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3. Process Flow This figure illustrates the primary flow of user and system actions to process a BUYOFF_REQUEST message 18 System generates BUYOFF_REQ UEST to Message Board Message Status goes to Claimed Success message Select Return To Message Board SAP ME How To Guide for Message Board Select Operation Resource and SFC Open Message Board POD Select Details view Select Start SEC Select BUYOFF REQ UEST message from List and Select Claim Display Details view Select Complete SFC Display Claim Comments Select Accept button Operation Goes to Complete Pending State due to Buyoff requirements Enter Claim Comments Display Details view and Message goes to CLOSED STATE 19 SAP ME How To Guide for Message Board Message Board Buyoff Request screen flow e REEL BUYOFF Webpage Dialog Log NC Reject Description C Client Log NC Reject 1 SFC Selected ds BS03 1 467 Enter comment Message Info Site CAK Type BUYOFF_REQUEST Severity Critical Stat SFC B503 1 467 PRD Material Vers B503 1 01 Resource EPI_LOTFORM Work Center EPI Ope NC Code COMMENT Message Details Message Subject Buyoff QUALITY Message Body Perform Buyoff Accept or Log NC Reject operation EPI LOT FO Message Log Date Time Action User 11 01 2011 2 14
4. Yes Track Idle Time a Transfer Export Resource Rules Configuration Data Transfer Import CNC DNC Server Data Field Assignment Maintenance CNC DNC Type Use Global Setting v in D Data Field Definition Default Resource DEFAULT Maintenance Default Value Ignore Time Stamp in Client Messages Use Global Setting v TRUE Maintenance RMA e List Maintenance 3 3 RMA Maximum Times Processed 3 1 Message Type Maintenance Serialization Next Number T S eegen Copy Activity Log Records Use Global Setting e TRUE Use Global Setting v ODS Rule Maintenance UE POD Maintenance Copy NC Data Use Global Setting v TRUE lt I lt I lt i T I lt I lt I lt 1 lt 1 I Printer Maintenance Copy Tooling Data Use Global Setting v TRUE a Process Workflow Maintenance Copy WI View Data Use Global Setting v TRUE a Production Calendar Maintenance Status of an Empty Lot SFC 408 Production Shift System Setup I ADS Document Printing Template Direct ds templat Site Maintenance hahha EY oe System Rule ADS Storage of PDF Document Use Global Setting v FALSE Maintenance ENT SE Certification Expiration Warning Period 30 System Setup Time Granularity i Assignment Maintenance E Time Granularity Maintenance Enable Collaboration Action Messages Use Global Setting v Vv TRUE a User Cert Assignment Maintenance Enable SFC Complete JMS Mess
5. 09 22 2011 3 3 09 22 2011 3 1 09 22 2011 3 1 09 22 2011 3 1 09 21 2011 4 5 07 20 2011 3 4 07 20 2011 3 4 07 20 2011 3 4 M essage Polling should be configured to poll for Real Time M essages At least one M essage type should have the POD Notification checkbox checked itical Critical Critical Critical Critical Critical Critical plosom ppimbmo SAP ME How To Guide for Message Board 3 4 4 Function Specific Setup The Real Time M essage Display activity is not available for configuration through Activity Maintenance However a Message Type may be flagged for POD Notification in Message Type Maintenance This denotes that this type of M essage will show up in the Real Time M essage Display List Thisisthe same message list asthe one defined for the M essage Board but it has been optimized to only display the list of message that are flagged as Real Time messages So any M essage that should be configured as a Real Time M essage should have the POD Notification check box checked for that M essage Type In POD Maintenance the Real Time M essage Display element on the M ain Tab For Operation and Work Center type POD s should be set to ICON This will turn the functionality on and will show the Real Time M essage Display list when the icon is clicked If NONE is selected no icon will be displayed and there will be no Real Time M essage Display for t
6. How To Set Up and Use the SAP ME Message Board Feature Applicable Release ME 6 1 Version 1 1 October 2013 SAP ME How To Guide for Message Board Copyright 2013 SAP AG All rights reserved No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or for any purpose without the express permission of SAP AG The information contained herein may be changed without prior notice Some software products marketed by SAP AG and its distributors contain proprietary software components of other software vendors Microsoft Windows Outlook and PowerPoint are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation IBM DB2 DB2 Universal Database OS 2 Parallel Sysplex MVS ESA ATX S 390 AY 400 OS 390 OS 400 iSeries pSeries xSeries zSeries z OS AFP Intelligent Miner WebSphere Netfinity Tivoli Informix UV OS POWER POWERS OpenPower and PowerPC are trademarks or registered trademarks of IBM Corporation Adobe the Adobe logo Acrobat PostScript and Reader are either trademarks or registered trademarks of Adobe Systems Incorporated in the United States and or other countries Oracle is a registered trademark of Oracle Corporation UNIX X Open OSF 1 and Motif are registered trademarks of the Open Group Citrix ICA Program Neighborhood MetaFrame WinFrame VideoFrame and MultiWin are trademarks or registered trademarks of Citrix Systems Inc HTML XML XHTML and W3C are trademarks
7. Create Message Webpage Dialog i Message created EEE L Message Type FREE FORM Pal Severity Warning User Group SUPERVISORS EL Message Body Free Form GE en inet Protected Mode Off 3 3 4 Prerequisites Process Workflow s must be created for Free Form Type messages or accept the default of SIMPLE Message Type Maintenance must have the FREE_FORM type message configured as desired or accept the default Message Board or POD must be configured to have the CREATE_MESS_PLUGIN assigned to a button SAP ME How To Guide for Message Board 3 3 5 3 3 6 Function Specific Setup For setting up this function see Pod Maintenance and Setting Up M essage Board PODs The Create M essage Plug in is intended to be launched as a standalone plug in Popup It is not optimized for Popover or fixed panel configuration The Activity CREATE MESS PLUGIN is used for this function Best Practices We recommend that Create M essage Plug in be configured as a button and to be launched as a Popup It may be applied to any POD or List plug in The privilege to create a message should be applied to all Users 3 4 Real Time Message Display RTMD 3 4 1 Description and Applicability Real Time Warnings Display has been converted to be used with the new M essage Board functionality The Real Time M essage display shows up when configured to run in a POD It shows up as an
8. ME 6 0 Scrum Home ME SAP Remote Access Solu SAP CONNECT Portal 257 SAP Manufacturing Execu z gt SAP ruens Execution Activity Manager M AE e Pager Safety Toos X Find Process Workflow Previous Net led Options v Process Workflow Maintenance Retrieve E Save E Clear 8 Delete Site CARLSB Process Workflow Op RES HOLD CONSEC NC Bg Description Oper Res Hold Consec NC Sequence KE Activity Button Label 4 ho CoNsEC Nc RES HOL 20 CONSEC_NC_OP_HOLD 30 LOG CODES 118N LOG_CODES wf Di 40 OP_HOLD_RELEASE ai 50 RES_HOLD_RELEASE ai E lz D E Done ER Local intranet Protected Mode Off fa 100 e Process Workflow OP RES HOLD SPC VIOL Description Oper Res Hold SPC Violation Sequence 10 Activity SPC VIOL RES HOLD Button Label Blank Sequence 20 Activity SPC VIOL OP HOLD Button Label Blank Sequence 30 Activity LOG CODES Button Label 118N LOG CODES wf DESC Sequence 40 Activity OP HOLD RELEASE Button Label Blank Sequence 50 Activity RES HOLD RELEASE Button Label Blank 41 SAP ME How To Guide for Message Board Oper Res Hold SPC Violation Workflow File Edit View Favorites Tools Help dip Favorites 3 I 6 0 Product Management Z7 2899 Server Login KnowledgeTree e Mappe Man
9. SAP Remote Access Solu SAP CONNECT Portal Z7 SAP Manufacturing Execu be SAP Manufacturing Execution Activity Manager My Aly m v Pager Safety Tools Qv X Find Process Workflow Previous Net gf Options e Background Processing Buyoff Maintenance Certification Maintenance Certification Type Maintenance Collaboration Directive Maintenance Collaboration Link Maintenance Configuration Data Transfer Export Configuration Data Transfer Import Data Field Assignment Maintenance Data Field Definition Maintenance Default Value Maintenance List Maintenance 1 Message Type Maintenance a Next Number Maintenance ODS Rule Maintenance POD Maintenance Printer Maintenance Process Workflow Maintenance a Production Calendar Maintenance Production Shift Maintenance Site Maintenance a System Rule Maintenance e System Setup a Time Granularity v Activity Maintenance 4 Message Type Maintenance A Retrieve Save Clear f Delete Q Site CARLSB Message Type a Description Severity INO v Process Morden Status Enabled v Message Subject Message Body Auto Close on Process Workflow Completion Use Auto Close Interval Days POD Notification Done 5 2 6 2 2 Settings Example The following information provides more detail around some of these other configuration attr
10. i i i Maintenance Collaboration Link Escenas 3 Description Operation Resource Hold Yield Rat Configuration Data Ir r D fi ion Transfer Import Data Field Assignment T j Maintenance Sequence Activity Button Label 4 Data Field Definition 10 YIELD_RES_HOLD Default Value 20 YIELD_OP_HOLD Maintenance List Maintenance BO oj GE Message Type 40 OP HOLD RELEASE Sas 50 RES_HOLD_RELEASE e N Maintenance ODS Rule Maintenance POD Maintenance Printer Maintenance Process Workflow Maintenance Pr i r Maintenance Production Shift Maintenance Site Maintenance System Rule Maintenance System Setup E Time Granularity I D am I18N LOG CODES wf D Q c D OD Done G Local intranet Protected Mode Off Za e 1005 e Process Workflow SIMPLE Description Simple Table is Blank Simple Workflow sly Favorites 33 6 0 Product Management Z7 2899 Server E Login KnowledgeTree Mappe Manufacturing E ME 6 0 Scrum Home ME SAP Remote Access Solu SAP CONNECT Portal 25 SAP Manufacturing Execu E SAP Manufacturing Execution Activity Manager D xD gx Pager Safety Took X Find Process Workflow Previous Next Options TEE amp Proces Vo low ainten Buyoff Maintenance Certification Mainte
11. when that Message has been generated sent to the Message Board due to the SPC Yield thresholds being met SAP ME How To Guide for Message Board Sequence 10 YIELD_RES_HOLD and 20 YIELD_OP_HOLD are activities which have been defined as Automatic process workflow steps So in this case at the moment the message is generated these two steps are automatically processed and the Operation and Resource are placed on HOLD These activities are completed automatically by the system and the next step in the processing Sequence 30 LOG_CODES become active on the Message The LOG_CODES activity has been configured to be a Manual process so this means that the user is required to perform a manual action here In this case it 1s to click on the Button called Log Codes on the message Details screen in Message Board When this manual action is taken by the user an entry dialog is posted where the user is able to enter the Required Codes as defined in the LOG CODES Activity Rules Once the user has entered the data and clicks the Log Codes action on the dialog the Codes and associated text are saved to the Message Details Log and the step gets completed At this time the next two activities Sequence 40 OP HOLD RELEASE and 50 RES HOLD RELEASE are activated In this case these Process Workflow Activities have been configured to be Automatic This means the system will automatically perform the action required here which is to release
12. About He GT Record changed Site CARLSB Category Corrective Action I Done Qt Local intranet Protected Mode Off fay 100 v 5 2 7 6 2 Settings Example Status Controls whether the reason code is available for use on the shop floor Example for the Corrective Actions category Assign a message type that has a LOG CODES Process Workflow activity assigned See also Reason Code in M E Help 5 2 7 7 Material Maintenance 5 2 7 7 1 Purpose Effects Used in Site to Site transfer functionality If you need to define a new Material see Material M aintenance in M E Help 58 SAP ME How To Guide for Message Board Material Maintenance File Edit View Favorites Tools Help iy Favorites E7 60 Product Management Z7 2899 Server Kl Login KnowledgeTree Mappe Manufacturing E Ed ME 6 0 Scrum Home ME SAP Remote Access Solu SAP CONNECT Portal Z7 SAP Manufacturing Execu EE BO v Bir Sem Too Or 7 X Find Reas Previous Next F Options Y Executive DB Maintenance a Executive DB Portlet Maintenance Material Group Maintenance Material Maintenance Operation Maintenance Reason Code Maintenance Resource Maintenance a Resource Type Maintenance Routing Maintenance e Sample Plan Maintenance Scheduling Standards Maintenance Standard Value Key Maintenance Test Plan Mai
13. E n archive children update batch size Batch size used for updating child records while archiving default is 100 records 100 Next Number archive GUI timeout Timeout value for Archiving default is 30 minutes in the Archive activity 30 Maintenance 4 ODS Rule Maintenance archive handle expansion fetch size Fetch size used set on statement to retrieve records while expanding BO GBO columns default is 50 records 50 POD Maintenance archive handle expansion update batch size Batch size used for updating records while expanding the BO GBO columns default is 20 records 20 Printer Maintenance archive timeout Timeout value for Archiving default is 30 minutes 30 E Process Workflow complete timeout Timeout value for Complete in minutes default is 5 5 Production Calendar create demand timeout Timeout value for Create Demand in minutes default is 300 300 Maintenance Production Shift erp basicAuth password Password for ERP message basic authentication DTE Maintenance erp basicAuth user User for ERP message basic authentication MESYS Site Maintenance 2 s Sean Buda erp mii webClient poolSize MII Web Clients Pool Size 50 Maintenance expand handle timacut Time out value for column expansion in a table to the number of records which is specified in the 30 System Setup max records for expand handle property default is 30 minutes Time Granularity logProcessLotForStartCompl Permission to log the process lot on Start and Complete actions fal
14. Enabled Enabled Enabled Enabled Enabled Enabled Enabled Enabled Enabled Enabled Enabled Enabled Enabled Enabled Enabled Enabled Enabled Enabled Enabled Done amp Local intranet Protected Mode Off The Severity drop down can be used to assign a severity range to your message type to indicate how important this message is to the User Group community when generated to the In the M essage board this gives a visual 46 7 Z v amp 100 v SAP ME How To Guide for Message Board indication of its importance It is also used to sort messages and to apply a specific color code and icon to display in the RTM D mechanism within the POD The user can apply the appropriate Process Workflow to the M essage Type The browse will show only Process Workflows available for selection The user can set the M essage Type to Enabled or Disabled in the Status drop down If enabled this type can be generated to the message Board but if disabled this type cannot However disabling it does not stop the other processing within the application the message is just not generated to M essage Board The User can define the Subject and M essage Body to be included in the message This information will be included every time the message type is generated to the M essage Board For instance in the FREE FORM Message Type example the text is Free Form for both The entered text is what you will see
