C_S43_2022 SAP Certified Application Associate - SAP S/4HANA Asset Management Question and Answers

 The Customizing for the functional location category includes the following settings: usage period, object information, and status profile.

• The usage period defines the start and end dates of the functional location’s usage. It can be used to control the validity of maintenance plans and orders, and to calculate the age of the functional location. You can define the usage period in the Customizing activity Define Functional Location Categories1.
• The object information defines the additional data that can be entered for the functional location, such as manufacturer, construction type, serial number, and equipment number. You can define the object information in the Customizing activity Define Functional Location Categories1.
• The status profile defines the user statuses that can be assigned to the functional location. The user statuses can be used to control the business transactions that are allowed for the functional location, such as creating orders, notifications, or measuring documents. You can define the status profile in the Customizing activity Define Status Profile2.

References: 1: Define Functional Location Categories 2: Define Status Profile

SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence is a suite of products that provides data reporting, visualization, and sharing capabilities. The current portfolio of SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence includes the following functionalities1:

• SAP Crystal Reports: A tool for creating pixel-perfect reports from various data sources, such as relational databases, OLAP cubes, XML files, and SAP applications. SAP Crystal Reports allows users to design, format, and distribute reports in various formats, such as PDF, HTML, Excel, and Word.
• SAP Lumira: A tool for creating interactive data visualizations, such as charts, maps, infographics, and stories. SAP Lumira allows users to explore, analyze, and share data insights using a drag-and-drop interface and a variety of data sources, such as spreadsheets, databases, SAP applications, and SAP HANA.
• SAP BusinessObjects Web Intelligence: A tool for creating ad hoc queries and reports from various data sources, such as relational databases, OLAP cubes, SAP applications, and SAP HANA. SAP BusinessObjects Web Intelligence allows users to access, analyze, and share data insights using a web browser or a mobile device.
• SAP BusinessObjects Analysis: A tool for performing multidimensional data analysis and creating analytical applications from various data sources, such as OLAP cubes, SAP applications, and SAP HANA. SAP BusinessObjects Analysis allows users to slice and dice data, create calculations and formulas, and build interactive dashboards and presentations.
• SAP BusinessObjects Design Studio: A tool for creating professional data visualizations and applications for desktop and mobile devices. SAP BusinessObjects Design Studio allows users to design, develop, and deploy applications using a graphical interface and a scripting language. The applications can be embedded in SAP portals, SAP BusinessObjects BI Launchpad, or SAP Fiori launchpad.
• SAP BusinessObjects Dashboards: A tool for creating interactive dashboards and scorecards from various data sources, such as spreadsheets, databases, SAP applications, and SAP HANA. SAP BusinessObjects Dashboards allows users to visualize key performance indicators, trends, and alerts using a variety of components, such as charts, gauges, maps, and selectors.

Plant Maintenance Information Systems (PMIS) and SAP Quick Viewer are not part of the current portfolio of SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence. PMIS is a component of SAP S/4HANA Asset Management that provides standard reports and analysis tools for plant maintenance processes2. SAP Quick Viewer is a tool for creating simple reports from SAP tables and views without any programming3. References: 1: SAP Help Portal, SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform - SAP Online Help, Topic: SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence suite Features2: SAP Help Portal, SAP S/4HANA Asset Management, Learning Journey: SAP S/4HANA Asset Management, Topic: Plant Maintenance Information System3: SAP Community, SAP Quick Viewer.

• A personnel number is a unique identifier for an employee in the SAP system. A personnel number can be directly assigned to the following objects:
• A personnel number cannot be directly assigned to the following objects:

 

The SAP Service and Asset Manager application enables maintenance workers to perform various tasks related to asset management, such as:

• Confirm time sheets: Maintenance workers can record the time spent on work orders and operations, and submit them for approval. They can also view the status of their time confirmations and edit or delete them if needed. This functionality helps to track the labor costs and efficiency of the maintenance work1.
• Attach documents: Maintenance workers can attach documents, such as photos, videos, audio files, or PDFs, to work orders, notifications, or equipment. This functionality helps to provide additional information or evidence for the maintenance work2.
• Display maps: Maintenance workers can view the location of assets, work orders, or notifications on a map. They can also use the map to navigate to the destination, filter the map items, or switch between different map layers. This functionality helps to improve the spatial awareness and planning of the maintenance work3.
• Display and maintain technical objects: Maintenance workers can view the details of technical objects, such as equipment, functional locations, or linear assets, and perform actions on them, such as creating notifications, work orders, or measurements. They can also edit the technical object data, such as the status, serial number, or manufacturer. This functionality helps to manage the lifecycle and performance of the assets.

