PACG 200 SP 15 / S4PACG 200 SP 15

Administration

FSM Cockpit
The FSM Cockpit can now show information about the number of entries in ARFCSTATE table and average of last 10 size checks. This can help to quickly identify potential performance problems

Learn more: /PACG/ECM_COCKPIT2 - FSM Connector Cockpit | ARFCSTATE Info

FSM Cockpit – IDocs report & Hotspots
In the Connector 3.0, in the IDocs list, S/4 HANA Service Orders are now correctly identified and when clicked a dedicated Fiori app is opened (analogically to other objects for which GUI transaction is started)

Learn more: /PACG/ECM_COCKPIT2 - FSM Connector Cockpit | (S4)PACG 200 Sp06 Hotspots

FSM Cockpit – IDocs report & custom IDocs
In addition to standard Connector’s IDocs, the FSM Cockpit is now capable of showing also IDocs of the custom types if such are used with Connector

New Checks for /PACG/ECM_QSTATUS
The /PACG/ECM_QSTATUS report can now send warnings in the the following new situations:

• In case the number of entries in the ARFCSTATE table crosses defined value

• In case when Connector’s objects stays in the queue longer than given amount of time. This helps to identify the situation when queues’ processing gets too long

• In case when number of created Connector’s relevant IDocs in an unit of time exceeds certain defined value.

Learn more: /PACG/ECM_QSTATUS - Email queue issues | IDOCs in error status

FSM Users’ Management
New FSM Connector delivers a report which can create FSM Users based on data imported from excel file

Learn more: Mass User Upload

Companies’ deletion
The existing set of deletion reports was enriched with additional one which allows for deletion of all transactional data for selected company in one go.

Learn more: /PACG/ECM_COPY_COMP2 - Copy/delete company settings | (S4)PACG 200 SP15 Delete program: Transactional Data

Deleting objects in FSM
The /PACG/ECM_SEND_DELRQ gained new functionality. It can sends deletion requests to FSM using the cloud identifiers of objects instead of their SAP keys. This gives the possibility of removing objects in FSM that has no counterparts in the backend system. This feature requires the lates Message Broker

Learn more: /PACG/ECM_SEND_DELRQ - Send Deletion Request to the Cloud

Maintenance of Connector’s number ranges
The latest Connector delivers a new transaction designed to maintain Connector’s relevant number ranges. This is solution addresses a problem that older versions of Connector were using number ranges longer than ones that could be correctly displayed in the standard transaction.

Learn more: /PACG/ECM_COCKPIT2 - FSM Connector Cockpit | (S4)PACG 200 Sp09 Number ranges statuses

New selection parameters added to /PACG/ECM_O_IDOC_T & /PACG/ECM_I_IDOC_T
A new selection parameter – ‘IDoc basic type’ was added to selection screens of both reports. This can help analyse only selected types of IDocs.

Learn more: /PACG/ECM_I_IDOC_T - Inbound Idoc - time differences

Message Broker health status
A new report which helps to monitor ‘health’ of the message broker. It relies on the information about last metadata exchange between transporter and FSM

Business Partners

Customers’ Deactivation
FSM Connector is now capable of handling customers’ deactivation in FSM

Optional transfer of Business Partners to FSM
Business partners can now be sent to FSM ‘on demand’. This means, that like in case of equipment, BP master data will be sent to FSM with their first usage in a service call instead of sending all BP master records during the fullsync process.

Learn more: /PACG/ECM_CCUST - General customizing for Customer | (S4)PACG 200 SP15 Cust on req and /PACG/ECM_CVEND – Vendor – General customizing | (S4)PACG 200 SP15 Vend on req (Send Vendor/Contact on request)

Regions

Work centers as regions
In FSM regions can be structured in hierarchies. This feature is now also supported by Connector which can send work centers as regions including their structural dependencies

Learn more: /PACG/ECM_SC_GR – Group/region for service calls/activities | Include Hierarchy (S4)PACG 200 SP15

Attachments

Data transfer restrictions
Sending of attachments to FSM can from now on be restricted based on the storage type used (GOS, BDS, DMS).

Learn more: Block from transfer to FSM / Outbound configuration | 🕑 Block from transfer to FSM / OLD LABEL Outbound configuration

Production Orders

Productions Orders as Service Calls

• Service calls created based on production orders

• Plannable activities’ created in reference to production orders

• Support of attachments added to production orders and referenced service calls

• Time effort handling

• Checklists’ assignment support

CS Service Orders

Handling of time units on orders’ operations
The new Connector removes limitations on the used time units with the values of duration and work time in orders’ operations. Before change it was only possible to use seconds/minutes/hours. Now Connector is capable of calculating values in any time unit used in operation.

Include functional locations in order’s object list
When service order is sent to FSM its equipment included in the object list are sent too. Beginning with the latest Connector also functional location included in this list will get sent too

FSM Activity

Fiori App
The latest SP for Connector 3.0 delivers brand new Fiori app to display FMS activities

Operation’s control key and FSM activity status
If the control key of a operation having linked activities changes to one that is not FSM relevant, the related activities will get automatically closed.

Reserved materials

Returns of materials in customer consignation process
New Connector brings changes in the return process of reserved materials. If materials that are reserved in the process of ‘Customer consignation’ are returned instead of simple goods movement a new return document is created initiating entire return process.

Arrival date determination
The initial requirement date is set automatically when reservation is created based on requirement date in the related service order. This does not take the type of process into account. This turned to be confusing for some customers. As a result new configuration option was introduced which controls whether the initial arrival date of reserved materials should be set based on requirement date or not.

Arrival date determination report
The arrival date determination report gained new selection parameters including:
• FSM Activity number
• FSM Activity status
• Shipment status
• Consider consignment

Learn more: /PACG/ECM_RMAT_ARRIV - Reserved Material - arrival date

Equipment

Characteristics sent as remarks
New Connector version delivers small yet important change in how remarks are generated based on equipment’s characteristics. In case of characteristics that comes with predefined values, from now on, in addition to the values themselves Connector will also include their descriptions.

Learn more: /PACG/ECM_EQCHA - Equipment Characteristics

UI modification

In transactions /PACG/ECM_COMP and /PACG/ECM_CCUST entries’ deletion got suppressed. Since Connector delivers dedicated reports for deleting companies data deletion of companies deletion is not only no longer needed but can lead to data inconsistencies

Employees

Changes in the HR Infotype 0105 using transaction PA30 are now transferred to FSM automatically – relevant even is raised. Valid subtypes of infotype 0105 for which this will happen are

New transactions

• /PACG/ECM_ACTI01

• /PACG/ECM_ACTI02

• /PACG/ECM_ACTI03

• /PACG/ECM_PCONF

• /PACG/ECM_TRIG_ACTST

• /PACG/ECM_VNRST