SAP PM Interview Questions and Answers

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100 TOP SAP PM Multiple choice Questions and Answers pdf

The Below List of all SAP PM MCQs are prepared by 6+ Years of Experienced Lead SAP PM Consultant Developer

100 TOP SAP PM Multiple choice Questions

1. Preventive maintenance should maintain the high availability of technical systems, for example, production plants, in the long term.
A. True
B. False
Ans: A

2. Plant Maintenance comprises the following activities: (choose the correct sentences, more than one answer can be correct)
A. Inspection
B. Preventive maintenance
C. Repair
D. Integration
E. OEM manufacture
Ans: A, B, C

3. Inspection definition: All measures which maintain the ideal condition of a technical system
A. True
B. False
Ans: B

4. Repair definition: All measures which restore the ideal condition of a technical system
A. True
B. False
Ans: A

5. Which of the next sentences is true? (more than one sentences can be correct).
A. A maintenance plant can also be a maintenance planning plant.
B. A location (for example, building F-141) can only exist once within the company.
C. A maintenance planner group is assigned to a maintenance planning plant.
D. A maintenance plant is assigned to a maintenance planning plant.
Ans: A,C,D

6. Can a maintenance plant to be also a maintenance planning plant?
A. Yes
B. No
Ans: A

7. What steps must be defined in customizing for alternative labeling?
A. Activate alternative labeling for functional locations
B. Create a new structure indicator
C. Create a new functional location
D. Define Labeling Systems for Functional Locations
Ans: A, B, D

8. What are the technical objects?
A. Functional location
B. Equipment
C. Material
D. BOM
Ans: A, B

9. Plant Maintenance designed IS based on;
A. DIN 31050
B. DIN 31051
C. DIN 31049
D. DIN 31052
Ans: B

10. What is Maintenance Plant?
A. Maintenance Department
B. A plant in which the technical objects of a company are installed
C. Plant at which maintenance activities are planned
D. Plant at which Maintenance of material done
Ans: B

11. Which type of assignment is particularly necessary if individual units of a technical system in your company are identified by a label that describes the position or the unit in the system as a whole? The assignment should also support the transfer or data from superior functional locations to subordinate functional locations even if the generic structure of the location numbers has not been used within the location hierarchy.
a) Automatic alignment upon creation
b) Manual assignment
c) Reference functional location
d) Copying assignment
Ans: B

12. Assume a scenario where a system engineer accidentally entered a functional location with an incorrect label. How do you correct it without making a new entry?
a) Alternative Labeling
b) Changing the primary key
c) Duplicate Labeling
d) Hierarchical Labeling
Ans: A

13. In your company individual movable aggregates have a complex structure and the use of functional locations is not supported. What is the alternative option?
a) Multiple Functional Hierarchy
b) Superordinate Hierarchy
c) Equipment Hierarchy
d) Complex Hierarchy
Ans: C

14. What are the two different types of statuses to describe and ascertain whether or not a technical object is available for particular operations?
a) Manual status
b) Initial Status
c) System Status
d) User status
Ans: C,D

15. How do you assign vendor 1000 as the responsible vendor and user USER101 as the responsible user to your piece of equipment E1?
a) Goto -> Equipment
b) Goto -> Partners
c) SAP menu -> Logistics -> Plant Maintenance -> Management of technical objects -> Partners -> Change
d) SAP menu -> Logistics -> Plant Maintenance -> Management of technical object -> Equipment -> Change
Ans: B,D

16. Is it possible to create bill of materials without reference to a plant where the system only checks whether material master records are available and plant specific material checks are not performed? What is this type of BOM?
a) No, BOM has to be related to only specific plant
b) Yes, through Group BOM
c) Yes, through Stock BOM
d) Yes, through complex BOM
Ans: B

17. Which types of materials are used if you have to track the cash in the Plant Maintenance Information System, but do not require inventory management?
a) Maintenance assemblies
b) Inventory Materials
c) Material type IBAU
d) Structure Materials
Ans: A,C

18. Assume a scenario where all objects of the same construction type use the same material BOM and you want to avoid creating equipment BOM for each individual object. Which type of assignment do you prefer?
a) Direct assignment
b) Indirect assignment
c) Sub ordinate assignment
d) Individual assignment
Ans: B

19. In general if you enter a material that already has a serial number profile for the serialization of individual pieces of equipment in the equipment master record, the system displays the last serial number assigned for this material (if a serial number was already assigned). But where do you perform the actual assignment?
a) Equipment master record
b) Material master record
c) Serial record
d) Transaction SERZ
Ans: A

20. When goods are moved, the fields relevant for the stock are checked. After the movement the serial number is updated with the current stock data from the inventory management. What happens when the data does not correspond during the movement?
a) The movement is prohibited
b) Allowed
c) Allowed with a warning
d) Depends on Customizing
Ans: A,B,C,D

21. Which type of preventive maintenance enables you to plan maintenance based on counter reading that are managed for the technical objects to be maintained?
a) Process control maintenance
b) Control maintenance
c) Performance-based preventive maintenance
d) Data-based preventive maintenance
Ans: C

22. Which of the following measurement transfers are possible?
a) Measurement transfer from n measuring point to another (n:1)
b) Measurement transfer from one measuring point to a number of others (1: n relationship)
c) Counter reading transfer from one counter to another (1:1 relationship)
d) Counter reading transfer hem one counter to a number of others (1:n relationship)
Ans: B,C,D

23. Assume a scenario where you entered a measurement document on 01.05. This has been transferred to equipment P-1000 using the functional location hierarchy. On 17.05, you enter the equipment P-1000 is replaced by equipment P-2000 with a historical reference data 22.04. What happens to the measurement document for equipment P-1000 and P-2000?
a) The measurement document for equipment P-1000 is deleted since this had not yet been installed when the measurement document was created on 01.05.
b) The measurement document for equipment P-2000 is generated since this has already been installed when the measurement document was created.
c) The measurement document for equipment P-1000 and P-2000 will not be generated
d) The measurement document for equipment P-1000 and P-2000 will be generated
Ans: A,B

24. Which types of task list are object-based and created for a specific, individual piece of equipment?
a) Task lists for functional locations
b) General maintenance task lists
c) Equipment task list
d) Preventive task list
Ans: C

25. How do you assign stock materials which are not listed in the bill of materials for the maintenance object, directly in the maintenance task ist?
a) Complex material assignment
b) Multiple material assignments
c) Task list assignment
d) Free material assignment
Ans: D

26. You want to determine the costs for equipment task lists and functional location task lists. Can you run the cost analysis program for both task lists types at once?
a) You can run the cost analysis program for both task list types at once
b) You can only execute the cost analysis program for one task list type at once
c) Yes but result will not be accurate
d) Only for external processing operations
Ans: B

27. How do you generate short orders without a task list if no task has been entered in the maintenance item for the maintenance plan?
a) The system copies the short text for the maintenance plan into the maintenance order as an operation description
b) The task list has to be entered compulsorily
c) Task list is generated but the planner cannot add additional operations to the maintenance order d) This leads to errors in scheduling data
Ans: A

28. What status will be set in the maintenance plan if you use the deactivate function to block maintenance plans for a certain period of time?
a) IAKN
b) INAK
c) IKNK
d) IKAA
Ans: B

29. What happens if no scheduling period is defined in the maintenance plan when the current waiting call is converted into an order?
a) Order will not be processed
b) Order is blocked
c) A new planned date is automatically added
d) Previous scheduling date will be entered
Ans: C

30. Which modification factor can be used to change the cycle times for a maintenance strategy individually for each maintenance plan?
a) Factory Calendar
b) Scheduling Period
c) Cycle start
d) Cycle modification factor
Ans: D

31. Which task list do you prefer if you have to group operations for objects that are only slightly different?
a) Single Task list
b) Combined Task list
c) Detailed Task list
d) Configurable Task list
Ans: D

32. In which case the active maintenance dates during the period in question are used for the cost estimate?
a) Object-related cost estimate
b) General costing
c) Average costing
d) Moving average costing
Ans: B,D

33. Which profile does the system use to determine at which times and over which time period certain tasks must be performed for this notification?
a) Response Profile
b) Task Profile
c) Service Profile
d) Priority
Ans: A, C, D

34. How do you notify an external company automatically (for example, by automatic fax or email) when the service entry sheet is called?
a) MM Messaging
b) MQ Messaging
c) MS Messaging
d) ME Messaging
Ans: A

35. Which of the following determines the maintenance package will be performed if two maintenance packages are due at the same time?
a) Cycle Length
b) Offset
c) Hierarchy
d) Initial Buffer
Ans: C