The functionalities that are not available in the SAP Service and Asset Manager application for a maintenance worker are:

• Schedule resources: This functionality is available in the SAP S/4HANA Asset Management application, which is a web-based application that supports the planning and scheduling of maintenance work. Maintenance planners and schedulers can use this application to assign resources, such as technicians, tools, or materials, to work orders and operations, and optimize the resource utilization and availability.
• Change task list: This functionality is also available in the SAP S/4HANA Asset Management application, which allows maintenance planners and engineers to create and modify task lists, such as general task lists, equipment task lists, or functional location task lists. Task lists are used to define the sequence of operations and activities for recurring maintenance work.
• Change BOM: This functionality is also available in the SAP S/4HANA Asset Management application, which allows maintenance engineers and technicians to create and change bills of materials (BOMs) for technical objects, such as equipment or functional locations. BOMs are used to list the components and materials that are required for the maintenance work.
• Create a work order on the ESRI map: This functionality is not available in the SAP Service and Asset Manager application, which only supports viewing the existing work orders on the map. To create a work order on the map, the maintenance worker would need to use the SAP Work Manager application, which is another mobile application that integrates with the ESRI ArcGIS platform. The SAP Work Manager application allows the maintenance worker to create a work order by tapping on a map location, and assign the work order to a technician or a crew.

References: 1: SAP Service and Asset Manager User Guide - Maintenance Persona - Time Management 2: SAP Service and Asset Manager User Guide - Maintenance Persona - Attachments 3: SAP Service and Asset Manager User Guide - Maintenance Persona - Maps : [SAP Service and Asset Manager User Guide - Maintenance Persona - Technical Objects] : [SAP S/4HANA Asset Management - Resource Scheduling] : [SAP S/4HANA Asset Management - Task Lists] : [SAP S/4HANA Asset Management - Bills of Material] : [SAP Work Manager User Guide - Creating Work Orders on the Map]

 The Report and Repair Malfunction app is a Fiori app that uses SAPUI5 as the UI technology. SAPUI5 is a modern, HTML5-based, JavaScript UI library that enables developers to create rich and responsive web applications. Web Dynpro, SAP GUI for HTML, and Business Server Pages are older UI technologies that are not used for Fiori apps. References:

• Report and Repair Malfunction | SAP Help Portal
• First Fiori App for Maintenance Technician: “Report and Repair Malfunction” for SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1708 and 1709 | SAP Blogs

A notification item is used to describe a problem, damage, or the activity executed in greater detail. A notification item can be assigned to one or more object parts and one or more causes of damage. An object part is a component of a technical object that is affected by a malfunction or damage. A cause of damage is a factor that leads to a malfunction or damage. You can use catalogs to enter object parts and causes of damage in a coded form. Therefore, the correct answers are B and D.

References:

• SAP Help Portal - Notification Item
• SAP Help Portal - Object Part
• SAP Help Portal - Cause of Damage
• [SAP Learning - Creating Notifications]

To set up a general maintenance task list for inspection rounds using the overall time confirmation as a simplified way to record measurement documents, you need to do the following steps:

• Assign a piece of equipment with an allocated measuring point to a task list operation. This will allow you to inspect the equipment and record the measurement readings for the measuring point during the inspection round. You can assign the equipment either manually or automatically using the object list in the task list header1.
• Assign a measuring point as a production resources/tools (PRT) to a task list operation. This will allow you to inspect the measuring point and record the measurement readings for it during the inspection round. You can assign the measuring point either manually or automatically using the PRT category 0010 (Measuring Point) in the task list operation1.
• You do not need to assign an inspection lot to the task list header, as this is not required for inspection rounds. Inspection lots are used for quality inspections that are triggered by events such as goods receipt, production order, or sales order2.
• You do not need to assign an inspection document as a PRT to the task list operation, as this is not supported for inspection rounds. Inspection documents are used for quality inspections that are based on inspection plans and inspection characteristics2. References: PM - General maintenance task list and Set up your SAP S/4HANA system for EAM Inspection Checklists in SAP Help Portal.

You can see the results of the material availability check for maintenance orders in two places: within a maintenance order and in the list editing (single-level) for maintenance orders.

