Transaction Type 4: Changing an Object

This fourth transaction type displays the entire database record of a single object and allows you to change it if you are authorized to do so.

This transaction type is very similar in its design and operation to the first type. For example, you must identify the object in question to the system on the Initial screen, on which you will find a single data field for its code (Figure C.9). You enter it, then hit the Enter key on your keyboard to execute the transaction.

Figure C.9. The Initial screen for changing a work order contains one data field, in which you enter the order number.

Similarly, the output screens for this transaction type usually display their large volumes of data in several field areas and on several subscreens. However, the data are displayed in white data entry fields, so you can edit them (Figure C.10).

Figure C.10. Change any data entries on the Central Header screen, then click the Save button to record them.

Once you make any changes, click the Save button in the standard toolbar (A) to record your changes and return to the initial screen, where you will find confirmation of your action in the status bar (Figure C.11). Once again, if you don't save at the end of this transaction, all your changes are lost.

Figure C.11. You receive confirmation of your actions on the initial screen of the transaction. However, the order number remains the same.

Once again, the initial screens for changing purchase requisitions and orders represent a minor variant to this generalization. When you navigate to the initial screens of these transactions, the system automatically displays the data for the last requisition or order that you worked. If this is not the object of interest to you, click the Other requisition or Other order button (see Figure C.2B), which will again appear in the application toolbar, and then enter the correct object code on the Select Document popup screen (see Figure C.2C).