Author Archives: Arne Manthey

Meta data in PI Sheet header, Commands & Events, Partial confirmations with tables,…

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

In this article I show how to integrate material-dependent safety symbols into the PI Sheet.

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SAP Plant Connectivity (Presentation & Demo)

Reporting on PI Sheet data, weighing equipment handling and Misc.

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Fact Sheet: Shift notes and reports

Since I am now working on SAP Plant Connectivity as a new topic I wonder whether I should also cover this here and in the web sessions. First let me explain in a nut shell what PCo is.

Shift Notes and Misc.

A new OSS note (1453716) is available which includes a lot of new standard function modules you can use in your implementation.

Commands on process steps, F4 help with material number prefilled, Rework, custom symbols/generation,…

The only way to archive PI Sheets and delete the corresponding database tables is to use the EBR functionality. For all other cases (Test PI Sheets or PP-based Electronic Work Instructions) archiving is not possible. However, deletion of old entries from the database becomes essential for maintainng the performance of the ERP system. In this article I describe a pilot note which solves this dilemma.

If you have assigned components to different phases or operations you may want to get an overview of all components regardless of their phase assignment at the start of the PI Sheet or Electronic Work Instruction. Here is the way how to do it.

Chatting about Weighing/OPC, beginners tips, etc.

In this article I give you a guide on the correct sequence you need to follow when using process instructions of type 0 (no XSteps)

There was a question by Maddy in the Topic Discussion section about the maximum number of table lines (more than 999) which I would like to answer here.

There might be situations where you want to handle the adding of lines in a repeated data request (table) entirely with commands or with function modules and tabular parameters. In such a case you usually want to avoid that users can manually create new lines by pressing the small button at the bottom of the […]

Validation issues and demo of the new BAdI for changing the SXS explosion date

Once you create an order the explosion date for all master data is set to the start date of that order. Since this might happen well before the actual execution date you might want to change something on short notice in the XSteps section before you actually create a control recipe.If you have release the […]

To start with a custom stylesheet development the first step is to understand the basic structure of the standard XSL stylesheet which is used to define the conversion of the XML structure to the HTML-based PI Sheet you see in CO60. So here is a simplified structure overview which shows all major template blocks in […]