15. Message Board Reason Code Maintenance Executio y Activit Manager SAP AG Microsort It ss xP Ges e Search File Edit View Favorites Tools Help dy Favorites qh 27 6 0 Product Management Z7 2899 Server K i Login KnowledgeTree Mappe Manufacturing E Ed ME6 Scrum Home ME SAP Remote Access Solu SAP CONNECT Portal Z7 SAP Manufacturing ber c SAP Manufacturing Execution Activity Manager T Zo Y EJ v i E v Pagey Safetyy Tools v ON j X Find Reas Previous Next ig Options Y HE 3 11 D H Cod a Se Reason Code Maintenance Resource Maintenance Retrieve Ej Save j Clear D Delete 0 Resource Type Maintenance Routing Maintenance Sample Plan Maintenance Scheduling Standards Maintenance e Standard Value Key Reason Code CORI Maintenance Test Plan Maintenance Tool Group Maintenance v Tool Number Custom Data Maintenance Work Center Maintenance Description COR1 Work Instruction Maintenance v Nonconformance Disposition Group essage Type SPC ALARM VIOLATIO 7 Maintenance NC Client Maintenance NC Code Maintenance NC Group Maintenance v System Reports Audit Log Report Collaboration Log Report DB Diagnostics Report v System Configuration Activity Code Maintenance e Activity Group Maintenance Activity Maintenance Background Processing E U N gege Home Leg
16. SIC odios system basedon 2 Date criteria Select Hetrieve and the system 3 1 4 Data Model 3 1 5 Function Specific Setup For setting up this function see Pod Maintenance and Setting Up M essage Board PODs If changes are made to the default MESSAGE BOARD MESSAGE BOARD LIST and SADA SAP ME How To Guide for Message Board MESSAGE BOARD PANEL Activities in Activity Maintenance this could cause the M essage Board POD to not work correctly as it has been optimized for M E at this stage 3 1 6 Best Practices We recommend that you use M essage Board POD in its default POD Configuration or as it is configured for use with Real Time M essage display 3 2 Message Board List 3 2 1 Description and Applicability The M essages List displays the information in the following table for each message that meets the selection criteria as discussed above M essage Board List Messages Created Date Time Created By Subject Status Performed By Performed Date Time Severity Details 04 25 2011 1 23 PM CHARLIE Inspection request o In Queue CHARLIE 10 05 2011 7 44 AM Critical Q i 08 16 2011 1 07 PM CHARLIE Free Form e mail test New CHARLIE 08 16 2011 1 07 PM Critical Q 08 16 2011 10 37 AM CHARLIE Free Form New CHARLIE 08 16 2011 10 37 AM Critical Q 04 25 2011 1 27 PM CHARLIE Company Picnic Claimed CHARLIE 08 09 2011 3 08 PM Critical a 05 11 2011 10 04 AM CHARLIE Certificate Hold As New CHARLIE 05
17. Usage n i I ys ODS As Built Summary Nonconformance Message Type v Quality Management 1B IRTW CONSEC NC v NCManagement e DPMO Report Real Time Warnings Maintenance y Done NC Counter Reset V Message Log Message Sent Production Shift 5 2 7 2 2 Settings Example For Yield Processing threshold warnings identify the M aterial Operation and Resource On the Yield Processing Tab Identify the Yield Lower Limit attributes and assign a Message Type The message type created for these types of Real Time Warnings for Yield Processing scenarios is RTW YIELD RATE 54 SAP ME How To Guide for Message Board For Consecutive Identical NC threshold warnings identify the NC Count Level NC Group or NC Code the Nonconformance type an NC Group or an NC Code assign a Message Type and identify the Count threshold 0 or gt The message type created for these types of Real Time Warnings for logged Consecutive Identical NC s scenarios is RIW_CONSEC NC 5 2 7 3 SPC Alarm Severity Maintenance 5 2 7 3 1 Purpose Effects This activity has been modified enhanced to assign M essage types of SPC Violation SPC Alarm m M s CEA Manactng Econ La nage SAPAG Ms EE ees AS or SPC Warning to the various SPC rules Edit View Favorites Tools j File Favorites Help gm SAP Manufacturing Execution Activity Manager X Find SPC E 6 0 Product nent ZY 2
18. Workflow defined and the user can simply SAP ME How To Guide for Message Board close the message after it has been viewed It is applicable where a M anual close is needed to close a Message to acknowledge receipt and viewing of the M essage Processing from the Details dialog Different M essage Types require different types of processing and from the Details dialog it may be possible to perform additional processing actions These are based on 1 the M essage Type 2 Process Workflow assigned and the 3 Process Workflow Activities assigned to the Workflow These differences will affect how the Details dialog looks and behaves There are several core out of the box M essage Types that have been optimized to support specific business process flows They have been created to support how the previous EVENTS and EVENT TYPES were processed These include o BUYOFF WF o FREE FORM o RTW CONSEC NC o RTW YIELD RATE o SPC ALARM VIOLATION o SPC ALARM WARNING BUYOFF WF The process workflow is configured to allow two M anual steps Accept and reject in the processing of a Buyoff M essage These show up on the M essage Details dialog as buttons for Accept and Reject Both actions invoke a dialog where a user will be required to enter data to proceed Thisis an EITHER OR Process workflow meaning that the user either selects the Accept button or the Reject button Accept just closes the message Reject posts the LOGNC REJECT dialog to
19. and applicable to that functionality and sorts messages as Critical first Warning then Info last and does not offer the filter or search panel in this list SAP ME How To Guide for Message Board POD Maintenance Message Board File Edit View Favorites Tools Help sly Favorites 3 Ev 6 0 Product Management Z7 2899 Server E Login KnowledgeTree Mappe Manufacturing E ME 6 0 Scrum Home ME ve SAP Remote Access Solu e SAP CONNECT Portal Z7 SAP Manufacturing Execu fi L3 d v Pager Safetyv Toos Six n m SAP Manufacturing Execution Activity Manager X Find Process Workflow Previous Next C9 Options x Activity Maintenance ckground Pr in Buyoff Maintenance Certification Maintenance Certification Type Site CARLSB Maintenance 1 Collaboration Directive Type Message Board v Maintenance Collaboration Link POD MESSAGE BOARD Maintenance A Configuration Data Main d Buttons Layout Transfer Export Configuration Data i Transfer Import Description Message Board E ta Field ignment z Et Maintenance Status Enabled e e Data Field Definition Maintenance f Maintenance List Maintenance Message Type Maintenance e Next Number Maintenance ODS Rule Maintenance POD Maintenance Printer Maintenance Process Workflow Maintenance e Pri i lendar Maintenance e Production Shift Maintenance Site M
20. complete the Log Codes action to complete the Step Once this step is completed the next two steps on the Message will be invoked These are automatic steps where the system releases the HOLD on the Operation and Resource automatically Once that is done the steps are completed by the system and since no other Process Workflow steps exist after that the Message goes to a Closed state SAP ME How To Guide for Message Board Message Board RTW_CONSEC NC Details view Message Info Site CAK Type RTW CONSEC NC Severity Critical Status New Material Vers SJM Resource OVEN02 Operation CUREOVEN DEMO 01 Work Center Message Details Message Subject RTW Consecutive NC RTW Consecutive NC for SFC UNIT_SFC Message Body OPERATION BO OperationBO CAK CUREOVEN INCIDENT DATE TIME 2011 09 22T19 34 23 723Z EVENT DATE 2011 09 22T19 34 23 870Z QTY COMPLETED 0 FAILURE ID 1 SFC STEP BO SFCStepBO SFCRouterBO SFCRoutingBO SFCBO CAK SJM 136 RouterBO CAK SJM DEMO U 04 1 050 TIME PROCESSED 1 ROUTER BO RouterBO CAK SJM DEMO U 04 STEP ID 050 NC DATA BO NCDataBO SFCBO CAK SJM 136 UserBO CAK CAK SITEADMIN 1 09 22 2011 3 34 23 PM QTY NON CONFORMED 1 QTY 1 SFC BO SFCBO CAK SJM 136 MESSAGE TYPE BO MessageTypeBO CAK RTW CONSEC NC DATE TIME 2011 09 22T19 34 23 723Z REPORTING CENTER BO WorkCenterBO CAK STJM SIG USER BO UserBO CAK CAK SITEADMIN ITEM BO ItemBO CAK SJM DEMO 01
21. determine what manual actions a User may take to process the M essage Message Board View M essage Details Dialog Free Form M essage example 1 p View Message Webpage Dialog View Message o Message Info Site CARLSB Type FREE FORM Severity Crmce Status In Queve SFC Material Vers Resource Operation Work Center Message Details Message Body Inspecton request ovtede of process Message Subject Inspecton request outs de of process Message Log Date T me Acton User Actrvty Comments 04 25 2011 1 23 PM Creste CHARLIE 10 05 2011 7 44 AM Transfer CHARLIE 3 2 2 Purpose Effects The M essage Board offers several ways to process a message e Using the Action Buttons in the M essages List plug in e Using the Action Buttons in the View Message dialog e Actions based on the Process Workflow activities associated to the M essage Type being processed Each action button that changes the status of a message displays a Comments dialog so the user can enter a reason for taking the action on the message Entering a comment is not SAP ME How To Guide for Message Board required The Comments dialog restates the action as a button on the dialog These buttons function as a confirmation that the user truly wants to perform this action For example the User selected Claim so on the Claim comments dialog there is a Claim button that is the confirmation that they want to perform the Clai
22. essage see Create M essage The M essage Board can be configured as a standalone POD launched from a desktop shortcut or from the Activity M anager as a part of another POD M essage List is displayed in a fixed panel popup or popover layout area or asa list Real Time M essage Display RTM D uses only M essage List For more information see M essage List M essages M essage Board Selection and Real Time M essage Display The M essage Board feature allows users to Configure and define M essage Types according to customers needs SAPA SAP ME How To Guide for Message Board Configure and define Process Workflows that can be assigned to M essage Types and how those messages will be processed Identify specific specialized Activities which are used for M essages only Configure the M essage Board POD standalone Configure the M essage Board plug in to be run in another POD Operation or Work Center Use the M essage Board POD filtering searching and processing of messages Create Free form M essages View and process messages from Real Time M essage Display It can also send E mail versions of the M essage to designated e mail accounts when the M essage is generated This feature provides access and interaction with the M essage Board via the M essage List It enables operators to view messages that are directly related to the manufacturing process It provides visual indicators when se
23. log an NC due to a reject and once the NC is logged the M essage closes SAP ME How To Guide for Message Board Message Board Buyoff Request Details view T Vue Mie t Webpage Dialog TE Hirxvage Toto Sabe CAE Type Beer EPCHJEST Bases riy monec States ege SPO BSn1 1 4357 PRO Haiena Wara PODIAS Bezoeaurcer EP LOTEORM permisa ER LOT Fw Wark Center E Mecpage feiss Hrkegs Subject Hay CEIALITE Meri sge Body Perform Duyal Accept or Log MC Reject pensioni EFI LOT FORM GL SFC D523 1 4567 PRD Howser Ec Date Tate Ann Let Agtsby Comments 11 01 2011 2 14 PM Create CHAS DE RTW CONSEC NC RTW YIELD RATE SPC ALARM VIOLATION and SPC ALARM WARNING The process workflow consists of 5 Sequence steps that will need to be completed before the M essage can be closed The First 2 steps are Automatic steps that are invoked as soon as the Message Is generated and place a Hold on the Operation and Resource due to Consecutive NC threshold violations or Yield Rate being reached or SPC Violation or Warning has been met This means the Operation and Resource cannot move forward until the M essage is processed The third step is an Action that a User must take manually This step corresponds to the LOG CODES button on the Details dialog for the RTIW_CONSEC NC type message The user must invoke the action which opens the Log Codes dialog where the user will have to enter Reason Cause and Resolution information and
24. message first Unclaim The status of the message changes to Inqueue meaning processing has begun on this Message Unclaim is essentially the reverse of Claim removing the claim lock so any other user can work on or Process the message Revoke Changes the Status of the M essage to REVOKED and effectively closes the M essage no further processing can be done Revoke is used when the M essage is not needed or where the message cannot be processed to completion Transfer Sets the status of the message to Inqueue This action is used to transfer the message to a different User Group in the event that the original User Groups assigned cannot process the message or it was sent to the wrong group initially When the Transfer action is complete the M essage will be removed from the original User Group and will show up on the destination User Group s List of M essages Comment Does not change the status of the M essage This action is used to log comments against the message This action allows users to add comments for specific users or for the User Group processing the message as additional information for processing of the message Close Message Changes the status of the message to Closed This action may be used when a M essage can be closed directly from the M essage Board with no Actions required from the View M essage Details dialog This is particularly effective for simple message types like the Free Form where there is no Process
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26. s to trigger these types of messages to the M essage Board when the thresholds have been met SP020 SPC Alarm Severity M aintenance Activity M odified enhanced to assign M essage types of SPC Violation or SPC Warning to trigger these types of messages to the M essage Board when the thresholds have been met e SY100 System Rule MESSAGES VALIDITY PERIOD Removed no longer needed M essage Board handles message validity e SS100 System Setup SAP ME How To Guide for Message Board Removed rted number of messages no longer needed M essage Board and RTM D Message list handles this SS100 System Setup Enhanced rted polling period seconds to support RTM D and the polling period settings for updating the List of RTM D messages when new ones have been generated SYS999 Background Processing Auto Close M essage by the System Activity added to run background process at certain increments to check for and close messages types that have Auto Close Interval set EN090 POD Maintenance Enhanced New POD TYPE of M essage Board and Default M ESSAGE BOARD pod created and pre configured 9 3 Settings Example 9 4 The new Process Workflow activities have been created optimized and associated to the appropriate Process Workflow Templates and their respective M essage Types Best Practices We recommend that you work with an SAP representative if any change to the Process Workflow Activities Process Workflows and M
27. 11 2011 10 04 AM Warning Q 05 11 2011 9 59 AM CHARLIE User Certificate Obs New CHARLIE 05 11 2011 9 59 AM Warning Q 05 11 2011 9 51 AM CHARLIE Certificate Hold As New CHARLIE 05 11 2011 9 51 AM Warning Q Withdraw Claim Unclaim Revoke Transfer Comment Close Message Performed By The user ID of the user who took the most recent action on the message Performed Date The date and time when the last action was taken on the message Time The severity level of the message An icon that provides access to the details for the message The List of Messages is handled by the Activity called MESSAGE BOARD LIST The Columns have been predefined and are not configurable The Details icon in the last column opens the View M essage dialog This dialog is used to view the entire M essage details including the metadata related to the message generation as well as the Subject and Message Body The Message Log SAP ME How To Guide for Message Board area shows all of the user transactions that have taken place against the message All actions that happen to a message are tracked and logged This offers a visual time line of the processing lifecycle of the M essage The View M essage dialog and the M essages List plug in also provide action buttons These buttons are dynamic based on the M essage type and status the workflow assigned and the rules defined for the individual Process Workflow activities The buttons