• Within a maintenance order, you can see the material availability status for each component in the Components tab. The status can be one of the following: Available, Not Available, Partially Available, or Not Checked. You can also see the availability date, which is the date on which the component can be fully available. You can access the maintenance order from the Manage Maintenance Orders app or the Change Maintenance Order app1.
• In the list editing (single-level) for maintenance orders, you can see the material availability status for each order in the Material Availability column. The status can be one of the following: Available, Not Available, Partially Available, or Not Checked. You can also see the availability date, which is the date on which all the components for the order can be fully available. You can access the list editing from the List Editing (Single-Level) for Maintenance Orders app2.

References: 1: Checking the Material Availability Status 2: [List Editing (Single-Level) for Maintenance Orders]

SAP Service and Asset Manager is a predictive asset management application that supports both maintenance and service technicians. Using this app, you can manage work orders, notifications, condition monitoring, material consumption, time management, and failure analysis1.

Some of the standard functionalities of SAP Service and Asset Manager are:

• Technical objects: You can view and edit technical objects such as functional locations, equipment, and measuring points. You can also create new technical objects or link existing ones to work orders or notifications2.
• Work orders and operations: You can view and edit work orders and operations assigned to you or your team. You can also create new work orders or operations, or confirm them as completed2.
• ESRI Maps: You can view the location of your work orders, notifications, and technical objects on an interactive map powered by ESRI. You can also use the map to navigate to your destination or search for nearby assets2.

The other options are not standard functionalities of SAP Service and Asset Manager. Cost analytics and breakdown analytics are features of SAP Intelligent Asset Management, which is a cloud-based solution that integrates with SAP Service and Asset Manager to provide advanced insights and recommendations for asset performance3. References: 1: SAP Service and Asset Manager Overview 2: SAP Service and Asset Manager User Guide 3: SAP Intelligent Asset Management Overview

After a maintenance order is technically completed, the responsible person can perform the following operations1:

• Lock or unlock the order: This prevents or allows further changes to the order data, such as actual costs, settlement rule, or confirmation data.
• Change the settlement rule: This allows the responsible person to adjust the distribution of costs to the relevant receivers, such as cost centers, assets, or orders.
• Post goods movements: This allows the responsible person to record the consumption or return of materials that were used for the maintenance work.
• Enter measurement documents: This allows the responsible person to record the measurement readings of the technical objects that were maintained.

The responsible person cannot perform the following operations after a maintenance order is technically completed1:

• Update the estimated costs: This is only possible before the order is released or during the execution phase.
• Change the planned costs: This is only possible before the order is released or during the execution phase.
• Change the order type: This is only possible before the order is released.
• Change the order status: This is only possible before the order is technically completed or after it is reversed.

Therefore, the correct answers are A and C. References: 1: Maintenance Order Types | SAP Help Portal

 

 External refurbishment is the process of sending defective or worn-out spare parts to an external vendor for repair or replacement. To carry out this process, you need to create a maintenance order with an external operation that has the subcontracting indicator activated. This indicator allows you to create a purchase requisition and a purchase order for the external service. The external operation also requires an external work center, a control key, and a material component with the valuation type of the defective part. The order type for external refurbishment is not a prerequisite, but a configuration option that can be used to differentiate the process from internal refurbishment. The material group for externally refurbished materials is not relevant for the process, as the material master data is not changed by the refurbishment. The assignment of an external work center to a maintenance order operation is necessary, but not sufficient, for external refurbishment. You also need to activate the subcontracting indicator in the external activity. References:

• Explaining Refurbishment of Spare Parts, section “Refurbishing Spare Parts Externally”
• Refurbishment of Repairable Spares: Integration between SAP-PM and SAP-MM, section “4.2 External Refurbishment: Major Steps”

 

A cross-plant planning scenario is a special planning process that allows you to carry out material requirements planning for various plants centrally. This facilitates the production of a product in another plant and it also guarantees a smooth flow of materials between different plants. In a cross-plant planning scenario, you can assign multiple maintenance plants to a planning plant (n: 1) or multiple planning plants to a maintenance plant (m: 1). This means that you can plan and execute maintenance orders in different plants using a common planning plant or a common maintenance plant. There is no limit on the number of maintenance plants that can be assigned to a planning plant, so answer B is incorrect. A cross-plant planning scenario is also possible across different company codes, as long as the plants belong to the same controlling area. Therefore, answer D is also incorrect. References: Cross-Plant Planning | SAP Help Portal and SAP S/4HANA Asset Management: Plants from a Maintenance … - SAP PRESS

