19 Pivotal Master Data in SAP PM | 17 Consulting Tips |

Introduction

Master data in SAP PM is the highest in count than any other module. Master data makes the life of an end user easy. Certainly it can full fill all maintenance business processes needs. Significantly there are nineteen master data objects in PM module. Each has its own benefit and importance. You can click on each of them to know the details.

SAP PM Master Data list

1. Equipment
2. Functional Location
3. Class
4. Characteristics
5. Characteristic values
6. Maintenance Plan
   • Single Cycle Plan
   • Strategy Plan
   • Multiple Counter Plan
7. Task List
   • Equipment Task List,
   • Functional Location Task List,
   • General Task List
8. Catalog
9. Bill of material
   • Construction Type (Material BoM)
   • Equipment Bill of Material
   • Functional Location Bill of material
10. Main Work Center
11. Main work center hierarchy (Used rarely)
12. Measuring Points
13. Counters
14. Permits
15. Material master (Material type ERSA and NLAG)
16. Serial number
17. Master Inspection characteristics (MIC)
18. Maintenance Strategy
19. Cycle sets

Consulting Tips (Things to remember)

During design phase you must remember following points:

Dependency of master data on each other must be explained to client.

1. Bill of material cannot be created without material master.
2. Measuring points and counter has dependency on equipment, functional location and characteristics.
3. Serial number has dependency on material master and equipment.
4. Equipment and functional location has dependency on Main work center
5. Always explain the difference between equipment and functional location to business.
6. Compare the use of equipment and functional location from business point of view.
7. Clarify the importance of number range of equipment (external and internal).
8. Give demo of measuring points and counter. Tell business about the warning and error message when a reading goes beyond permissible limit.
9. Use of construction type in maintenance order processing is equally important.
10. Another key point is demo of permits and its control on maintenance order processing.
11. Explain how class and characteristics can show the specifications of machinery.
12. Catalog code and catalog profile in sap pm can do wonders in notification processing. Therefore, give a notification processing demo and related reports.
13. Material master needs coordination with MM and FICO modules. Target to finish it at early stage.
14. Maintenance plan category can control triggering of maintenance call object. This must be explain and finalized in design phase.
15. Task list needs a well structure program to upload. There is a possibility that business wants to upload long text also. So it is better to identify such thing early. Plan tasks for ABAP programmer in advance.
16. Not to mention that serial number is mainly used in refurbishment process.
17. Master inspection characteristics are assigned to task list operations and used in Calibration process

SAP PM Master Data dependency

S. No.	Master Data in SAP PM	Dependency on other Master Data
1	Catalog	No dependency, It can be moved with TR movement
2	Permit	No dependency, It is assigned to equipment of functional location
3	Characteristics	Unit of measurement (if the UoM is not available in standard SAP)
4	Class	Characteristics
5	Maintenance Strategy	No dependency
6	Cycle Set	No dependency
7	Work Center Hierarchy	No dependency
8	Main Work Center	Cost Center, Activity type, Production Supply area, Employee master (HR), Work Center Hierarchy
9	Material Master	Cost center, Profit center, UoM,
10	Material BoM	Material Master
11	Functional Location	Main work center, Cost center, class, characteristics, asset master, MBoM can be used as construction type, permits can be assigned to FLoc
12	Equipment	Functional Location, Main work center, Cost center, class, characteristics, asset master, MBoM can be used as construction type, permits can be assigned to Equipment, Asset master (FI)
13	Measuring Point	Equipment, Functional Location, Characteristics, Catalog code groups and codes
14	Counter	Equipment, Functional Location, Characteristics, Catalog code groups and codes
15	Serial Number	Material Master, Equipment
16	Functional Location BoM	Functional Location, material master
17	Equipment BoM	Equipment, material master
18	General Task List	Main work center, Maintenance strategy, material master, activity type
19	Equipment Task List	Equipment, Main work center, Maintenance strategy, material master, activity type
20	Functional Location Task List	Functional Location, Main Work Center, Maintenance Strategy, material master, activity type
21	Single Cycle Plan	Task List, Equipment, Functional Location, Counter
22	Strategy Maintenance Plan	Task List, Equipment, Functional Location, Counter, Maintenance Strategy
23	Multiple Counter Plan	Task List, Equipment, Functional Location, Counter, Cycle set
24	Characteristic values	All class, charactertistics, respective master data object

SAP PM Master data uploading methods

SAP PM master data can be uploaded with different ways suchas LSMW, Migration cockpit, Program. Separate program is required when you want to upload long text. Although there are option available in migration cockpit to upload long text also. Depending upon the situation you need to take the decision on program.

S. No.	Master data	Master data uploading approch/ tool
1	Catalog	LSMW Migration cockpit
2	Permit	LSMW
3	Characteristics	LSMW Migration cockpit SAP Data Services (BOBJ)
4	Class	LSMW Migration cockpit SAP Data Services (BOBJ)
5	Maintenance Strategy	Migration cockpit
6	Cycle Set	Migration cockpit
7	Main Work Center	Migration Cockpit SAP Data Services (BOBJ)
8	Material Master	LSMW Migration Cockpit MM17 SAP Data Services (BOBJ)
9	Material BoM	LSMW Migration Cockpit SAP Data Services (BOBJ)
10	Functional Location	LSMW Migration Cockpit SAP Data Services (BOBJ)
11	Equipment	LSMW Migration Cockpit SAP Data Services (BOBJ)
12	Measuring Point	LSMW Migration Cockpit SAP Data Services (BOBJ)
13	Counter	LSMW Migration Cockpit SAP Data Services (BOBJ)
14	Serial numbers	LSMW Migration Cockpit SAP Data Services (BOBJ)
15	Functional Location BoM	LSMW Migration Cockpit SAP Data Services (BOBJ)
16	Equipment BoM	LSMW Migration Cockpit SAP Data Services (BOBJ)
17	General Task List	LSMW Migration Cockpit Custom Program (depends on complexity) SAP Data Services (BOBJ)
18	Functional Location Task List	LSMW Migration Cockpit Custom Program (depends on complexity) SAP Data Services (BOBJ)
19	Equipment Task List	LSMW Migration Cockpit Custom Program (depends on complexity) SAP Data Services (BOBJ)
20	Single Cycle Plan	LSMW Migration Cockpit SAP Data Services (BOBJ)
21	Maint Strategy Plan	LSMW Migration Cockpit SAP Data Services (BOBJ)
22	Multiple Counter Plan	LSMW Migration Cockpit SAP Data Services (BOBJ)
23	Characterisitcs values	LSMW Migration Cockpit SAP Data Services (BOBJ)