28. 899 Server Ka el Login KnowledgeTree Mappe Manufacturing E SZ ME6 0 Scrum Home ME SAP Remote Access Solu SAP CONNECT Portal Z7 SAP Manufacturing Execu e v Pagev Safe Tookv Qv hg Previous Next Cg Options v Component Usage Report Device History Report ECO Detail Report ECO Summary Report Floor Stock Report a Packing Report Resource Setup Report v Genealogy ODS Reports e Component Usage ODS As Built Summary v Quality Management v NCManagement a DPMO Report Real Time Warnings Maintenance v RMA RMA SFC Receipt e RMA Shop Order Receipt v Real Time SPC SPC Alarm Severity Maintenance SPC Chart Maintenance a SPC Display v Site To Site v Site To Site Maintenance Export Template Maintenance v Site To Site Production SFC Receipt Site to Site Collaboration Export a Site to Site Done EN A INS SPC Alarm Severity Maintenance 5 2 7 3 2 Settings Example Select the M essage Type for each rule on the SPC Rules tab that will be used Valid selections include SPC Violation SPC Warning or Ignore SPC Violation will send messages of the Message type SPC ALARM VIOLATION to the Message Board SPC Warning will send messages of the M essage type SPC_ALARM_WARNING to the M essage Board IGNORE will not send a message to the Message Board Only when v Retrieve G Save 0 Site CARLSB d AT
29. 99 Server el Login KnowledgeTree e Mappe Manufacturing E ME 6 0 Scrum Home ME SAP Remote Access Solu SAP CONNECT Portal 237 SAP Manufacturing Execu Z7 SAP Manufacturing Execution Activity Manager t v yo v Pagev Safetyy Tools v e n X Find Process Workflow Previous Next EA Options j s d a Process Workflow Maintenance T Background Pr on 2 EE Ji Retrieve Ej Save Clear D Delete o ification Mainten Site CARLSB Certification Type Maintenance Process Workflow OP RES HOLD SPC WARN 0 Collaboration Directi t Collaboration Lin ie ES Description Oper Res Hold SPC Warning Configuration Data Transfer Export Configuration Data Transfer Import Data Field Assignment rr 7 Maintenance Sequence Activity Button Label Data Field Definition 10 SPC WARN RES HOLD el Maintenance Default Value 20 SPC_WARN_OP_HOLD Maintenance r I I a 30 LOG_CODES Bg r18N LOG CODES wf D Message Type i40 OP HOLD RELEASE 0 50 RES HOLD RELEASE Maintenance ODS Rule Maintenance POD Maintenance Printer Maintenance Process Workflow Maintenance Production Calendar Maintenance Production Shift Maintenance Site Maintenance System Rule Maintenance Syste
30. ARM VIOLATION and SPC ALARM WARNING 20 Business Process activity triggers Message to Message Display Claim Comments select Log Codes button Operation and Resource HOLD released automaticall Operation and Resource are placed ON HOLD automaticall Enter Claim Comments Display Log Codes dialog System completes the last 2 activities on the Message System completes the first 2 activities on the Message Message Status goes to Claimed Success message Enter Corrective Action Code Cause Text and Display Details view and Message goes to CLOSED SAP ME How To Guide for Message Board Open Message Board POD Select Details view Select OK button Select Return To Message Board Select RTW or other MERSO from List and Select Claim Display Details view Log Codes SUCCESS 21 SAP ME How To Guide for Message Board Message Board RTW and SPC screen flows ge X Pre Message Info e 0G CODES Webpage 4 pm EE COR1 Site CAK Type RTW CONSEC NC Severity Critical Status New SFC APP7 04182011 1 PRD Material Vers APP7 01 Resource ANNEALOL Operation ANNEAL 01 Work Center Corrective Action Code Cause Message Details Message Subject RTW Consecutive NC RTW Consecutive NC for SFC UNIT_SFC Message Body OPERATION BO OperationBO CAK AN
31. Details List Select Close Message Open Message Board Pod Select Close Select Return to Message Message Board SAPA SAP ME How To Guide for Message Board 2 4 Prerequisites You have defined process workflows in Process Workflow Maintenance see Process Wforkitow M aintenance You have defined message types in Message Type Maintenance see M essage Type M aintenance 2 5 Best Practices We recommend that the M essage Board be used as an always on solution much like the way any e mail client is used in a business setting today or the way our Production PODs are used It can be run as a Standalone POD that a user may monitor throughout the day or may be configured to run in a POD frame so it may be accessed while processing SFC s or from the Real Time M essage Icon where critical messages are displayed in a unique way so they are managed quickly Also the M essage Board POD provides additional filtering and search capabilities to allow users to quickly filter through the messages they want to see allowing them to quickly find the messages that need processing first etc The message board is a great tool for keeping up with communications of the Production floor so as to keep your production line moving forward productively and efficiently 3 1 Message Board Selection Filter Criteria 3 1 1 Description and Applicability You use this activity to retrieve and display SAP M E messages on the M essages List see M
32. ELAPSED TIME 0 QTY SCRAPPED 0 SITE CAK NC CODE BO NCCodeBO CAK FAIL QTY DONE 0 MESSAGE TEXT Test failed RESOURCE BO ResourceBO CAK OVENO2 MESSAGE TYPE RTW Consecutive NC Message Log Date Time Action User Activity Comments 09 22 2011 3 34 PM Create CAK SITEADMIN 09 22 2011 3 34 PM Activity CAK SITEADMIN CONSEC NC RES HOLD 09 22 2011 3 34 PM Activity CAK SITEADMIN CONSEC NC OP HOLD FREE FORM and all other types The SIM PLE process workflow is used for ALL OTHER M essage types that exist in the system previously defined EVENTS that were migrated to M essage Types not identified above This process workflow has no automatic or manual sequence steps so this means that it may or may not need a manual Close M essage action to be invoked by a user to close the message A M essage type with this Process workflow assigned can be Closed by a User Clicking on the Close M essage button in the M essage Board POD by the system if the Auto Close Interval or Auto Close On Process Workflow Completion check boxes are checked This Process Workflow has been assigned to the FREE FORM M essage type as its standard 16 SAP ME How To Guide for Message Board Message Board Details example for FREE FORM Notice the Close and Return to Message Board buttons at the bottom View Message Message Info Site SYS1 Type FREE_FORM Severity Critical Status New SFC Material Vers Resource
33. ERATION BO OperationBO CAK ANNEAL 01 INCIDENT DATE TIME 2011 08 29T17 19 57 896Z EVENT DATE 2011 08 29T17 19 58 679Z QTY COMPLETED 0 FAILURE ID 1 SFC STEP BO SFCStepBO SFCRouterBO SFCRoutingBO SFCBO CAK APP7 04182011 1 PRD RouterBO CAK APP7 U 01 1 020 TIME PROCESSED 1 ROUTER BO RouterBO CAK APP7 U 01 STEP ID 020 NC DATA BO NCDataBO SFCBO CAK APP7 04182011 1 PRD UserBO CAK CHARLIE 1 08 29 2011 1 19 57 PM QTY NON CONFORMED 1 QTY 1 SFC_BO SFCBO CAK APP7 04182011 1 PRD MESSAGE TYPE BO MessageTypeBO CAK RTW CONSEC NC DATE TIME 2011 08 29T17 19 57 8962 REPORTING CENTER BO WorkCenterBO CAK WAFER FAB SIG USER BO UserBO CAK CHARLIE ITEM BO ItemBO CAK APP7 01 ELAPSED TIME 0 QTY SCRAPPED 0 SITE CAK NC CODE BO NCCodeBO CAK FAIL QTY DONE 0 MESSAGE TEXT Test failed RESOURCE BO ResourceBO CAK ANNEALO1 MESSAGE TYPE RTW Consecutive NC Message Log Date Time Action User Activity Comments 08 29 2011 1 19 PM Create CHARLIE 08 29 2011 1 19 PM Activity CHARLIE CONSEC NC RES HOLD 08 29 2011 1 19 PM Activity CHARLIE CONSEC NC OP HOLD 11 01 2011 3 59 PM Activity CHARLIE LOG CODES 11 01 2011 3 59 PM Activity CHARLIE OP HOLD RELEASE 11 01 2011 3 59 PM Activity CHARLIE RES HOLD RELEASE 11 01 2011 3 59 PM Close CHARLIE 3 2 4 Function Specific Setup For setting up this function see Pod Maintenance and Setting Up M essage Board PODs If changes are made to t
34. FREE FORM Free Form Enabled INSP PROCEDURE CHANGE Inspection procedure changed Enabled INSP TIGHTENED Inspection Tightened Enabled LIST DEF LIMIT EXC List Maximum Row Limit Exceeded Enabled MAXIMUM LOOP COUNT Maximum Loop Count Enabled MIN SLOT QTY Default Min Slot Quantity Message Type Enabled NEXT NUMBER WARNING Next Number Warning Enabled PRODUCTION XML ERROR Production XML Error Enabled RTW CONSEC NC RTW Consecutive NC Enabled RTW_YIELD_RATE RTW Yield Rate Enabled SAMPLE_REJECT Default Sample Reject Message Type Enabled SAMPLE_SKIP Default Sample Skip Message Type Enabled SECURITY_VIOLATION Security Violation Enabled SIMPLE_MESSAGE Simple Message Enabled SITE_TO_SITE_MESSAGE Site to Site Message Enabled SPC_ALARM_VIOLATION SPC Alarm Violation Enabled SPC ALARM WARNING SPC Alarm Warning Enabled Done H Local intranet Protected Mode Off jv SIS v 5 2 7 7 2 Settings Example During definition of Material it may be necessary to identify Site to Site transfer criterion on the Transfer tab A M essage Type can be assigned in the M essage Type column in the table on the Transfer tab The Message Type SITE TO SITE M ESSAGE has been created to support sending a message out to multiple User Groups to inform them that a transfer of M aterial data has occurred between Sites 59 SAP ME How To Guide for Message Board 5 2 7 8 User Group Maintenance 5 2 7 8 1 Purpose Effects Allows for the assi
35. M essage by the System should be configured to allow the system to close messages automatically via a background process Messages with a M essage Type that has Use Auto Close Interval checked will be closed automatically The Auto Close M essage by the System activity will run as a background process at the specified intervals to check for and close these messages This process has three parameters Enabled Run Every After or Interval SAP ME How To Guide for Message Board Background Processing Activity Fie Edit View Favorites Tools Help q Favorites 3 E7 60 Product rere 27 2899 Server Wl a Login KnowledgeTree Mappe Manufacturing E D ME 6 0 Scrum Home ME W SAP Remote Access Solu SAP CONNECT Portal 2 SAP Manufacturing Execu I SAP Vus Execution Activity Manager X Find Process Workflow gt fl yl dr Pager Safety Tooke Qv Previous Next P Options ir Background Process Execution Background Processing Buyoff Maintenance Certification Type Maintenance Collaboration Directive Maintenance Collaboration Link Maintenance Configuration Data Transfer Export a Configuration Data Transfer Import Data Field Assignment Maintenance a Data Field Definition Maintenance Default Value Maintenance List Maintenance v Message Type Maintenance Next Number Maintenance ODS Rule Ma
36. NEAL 01 INCIDENT DATE TIME 2011 08 29T17 19 57 8962 EVENT DATE 2011 08 29717 19 58 6792 QTY COMPLETED 0 FAILURE 1 SFC STEP BO SFCStepBO SFCRouterBO SFCRoutingBO SFCBO CAK APP7 04182011 PRD RouterBO CAK APP7 U 01 1 020 TIME PROCESSED 1 ROUTER BO RouterBO CAK APP7 U 01 STEP ID 020 NC DATA BO NCDataBO SFCBO CAK APP 04182011 1 PRD UserBO CAK CHARLIE 1 08 29 2011 1 19 57 PM QTY NON CONEZAMED 1 QTY 1 SFC BO SFCBO CAK APP7 04182011 1 PRD MESSAGE TYPE BO MessageTypeBO CAK RTW CONSEC NC DATE TIME 2011 08 29T17 19 57 89 REPORTING CENTER BO WorkCenterBO CAK WAFER FAB SIG USER BO UserBO CAK CHARLIE ITEM BO ItemBO CAK APP7 01 ELAPSED TIME Min SCRAPPED 0 SITE CAK NC CODE BO NCCodeBO CAK FAIL QTY DONE 0 MESSAGE TEXT Test failed Resolution RESOURCE BO ResourceBO CAK ANNEALO1 MESSAGE TYPE RTW Copfecutive NC Cancel http usphivr amp Local intranet Protected Mode Off Create CHARLIE Activity CHARLIE Activity CHARLIE LEEW PICS iade ioc covespetormes O l Message Info Site CAK Type RTW_CONSEC_NC Severity Critical Status Closed SFC APP7 04182011 1 PRD Material Vers APP7 01 Resource ANNEALO1 Operation ANNEAL 01 Work Center Message Details Message Subject RTW Consecutive NC RTW Consecutive NC for SFC UNIT_SFC Message Body OP
37. Operation Work Center Message Details Message Subject Highly critical to read this This is a Real Time Message Display Message Message Body Free Form Highly critical to read this Message Log Date Time Action User Activity Comments Apr 1 2011 8 03 04 PM Create 3 2 3 Process Flow This figure illustrates the primary flow of user and system actions to process a FREE_ FORM M essage or any M essage Type with the SIM PLE Process Workflow assigned Select s FREE FO Display Enter Message Status Board RM Claim Claim goes to Claimed POD message Comments Comments Success Jaen ey message Select Close Message button Select Display Details Details view view Display Enter Close Close Comments Comments Display Details Select Select view and Return To Close Message goes to Message button CLOSED STATE Board SAP ME How To Guide for Message Board Free Form Message Processing Screen Shots Message Board Site SYS1 User SITE_ADMIN E view Menage wera 0003 E View Message Message Board Selection Work Center User Group E Start Date fe End Date Type FREE_FORM SFc Material Vers Work Center Severity Critical Status New Resource Operation Message Details Message Subject Highly critical to read this This is a Real Time Message Display Message Message Body Free Form Hig
38. PM Create CHARLIE http usphivmv045 5 Et Local intranet Protected Mode Off p SS 1 REJECT_BUYOFF performed Message Info anet Protected Mode Of e View Message Webpage Dia Site CAK Type BUYOFF REQUEST Severity Critical Status Closed SFC BS03 1 467 PRD Material Vers B503 1 01 Resource EPI LOTFORM Operation EPI LOT FORM Work Center EPI Message Details Message Subject Buyoff QUALITY Message Body Perform Buyoff Accept or Log NC Reject operation EPI LOT FORM 01 SFC BS03 1 467 PRD Message Info Message Log Site CAK Type BUYOFF REQUEST Severity Critical Status Closed SFC BS03 1 466 PRD Material Vers BS03 1 01 Resource EPI LOTFORM Operation EPI LOT FORM 11 01 2011 3 30 PM Create CHARLIE Work Center EPI 11 01 2011 3 42 PM Activity CHARLIE REJECT_BUYOFF Message Details 11 01 2011 3 42 PM Close CHARLIE Message Subject Buyoff QUALITY Message Body Perform Buyoff Accept or Log NC Reject operation EPI LOT FORM 01 SFC BS03 1 466 PRD Message Log 11 01 2011 2 11 PM Create CHARLIE 11 01 2011 3 20 PM Activity CHARLIE ACCEPT BUYOFF 11 01 2011 3 20 PM Close CHARLIE Local intranet Protected Mode Off Process Flow This figure illustrates the primary flow of user and system actions to process a RTW CONSEC NC RTW YIELD RATE SPC AL
39. SAP ME How To Guide for Message Board thresholds for the Consec NC and Yield Violation and Yield Warning type M essages have been met Real Time Warnings Maintenance GN TL ses File Edit View Favorites Tools Help iy Favorites Z7 60 Product Management Z7 2899 Server Ei Login KnowledgeTree Mappe Manufacturing E KX ME6 0 Scrum Home ME VW SAP Remote Access Solu SAP CONNECT Portal 2 SAP Manufacturing Execu Sap Manufacturing Execution Activity Manager n asd E v Pagev Safety Tools v X Find Real Previous Next P Options Reset Retrieve Save Clear f Delete Engineering Change EE Order Floor Stock Receipt Site CARLSB Load or Replenish a Maintain Floor Stock Pack Unpack Operation s Resource Setup Resource B Resource Slot Config Setup SFC BOM Component Replacement v Genealogy Reports Aging Report As Built Summary Report Yield Upper Limit BOM Report Message Type RTW YIELD RATE O Component Usage Report Group Size Device History Report ECO Detail Report Time Interval Des ECO Summary Report Floor Stock Report Packing Report j Resource Setup Report Yield Processing Material o Yield Lower Limit Collect By GroupSze v Yield Counter Reset V Message Log Message Sent v Genealogy ODS Reports Component
40. TE MESS PLUGIN Create M essage Activity used to invoke the Create Free form message dialog from a POD or from M essage Board e MESSAGE BOARD Message Board Activity used to define the Default M essage Board as a Standalone POD e MESSAGE BOARD PANEL Message Board Selection Panel Activity Used to define the Selection filter criteria attributes on M essage Board POD e MESSAGE BOARD LIST Message List Activity Used to define the List table columns rows and Action buttons on M essage Board POD e MSG TYPE MAINT Message Type Maintenance Activity Used to define the different M essage types and their unique configurations available to the M essage Board POD e PROCESS WF Process Workflow Activity Used to define the Process Workflow templates to be applied to M essage types New Process Workflow Activities Used for Process Workflow only SAP ME How To Guide for Message Board e ACCEPT BUYOFF Accept Buyoff Process Workflow Activity used to invoke the Accept Action on Buyoff Request type Messages M anual workflow step e CONSEC NC OP HOLD Consec NC Operation Hold Process Workflow Activity used to invoke the automatic Operation Hold on RTW Consecutive NC type M essages due to Real Time Warnings M aintenance thresholds being met for Consecutive Identical NC being reached Automatic Workflow step e CONSEC NC RES HOLD Consec NC Resource Hold Process Workflow Activity used to invoke the automatic Re