36. Which type of task list can be used with engineering change management?
a) Service
b) Object
c) Maintenance
d) Time
Ans: A, C

37. How do you extend or shorten the maintenance cycle for example to react to temporarily additional requirements without changing the maintenance strategy?
a) Control parameter
b) Maintenance parameter
c) Cycle modification factor
d) Maintenance plan
Ans: C

38. Which of the following helps in the calculation of maintenance dates which have to be adjusted automatically based on counter readings for planning preventive maintenance?
a) Counters
b) Measures
c) Characteristic
d) Norms
Ans: A, C

39. Which type of maintenance plans must be configured so that right maintenance date is calculated to match the actual running performance?
a) Time based
b) Cost based
c) Performance based
d) Manual Plans
Ans: C

40. In performance-based maintenance plans which of the following user exit can you use to determine (according to your own rules) which maintenance package will next fall due, dependent upon the previous counter reading?
a) IPRM003
b) IPRM004
c) IPRM005
d) IPRM006
Ans: C

41. What is the maximum number of time-based cycles that can be used in a multiple counter plan?
a) Two
b) Three
c) Zero
d) One
Ans: D

42. Which of the following parameter in multiple counter plan defines the call date for the order in relation to the calculated planned date and thereby also the basic start date for the maintenance order?
a) Operation type
b) Scheduling period
c) Cycle modification factor
d) Preliminary buffer
Ans: D

43. Which type of task list enables you to group operations for objects that are only slightly different?
a) Configurable task list
b) Clarification task list
c) Dependency talk list
d) Object task list
Ans: A

44. The vehicle is to undergo a small inspection after 15000 kilometers and/or one year. After another 15000 kilometers and/or two years a major inspection is to be carried out. You used a multiple counter plan and defined two cycle sets for this with the cycles stated. You assign each cycle set (for example cycle set 1 and cycle set 2) to a maintenance item. One maintenance item contains the small inspection, the other the major inspection. How can you define how often a cycle set is used in a sequence to calculate a date before the system switches to the next cycle set?
a) Cycle time
b) Repeat factor
c) Cycle set
d) Cycle sequence
Ans: B

45. In service contract where do you specify the technical objects like functional locations, pieces of equipment or serial numbers at which services are performed?
a) Contract header
b) Contract Maintenance
c) Contract item
d) Maintenance item
Ans: C

46. When a maintenance plan is created with reference to a contract item, the system automatically copies certain data into the maintenance plan. The start date is proposed from which of the following?
a) General task list
b) Object task list
c) Contract header
d) Contract item
Ans: D

47. In which table can you find information whether users are allowed to switch between the SAP menu and their user menus?
a) USERS_PPM
b) USERS_mit
c) USERS_SSM
d) USERS_PMM
Ans: C

48. While using F4 help what is the default value for the maximum number of hits displayed?
a) 500
b) 1000
c) 2000
d) 100
Ans: A

49. In the main of a technical system which tasks comprises determining the actual condition and restoring the target condition.
a) Inspection
b) Maintenance
c) Repair
d) Restore
Ans: A, D

50. In SAP Net Weaver, how do you offer users with the possibility of providing the respective user with a customized application menu that includes precisely the transactions that are needed for his daily work?
a) Menus
b) Profiles
c) Roles
d) Views
Ans: C

51. Which of the following function of the work center can be used to determine the dates when operations should he performed?
a) Costing
b) Capacity planning
c) Timing
d) Scheduling
Ans: D

52. How do you map more complex technical systems, equipment to map individual objects, and maintenance bills of material to map spare parts?
a) Structuring
b) Mapping
c) Functional locations
d) Classification
Ans: C

53. How do u map individual single objects that could be part of bigger technical structures or independent and for which a separate maintenance history should he constructed?
a) Customer devices
b) Equipment
c) Maintenance units
d) Single objects
Ans: B

54. In which phase of corrective maintenance does the orders runs through different checks such as material availability checks and capacity planning which are important for the release of the order?
a) Notification
b) Execution
c) Control
d) Planning
Ans: C

55. Which type of permits are determined automatically based on a field in the order header and can likewise influence the order release?
a) Process-oriented permit
b) Technical permit
c) Welding permit
d) Planned permit
Ans: A

