SAP Plant Maintenance & Customer Service

Service Notification in SAP

Logging, tracking, and managing maintenance & service requests

What is a Service Notification?

A Service Notification is a key component in SAP Plant Maintenance (PM) and Customer Service (CS), used to log and track customer notifications related to maintenance and service requests. It helps businesses document and manage issues efficiently.

SAP provides predefined notification types, including:

📋

Customer Notification

🔧

Service Request

📊

Activity Report

Users can also create custom notification types to meet specific business needs.

How Are Service Notifications Created?

Service notifications can be entered in two ways:

  • Directly by the customer via a self-service portal.
  • By the customer service team within SAP.

Each notification records:

  • Object and partner data
  • Problem and damage details
  • Execution and resolution data

Structure of a Service Notification

A service notification consists of two primary parts:

Notification Header

Identifies and manages the notification (e.g., number, priority, creation date).

Notification Items

Contains details about the reported issue or service activity.

Service Notification Quiz

1) The codes captured in notifications for Cause, Damage, etc., are called:

  • a) ABAP
  • b) JScript
  • c) Catalog Codes

2) Notifications must always be completed by issuing a work order.

  • a) True
  • b) False

3) Is it possible to change the tabs on Notifications?

  • a) Yes
  • b) No

Answers

1) c) Catalog Codes

2) b) False

3) a) Yes