41. age Use Global Setting v lv TRUE H i Shen ELE Enable SFC Data Transfer Use Global Setting v v FALSE a User Maintenance XSLT Maintenance Require Legacy Security Validation Use Global Setting v lv TRUE v Protein Source Mail Address charlie cutler amp sag cam OG v Advanced D Visual Test and Repair VTR Model Location M LOCALHOST m Gi Local intranet Protected Mode Off fay 100 v 5 2 1 1 1 Purpose Effects Setting this parameter and coupled with e mail addresses defined on the M essage Type on the Notification tab will automatically generate an e mail to the addressees when the M essage Type is generated to the M essage Board due to business processing The E mail will consist of simple text meta data but only includes the M essage Type SUBJECT and BODY meta data The purpose of allowing the system to also generate an e mail when a message is generated is to allow that extra level of communication that exposes important messages to the right people when the business process dictates and when messages need to be viewed and processed in a timely manner If e mail addresses are not assigned on the Notification Tab of any M essage Type then no e mail messages will be sent when messages are generated to the M essage Board 3l SAP ME How To Guide for Message Board 5 2 1 1 2 Settings Example All three settings e mail addresses defined on a Message Type on the Notification tab E Mail Server and Source E mail Address
42. aintenance Rul Maintenance System Setup Time Granularity e POD Maintenance A reem Ei Save Cf Clear T Delete o D Done Local intranet Protected Mode Off fg v 100 v SE We E EE SS z P Sequence Button Label Button Type Hotkey Details B 310 I18N createMessage default BUTTON Normal None ei Layout Type 1 Panel Vertical Layout with Popover e D D e x D H D B B Panel Type Default Plug In Other Plug Ins is Fixed MESSAGE BOARD LIS Q B Popover Q Popup Q A M essage Board POD with at least the following plug ins is needed in order to utilize M essage Board as a standalone POD 50 SAP ME How To Guide for Message Board e Message Board List MESSAGE BOARD LIST e Create Message Plugin CREATE MESS PLUGIN 5 2 6 3 2 Settings Example A default Message Board POD is predefined in ME It uses the Panel Vertical Layout with Popover This may not be optimal for viewing if you need to set up a new Message Board POD POD Maintenance provides a lot of flexibility in configuring a POD See POD Maintenance in ME Help 5 2 6 3 3 Best Practices The default Message Board POD definition that has proven effective for viewing and processing Messages We recommend that it be used as a good starting point 5 2 7 Other Maintenance Activities 5 2 7 1 Background Processing The process Auto Close
43. amp T Rules AT amp T R Rules ATATA Rules Ford1 X Rules Fordi R Rules Nelson Rules Rule Description Message Type a 1 point above upper spec iolaliop SPC Violation b 1 point below lower spec SPC Warning A 1 point above zone A E Gegen B 1 point below zone A SPC Violation v C 2 of 3 successive points in upper zone SPC Violation v D 2 of 3 successive points in lower zone SPC Violation v E 4 of 5 successive points in upper zone SPC Violation v F 4 of 5 successive points in lower zone SPC Violation v G 8 successive points above center line SPC Violation v H 8 successive points below center line SPC Violation v I 15 successive points in zone C SPC Violation v J 8 successive points on both sides of center line SPC Violation v K 14 successive points alternating up and down SPC Violation v L 6 successive points increasing or decreasing SPC Violation v amp Local intranet Protected Mode Off 100 v 55 SAP ME How To Guide for Message Board a rule has been met during SPC processing will the specified message be sent to the M essage Board 5 2 7 4 NC Code Maintenance 5 2 7 4 1 Purpose Effects Each NC Code M AY have an associated M essage Type assigned A message of the assigned M essage Type will be generated to the M essage Board if NC scenarios require a message to be sent when an NC Code is logged on an SFC If you need to define a new NC Code see NC Code M aintenance in M E Help
44. ard The user selects a User Group Operator for example and selects the Retrieve button the system responds by refreshing and displaying the list of M essages assigned to the Operator Group and in the OPEN status this is the default Status The user selects a Status of Revoked and selects the Retrieve button the M essage Board displays the list of M essages assigned to the Operator Group with a Status of Revoked The user selects a date range by selecting a date from the calendar component in the Start Date and End Date fields the M essage Board displays the list of M essages assigned to the Operator Group with a Status of Revoked and created within the date range specified including the dates specified 3 1 2 Purpose Effects The M essage Board POD has been optimized with regard to its layout The Layout consists of the M essage Board Selection area panel and the M essage Board List The Selection area is non configurable in POD Maintenance and contains filters for searching the list of M essages including Work Center User Group Status Start Date and End Date These filters allow the User to narrow the list of messages to only those they want to see 3 1 3 Process Flow This figure illustrates the primary flow of user and system actions to display the M essage List when Filter Criteria is entered Select Retrieve select and the system Select Select User Retrieve Select message list Start End Group and the
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46. configuration Message Board Site SYS1 User SITE ADMIN Q Message Board Selection H Work Center B User Group a Status Open Y Start Date E End Date H Clear Messages o Created Date Time 03 17 2011 2 29 PM 03 14 2011 7 31 PM 03 14 2011 7 31 PM 03 14 2011 7 25 PM 03 17 2011 7 59 PM 03 17 2011 2 27 PM 03 22 2011 4 06 PM Created By SITE ADMIN SITE ADMIN SITE ADMIN SITE ADMIN SITE ADMIN USER1 SITE ADMIN Subject CHANGE REQUEST CHANGE REQUEST CHANGE REQUEST CHANGE REQUEST LIST DEF LIMIT EX CERT CHECK FAIL Free Form Status New New New New New New New Performed By SITE ADMIN SITE ADMIN SITE ADMIN SITE ADMIN SITE ADMIN USER1 SITE ADMIN Performed Date Time 03 17 2011 2 29 PM 03 14 2011 7 31 PM 03 14 2011 7 31 PM 03 14 2011 7 25 PM 03 17 2011 7 59 PM 03 17 2011 2 27 PM 03 22 2011 4 06 PM Severity Critical Critical Critical Critical Warning Warning Info Details PDP DD PP G Local intranet Protected Mode Off fa v 100 v 2 2 Business Purposes Functions The purpose of the M essage Board isto provide a Simple and convenient mechanism to view and process system generated and user generated messages Typically the messages have been generated due to manufacturing production scenarios being invoked The M essage Board is also a real time messaging system meaning messages are sent as they a
47. d for the CLOSED or ALL status This is the general concept of using the M essage Board the actions from the M essage List and the Actions from the View Details dialog This same strategy is used for the processing of all M essage types within the M essage Board POD Deviations from this flow occur when messages are Withdrawn Revoked or transferred as described previously Message Board Action Buttons located at the bottom of the M essage List Withdraw Claim Unclaim Revoke Transfer Comment Close Message Actions which can be taken directly in the M essage List plug in include o Withdraw o Claim o Unclaim SAP ME How To Guide for Message Board o Revoke o Transfer o Comment o Close Message Withdraw Changes the message status to Withdrawn and effectively closes the message Withdraw can only be done by the creator of the M essage This is used when a message was created in error and is no longer needed Claim Changes the message status to Claimed Claim is a very important action It is used to put a lock on a Message when that M essage isto be processed by an end user This lock prevents any other user from performing any action on the M essage So concurrency issues are avoided and it provides a visual indication to other Users in the User Group that this message is being worked Note We highly recommended that any user who wishes to work on processing a M essage to Claim the
48. e Resource Hold Process Workflow Activity used during Processing of RTW type messages used to automatically place a hold placed on a Resource due to the message being generated due to Real Time Warnings M aintenance thresholds being met for RTW Yield Automatic Workflow step e SPC VIOL OP HOLD SPC Violation Operation Hold Process Workflow Activity used during Processing of SPC Violation type messages used to automatically place a hold placed on an Operation due to the message being generated due to SPC Alarm Severity M aintenance thresholds being violated Automatic Workflow step e SPC VIOL RES HOLD SPC Violation Resource Hold Process Workflow Activity used during Processing of SPC Violation type messages used to automatically place a hold placed on a Resource due to the message being generated due to SPC Alarm Severity M aintenance thresholds being violated Automatic Workflow step e SPC WARN OP HOLD SPC Warning Operation Hold Process Workflow Activity used during Processing of SPC Warning type messages used to automatically place a hold placed on an Operation due to the message being generated due to SPC Alarm Severity M aintenance thresholds being violated Automatic Workflow step e SPC WARN RES HOLD SPC Warning Resource Hold Process Workflow Activity used during Processing of SPC Warning type messages used to automatically place a hold placed on a Resource due to the message being generated due to SPC Alarm Severity M ai
49. e been set up 6 1 3 Scenario Steps The following are examples of the steps that a user might perform in SAP MEin order to accomplish this scenario Buyoff Request message peo ee E T dew DEP per ep Im C 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Open the default Operation POD POD Operation Select operation Assembly Select resource Default Select the browse for SFC numbers Select SFC number M ANM AT1 0001 Select the Start button to process M ANM AT1 0001 Operation status goes to Active Select the Complete button Operation status goes to Complete Pending due to Open Buyoff s that exist on the Operation At the same time the system generates the Buyoff Request message to the M essage Board Launch the M essage Board and find the BUYOFF REQUEST type message and select it in the list Select the Claim button on the bottom of the M essage Board Claim Comments dialog is displayed Enter Claim comments and select Claim M essage Status goes to Claimed Select the Details icon to display the details view Details dialog is opened and the user will see the meta data associated to the Operation where the Buyoff exists and on the bottom of the dialog will be the Accept and Reject buttons Accept the Buyoff on the details dialog 18 19 20 Select the Accept button The comment Accept Buyoff is logged against the M essage the dialog refreshes and shows a new row in the M essage Log details with the comments that were e
50. eeded in support of M essage Board for it to function efficiently and the order in which they should be considered to be configured 5 2 1 System Rules 5 2 1 1 Rule System Rule Maintenance M odify the parameter E Mail Server to support the ability to generate e mail message notifications to any supported email client This parameter should be set to your email sever name for example mail sap corp This can be a global or Site specific setting Also the parameter Source Mail Address should be defined This should be an organization e mail address for example IT SAP com This will be included as the From address message notification e mails received by the addressee through their e mail client This can be a global or Site specific setting SAP ME How To Guide for Message Board System Rule Maintenance Activity gw E ity Manager SAP AG Mic ernet Explore Kack Gus x Google Search pr File Edit View Favorites Tools Help dp Favorites oi 27 6 0 Product eer ZY 2899 Server Ko el SS gj ME6 Scrum Home ME n ds SAP Remote Access Solu SAP CONNECT Portal Z7 SAP shit Execu gs EE Execution Activity Manager St Ch v 3 d v Pager Setyv Tools v v ji X Find System Set Previous Next Ir Options e SiteCARLSB Home Logout About Helo GT Configuration Data a Track Resource Time Use Global Setting v
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52. er in an Open state M essages that are flagged for Pod Notification appear in the Real Time M essage display and in the M essage Board List but those that are not flagged do not display in the Real Time M essage Display List SAP ME How To Guide for Message Board 3 4 2 Purpose Effects The purpose of the Real Time M essage Display isto provide a real time aspect to the messaging system This function provides visual indications available for any POD that real time messages exist which may be of an extremely important nature and should be considered for immediate processing RTM D provides a severity mechanism that differentiates simple messages from critical messages It also provides a modified M essage Board List sorted by severity which only displays the messages flagged for POD Notification This helpsthe User determine which messages should be processed or viewed immediately due to the criticality of the message Not all M essage Types will need to be flagged for POD Notification By default the following message types are flagged BUYOFF REQUEST RTW CONSEC NC RTW YIELD RATE and ZERO SLOT QTY When these types of M essages are generated due to shop floor business processing they will be displayed on the M essage Board and in the Real Time M essage List SAP ME How To Guide for Message Board Real Time Message Display RTM D Icon and List Ele Edit View Favorites Tools Help gy Favorites qh E 60 Produc
53. es for these codes to be entered and whether they are required or not This activity is a M anual activity type which means when it is in the workflow of a message type and this is the active step the user will be required to click a button called Log Codes This displays the data entry dialog where the user can enter the required information and when done complete the step and move on to the next step in the processing of the message if there is one This is an example of how the previous Event activities have been translated and modified to be applied to M essage Board processing The following is a list of some of the activities affected 9 1 Replaced Activities e CONSEC NC HOLD REL Replaced with CONSEC NC OP HOLD and CONSEC NC RES HOLD e YIELD HOLD REL Replaced with YIELD RES HOLD and YIELD OP HOLD e SPC WARN HOLD REL Replaced with SPC WARN OP HOLD and SPC WARN RES HOLD e SPC VIOL HOLD REL Replaced with SPC VIOL OP HOLD and SPC VIOL RES HOLD 9 2 Removed or Enhanced Activities e SY07O Event Maintenance Removed Activity No longer needed M essage Type Maintenance replaces this e SY541 Event Viewer Plug in Removed Activity No longer needed M essage Board replaces this e SY540 Event Viewer Removed Activity No longer needed M essage Board replaces this e RTO010 Real Time Warnings M aintenance e Activity Modified enhanced to assign M essage types of RTW Yield Processing and Consec NC Consecutive Identical NC
