod-doc.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/PFCC/pages/1471807492/BDS+configuration#Deletion-in-FSM, field ‘Deletion in FSM’ |
Activities | Activities' status Statuses for FSM Activities are now defined using transaction /PACG/ECM_ACTI_STATUS only both for inbound and outbound processing,. DRAFTStatus ‘Draft’ Activity status ‘DRAFT’ became a regular status next to the already existing ones. Source table /PACG/ECM_ACTIS gets updated by setup program. Learn more: /PACG/ECM_ACTI_STATU – Activity status FSM Activities maintenance transaction In the FSM Activities maintenance transaction, a new screen was added displaying information concerning checkoutdisplays checkout information Checklists (smartforms) Transaction /PACG/ECM_CLAO - Allowed Checklist Objects no longer needs to be adjusted manually in order to have checklists attached to FSM Activities via GOS menu. Learn more: Make Reported Checklist accessible from Activity transactions (/PACG/ECM_ACTI_VC0x) |
Authorizations | Authorization objects
Authorization roles
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Equipment/Functional Location | Transaction /PACG/ECM_TRIG_TELO New selection options added to ‘Functional locations’ sending report: “Created on” and “Changed on” |
FSM Cockpit | Exclude last moth With option checked in cockpit’s setting also runtime errors for the last month are not read |
Learn more: /PACG/ECM_TRIG_TELO - Functional Location | |
FSM Connector (general) | Switch off communication for selected object types A new tool that allows disabling events' triggering and IDocs' generation for selected objects' types Learn more: /PACG/ECM_EVTD - Enable/Disable FSM Connector Events /PACG/ECM_QSTATUS improvements Specify the minimum queue lifetime for statuses WAITSTOP, WAITING and READY. Specify the minimum number of entries for queues with status RUNNING. Connector version of ‘IDocs deletion’ report New report was added which is A new idoc deletion report created as a copy of the standard RSETESTD (WE11) but limited only to IDocs type of /PACG/*. No Object Assignments - configuration transaction New functions added to transaction /PACG/ECM_NOAS: ‘Automatic assignment generation’ & 'Copy to another company'Automate ‘No objects assignment’ population/copying to another company. Checklists' monitoring transactions Authorization check /PACG/E009 added to transactions /PACG/ECM_CHECKLIST_MONITOR and /PACG/ECM_CHECKLIST_SHOW Company name The ‘Company name’ field in /PACG/ECM_COMP got extended to 40 characters BADI /PACG/ECM_IDOC_I_BEFORE_COMMIT The usage of BAdI /PACG/ECM_IDOC_I_BEFORE_COMMIT got extended and now , is addition to what was before, it can be used within the method PROCESS_SALES_ACTIVITY in the following classes:
FSM Logs A new report got added, with it it’s now possible to delete FSM Connector logs if such a function was enabled Company’s name Company’s name field length got extended to 40 charactersin /PACG/ECM_CUSLOG Learn more: /PACG/ECM_LOG_DELETE - Delete FSM logs Table /PACG/ECM_SCTD Table /PACG/ECM_SCTD got redesigned. Tables' fields were moved to several structures based on their functional use and then these structures were included in the table’s definition. Various label/description improvements Adjusted labels/descriptions across the entire FSM Cloud Connector in order to make the functionalities more self-explanatory Learn more: Labels/descriptions update for (S4)PACG 200 SP8 |
Materials | Warehouse assignment The /PACG/ECM_ITEMSEND transaction got extended - it is now possible to send materials to FSM based on their plant and customer assignment (in case of consignation) Learn more: /PACG/ECM_ITEMSEND – Item |
Performance | Batch quantities owners are no longer sent with batch quantities /PACG/ECM_IS_OWNER_LIST New IDoc segment /PACG/ECM_IS_OWNER_LIST was added to outbound items and warehouses - instead of sending owners of items or warehouses in separate IDocs' segments they are now concatenated owners' Exclude last moth Exclude reading runtime errors from the last month Learn more: https://proaxia-prod-doc.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/PFCC/pages/31952654/PACG+ECM+COCKPITCON+-+Cockpit+Configuration#Excl.-LM, field ‘Excl. LM’ |
Personal reservations | Deletion of personal reservations Deletion of personal reservation in a planning board will result in deletion of corresponding entries in SAP HR module Learn more: Person reservation deletion in FSM |
Reserved materials | Central warehouse A new functionality that gives now a possibility of returning goods to, instead of technician’s van stock, Specify a central stock to which is ‘shared’ by all technicians can return goods. Such a warehouse will be sent to FSM with all the active and plannable technicians as its owners (no need to maintain warehouse owners manually). New selection in /PACG/ECM_DEL_ARMAT The deletion report /PACG/ECM_DEL_ARMAT is capable of selecting relevant orders based on their statuses. Learn more: /PACG/ECM_DEL_ARMAT - Delete table /PACG/ECM_ARMAT Reserved materials/Batch quantities sent only for dispatched service orders - support also for reserved materials created on activity level Learn more: https://proaxia-prod-doc.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/PFCC/pages/37136235/PACG+ECM+SCTDM+Mvmts+for+mat.+consumption+in+FSM#ReservedDisp, field ‘ReservedDisp’ |
SAP S4/HANA Maintenance Service Order | New integration type added End-to-end support for the state-of-the-art Maintenance Service Process. This covers two processes: Corrective Maintenance Service and Preventive Maintenance Service. In both case integration is based on intermediate PM orders. Learn more: MCSO - Maintenance Service Order |
Service Order | Planning status If activity gets unassigned from planning board, the planning status is reverted to its initial value Exclusion of orders' type… Search help used for selecting relevant work centres is now extended with actual work centre ID Requirements assignment Further improvements of support for requirement assignment integration. FSM Activities now fully supported when it takes place in SAP backend system. |
Transactions | List of new transactions:
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UDO | Inbound UDO object Handling of incoming objects of type UDO was added in the Connector Learn more: https://proaxia-prod-doc.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/PFCC/pages/1466761219/BAdI+definitions#UDOs |
Users/Employees | Automatic employees' offboarding tool After the end of user’s employment, automatically deactivate/delete the user in FSM and unassign them from open activities. There is a A new report created which is capable of the following
Learn more: /PACG/ECM_USR_OFFBRD - Automated offboarding of FSM users User - general settings (/PACG/ECM_USERG) Source for FSM user name username is now limited to two possible options only:
Email address and Id are no obsolete and got removed Find inconsistent users' records New A new report was added which helps finding to find inconsistent users' data Learn Learn more: /PACG/ECM_USERCHK_CHECK USRDAT - Check Usersusers' data inconsistencies Work schedule All relevant work schedules defined in InfoType 0007 are now sent to FSM Transaction /PACG/ECM_MAINT_USER Validation was added to ‘Perm Id’ field - it is no longer possible to enter a value that hasn’t been wasn’t previously defined. Sending users' data to FSM IDoc’s Field /PACG/ECM_ITYPE_USER field -USERNAME is not filled anymore in IDocs /PACG/ECM_ITYPE_USER -USERNAME is not filled anymore as it was not used in a transformation. |
WBS | Statuses “Planning status', ‘Unassign status’ and ‘Cancelled status’ can now be defined for WBS documents analogically to Service orders. See /PACG/ECM_WBS - WBS (Service call) definition, field ‘Planning status’, ‘Unassign status’, ‘Cancelled status’ |