56. Which of the following scheduling parameter in multiple counter plans defines that the current call object must be completed before a new one is generated?
a) Completion requirement
b) Scheduling period
c) Operation type
d) Preliminary buffer
Ans: A

57. In contrast to the performance-based strategy plan, when you schedule the multiple counter plans, no high numbers of cycles occur for determining the new planned date. Instead, scheduling is always calculated from which readings?
a) Current counter readings
b) Previous counter readings
c) Old counter readings
d) Period-based counter mailings
Ans: A

58. To assign material components to a general maintenance task list, you must first enter the following in the general task list header?
a) Assembly
b) Maintenance components
c) Maintenance B0M
d) Maintenance list
Ans: A

59. What will you do if the components that you want to assign to an equipment task list or functional task list are not available in the respective bill of material when the assignment is made? Does the system automatically add the freely assigned material to the bill of material?
a) You can assign stock material freely
b) You cannot assign stock material freely
c) The system does not automatically add the freely assigned material to the bill of material of material
d) The system automatically adds the freely assigned material to the bill of material of material
Ans: A, C

60. In which type of relationship the start of one operation is linked to the end of the following operation?
a) FS relationship
b) SS relationship
c) FF relationship
d) SF relationship
Ans: D

61. In which selection procedure of task list all the task lists, which have been created for the objects that are sub-objects of the reference object are selected?
a) General task list
b) Sub-object task list
c) For assembly
d) For object structure
Ans: D

62. When a configurable task list is included in an order, operations are selected on the basis of characteristics. Operations use objects dependencies and these object dependencies are a combination of?
a) Characteristics
b) Task lists
c) Configurable tasks
d) Values
Ans: A, D

63. How do you cover some objects that are maintained in a fixed cycle determined by a standard?
a) Object maintenance planning
b) Fixed cycle maintenance planning
c) Single cycle maintenance planning
d) Scheduled maintenance planning
Ans: C

64. Which of the following can be used for time-based and performance-based preventive maintenance?
a) Time-based period
b) Scheduling period
c) Order period
d) Maintenance period
Ans: B

65. In general we use call horizon scheduling parameter to define when the order is actually generated compared to the planned date. 0% of the cycle would mean?
a) Cycle is generated exactly on the planned date
b) Order is generated when the maintenance plan is started
c) Generation of the order would occur abler 81 days
d) The maintenance plan is not scheduled
Ans: B

66. How do you process the maintenance of a technical system which consists of system parts with different maintenance cycles, should be processed within an order, this can be performed?
a) Work list of items
b) Maintenance order
c) Notifications
d) Work order
Ans: A, C

67. In which customizing option for the order type do you define whether the system should automatically release the maintenance order when it is generated?
a) Default order type for maintenance item
b) Adapt order type
c) Maintenance plan category
d) Completion date
Ans: B

68. How do you calculate the daily performance of performance-based maintenance plan?
a) Daily performance
b) Weekly performance
c) Annual performance
d) Planned counter
Ans: C

69. In which plan can you assign cycle with different dimensions?
a) Single counter plan
b) Annual counter plan
c) Multiple counter plan
d) Reference counter plan
Ans: C

70. Which of the following factors is set in customizing and represents the link between PM and QM?
a) Inspection lot
b) Order type
c) Deadline monitoring
d) Scheduling parameters
Ans: B

71. What are the two functions to monitor maintenance plans regularly using deadline monitoring?
a) Rescheduling
b) Calling up orders/notifications/service entry sheets
c) Planned dates
d) Scheduling cycles
Ans: A, B

72. Which of the following class type is recommended by SAP as a prerequisite for creating configurable task lists?
a) Class type 100
b) Class type 001
c) Class type 300
d) Class type 500
Ans: C

73. Which type of lists allows you to use a filter to activate or deactivate different objects like notifications, orders and measuring points?
a) Single list
b) Serial Number Lists
c) Multilevel Lists
d) Technical Lists
Ans: C

74. Which type of lists allows you to select entries based on header data and operation data?
a) Serial Lists
b) Order Lists
c) Operation Lists
d) CO reports for orders
Ans: B, C

75. Which type of integrated application in Online Transaction Processing contains large quantities of master and process data which is then presented in information systems in a clear and user-friendly manner?
a) Operational integrated applications
b) Technical integrated applications
c) Multilevel integrated applications
d. Complex integrated applications
Ans: A