54. essage List Messages The fields in this area allow a User to filter the M essage List to show only the M essages they want to see This allows a User to quickly weed out M essages that are not of interest at that particular moment When the M essage Board is first launched it automatically filters messages in the list to those in an OPEN State all M essages that are not completed closed revoked or withdrawn It also sorts the M essage List to display M essages with Severity defined as Critical first then Warning and lastly Info The user may update the fields to filter the M essages to the criteria entered The Message Board Selection Area is set up by default with the fields and default values defined below Any changes to the M ESSAGE BOARD PANEL activity in Activity Maintenance may result in incorrect display of fields in the Message Board Seledion area of the Message Board PODs For more information see Message Board POD SADA SAP ME How To Guide for Message Board Message Board Selection Area Message Board Selection Work Center ial User Group B 3 Status Open M Start Date Fei End Date H Retrieve Clear Create Message The following table identifies and describes the filter fields and their default values If the filter field value is not blank the metadata for a message must contain the filter field value or fall within the date range in order for the message to be displayed in the lis
55. essage Types or M essage Board configuration does not suit your needs The process of managing and maintaining the overall M essage Board functionality includes e Start at Activity Maintenance and create or modify existing Process Workflow Activities and other M aintenance activities e Proceed to Process Workflow M aintenance and create or modify existing Process Workflow templates by adding Activity types defined for workflow Manual or Automatic steps e Goto Message Type Maintenance and assign the Process Workflow Templates to the appropriate M essage type e Goto POD Maintenance and create or modify the existing M essage Board Pod as desired and make all other POD configurations for RTM D etc
56. ge types are being generated more often by tracking how many messages are received for a specific M essage type at an e mail client inbox For messages to be sent the E Mail Server rule in System Rule M aintenance at the Global level in the System Setup section must be defined Note Only messages of the FREE FORM type can be generated manually by a user All other types are generated by the system through some other activity action or process being invoked while working in the SAP M E system M essage Type Maintenance allows a user to Create manage and maintain M essage Types and additional M essage meta data Assign Process Workflows to the M essage Type M anage additional processing requirements of the M essage type Assign E mail addresses to M essage types Assign User Groups to M essage Types 48 SAP ME How To Guide for Message Board 5 2 6 2 3 Best Practices The Message Types described above have been created specifically for the old Events that used to exist in the system We recommend that if you need the message workflows to behave differently that you work with an SAP representative to identify the business activities needed create new ones if necessary group them into Process Workflow templates and assign them to the desired Message Types new or existing Minor updates such as changing Description Severity Message Subject Message Body POD Notification or User Groups or assigning an E
57. ge Board now support assignment of a M essage type This is particularly appropriate in the case of the 56 SAP ME How To Guide for Message Board Inspection type Buyoffs This type of Buyoff will generally require an Inspector to accept or reject an Operator s Shop floor work rework or planned work When an SFC has been started and completed and goes to a Complete Pending state due to an open Buyoff this triggers the BUYOFF WF type message to be sent to the M essage Board From this message type the Inspector will be notified of the buyoff request to inspect work and they can then either Accept or Reject the buyoff from this message Buyoff Maintenance Dar Erem e Gs File Edit View Favorites Tools Help xy Favorites 343 Ev 6 0 Product Management Z7 2899 Server Login KnowledgeTree Mappe Manufacturing E ME 6 0 Scrum Home ME SAP Remote Access Solu SAP CONNECT Portal 2 SAP Manufacturing Execu SAP Manufacturing Execution Activity Manager fu X 7 v Pagev Safetyv Tools v e x X Find NC Code Previous Next EA Options v Si SE Background Processing 4 e Buyoff Maintenance s s iuis ane d ch D Certification Maintenance Je Retrieve Ej Save Clear f Delete o Site CARLSB a Collaboration Directive Maintenance a Collaboration Link Buyoff INSPECTION a Version 1 Configuration Data Se A SE EE T
58. gical steps that must be completed in order for a message to be processed This is similar to many workflow engines you may find in other applications for emulating business processes in a digital environment It is designed to incorporate Activities that are defined as Process Workflow Activities and invoke those activities at the appropriate time Activities can be invoked either through manual user involvement or automatically by the system 5 2 6 1 2 Settings Example Following are examples of several different Process workflow templates with one to many steps rows in the table Some steps are manual and some are performed automatically These examples BUYOFF WF OP RES HOLD YIELD RATE and SIMPLE all serve a very specific purpose They have already been applied to Message Types for BUYOFF REQUEST RTW YIELD RATE and FREE FORM as well as other Message types where these process workflows satisfy the message processing requirements The following paragraphs break down one of these flows and explain in detail what the expectation is when this process is assigned to a Message Type The OP RES HOLD YIELD RATE is one of the more complex processing workflows It has been specifically applied to SPC Yield Rate As defined in SPC Alarm Severity Maintenance Message Types In this case there are 5 steps Sequence 10 50 that have been applied to this process So it means that all 5 steps will need to be completed during the processing of the Message
59. gnment of permissions to specific User Groups If you need to define a new User Group see User Group M aintenance in M E Help 5 2 7 8 2 Settings Example M essage Board POD should be assigned Execute check box checked to User Groups so they can use the M essage Board functions 5 3 Setup via POD Plug ins 5 3 1 Message Board POD 5 3 1 1 Purpose Effects Provides the capability to create modify or update the M essage Board POD 5 3 1 2 Settings Example Buttons Table This table represents the data on the Buttons tab Button Label Button Activity Type I18N createMessage default BUTTON CREATE_MESS_PLUGIN Layout Table This table represents the data on the Layouts tab Default Plug in Other Plug ins Fixed_ MESSAGE_BOARD_LIST lt NN EE UN Ss Popup CREATE_MESS_PLUGIN 6 1 Buyoff Request Scenario 6 1 1 Purpose Goal This scenario provides an example of when a BUYOFF REQUEST M essage is generated to the message Board For this scenario the following preconditions apply SAP ME How To Guide for Message Board e Inspection Buyoffs exist and are attached to the Assembly Operation In Buyoff M aintenance e MANMATI materials exist and SFC s are generated to the Operation POD and are being processed at Assembly Operation e User has a User Group assigned that will allow for Accepting Buyoff s 6 1 2 Scenario Specific Settings All other Configurations defined above hav
60. he Event processing functionality has been converted and translated into the M essage Board Just about all of the configurable Event Parameters that used to exist have been converted to be useable in M essage Type M aintenance This includes e Clear has been translated to COM PLETEING or CLOSING a M essage through the M essage Board e The ability to require Cause Code Resolution and Corrective Codes for clearing these have been translated to the Log Codes activity and can be applied to any message type that requires these attributes to close or clear a M essage SAP ME How To Guide for Message Board e The RTMD functionality has replaced the Event method of displaying Real Time Warning or Violation M essages e Event Viewer has been replaced by the M essage Board POD as the mechanism to view messages therefore these activities have been removed Real Time Warnings Maintenance has been modified to support the new M essage Board functionality for RTM D and the icon on the POD In this activity the Assign a M essage Type has been added in place of the previous Event type SPC Alarm Severity Maintenance has been modified to Change the Alarm Type column to M essage Type so now specific M essage Types can be assigned the values are still SPC Violation and SPC Warning or Ignore System Rule Maintenance has been modified to remove the Rule MESSAGES VALIDITY PERIOD as this is now handled through processing of a M essage
61. he default M ESSAGE BOARD M ESSAGE BOARD LIST and 22 SAP ME How To Guide for Message Board MESSAGE BOARD PANEL Activities in Activity Maintenance this could cause the M essage Board POD to not work correctly as it has been optimized for M E at this stage 3 2 5 Best Practices The M essage Types Process Workflows and Process Workflow Activities have been optimized to support previously existing EVENT TYPES and processing and to fit into the M essage Board functionality We recommend that if any of the M essage types need to be configured for a customer the customer should work with an SAP representative to accomplish this Configuration may be to define new process workflow activities needed for custom processes and to create new Process Workflow to support specific needs and to work with the M essage Board effectively FREE FORM M essage Types have been created to allow Users to create messages that may be sent to user group s on the fly to allow for real time communication Some custom configuration may be done by the customer on the existing core M essage Types as defined in Message Type Maintenance Process Workflow Maintenance and Activity Maintenance 3 3 Create Free Form Message 3 3 1 Description and Applicability 3 3 2 Provides the capability for a user to Create on demand or real time messages to the user community by using the Create M essage button Additional flexibility provided by the Free form M essage Type incl
62. his POD A System Setup parameter should be configured to allow the system to poll background process the M essages generated to identify those that are flagged and display them in the Real Time M essage List The System Setup parameter rted polling period seconds should be set to a short polling period to ensure that the messages are quickly included in the Real Time M essaging List of messages By default this parameter is set at 5 seconds This ensures the system is displaying the icon immediately whenever messages flagged for POD Notification are generated Best Practices We recommend that you set up the Real Time M essage display when there is a need to flag certain message types as more important than those that are simply generated to the M essage Board alone N A 5 1 External Configuration 5 2 An E mail Client should be available to receive the e mail Notifications Maintenance Activities Several new Activities M essage Type M aintenance M essage Board POD Create M essage and Process Workflow etc were created in support of the messaging functionality Each of these activities has already been configured based on the functional flows of the Events and associated activities in the previous M E system The new activities work together to create a robust yet SAP ME How To Guide for Message Board flexible core M essaging system Below are the desired and default configurations of the different Activities n
63. hly critical to read this Message Log Date Time Action User Activity Apr 1 2011 8 03 04 PM Create SITE ADMIN Comments CT a 7 DM ADMIN HT 03 14 2011 7 31PM SITE ADMIN 03 14 2011 7 25 PM SITE ADMIN 03 17 2011 7 59 PM SITE ADMIN 03 17 2011 2 27PM USERI 03 22 20114 06 PM SITE ADMIN New ADMIN SITE ADMIN SITE ADMIN SITE ADMIN USER1 SITE_ADMIN 04 0 U 102 PM 03 14 2011 7 31 PM 03 14 2011 7 25 PM 03 17 2011 7 59 PM 03 17 2011 2 27 PM 03 22 2011 4 06 PM ritica Critical Critical Warning Warning Local intranet Protected Mode Off Info View Message Message Info Site SYS1 Type FREE FORM Severity Critical St SFC Material Vers Resource Op Work Center Comment Greated DateTime Created By 04 01 2011 8 03 PM SITE ADMIN Subject lil Message claimed Highly critical to real Performed By SITE_ADMIN Performed Date Time Severity Det 04 01 2011 11 16 PM Critical Message Details Message Subject Highly critical to read this This is a Real Time Messa Message Body Free Form Highly critical to read this Message Log Q Date Time Action User Activity Commen Apr 1 2011 8 03 04 PM Create SITE ADMIN Apr 1 2011 11 16 05 PM Claim SITE ADMIN I am worl
64. ibutes and their uses E Browse SAP AG Microsoft Internet Explorer Message Type APP_INFO APP_NOTICE APP_WARNING BKG_PROCESS_ERROR BKG_PROCESS_WARNING BUYOFF_REQUEST CERT_CHECK_FAIL CERT_DELETED CERT_HOLD CERT_OBSOLETE CHANGE_REQUEST DC_OVERRIDE ECO_WARNING ERP_ERROR ERP_INFO EXTRACT_ERROR FREE_FORM INSP_PROCEDURE_CHANGE INSP_TIGHTENED LIST_DEF_LIMIT_EXC MAXIMUM_LOOP_COUNT MIN_SLOT_QTY NEXT_NUMBER_WARNING PRODUCTION_XML_ERROR RTW_CONSEC_NC RTW_YIELD_RATE SAMPLE_REJECT SAMPLE_SKIP SECURITY_VIOLATION SIMPLE_MESSAGE SITE_TO_SITE_MESSAGE SPC_ALARM_VIOLATION SPC_ALARM_WARNING Descri ion Application Information Application Notice Application Warning Background Process Error Background Process Warning Buyoff User Certificate Check Fail User Certificate Deleted Certificate Hold User Certificate Obsolete Change Request Data Collection Override ECO Warning ERP Error ERP Info Extract Error Free Form Inspection procedure changed Inspection Tightened List Maximum Row Limit Exceeded Maximum Loop Count Default Min Slot Quantity Message Type Next Number Warning Production XML Error RTW Consecutive NC RTW Yield Rate Default Sample Reject Message Type Default Sample Skip Message Type Security Violation Simple Message Site to Site Message SPC Alarm Violation SPC Alarm Warning Enabled Enabled Enabled Enabled Enabled Enabled Enabled Enabled Enabled Enabled Enabled Enabled
65. icon located next to the Help icon on the POD when messages are flagged as POD Notification on the M essage Type See M essage Type Maintenance This provides a quick and effective visual method of letting users know that there are messages that need immediate attention The color indicates the severity of the M essage as does the visual icon which is associated to the severity of the message M essages can have a severity of Critical Warning or Info To view the Real Time M essages the user simply clicks on the icon this displays the M essage list with only those that have been flagged as POD Notification and further will filter them to display the M essages with Critical severity first in the list then Warning and last Info The Action buttons on the bottom of the list behave the same as in the M essage Board as well as the Details Icon and actions related to the M essage displayed The RTMD is a great tool for critical message notification for users who do not consistently monitor their M essage Board queue and to inform users of messages of great importance One last note the Icon changes dynamically based on the Severity of the messages Red for critical Yellow for Warning and Blue for Info The icon Will display the color of the highest severity message in this list that is still Open If no messages exist that are flagged for POD Notification then the icon will not appear The icon disappears once all messages in this list are no long
66. ily and Weekly settings it is the earliest time in the day when the process can run This parameter is defaulted to 1 00 The default settings ensure that every day after 1 00 the system polls to see if any messages should be closed by the system automatically If this process is not configured then messages will not be closed automatically even if they are flagged for auto closure This process allows messages which are system generated and do not require manual user intervention processing to take place to be closed automatically These typically are information messages that are generated by a manufacturing process so the user community is aware but do not require a user to take any action Configuring this background process to poll will cause these messages to be automatically closed 5 2 7 1 2 Settings Example All of the following configuration parameters must be set up before the system will automatically close messages e Use Auto Close Interval M essage Type M aintenance e Number of Days M essage Type M aintenance e Auto Close M essage by the System Enabled Run Every and After or Interval 5 2 7 2 Real Time Warnings Maintenance 5 2 7 2 1 Purpose Effects This activity has been modified enhanced to configure M essage types of RTW Yield Processing and Consec NC Consecutive Identical NC s This includes configuring the triggers that will generate the RTW type messages to the M essage Board POD when the