Phase-based maintenance is a new concept introduced in SAP S/4HANA Cloud that allows you to track the life cycle of the maintenance processes using nine predefined phases and sub-phases. These phases are set up by SAP and you cannot change them. However, you can control the transition of phases using phase control codes. Phase-based maintenance is only applicable to the new order types Reactive Maintenance and Proactive Maintenance, which are delivered with the relevant Best Practices scope items. It is not mandatory for breakdown and preventive maintenance, nor can it be used with any existing order type. References: New Phase Model for the Maintenance Processes in S/4HANA Cloud, Phase Model for the Maintenance Process, Maintenance Process Phases, Explaining the Phase-based Process

 A maintenance plant is the organizational unit in which the technical objects to be maintained are physically present. A maintenance plant can be directly assigned to the following objects:

• A maintenance work center, which is a location where maintenance tasks are performed. A maintenance work center can be a person, a group of persons, or a technical object, such as a machine or a vehicle. A maintenance work center is defined by its capacity, availability, and cost rates1
• A storage location, which is a place where spare parts and materials are stored within a plant. A storage location can be a warehouse, a bin, or a shelf. A storage location is defined by its address, stock type, and valuation area2

The other options are incorrect because:

• A maintenance planner group, which is a group of planners who are responsible for planning maintenance activities in a maintenance planning plant. A maintenance planner group is not directly assigned to a maintenance plant, but to a maintenance planning plant. A maintenance planning plant is the organizational unit in which maintenance requirements are planned3
• An organizational unit, which is a generic term for any unit of an organization that performs a specific function or task. An organizational unit can be a company code, a plant, a sales organization, a purchasing organization, etc. An organizational unit is not directly assigned to a maintenance plant, but to a higher-level organizational unit, such as a company code or a controlling area.

References: 1: Maintenance Work Center | SAP Help Portal 2: Storage Location | SAP Help Portal 3: Maintenance Planner Group | SAP Help Portal : Organizational Unit | SAP Help Portal

 To set up a scenario for regular maintenance, the first event should take place after 1 year, and after that, it is a regular cycle of 6 months, you have to use the maintenance package offset parameter to map this in the system. The maintenance package offset is used to define the time interval between the start of the maintenance plan and the first call date of the maintenance package1. A maintenance package is a set of data that defines the frequency and scope of the maintenance tasks2.

For example, if you want to create a maintenance plan with two maintenance packages, one for annual inspection and one for semi-annual inspection, you can use the following settings:

• Maintenance package 1: Cycle length = 12 months, Offset = 0 months, Scheduling indicator = Time-based
• Maintenance package 2: Cycle length = 6 months, Offset = 12 months, Scheduling indicator = Time-based

This means that the first maintenance package will be called at the start of the maintenance plan, and then every 12 months thereafter. The second maintenance package will be called after 12 months from the start of the maintenance plan, and then every 6 months thereafter.

The other parameters that are not relevant for this scenario are:

• Package hierarchy: This is used to define the relationship between different maintenance packages within a maintenance plan. It allows you to create nested or parallel maintenance packages that are dependent on each other3.
• Scheduling indicator: This is used to define the type of scheduling for the maintenance package, such as time-based, performance-based, or condition-based4.
• Cycle modification factor: This is used to modify the cycle length of the maintenance package by a certain percentage or factor5.

References: 1: SAP Help Portal - Maintenance Package Offset 2: SAP Help Portal - Maintenance Package 3: SAP Help Portal - Package Hierarchy 4: SAP Help Portal - Scheduling Indicator 5: SAP Help Portal - Cycle Modification Factor

 When you settle a refurbishment order with the batches (valuation types) having price control standard price, the following effects occur:

• The effective costs are posted as a credit memo to a price difference account. This means that the difference between the actual costs of the refurbishment and the standard price of the batch is recorded as a variance in the accounting document. This ensures that the inventory value of the batch is not affected by the refurbishment costs1
• The goods receipt for the batch refurbished is posted with the value of the standard price. This means that the inventory value of the batch is updated with the predefined price that is maintained in the material master. This ensures that the inventory value of the batch is consistent and stable1

The other options are incorrect because:

• The effective costs are not posted to the respective batch (valuation type). The batch valuation is based on the standard price, not the actual costs of the refurbishment1
• The goods receipt for the batch refurbished is not posted with the value of the moving average price. The moving average price is only used for batches with price control moving average price, not standard price1

References: 1: Settlement Receiver | SAP Help Portal