76. Which of the following organizational elements are used as characteristics in info structures?
a) Location
b) Plant section
c) Maintenance Planner
d) Storage Location
Ans: A, B, C

77. Which of the following info structure contains characteristics order type, Maintenance activity types, Functional location Equipment and Month?
a) S112
b) S113
c) S114
d) S115
Ans: D

78. Identify the object for which you cannot link a work center?
a) With a cost center
b) With company code
c) With qualifications
d) With positions
Ans: B

79. Which strategy do you follow if you want to analyze what effects the usage conditions have on the likelihood of damage to the installed equipment?
a) Organizational units
b) Maintenance tasks
c) Functional locations
d) Monitoring areas
Ans: C

80. Which data is useful to monitor a piece of equipment dynamically that is track changes to the equipment over a specific period of time?
a) Period-based data
b) Equipment data
c) Time segment
d) Time-based data
Ans: D

81. What are the prerequisites that must be fulfilled for a piece of equipment to be installed at a functional location?
a) The equipment category must permit an installation
b) Individual installation option activated in the master record for functional location
c) Equipment installation allowed must be activated in the master record for functional location
d) Restrict equipment installation allowed option
Ans: A, C

82. Where can you find documentation related to the work performed for a notification?
a) Activities
b) Tasks
c) Work item
d) Items
Ans: A

83. After the maintenance order obtained the status TECO after the maintenance work required for the order has been completed. The maintenance order can he changed online as follows:
a) The deletion flag cannot be set
b) It can be locked or unlocked
c) You can still change the settlement rule
d) You cannot change the settlement rule
Ans: B, C

84. How does maintenance bill of material differs from other BOMs and identify the functions that is related to maintenance bill of materials?
a) It contains items relevant to Plant Maintenance
b) It contains items relevant for Company Maintenance
c) Structuring of the object
d) Spare parts planning in the order
Ans: A, C, D

85. Which type of maintenance the creation and release of the maintenance order in one work step after a malfunction has been reported for example by an employee in production?
a) Preventive Maintenance
b) Breakdown Maintenance
c) Maintenance Planner
d) Technical Maintenance
Ans: B

86. Which of the following instruments available for processing maintenance tasks are used to convey maintenance requirements and the documentation for technical findings and activities performed?
a) Orders
b) Deliveries
c) Maintenance Plan
d) Notifications
Ans: D

87. When a maintenance plan is created with reference to a contract item, the system automatically copies certain data into the maintenance plan. The start date is proposed from which of the following?
a) General task list
b) Object task list
c) Contract header
d) Contract item
Ans: D

88. What do you call a combination of code groups grouped together by their content for example damages, causes of damages?
a) Catalog
b) Code groups
c) Codes
d) Groups
Ans: A

89. What are the two different views that plant maintenance order offers with regards to the work environment for the planner?
a) The expert view
b) Internal processing view
c) Customizing view
d) The simple order view
Ans: A, C

90. Which element of the maintenance order contains span parts, which are required and used when the maintenance order is executed?
a) Object list
b) Header data
c) Order operation
d) Material list
Ans: D

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The Below list of SAP PM Interview Questions are prepared to 6+ Years of Lead SAP PM Functional Developer

30 TOP SAP PM Interview Questions

1. What is SAP PM ?
The R/3 Plant Maintenance (PM) application component provides you with a comprehensive software solution for all maintenance activities that are performed within a company. The uniform, graphical user interface is particularly user-friendly and quickly meets with acceptance, thanks to the numerous possibilities that are available for tailoring it to meet individual requirements.

2. The data and functions of all maintenance procedures performed within a company can be fully interconnected.
The openness of the R/3 System enables you to use external systems that are integrated with the PM component, such as geographical information systems (GIS), computer-aided design (CAD) systems and supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) systems.
3. Is the functional location structure indicator unique across the system ?
Across clients but not systems.

4. What must you do if you have assets (functional locations) with the same number in several plants ?
You must use the plant reference number as the first level of the functional location structure.

5. What is the menu path for displaying the structure of a functional location in list form and as a graphic ?
plant maintenance>technical objects>functional location>structural display

6. Give five examples of functional location structures.
Chemical Process, Energy (power station), Property Management, Transport, Steelworks, Production line.

7. What steps must be defined in customizing for alternative labeling ?
Activate alternative labeling and indicators for primary label. Create a new structure indicator, define labeling system.