67. in M essage Board and by the additional settings available to M essage Types for Auto Close Interval and Auto Close on Process Workflow Completion System Setup has been modified to remove the property rted number of messages as it is no longer needed The property rted polling period seconds has been enhanced to now apply to the M essage Board RTMD It designates how often the system should poll to find M essages that are flagged for POD Notification Background Processing has been modified to include the background process Auto Close M essage by the System This process will automatically close M essages that have the Auto Close Interval setting checked and the time setting defined M essage Type Maintenance This Background process can be configured to run on and interval specified in M inutes Hourly Daily or Weekly on a designated day e POD Maintenance has been redesigned The change related to M essage Board is that a new Type of POD titled M essage Board has been added A default configuration of this POD has been defined and is the supported version of the standalone M essage Board POD This configuration should not be modified e Activity Maintenance has been enhanced with two new activity Types specifically for Process Workflow processing The two new Types are Process Workflow M anual Activity and Process Workflow Automatic Activity These two new types help to define whether or not an activity requires a user s manual action Thi
68. in the message when it appears in M essage board exactly as typed You can also put replaceable parameters in these areas and the system will include the M eta data for those parameters when the message is generated If the parameter has no corresponding M eta data you will only see the Parameter name in the Message You can check the Auto Close on Process Workflow Completion check box if you wish to have the system close the message automatically once all steps in the Process Workflow applied to the M essage type are completed and where all other M anual processes have been completed This means that the user does not have to manually close the message once all processing is complete You may check the Use Auto Close Interval checkbox to close messages on the message board where no user interaction is necessary An example is an Info M essage sent out to all user groups where no one user is required to close the M essage By setting this check box and defining the message display interval of Days this will ensure that these automatically processed type messages will be viewable on the M essage Board for at least the interval specified After the message display interval has passed the Background Process Auto Close M essage by the System will close the message automatically the next time it runs If this process is not configured to run the messages will not be automatically closed Check the POD Notification check box if y
69. intenance POD Maintenance s Printer Maintenance a Process Workflow Maintenance s Prod uction Calendar Maintenance a Production Shift Maintenance Site Maintenance a System Rule Maintenance a System Setup Time Granularity After Or Interval 01 00 Process Enabled RunEvery LastRun EN Archiving 8 Daily v Auto Close Message by the System Certification Expiration Chec Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Save k Done G Local intranet Protected Mode Off fay 10 v 5 2 7 1 1 Purpose Effects Enabled Setting this parameter specifies that messages flagged as Use Auto Close Interval are to be closed automatically by the system This parameter is defaulted to checked Run Every This parameter specifies the frequency of running the background process e Every x Minutes e Hourly Daily e Weekly Sunday 52 SAP ME How To Guide for Message Board e Weekly Monday e Weekly Tuesday e Weekly Wednesday e Weekly Thursday e Weekly Friday e Weekly Saturday This parameter is defaulted to Daily After or Interval This parameter specifies either the earliest time in the day when the process can run or the interval in minutes between runs This parameter is an interval if the Run Every parameter is set to Every x Minutes It is not used for Hourly For the Da
70. lows can handle the unique nature of the processing of these types of messages Not all new Message Types require complex processing most are able to be processed either by the system or by a manual process to close the messages That is one of the major benefits of the New Message Board functionality flexibility Flexibility to process and acknowledge messages sent to your workforce in a simple or complex business scenario The M essage Board also offers the ability for Users to create their own messages to be sent out to user groups in afew simple steps These are called Free Form messages These free form messages can be used as a tool for any user to immediately get a message out to their peers on the fly This is also a great tool for Supervisors M anagers Line M anagers and system administrators They can quickly get a message out to people on the line to alert them of production issues for general information purposes and the like Free form M essages can be created from a POD from the Real Time M essage display or from the M essage Board The current core M essage types have a Process Workflow These are processed by a simple Workflow Engine The Process Workflow is associated to the M essage type and defines an exact path that the message needs to go through This business process workflow can be used to acknowledge the message provide some action to complete a step and get the message to a closed state The Process Workflow can be a
71. m Setup UI Time Granularity mA D E Done Local intranet Protected Mode Off fa v 1005 v Process Workflow OP RES HOLD YIELD RATE Description Operation Resource Hold Yield Rate Sequence 10 Activity YIELD RES HOLD Button Label Blank Sequence 20 Activity YIELD OP HOLD Button Label Blank Sequence 30 Activity LOG CODES Button Label 118N LOG CODES wf DESC Sequence 40 Activity OP HOLD RELEASE Button Label Blank Sequence 50 Activity RES HOLD RELEASE Button Label Blank 43 SAP ME How To Guide for Message Board Operation Resource Hold Yield Rate Workflow SAP Manufacturing Execution Activity Manager SAP cre LOT X G 7 http usphlvmv045 50000 manufacturing index jsp Pp i File Edit View Favorites Tools Help sly Favorites dig 2 6 0 Product Management 227 2899 Server el Login KnowledgeTree Mappe Manufacturing E ME 6 0 Scrum Home ME SAP Remote Access Solu SAP CONNECT Portal 2 SAP Manufacturing Execu es SAP Manufacturing Execution Activity Manege E E d v Pager Safetyv Toos y X Find Process Workflow Previous Next IFA Options Activity Maintenance gt Mafnte Eeer 5 Process Workflow Maintenance T RAE Retrieve Ej save j Clear fj Delete Certification Maintenance Choose to retrieve the record Site CARLSB Maintenance Process Workflow DP RES HOLD YIELD RATE
72. m action For each action the action and the comments are logged to the M essage Log and can be viewed on the View Message dialog This gives a history as to how the M essage was processed The Message Log contains the action the date and time of the action and who performed it When an action Is taken an informational message is displayed at the top of the M essage List plug in indicating the action that was taken Each M essage type processes differently based on the M essage Type and the Process Workflow template assigned The View M essage dialog buttons change dynamically based on the process steps defined For example the message Types for Buyoff requests and RTW and SPC type M essages have buttons on the View M essage dialog for Accept and Reject and Log Codes respectively As another example there may only be buttons for Close M essage and Return To M essage Board displayed in the View M essage dialog The Close M essage action posts the Close M essage Comments dialog The user enters the desired comments and clicks the Close M essage button on the dialog Thislogs the comments and the action to the M essage Log and closes the M essage since all of the steps of the Process workflow for this message type have been completed The status of the M essage goes to Closed If the M essage list is filtered by the OPEN status the message is no longer displayed in the M essage list It can be displayed in the list by Filtering on the status fiel
73. mail address have no direct effect on the Message processing and can be made as needed 5 2 6 3 POD Maintenance 5 2 6 3 1 Purpose Effects Pod maintenance has been modified in support of the new M essage Board functionality One additional new POD TYPE has been created specifically for the M essage Board POD and a default POD titled MESSAGE BOARD has been defined and configured The Create M essage CREATE M ES PLUGIN has been configured on a Button on the M essage Board Then on the Layout tab the Create M essage plug in has been assigned to open as a Popup Thisis how the Create M essage plug in should be configured if it is needed on other PODs like the Operation and Work Center POD Panel A Fixed has been configured to be the M essage List The M ESSAGE BOARD LIST is essentially the table with the predefined columns labels and Action buttons which you will see in the M essage Board view The M ESSAGE BOARD LIST can be configured in other POD layouts as well to be run from another POD such as the Operation and Work Center POD It can be configured in a fixed panel popover and popup configuration You can change the overall layout however the M essage Board POD has been maximized to display efficiently and effectively for the end user The M essage Board Search and Filter panel is static and is not configurable in any layout or M essage Board POD configuration The RTM D uses a variation of the MESSAGE BOARD LIST which is also static
74. must be configured properly for this function to work effectively 5 2 2 System Setup Parameters 5 2 2 1 Parameter System Setup Maintenance Activity The Property rted polling period seconds should be configured to allow the system to poll via a background process for messages that are flagged for POD Notification to display them on the Real Time M essage Display List The parameter should be set to a very short period so as to not delay the display of real time messages to the RTM D list co m EDD ES zd File Edit View Favorites Tools Help d Favorites q Z7 60 Product Management Z7 2899 Server i Login KnowledgeTree Mappe Manufacturing E Ed ME6 0 Scrum Home ME SAP Remote Access Solu SAP CONNECT Portal Z7 SAP Manufacturing Execu I SAP Manufacturing Execution Activity Manager X Find System Set nt g ebe Configuration Data v Aly mh v Pager Safety Tock Qv Previous Next P Options System Setup Maintenance Transfer Export Configuration Data Transfer Import Retrieve E Save a Data Field Assignment Maintenance x Data Field Definition ever Property v Maintenance Default Value System Setting Audit Log Maintenance List Maintenance Setting Description Value
75. nance Site CARLSB Certification Type A Maintenance Process Workflow SIMPLE D D llaboration Directive Maintenance Collaboration Link See ation Data Description Simple quration Da Transfer Export e Configuration Data Transfer Import n LA ceggence Activity ld d G Field Definition Maintenance Default Value Maintenance List Maintenance Message Type Maintenance Next Number Maintenance ODS Rule Maintenance POD Maintenance Printer Maintenance Process Workflow Maintenance Production Calendar Maintenance Pri i hift Maintenance Site Maintenance Ju Retrieve Ej Save j Clear f Delete o System Rule Maintenance System E Time Granularity E 4 Done G Local intranet Protected Mode Off fg v 100 e 44 SAP ME How To Guide for Message Board 5 2 6 1 3 Best Practices The Process Workflow templates described above have been created specifically for the Message types that currently exist in the system We recommend that if you need the message workflows to behave differently you work with an SAP representative to identify the business activities needed create new ones if necessary group them into Process Workflow templates and then assign them to the desired Message types new or existing 5 2 6 2 Message Type Maintenance 5 2 6 2 1 Purpose Effects The next step in setting u
76. ntenance Le Material Maintenance AjRetrieve bj Save j Clear f Delete Gite CARLSB Material WING ASSY Custom Data Site2Site Material Group I Receive ic Destination Site Default Transfer Type s Export Template Message Type H SFC_SPAN v D CH SITE_TO_SITE_MESSAG Tool Group Maintenance T browse SAP AG Microsoft Internet o Tool Number p P Maintenance Message Type Description Status were APPEROR Application Eror enabled Maintenance APP_INFO Application Information Enabled PTT APP_NOTICE Application Notice Enabled a Work Instruction geen Maintenanc APP WARNING Application Warning Enabled BKG PROCESS ERROR Background Process Error Enabled v Nonconformance BKG PROCESS WARNING Background Process Warning Enabled a Disposition Group BUYOFF REQUEST Buyoff Enabled Maintenance CERT CHECK FAIL User Certificate Check Fail Enabled NC Client Maintenance CERT DELETED User Certificate Deleted Enabled T CERT HOLD Certificate Hold Enabled NC Code Maintenance CERT OBSOLETE User Certificate Obsolete Enabled NC Group Maintenance CHANGE REQUEST Change Request Enabled DC OVERRIDE Data Collection Override Enabled v System Reports ECH WARNING ECO Warning Enabled e Audit Log Report ERP ERROR ERP Error Enabled ERP INFO ERP Info Enabled Collaboration Log Report EXTRACT ERROR Extract Error Enabled DB Diagnostics Report v
77. ntenance thresholds being violated Automatic Workflow step These previously unique Event activities have been modified enhanced and converted into Process Workflow activities steps used for processing of SPC and RTW type M essages We found that if we split up the Event activities into more manageable pieces and combining others that we could maximize these activities to be used in the Process Workflow templates needed for the processing needs of the RTW and SPC type messages and make them flexible as well as keeping the existing requirements to provide automatic OPERATION AND RESOURCE holds where required when a Warning or Violation or Identical NC count or Yield threshold is close or has been met Also we have included two additional activities OP HOLD RELEASE and SAP ME How To Guide for Message Board RES HOLD RELEASE will perform the automatic Release of an existing hold based on the user performing a prior manual activity step These Process Workflow activities have been assigned to Process Workflow templates in Process Workflow maintenance and these Process Workflows have been assigned to the appropriate M essage Types for SPC and RTW message types in M essage Type M aintenance 5 2 6 System Configuration 5 2 6 1 Process Workflow Maintenance 5 2 6 1 1 Purpose Effects Process Workflow Maintenance is a New Activity created specifically for the M essage Board It provides the capability to provide business and lo
