PI sheet in Process Industries
Karthick Padmanabhan
Senior Manager - Projects
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PI sheet should be created when the process order is released
Show the phase number and short text of the phase
Be able to post the Good Receipts on the process order
Show the total quantity (sum of) of the GR postings
Be able to post all the relevant consumptions of the components
Be able to do the inspection recording
Configuration Details
Define Production Scheduling profile
Purpose:
The purpose of this activity is to specify that all control instructions/recipes of an order are created
automatically during order release.
IMG Menu Path/Transaction code:
SAP R/3 Menu Production Planning for Process Industries –> Process order –> Master data –
> Define Production Scheduling profiles.
Transaction Code CORY
Descriptions and the configuration values
Tick the Indicator: Generate Control Instructions/Recipe upon Release
Please see in below screen shot.
Note- Material 2612, plant 4300 is having production scheduling profile ZI07.
Copy Standard settings for Process Messages
Purpose: The purpose of this activity is to copy standard settings for process messages.
IMG Menu Path/Transaction code:
SAP R/3 Menu Production Planning for Process Industries –> Process Management –> Standard
Settings –> Transport Predefined Message Categories/Characteristics
Transaction Code O22C
Descriptions and configuration values:
In this step transport the process instruction characteristics and process message characteristics
predefined by SAP from the SAP reference client to logon client.
In this step, transport the process instruction characteristics and process message characteristics
predefined by SAP from the SAP reference client to logon client.
The names of the characteristics predefined by SAP all start with PP-PI
Define and set up Message destinations
Purpose: The purpose of this activity is to define and Set up Message Destinations Following setting
for the message destinations to which you can send process messages:
Define the message destinations with their addresses.
Depending on the destination type, specify the fields or interface parameters of the message
destination that want to use as target fields for message characteristics
Destination type:
01 R/3 Function Module
02 External Function
03 SAP office User
04 ABAP/4 Table
05 SAP Alert Management
IMG Menu Path/Transaction code:
Transaction Code SPRO
IMG Menu Production Planning for Process Industries –> Process Management –> Process
Messages –> Process Message Destinations –> Define and Set up Message Destinations
Descriptions and configuration values:
On the Create/change Message Destinations: Overview screen, enter the following data:
Dest. Description Type Dest. Address Individual
PI03 Goods receipt posting 1 COCI_CONFIRM_MATERIAL_PROD set flag
Enter & Select entry (PI03)
On the screen field Dialog Structure select target fields/message destinations, enter the following
data:
On the Create/change Message Destinations: Overview screen, enter the following data:
Dest. Description Type dest. Address Individual
PI04 Goods Issue posting 1 COCI_CONFIRM_MATERIAL_CONS set flag
Enter & Select entry (PI04)
On the screen field Dialog Structure select target fields/message destinations, enter the following
data:
Assigning Process message categories, characteristics and Target fileds
Purpose: The purpose of this activity is to assign Process Message Categories, Characteristics and
Target Fields.
IMG Menu Path/Transaction code:
Transaction Code SPRO
IMG Menu Production Planning for Process Industries –> Process Management –> Process
Messages –> Define and Set up Process Message Categories
Descriptions and configuration values:
Process Message Category Description send
YI_CONS Material consumption message Set flag
YI_PROD Material re ceipit messagw flag
Select YI_CONS
Select Destinations/Message Categories and, enter the following data:
Destination Description Type Destination Address
PI04 Goods issue posting 01 COCI_CONFIRM_MATERIAL_CONS
Mark row PI04
Select Characteristics/destination-specific target fields and, enter the following data:
Select YI_PROD
On the screen field Dialog Structure select Characteristics/Message categories,
enter the following data.
Select Destinations/Message
Categories and, enter the following data:
Destination Description
PI03
Goods
receipt posting
Type Destination
Address
01
COCI_CONFIRM_MATERIAL_PROD
Mark row PI03
Select Characteristics/destination-specific target fields and, enter the following
data:
Define and set up control recipe destinations.
Purpose: In this IMG activity,you define a control recipe destination that you want to
use in your plant.
i.e. The Destination Type
1) Transfer to ABAP list-based PI sheet
2) Download to ext. system, initiated by SAP process management
3) Download to ext. system, initiated by ext. process control
4) Transfer to browser-based PI sheet.
IMG Menu Path/Transaction code:
SAP R/3
Menu
Transaction
Code
Production
Planning for Process Industries –> Process
Management –> Control
recipe-> Control recipe destinations –
> Define and set up
control recipe destinations
SPRO
Descriptions and configuration values:
Here, Control recipe 01 whose destination Type is 1 Transfer to ABAP list-based PI
sheet.
Creating PP-PI Characteristics
Purpose: The purpose of this activity is to create PP-PI characteristics In this IMG
activity, you define the characteristic that you want to use in process instructions.