8. How do you define an own view for alternative label ?
Activate alternative labeling, define labeling systems for functional locations, enter label internal view.

9. What level of functional locations should be changed for alternative labeling ?
Second level functional locations are to be changed, in changing master records extras>alternative labels>overview, change label 'internal view' choose structure indicator and press refresh.

10. What is the menu path for creating a user profile ?
Plant maintenance>technical objects>functional location>labels>user profile.

11. What functions are determined by the category of the functional location ?
Change documents, status profile, asset, object information key, partner determination, measuring point category.

12. What are activities of a SAP PM ?
The 'SAP Plant Maintenance' comprises of the following activities such as inspection, to measures and establish the actual condition of a technical system, preventive maintenance to measures and maintain the ideal condition of a technical system, repair to measures and restore the ideal condition of a technical system and other measures that need to be taken using the maintenance organization.SAP PM is closely integrated with other modules (for example, Materials Management, Production, Sales and Distribution, Personnel Management, and Controlling) the data is always kept current and processes that are necessary for Plant Maintenance and Customer Service are automatically triggered in other areas (for example, a purchase requisition for non-stock material in the Materials Management/Purchasing area).

13. Explain the meaning of equipment master.
Equipment Master pertains to one of the master data elements within the domain of Operations & Maintenance i.e. The SAP Plant Maintenance Module.
The business object "Equipment" is an individual, physical object that is to be maintained independently. It can be installed in a technical system or part of a technical system.
You can manage all types of device as pieces of equipment (for example, production utilities, transportation utilities, test equipment, production resources/tools, buildings, PCs).
Since many of these physical objects are managed as "assets" in Asset Management, the term "piece of equipment" was chosen for objects defined from a technical perspective, in order to avoid confusion with the activated tangible assets.
You define and manage each piece of equipment in the Plant Maintenance (PM) System in a separate master record and can set up an individual maintenance history for each one.

14. For an equipment master record what fields need to be filled in ?
Depends upon the Equipment. Normally, the fields which used to maintain in an Equipment master are:
Equipment Category, Constr.type (serialized), Planning Plant, Work center, Plant, Maintenance plant, Location. You can attach an equipment to another using superior Equipment filed.

15. How to configure system to allow notification type change ?
You can define in SPRO the "Allowed change of notification type". Please follow the below path:
Maintenance and Service Processing --> Maintenance and Service Notification --> Notification Creation --> Notification types --> Allowed change of notification type

16. Why change data not display in order ?
Please check if the check box for change documents is checked or not in Customizing
PATH:- Plant Maintenance & customer service --> Maintenance & service processing --> Maintenance & service Orders -->Functions & settings for order types --> Define Change Docs,Collective Pur.Req.Indicator,Operation No.Interval

17. How overheades are calculated and from where the formula is picked ?
My client has default setting of 10% overhead and now they want to change.
Plant Maintenance and Customer Service--> Maintenance and Service Processing--> Maintenance and Service Orders--> Functions and Settings for Order Types-->Costing Data for Maintenance--> and Service Orders--> Maintain Costing Sheet
Select the costing sheet that you are using and push costing sheet rows, next see the column overhead rate, select the row and push overhead rate.
consumer number, check your maintenance item or plan details.

18. Do we need to run this transaction code IP30 for all the maintenance plans which are scheduled on regularly daily basis or weekly basis so that if any scheduled object exists then it will get converted into the service order ?
It needs to be run as per business requirements.
There are two ways to do so.
One way manually as & when you run this transaction for required PM Plans say weekly or monthly with your scheduling parameter you will get the maintenance objects.
Another way you create one variant. Now with this variant create one background job as per your need give the time period every day, every week, month & system will generate maintenance calls for you at that specified duration.

19. Is it necessary to run the IP Transaction code for each maintenance plan that we have scheduled ?
Yes, if it is needed that the plan should generate orders it needs to be scheduled either in background job or needs manually executed.