78. ntered and the status shows Closed M essage status goes to closed 61 SAP ME How To Guide for Message Board 21 At the Same time the system sends the accept request back to the Operation and SFC and completes the SFC at the Operation and the status of the SFC goes to Complete from Complete Pending All buyoffs are completed OR Reject the Buyoff on the details dialog 22 Select the Reject button 23 The simplified Log NC Reject dialog is displayed with the default NC Code of COMMENT 24 Enter Comments and select Reject 25 Comments are logged against the M essage the dialog refreshes and shows a new row in the Message Log details with the comments that were entered and the status of the message shows Closed 26 Message status goes to closed 27 At the Same time the system sends the Reject request back to the Operation and SFC and reopens the buyoffs for the SFC at the Operation and the status of the SFC goes to Active R from Complete Pending All completed buyoffs are re opened 6 1 4 Scenario Best Practices This is just one of the flows that may be accomplished and one of the more complex of the system where an either or scenario could take place e Message Board POD Link to M essage Board POD information in SAP ME Help e Messages Link to Messages information in SAP ME Help N A Event Maintenance has essentially been replaced by M essage Type M aintenance therefore this activity has been removed M ost of t
79. o automatically Close a M essage when there are no other Process Workflow steps on the workflow of the message that need to be satisfied Use Auto Close Interval SADA m SAP ME How To Guide for Message Board Checkbox in M essage Type M aintenance that when checked allows the system to automatically Close a M essage by the system in a certain time frame days hours or minutes without any user action POD Notification Checkbox in M essage Type M aintenance that when checked will display this Message type in the Real Time M essage display format and invoke the RTM D icon that when clicked will display the list of all RTM D defined message types only The icon that is displayed is Critical Warning or Info based on the Severity defined on the M essage type M essage Types What used to be defined as Event types has now been changed to be called M essage Types Essentially changing them to be processed as M essages in the M essage Board FREE FORM This is the standard message type used to allow users to create messages on the fly 2 1 Description and Applicability The M essage Board feature allows you to create withdraw claim unclaim revoke transfer comment on and close messages It displays all messages generated by the system action or activity being invoked or by operators messages of the FREE FORM type The Free Form messages can be generated on the fly and configured to be run in any POD using Create M
80. ools Help yy Favorites 3 EU 6 0 Product Management Z7 2899 Server Login KnowledgeTree Mappe Manufacturing E ME 6 0 Scrum Home ME SAP Remote Access Solu SAP CONNECT Portal 257 SAP Manufacturing Execu SAP Manufacturing Execution Activity Manager fa X S E v Pagev Safetyv Tools v e x Find Process Workflow Previous Next n Z Options e Fal a Process Workflow Maintenance E Retrieve Ej Save j Clear f Delete o Site CARLSB Process Workflow BUYOFF WF Description Buyoff Activity Button Label 10 ACCEPT BUYOFF o T18N ACCEPT wf DESC 20 REJECT BUYOFF Bis T18N REJECT wf DESC E Bg Ies LE E Done ES Local intranet Protected Mode Off fa v 100 Process Workflow OP_RES HOLD CONSEC NC Description Oper Res Hold Consec NC Sequence 10 Activity CONSEC NC RES HOLD Button Label Blank Sequence 20 Activity CONSEC NC OP HOLD Button Label Blank SAP ME How To Guide for Message Board Sequence 30 Activity LOG CODES Button Label ONT OG CODES wf DESC Sequence 40 Activity OP HOLD RELEASE Button Label Blank Sequence 50 Activity RES HOLD RELEASE Button Label Blank Oper Res Hold Consec NC Workflow File Edit View Favorites Tools Help sly Favorites 3 E 60 Product Management Z7 2899 Server Login KnowledgeTree e Mappe Manufacturing E
81. orkflow Automatic Activity Production Calendar SKS intenance Production Shift intenance v Site Maintenance System Rule Maintenance System Setup Time Granularity ei Done amp Local intranet Protected Mode Off gv 410 Automatic means that the system will complete the step when one of the following things happens 1 The M essage Is generated to the system automatic Holds are placed on resources and operations if this step exists on a Workflow 2 A Manual step has been completed by a user Log Codes or Accept or Reject of a buyoff has been completed 34 SAP ME How To Guide for Message Board If no other Process Workflow activities steps exist on a workflow for a given message type and Auto Close On Process Workflow Completion has been set for the specified M essage type the message is automatically set to Closed It is important to note that changing any of the activities settings for these new activities will adversely affect the processing of the message types they have been assigned to the activity These activities have been designed to provide specific flows for the messages 5 2 5 1 1 Purpose Effects In an effort to provide a more robust and process oriented messaging system some new Activities were created while others were modified or removed Below isa list of all activities that have an effect on the M essage Board 5 2 5 1 2 Settings Example New Activities e CREA
82. ou want the M essage to be displayed via the RTM D mechanism This will ensure that messages of this M essage type will be displayed in this Real Time list of messages The RTM D list of M essages only shows the messages that have this check box checked 47 SAP ME How To Guide for Message Board while the M essage Board shows all messages including these that have been flagged The M essage Board does not provide the color coding and Icon based on the severity like the RTM D does The M essage type may be assigned to User Groups on the User Groups Tab The assignment of User groups means that only users who are members of the assigned User groups will see messages with this message type on the M essage List The user must be assigned to the user groups to be able to perform any processing on the message For example if the message type is assigned to ADM INISTRATOR SUPERVISORS OPERATORS and M ANAGERS User Groups this means that any user that is assigned to one or more of those User Groups can process this message in the M essage Board M essages of this M essage Type will show up for all users who are in any of these groups You can assign e mail notification on the Notification tab if it is necessary to send an e mail when a M essage of that M essage type is generated to the Message Board This is another level of convenience for ensuring that the message will not go unnoticed You can also use thisto track which messa
83. p the M essages to be able to use the M essage Board functionality is to configure the M essages types in M essage Type Maintenance This activity is used to create manage and maintain the M essage Types This includes defining what types of messages are generated to the M essage Board and how they will be processed assigning Process Workflows It also includes defining the additional meta data to be included in the M essage Subject and M essage Body with manually entered text or the use of replaceable parameters like M ESSAGE_TYPE UNIT SFC ALL etc Also additional check boxes for Auto Close On Process Workflow Completion Use Auto Close Interval and POD Notification are available to control message processing A core set of Message Types have been predefined These correspond to the core Events from earlier versions of ME that have been migrated and translated into M essage Types Each one has been translated and configured to be processed similarly to the way it was when it was an Event Process workflows have been assigned the appropriate check boxes have been checked and the appropriate text replaceable parameters and User Groups have been assigned 45 SAP ME How To Guide for Message Board Message Type Maintenance Activity File Edit View Favorites Tools Help iy Favorites E7 60 Product Management Z7 2899 Server K i Login KnowledgeTree Mappe Manufacturing E Ed MEGO Scrum Home ME
84. pe This Help information covers all aspects of the M essage Board feature and its integration with other features and Activities previously related to Events which are now referred to as M essages 1 3 Glossary Process Workflow template A predefined set of steps used to achieve a desired outcome while processing a message These are managed and maintained in Process Workflow maintenance and are applied to M essage Types in M essage Type M aintenance Real Time M essage Display RTM D Previously referred to as Real Time Event Display This is a mechanism that is used at the POD level an Icon that displays on the POD Selection Area Header which is a visual indication to the users of a POD that messages exist that are of a nature that need to be processed immediately Drop down in POD maintenance with ICON or NONE values enables or disables this feature in the POD Workflow Activities These are the activities that define the individual Steps included in a Workflow template These are unique activities New Type defined specifically for this that may be defined as M anual or Automatic and only apply to Process Workflows M anual means a manual user action is required to complete the step while Automatic means the system may complete the step due to some other action in the application taking place Auto Close on Process Workflow Completion Checkbox in M essage Type M aintenance that when checked allows the system t
85. ransaction so the material may continue down the production line In this case the M essage is a catalyst to getting this action done quickly and informs the right group that something needs to happen to keep production rolling This is just one small example of the power and benefit of the M essage Board functionality The M essage Board is intended to be used as an always on solution much the way any e mail client is used in a business setting today or the way the M E Production PODs are used It can be run as a Standalone POD that a user may monitor throughout the day or it may be configured to run in a POD frame so it can be accessed while processing SFC s or it can be initiated from the Real Time M essage Icon where critical messages are displayed in a unique way so they are managed quickly Also the M essage Board POD provides additional filtering and search capabilities to allow users to quickly filter through the messages This enables them to quickly find the messages they want to see that need processing first etc The message board is a great tool for keeping up with communications on the Production floor so as to keep your production line moving forward productively and efficiently 2 3 High Level Process Flows This figure illustrates the primary flow of user actions when utilizing M essage Board to process a message generated through a Free Form message request and to process it to completion Select Message from Message View
86. ransfer Export errs Attached Custom Data Transfer Import Description Inspection Request a Data Field Assignment Maintenance Status Enabled e Data Field Definition n Maintenance Message Type BUYOFF REQUEST Default Value Maintenance iv Partial Allowed List Maintenance Message Type Maintenance Next Number Maintenance ev ODS Rule Maintenance POD Maintenance Current Version V Reject Allowed V Skip Allowed Printer Maintenance Process Workflow Maintenance System Rule Maintenance System Setu Time Granularit Assignment Maintenance Time Granularitv E SR Local intranet Protected Mode Off fa v 100 e 5 2 7 5 2 Settings Example A Buyoff of INSPECTION should have the BUYOFF_WF Message Type assigned on the Main Tab and attached to an Operation on the Attached Tab This is the only way the Buyoff Request message will be generated to the M essage Board if nothing is assigned no message Is generated 5 2 7 6 Reason Code Maintenance 5 2 7 6 1 Purpose Effects All CATEGORY types with the exception of ECO Change Request allow for the assignment of a M essage type to each Reason Code A message of the message type is triggered when a Reason Code is logged during the production activity If you need to define a new Reason Code see Reason Code M aintenance in M E Help 5 SAP ME How To Guide for
87. re invoked and are reflected in the Real Time M essaging Icon This icon can be configured to be shown on a POD when messages are flagged as Critical or flagged to be shown through this mechanism The M essage Board has been designed to send the messages out to User Groups instead of to single individuals for processing This means that any user who belongs to the specified group can process the message and acknowledge the message s importance and requirement to do something to close it out There are mechanisms in place so that messages cannot be processed by more than one person at a time so as not to override any process completed by another person All of the core Events in Event M aintenance and the Event Send Client in M E 5 2 and the messages that were generated to the Event Viewer have been migrated and mapped to the new M essage Board functionality There were effectively 28 core events that were mapped to create New Messagetypes There are also some brand new message types for other purposes SAP ME How To Guide for Message Board Much of the existing triggering mechanisms for those events were maintained A couple of triggering mechanisms were modified and enhanced to be able to process M essages with some unique action buttons and additional process flows For Example the existing RTW Consec NC RTW Yield Rate SPC Violation and SPC Warning events were translated to message types with specialized Process Workflows These workf
88. s includes clicking a button entering required data to be captured on the message or performing some task to complete this step on a Process Workflow associated with a message type Take for instance ACCEPT BUYOFF this is a newly converted activity used in the processing of BUYOFF REQUEST type messages These messages are generated when an Operation has been COM PLETED and its status is Complete Pending due to Open Buyoffs that need to be completed ACCEPT BUYOFF is a Process Workflow M anual Activity because at this point in the message processing the message must be Accepted or Rejected This requires a user to click an Accept or Reject Button on the M essage Details to Complete the Open Buyoff and allow the M essage to be processed to a Closed state What this does is acknowledges that a message has been SAP ME How To Guide for Message Board reviewed and transacted against So in a case where inspectors have the task of accepting or rejecting buyoffs they can perform this task directly from the M essage board by monitoring their queue and processing these requests as they come through LOG CODES is another example of a Process Workflow activity This activity is used for processing M essage types of SPC and RTW where originally the process wasto require or optionally require a User to enter a Cause Code Corrective Action Code or Resolution text to clear or close the message This new activity has been maximized to include Rul
89. s simple or as complex as the customer needs to process a message through its lifecycle There are predefined templates created to handle all of the processing needs of the old events that were migrated from M E 5 2 It is important to note that many of the process workflow templates that already exist have been created to support the processing for all of the M essage types defined Another key benefit of the M essage Board is the ability to also send an e mail to any supported e mail client Therefore when a message is generated to the M essage Board a corresponding e mail is sent out to say Microsoft Outlook to the designated e mail recipient can be a single email address group or multiple This adds another level of visibility to the messaging process by involving individuals and utilizing additional mechanisms to be sure the message is seen read and transacted on in a timely manner This is especially important when the message that is generated requires a user to perform some action to process that message or to continue the production process SADA SAP ME How To Guide for Message Board For instance an SFC is completed at an operation but it is required that a Buyoff is accepted or rejected to complete the operation At the time the complete action is invoked a Buyoff request message is sent out to the appropriate user group It is required that the group acknowledges and accepts or rejects this buyoff to complete the t
90. se Assignment Maintenance Tina re max records for browse Maximum number of records a browse can return per request 1000 e LIME GFanuia ity Maintenance max records for expand handle Maximum number of records can be expanded in a table for expand handle timeout default is 50000 records 50000 User Cert Assignment Maxi ferai d a Spee lied in Activity Report since 4 0 Maintenance max r cords for report aximum number of records a report can return per request this setting is currently applied to Activity Report since 4 0 1 2500 Deeg EECH release all new framework reports use this setting User Group Maintenance SET max records for sfc browse Maximum number of records SFC Browse can return per request 400 XSLT Maintenance max upload filesize Maximum upload file size in bytes 1048576 v Production chart j r v Advanced rted polling period seconds Real Time Message Display polling period in seconds sfc assignment timeout Timeout value for Supervisor Work Assignment in minutes default is 5 5 Done 5 2 2 1 1 Purpose Effects Setting this Property ensures that messages flagged for POD Notification display in a timely manner on the RTM D By Default this property is configured to 5 d Local intranet Protected Mode Off fy v R10 32 Y SAP ME How To Guide for Message Board seconds This ensures that every 5 seconds the system is polling to see if any new messages are flagged for display in the RTMD li
91. source Hold on RTW Consecutive NC type M essages due to Real Time Warnings M aintenance thresholds being met for Consecutive Identical NC being reached Automatic Workflow step e LOG CODES Log Codes Process Workflow Activity used during Processing of SPC type messages used to invoke the Log Codes dialog where Corrective actions codes Comments may be added M anual Workflow step e OP HOLD RELEASE Operation Release Hold Process Workflow Activity used during Processing of SPC and RTW type messages used to automatically Release a hold placed on an Operation due to the Log Codes being completed Automatic Workflow step e REJECT BUYOFF Reject Buyoff Process Workflow Activity used to invoke the Reject Action on Buyoff Request type Messages which also invoked the Simple LOGNC REJECT Manual Workflow step e RES HOLD RELEASE Resource Release Hold Process Workflow Activity used during Processing of SPC and RTW type messages used to automatically Release a hold placed on a Resource due to the Log Codes being completed Automatic Workflow step e YIELD OP HOLD RTW Yield Rate Operation Hold Process Workflow Activity used during Processing of RTW type messages used to automatically place a hold placed on an Operation due to the message being generated due to Real Time Warnings M aintenance thresholds being met for RTW Yield Automatic Workflow step SAP ME How To Guide for Message Board e YIELD RES HOLD RTW Yield Rat
92. ssage Type Maintenance t is displayed for informational purposes only When the M essage is created that information as well as any information entered manually in the Subject and M essage Body fields will be included The purpose of this M essage type is that there is a way for any user to generate M essages to the majority of User groups as an additional communication mechanism Once the User enters the desired information and selects Create the system will generate the M essage to the M essage Board and post a success message in the Create M essage dialog The dialog remains open so the user can create another M essage if needed If not they can close the dialog which takes them back to the POD they were working in when Create was invoked 3 3 3 Process Flow The business process runs though the Message Board Plug in and CREATE MESS PLUGIN Enter Subject and Message Body if desired or accept the default Display Open Select EE Message Create Board POD Message Select Create Button Message dialog Dialog Message closes and Created successfull y user is returned to the POD SAP ME How To Guide for Message Board Message Board Create Message screen flows lun E Create Message Webpage Dialog Create Message o Message Type FREE FORM Severity Warning User Group SUPERVISORS Subject Free Form Message Body Free Form f
93. st If this property is not configured then messages will not be displayed on the RTMD list even if they are flagged for POD Notification 5 2 2 1 2 Settings Example All three of the following criteria must be set up before the RTM D will properly display messages e POD Notification in Message Type Maintenance e rted polling period seconds e Real Time M essage Display set to ICON In POD Maintenance 5 2 3 Activity Rules N A 5 2 4 Activity Hooks N A 5 2 5 Product Configuration 5 2 5 1 Activity Maintenance M any new activities have been created in support of the new Message Board functionality while others have been removed as they are no longer required or were redundant As is evidenced by the list below many new Process Workflow specific activities were created to support the current processing strategy for RTM D and SPC processing as well as enhanced Buyoff processing Several of the old Event activities were broken down and separated to create new activities which allows for a greater level of flexibility in processing of messages when these activities are applied to the SPC and RTMD type M essages Several completely new activities have been created to support the Free form process as well as the simplified workflow activity called SIM PLE This workflow activity does not require robust processing like Buyoff requests RTM D or SPC processing All of these activities have been designed to be either Automatic or M an
94. t Management Z7 2899 Server E Login KnowledgeTree D Mappe Manufacturing E E ME 6 0 Scrum Home ME d T i am v Pager Safety Tools v 6 2 ag Production Operator Dashboard Site CAK User CHARLIE 1 Operation for SFC B503 1 467 PRD is in the Complete Pending status until the following buyoffs are closed QUALITY POD Selection Operation EPI LOT FORM SFC B303 1 467 PRD POD Work List P SFC B503 1 465 PRD Es per pes Done 3 4 3 Prerequisites A POD must be configured to have the Real Time M essage Display set to ICON Resource EPI LOTFORM quantity Created Date T Created By 09 22 2011 3 3 09 22 2011 3 3 09 22 2011 3 1 0922 2011 3 1 09 22 2011 3 1 09721 2011 4 5 07 20 2011 3 4 07 20 2011 3 4 07 20 2011 3 4 CAK SITEADMIN CAK_SITEADMIN CAK SITEADMIN CAK SITEADMIN CAK SITEADMIN CAK SITEADMIN CHARLIE CHARLIE CHARLIE Subject RTW Consecuti RTW Consecuti RTW Consecuti RTW Consecuti RTW Consecuti RTW Consecuti RTW Consecuti RTW Consecuti RTW Consecuti Status New New New New New New New New New Performed By CAK SITEADMIN CAK SITEADMIN CAK SITEADMIN CAK SITEADMIN CAK SITEADMIN CAK_SITEADMIN CHARLIE CHARLIE CHARLIE Completed 1 Nonconffirmed 0 Perf 09 22 2011 3
95. t of messages Filter Field Work Center A single Work Center used to filter the messages Default is blank UserGroup Asingle User Group used to filter the messages Default is blank This is a user group to which the message has been sent See the following table for the Status filter values and definitions Start date for a date range inclusive within which the message creation date must occur Default is blank End Date End date for a date range inclusive within which the message creation date must occur Default is blank The following table identifies and describes the message Status filter values Status 3 Desen All existing messages regardless of their status Claimed M essage is in process and has been claimed by a user It can only be processed by the user who has claimed it Closed In Queue The message was claimed by a user and wasthen unclaimed by that user It MOU connowteprcesedbysinecterust o TESE M Revoked The message has been closed because the user who claimed it could not perform the associated task Withdrawn The message is closed because the user who created it has withdrawn it When any of the previous filter criteria have been entered the M essage List will display only the messages that pass all of the entered filter criteria All criteria will be ANDED together Below are examples of entered criteria and expected results SAPA SAP ME How To Guide for Message Bo
96. tenan ECO WARNING ECO Warning Enabled standard value Key Bm Standard Value Ke Message Type g Lg Maintenance ERP ERROR ERP Error Enabled Test Plan Maintenance NC Priory 00 ERP INFO ERP Info Enabled Tool Group Maint ce NEQNE EXTRACT ERROR Extract Error Enabled a Tool Number SS I Maintenance Maximum NC Limit SFC 0 FREE_FORM Free Form Enabled Work Center INSP_PROCEDURE_CHANGE Inspection procedure changed Enabled Maintenance NC Severity Medium v sn Work Instruction INSP TIGHTENED Inspection Tightened Enabled Maintenance Saia EE EN LIST_DEF_LIMIT_EXC List Maximum Row Limit Exceeded Enabled v Nonconformance E ech MAXIMUM_LOOP_COUNT Maximum Loop Count Enabled a Disposition Group Maintenance MIN_SLOT_QTY Default Min Slot Quantity Message Type Enabled NC Client Maintenance NEXT_NUMBER_WARNING Next Number Warning Enabled NC Code Maintenance PRODUCTION_XML_ERROR Production XML Error Enabled RTW_CONSEC_NC RTW Consecutive NC Enabled I 5 2 7 4 2 Settings Example This is used in parallel with the Real Time Warnings settings for Consecutive Identical NC s For Consecutive Identical NC threshold warnings specify the M aximum NC Limit 0 or gt and assign a Message Type The message type created for these types of Real Time Warnings for logged Consecutive Identical NC scenarios is RTW CONSEC NC 5 2 7 5 Buyoff Maintenance 5 2 7 5 1 Purpose Effects Buyoffs that require a M essage to be generated to the M essa
97. the Hold on the Operation and Resource that was placed when the Message was generated and complete these activities At this point all steps have been completed and processed either by the system or manually by the user The Message processing is satisfied and the message will then be closed Even though the message processing seems complex what the user experiences on the Message Board is really only one manual step to Log Codes to process the message Many other things happened or actions were invoked by the system based on the other process steps This is an example of how these process workflow activities and templates can accomplish a great many of the business processes needed to handle production anomalies or other occurrences Now that we have our templates we can apply them to Message Types The table below describes the Out of the Box Process Workflows created for specific Message Types Process Workflow Message Type used for BUYOFF WF Buyoff Message Processing BUYOFF REQUEST SAP ME How To Guide for Message Board OP RES HOLD SPC VIOL Oper Res Hold SPC SPC ALARM VIOLATION Violation Warning Yield Rate Message types Process Workflow Default Configurations Process Workflow BUYOFF WF Description Buyoff Sequence 10 Activity ACCEPT BUYOFF Button Label I18N ACCEPT wf DESC Sequence 20 Activity RE ECT ACTIVITY Button Label I18N RE ECT wf DESC Buyoff Workflow File Edit View Favorites T
98. ual process workflow steps SAP ME How To Guide for Message Board New Activity types for Message Board ae File Edit View Favorites Tools Help wp Favorites qf Z7 6 0 Product Management Z7 2899 Server Login KnowledgeTree D Mappe Manufacturing E EA MEG Scrum Home ME B SAP Remote Access Solu E SAP CONNECT Portal 27 SAP Manufacturing Execu zT Manufacturing Execution Activity Manager Hr Al Gl e Pager Safety Tools fr X Find Activity M Previous Net IH Options Activity Maintenance D Activity Maintenance a Background Processin Ln Certification Maintenance Activity O v Certification Type Maintenance Collaboration Directive Maintenance i ollaboration Link Description Text d ansfer Export Configuration Data V Transfer Import Data Field Assignment Visible in Activity Manager Maintenance Data Field Definition Default Value Maintenance Enabled ES Type List Maintenance EIE Message Type Java Class Maintenance Standalone GUI jsp Next Number Button Plug In GUI jsp Maintenance L Rich Plug In GUI ODS Rule Maintenance Native Executable uds cope ur or e Collaboration Data Acquisition Plug In POD Maintenance Collaboration Format Plug In s Printer Maintenance SE EEN Process Workflow Process Workflow Manual Activity Maintenance Process W
99. udes e Creation of messages that may be sent to one or many User Groups on the fly like an e mail system e Can be configured to have a simple basic or complex workflow as defined by the customer e Can have a severity level set that will identify the M essage as Critical Warning or Info This helps to identify the criticality of the message so that users know of its importance e Can be configured so messages have default text associated with them e Can be configured so a copy of the message is sent to e mail addresses e Is configured as an out of the box message type Purpose Effects Create Free Form M essage Plug in The ability to create M essages on the fly can be accomplished using the Create M essage activity from a POD or from the M essage Board itself The Create M essage plug in can be configured to be run from a Button in a POD in an Activity Group or as a button on the M essage Board When invoked the Create M essage dialog is displayed where the User may modify the predefined Subject and M essage Body text or append to it to formulate the desired message SAP ME How To Guide for Message Board The only types of messages that can be created from the Create M essage dialog are FREE FORM type messages Configuration of the message type is accomplished in Message Type Maintenance M essage Type Severity and User Group are non editable in the dialog as this is the configuration defined for this type in Me
100. ufacturing E ME 6 0 Scrum Home ME SAP Remote Access Solu SAP CONNECT Portal Z SAP Manufacturing Execu SAP Manufacturing Execution Activity Manager ez ta S 3 de v Pager Safetyv Tools v e E X Find Process Workflow Previous Next Cg Options v iY Process Workflow Maintenance Retrieve Ej Save j Clear 8 Delete Site CARLSB a Process Workflow OP RES HOLD SPC VIOL Description Oper Res Hold SPC Violation Activity Button Label 10 SPC VIOL RES HOLD 20 SPC VIOL OP HOLD O 30 oe copes sd I18N LOG_CODES wf D 40 OP HOLD RELEASE FR 70 0 so RES HOLD RELEASE D 1 amp Local intranet Protected Mode Off fa 1005 e Process Workflow OP RES HOLD SPC WARN Description Oper Res Hold SPC Warning Sequence 10 Activity SPC WARN RES HOLD Button Label Blank Sequence 20 Activity SPC WARN OP HOLD Button Label Blank Sequence 30 Activity LOG CODES Button Label I18N LOG CODES wf DESC Sequence 40 Activity OP HOLD RELEASE Button Label Blank Sequence 50 Activity RES HOLD RELEASE Button Label Blank 42 SAP ME How To Guide for Message Board Oper Res Hold SPC Warning Workflow SE dip Favorites 2 6 0 Product Management Z7 28
101. vere or critical messages appear requiring immediate attention This feature allows operators to process messages and trace actions applied to the messages due to processing It is a single location for viewing all messages You can configure it to be run as its own POD from any other POD or as a real time message list You can generate Free Form messages on the fly and configure them to be generated from any POD using the Create M essage Activity as a Button and send them to any user group You can configure message types and process workflows for message processing according to customers needs It is important to note that we have migrated all of the previous Events that were in SAP ME 5 2 and translated those to unique M essage Types These M essage Types have predefined and configured Process workflows and specialized Activities assigned already Existing M E customers should have no problem in utilizing the new message Board functionality with these converted Events They function similarly and the timing of the triggering of the message types has not really changed only how they are managed and displayed has changed We have mimicked the previous business cases and translated them into processing templates for these message types They can be processed either by an End user or by the SAP M E system automatically SAPA SAP ME How To Guide for Message Board Message Board The figure below is an example of the Message Board default

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