Displaying Change Documents from the Main Menu 

To display change documents from the main menu:

  1. Choose Reporting → Change documents → <BOM category> (for example, Material BOM).

You see the initial screen, on which you enter the BOM for which you want to display change documents. Enter the following data:

– Material

– Plant

– Usage (optional)

  1. Confirm your entries.

– If the BOM data you enter identifies one individual BOM, you see the Display change documents: <BOM Category> screen.

– If BOMs of different usages exist for the Material and Plant you entered, and you did not enter a usage on the initial screen, you see a list of the BOMs found.

– If BOMs exist in different plants for the Material and Usage you entered, and you did not enter a plant on the initial screen, you see a list of the BOMs found.

  1. Select the BOM(s) whose change documents you want to display and choose BOM.

You see the Display Change documents: <BOM Category> screen.

  1. On the Display change documents: <BOM category> screen, enter the selection date. The system lists the change documents generated after this selection date.

A default value is stored in the system. This is calculated as follows:

Default date = Today’s date - 90 days

  1. Display the change documents. You have the following options:
    • Document overview

You see a list of all change documents generated by the system as of the date you entered. You see the following data:

    • Document number
    • Date and time
    • User who made the change
    • Object ID

From this list, you can display individual change documents. To do this, place the cursor on a line containing the document you require. Choose Display documents. You see the document you selected.

    • Display documents full

You see all the change documents, listed one after the other.

To display change documents sorted according to specific object changes:

  1. On the Display change documents: <BOM category> screen, enter the data of the BOM whose change documents you want to display.
  2. Enter a selection date. The system lists the change documents generated after this selection date.
  3. Choose Goto → Display documents → <object>.

You can display object changes for the following objects:

    • Full (all objects)
    • Central data
    • Header
    • Item
    • Sub-item
    • Material (only active for material BOMs)
    • Equipment (only active for equipment BOMs)
    • Functional location (only active for functional location BOMs)
    • Sales order (only active for order BOMs)