20. Can a service order be generated automatically without running IP30 if we have scheduled a maintenance plan ?
Yes, you can get a service order (PM Order) against this plant maintenance order with control key as PM03 you can get PR from PR. You can get service order again here MM integration if the auto PO concept used then auto PO (service order) gets generated.
But if you want to avoid lengthy process you can use IP10.
During each IP10 run if call falls within the date you will get maintenance call object that is PM order - ------> PR -----> PO PM Order -----> FO (Frame Work Order) PM Order -----> Service Contract ------> Value / Qty (These tab you will get in PM order operation header general data)

21. Where to get the table which is having user status with Notification number. (not the system status).
1. From table QMEL get OBJNR(object number) using the QMNUM( notification number).
2. Using this OBJNR get STSMA( Status Profile) from table JSTO.
3. Using the OBJNR get STAT(object status) from table JEST. You may/ may not get multiple object status for an Object number.
4. System status number will start from E. User status number will start from I.
5. To get the text of the status, use the status number (STAT) and STSMA to get the status text from table TJ30T.

22. How do you distinguish, in a simple manner, between Equipment that is being charged and not charged for service ?
Define different equipment categories. Standard equipment reference categories for 'Internal Machines' and 'Customer Equipment' exist.

23. How do you distinguish between company and customer owned equipment? Equipment on land owned by the company and land leased by the company ?
Same as Q1. Explore combinations of equip. category and equipment types to achieve the design objective.

24. How do you define equipment/material loaned/leased to a customer ?
Read documentation on 'Structuring Technical Systems' in 'Plant Maintenance / Service management' modules. You need to define sales area (sales org/dist channel/division) for an equipment with equipment category being one for which the equipment reference category is 'Customer Equipment'.
How can we block service to a customer ? It has to be done through the FL, since most of the Equipment belongs to the company and is loaned to the customer.
Deactivate the FL. This allows no further creation of transaction data (service orders, etc.). However, the existing orders can be processed and closed. The deactivation can be reversed at a later date.

25. Where is a Service Contract assigned to a piece of equipment ?
Service contract is assigned to a material. Material is assigned to the equipment in the equipment master. This functionality is not intended for managing equipment bought from vendors (where we are getting service rather than providing service).
Is purchasing information (Vendor, date of purchase, etc.) copied from MM to the equipment when it is being created ?
Not in the standard system. But it can be done with ABAP batch jobs.

26. When you maintain an assembly in a piece of equipment, is it possible to get maintenance history of the assembly? Do you have to create it as a piece of equipment ?
As maintenance orders are created for FL/equipment only, maintenance history can only be tracked at that level, not at assembly level. Assemblies are mere structuring devices to have spare parts linked to equipment in a structured manner. However, in PM orders, you can mention the assembly along with the FL/Eq. Depending on your reporting needs; an ABAPer could use the 'PM Assembly' field in PM orders.

27. What is the use of the field "Standing order"? What kind of order is it ?
Standing orders are used to carry out on-going maintenance jobs and settle them at month end rather than creating a fresh PM order every time. Using order hierarchies, you could attach sub-orders to the standing order and settle them to the standing order to provide you with more precise recording of maint costs at sub-order level as well as a budget monitoring at the standing order level.

28. Explain the integration points between PM and MM/FICO during the PM configuration.
Below are some integration aspects:
Integration with MM:
1. Material master record for Batch Managed material as Equipment
2. Reservations and Goods Issue for Maintenance Order
3. Material valuation class/types for refurbishment materials as equipment
4. Triggering PR from Maintenance Order

Integration with FICO:
1. Asset/Sub-Asset numbering in Equipment Master Data
2. Activity based costing for Operations performed through Maintenance Order
3. Settlement of accrued costs in Maintenance Order to G/L Account,Cost Center, Asset etc.,

29. What is the integration between PM and QM in SAP ?
There are many interwoven activities.
Let us consider one practical issue of Spare Parts purchase.
We prefer to inspect incoming material for compliance of our requirement.
1. While creation of material master, tick the 'Post to insp. stock' box in the Purchasing Tab.
2. If we do not want a task list / Result recording oriented inspection, in Quality tab, choose appropriate selections,
3. When that Spare is received, it will go to Quality Stock.
4. Maint. person can check it and transfer the stock to "Unrestricted Stock" through MB1B via 261 movement, giving a reason as Accepted after Inspection or Rejected.
5. Above procedure is a practical example of PM QM integration.

30. How to configure the integration of PP and PM, where it is being done in SPRO, what are the pre-requisite and what are the steps.
In SPRO - Under Maintenance and Service order ---> general data ----> "Create System Conditions or Operating Conditions" --> check the box for PM Reservation.
In the equipment Master,
Under the Location tab, mention the PP work center and
In the Order Header data,
Give the system condition as "0" ie M/C not in operation.

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