I recently got introduced to this new transaction so I wanted to write a quick post about it to keep locked into my brain for the future 🙂  It turns out that using this transaction you can do an installation (or dismantle) of an equipment record to (from) a functional location.  The idea behind this is that it will also take the item out of stock and immediately issue it to the order & “superior location” of your choosing.
Why is this cool? Â if you have the proper infrastructure in place, namely a warehouse that is prepared for this, you can build the hierarchy while issuing materials to your service/maintenance order. Â If you are trying to maintain the full history of what serial numbers have installed into a functional location, this transaction can be a huge step, as you can do the job in one step, instead of first issuing the material, then building/updating your hierarchy.
Now, my original investigation was looking for a better way to do a “find/replace” when I perform an exchange, but stumbling on this is certainly something that is very interesting to me. Â I’m sure I”ll find a use for it sooner or later.
Remember to check out the OSS note: Â https://launchpad.support.sap.com/#/notes/767108
this talks about the configuration for using the transaction.
Thanks for reading,
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Mike