OCM - Initiating object
Application component: Production Orders
App type: SAP GUI
Description:   You use this function to process initiating object records. Initiating object records indicate that procurement elements have to be changed because changes have been made to a sales order or to master data. The main task of this function is to determine which procurement elements are affected by changes.  
Key features:   The initiating object records are displayed in a tree structure along with the procurement elements affected by the changes.  This function offers you the following features: Search for Procurement Elements Relating to Initiating Object Record    You use this function to search for procurement elements (production orders, planned orders, purchase orders) relating to initiating object records. If a procurement element is found to be affected by a change, a procurement element change record is created.  Procurement element change records ( Changing Production Orders )   To switch to the overview of the procurement element change records for an initiating object record, select the initiating object record and choose  Procurement element.  Deleting initiating object records  You can delete initiating object records only if the corresponding procurement element change records are completed or if no procurement element change records have been assigned. All assigned procurement element records are also deleted.  To carry out deletion, select the initiating object record and choose  .  Delete procurement element record  You can only delete a procurement element record if this is complete .  To carry out deletion, select the procurement element record and choose  .  Creating Initiating Object Records  You can create initiating object records for sales order changes or master data changes that are not involved in the change process because of settings (see Creating Initiating Object Records ). To find procurement elements for an initiating object record that has been created manually, an Overall Profile must be assigned to the material produced in the material master.  To create an initiating object record, choose  .  Logs  The system provides you with logs that contain information about the processing steps carried out for the initiating object records. Choose Goto  Process log   to look at a temporary log in which the processing steps for the current session are recorded. Choose   Log to call up a log in which all processing steps that have been carried out for an initiating object record up to now are stored.  Delete all affected objects (reorganization)  When a change process has been completed (that is, all procurement element change records involved are complete ) you can delete the initiating object record and the related procurement element change records. In this process, all objects created during the change process (determined change steps, simulation orders and so on) are deleted:  you can manually delete initiating object records and the procurement element change records (see above). When you delete an initiating object record, all related procurement element change records are also deleted. you can schedule the CO_OCM_OBJECT_LISTH program to delete the initiating object records. . The related procurement element change records are also deleted in this process.   Background Processing  You can use program CO_OCM_OBJECT_LISTH to execute all functions for processing the initiating object records. For example, you can search for the procurement elements relating to an initiating object record or delete initiating object records (see above). Symbols   The symbols at the beginning of each initiating object record show their processing status.   : No search for procurement elements has been carried out for the initiating object record   : A search for procurement elements has already been carried out for the initiating object record