Author Archives: Arne Manthey

One last thing to mention with regard to the videos in this blog: I converted all sessions from the original flash format to mp4 and uploaded them to Youtube. You see the Youtube video embedded in the session posts. However, in some of the sessions the conversion did not go smoothly (audio and video not […]

Enforce reason for value change

Since you and I had problems in the past with the Adobe format of my recordings I have now decided to convert all available session videos to a more common format. I also created a playlist in Youtube and uploaded all videos there: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUqejpPnilJ-mo6Vs6BEYMPk0CtPJiP26

Question: Is it possible to convert existing process instructions for PI Sheets to XSteps? Answer: No XSteps are master data and process instructions are maintained in customizing. There is no process or report which automatically creates XSteps in the repository. You could try to manually copy the process instructions in customizing and paste them in […]

As an additional way to discuss I decided to create a new community in Google+ for the XStep Café. I hope you find it useful

Finding Data Inconsistencies in Xstep data base / Custom calculation of validity dates for SXS versions

Last time on September 12th there was no one coming online and therefore there is no recording available. Uwe had prepared something interesting on custom development enhancements which would enable XSteps also for Reference Operation Sets and Maintenance orders. I will put this topic now explicitly on the agenda for the next session and hope […]

Presentation off some content in SCN (SAP Community Network, formerly SDN) and a very detailed insight into XStep coding

XStep Café Session 37: Some thoughts on using custom code in PI Sheets

Demo of SAP Plant Connectivity 2.2: Replacement of SAP ODA and integration to SAP Business Suite

New Features of SAP Plant Connectivity 2.2

Technical insight into Xstep change records and where-used list functionality

Announcement of the new forum in the XStep Café

Would you like to contribute to this blog?

Creating new Xsteps / PI Sheets from within a PI Sheet by function module

Weighing, batch determination, phase activities

Discussion on order changes after relase / XStep generation for secondary resources

Miscellaneous topics…

PDF Printout of PI Sheets (Consulting Solution), how to copy one table parameter to another table, …

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