Counter reading transfer to system

Question

Hi Experts,
    I want to implement the counter based maintenance, wherein the counter's reading need to be read every day manually at fixed timings.
My client is a process industry having a complex structure of Equipment having a 1000s of different counters in form of pressure gauges and temperature recorders.
This need to be read and recorded at every morning by the respective area maintenance team. Now my quarry is,
1)  Since it's not possible to remember the overall number of gauges and meters , which need to be read every time and there's a big chance of manual mistake/missing reading, can we have some option into system, wherein we can map these gauges and prepare a schedule so that user can check the date vise schedule and check the reading for only these counters.
2)  Once reading has been taken manually for all the measuring points/counters , how these can be transferred into system for mass creation of  the measuring documents for these different measuring points / Counters? Is there any standard transaction available for this, instead of creating LSMW for data upload ?
Please provide your inputs..

Answer 1

Hi Dennis,
We resemble your client and have gone through all these phases.
1. Hope you know about Entry Lists (IK31). Segregate your  1000s of measuring points as per their schedules (frequency of reading). Suppose you came out with 12 lists. Now make 12 Maintenance plans (Notifications) each having the frequencies as cycle periods. In the Plan title give the Entry list Number and Timing of Measurement also. like "Measurements with Entry list 243, at 10:00 AM".
The whole purpose is to remind you through a system Notification that you are supposed to take readings on the measuring points in the Entry List. Then you run IK34  and take readings for that list of measuring points.
2, If you insist on Standard  method of recording mass measuring documents, I think i have already answered. The answer is  the Entry List. (See picture attached)
Coming out of the standard methods (Entry List method)
We have 2 more models in use,
1. Module pool (Screen program) development, to upload the readings. (See picture)
In the attached picture only a part of the screen is shown, It is a wide screen, having input fields for all types of Measuring points (About 120)
Input Process.
Enter all readings in the respective slots and click Save
2.  BDC program using Excel template : This program also gives similar convenience as above, by filling the Excel sheet (See picture) and then upload through a Tcode. (I need not elaborate that in this case we will be having 12 Excel templates named after the Entry Lists having the respective measuring points already filled)
Bottom line from my side
The ultimate user-friendliness in this area of one-stroke uploading of mass measuring documents can not avoid the ABAP  development.
... And I prefer BDC  program to a  Module pool program.
I hope you've got useful inputs.
Jogeswara Rao K