IMG Menu Path/Transaction code:
SAP R/3
Menu
Transaction
Code
Production
Planning for Process Industries –> Process
Management
–> Process Instructions –> Process
Instruction
Characteristics –> Define Characteristics for
Process Instructions.
O27C
Descriptions and configuration values:1
Key
field
Characteristic
Description
Value
Note
Quantity
of
material
produced
YPPI_MATERIAL_PRODUCED
On the Characteristics screen in the tab Basic Data, enter the following data:
Key field
Description
Chars Group
Data Type
Number of
Chars
Decimal
Place
Single-value
Description Value
Quantity of material
produced
Process Message
Characteristics
NUM
11
Note
This and the following
fields will not be visible
before the Data Type has
been selected.
4
Mark
this field is in the
group Value Assignment
Select Proc. mgmt On the Additional Data for Process Instructions and
Messages screen in the tab Basic Data, enter the following data:
Keyfield
Descriptio
n
A. Val.assignm
nt funct.
B.
Value
Note
COAV_MATERIAL_QUANTIT this field is in
Y
the
group Automati
c Value
Assignment
Save
Descriptions and configuration values: 2
Keyfield
Characteristic
Description
Quantity
of material
consumed
Value
Note
YPPI_MATERIAL_CONSUMED
On the Characteristics screen in the tab Basic Data, enter the following data:
Keyfield
Description
Chars Group
Data Type
Description Value
Quantity of material
Consumed
Process Message
Characteristics
NUM
Note
Number of
Chars
11
Decimal
Place
Single-value
4
This and the following
fields will not be visible
before the Data Type has
been selected.
Mark
this field is in the
group Value Assignment
Select Proc. mgmt
On the Additional Data for Process Instructions and Messages screen in the
tab Basic Data, enter the following data:
Keyfield
A. Val.assignm
Descriptio
n
B.
nt funct.
Value
Note
COAV_MATERIAL_QUANTIT this field is in
Y
the
group Automati
c Value
Assignment
Define Process Instruction Categories
Purpose: define the process instruction categories you want to use in plant. For
each instruction category, you specifyThe process
instruction type to which it pertains
1
Process parameter-
2 Process data request- process data request contains the process message
category to use for the process message
3 Process message subscription- Process message subscriptions contain the
following:
Message category to use

4
Contents of the message
Process data calculation formula-
Type of process instruction that specifies that a value must be calculated in the PI sheet. This
value is then sent to a destination using a process message.The process data specifies:
Value to calculate
Formula to use for calculation
Message category of the requested process message
5 Inspection results request-Process instruction that specifies the operations
and phases for which inspection
results must be recorded. For these operations and phases, the function for
recording inspection results can be accessed directly from the PI sheet.
6 Dynamic function call-A process instruction that enables the process operator
to call a user-defined
function module from the PI sheet.
IMG Menu Path/Transaction code:
SAP R/3
Menu
Transaction
Code
Production
Planning for Process Industries –> Process
Management
–> Process Instructions –> Process
Instruction
Characteristics –> Define Process
Instructions Categories
O12C
Descriptions and configuration values:
On the Change View Process Instruction categories: Overview screen, enter the
following
Instruction
category
YGIPLAN
YGRCALPL
YGRPLAN
YQMREC
Y_MES
Description
Goods issue
Planned material
Calculate GR quantity planned
material
Goods Receipt Planned material
Enter results and usage decision
Process order data send to MES
Process Instruction
Type
2
4
2
6
1
Assigning Characteristics to process instruction categories
Purpose: The purpose of this activity is to assign Characteristics to Process
Instruction Categories.
IMG Menu Path/Transaction code:
SAP R/3
Menu
Transaction
Code
Production
Planning for Process Industries –> Process
Management
–> Process Instructions –> Process
Instruction
Characteristics –> Define Process
Instructions Categories
O12C
Descriptions and configuration values:
Assign process instruction characteristics and characteristic values to process
instruction categories. You specify the sequence of the characteristic in a process
instruction category using sort numbers.When you create a process instruction,
the characteristics assignments of the instruction category are copied to the
process instruction.
Select YGIPLAN
On the screen field Dialog Structure select Characteristics/Process Instruction
categories, enter the following data:
Select YGRCALPL
On the screen field Dialog Structure select Characteristics/Process Instruction
categories, enter the following data:
Select YGRPLAN
On the screen field Dialog Structure select Characteristics/Process Instruction
categories, enter the following data:
Select YQMREC
On the screen field Dialog Structure select Characteristics/Process Instruction
categories, enter the following data:
Select Y_MES
On the screen field Dialog Structure select Characteristics/Process Instruction
categories, enter the following data: