--- title: How to Define Permits in SAP S/4HANA Plant Maintenance description: Discover how to define and manage permits in SAP S/4HANA plant maintenance to ensure compliance with various regulations. image: https://blog.sap-press.com/hubfs/How%20to%20Define%20Permits%20in%20SAP%20S4HANA%20Plant%20Maintenance.png --- [![rheinwerk-sappress-logo-header-1](https://blog.sap-press.com/hubfs/rheinwerk-sappress-logo-header-1.svg)](https://blog.sap-press.com/) [Blog](https://blog.sap-press.com) - Books - Get an overview of our books and courses on every relevant SAP topic. - [Programming](https://sap-press.com/programming/) - [Administration](https://sap-press.com/administration/) - [BI](https://sap-press.com/business-intelligence/) - [Finance](https://sap-press.com/finance-controlling/) - [Logistics](https://sap-press.com/logistics/) - [HR](https://sap-press.com/human-resources/) - [CRM & Sales](https://sap-press.com/marketing-sales/) - [HANA](https://sap-press.com/hana/) - [Introductions](https://sap-press.com/introductions/) - [E-Bites](https://sap-press.com/e-bites/) - [Certification Guides](https://www.sap-press.com/certification-guides/) - [Rheinwerk Courses](https://www.sap-press.com/online-courses/) - Book Subscription - Get unlimited access to all SAP PRESS books! - [SAP PRESS Subscription](https://sap-press.com/subscriptions/) [Logistics](https://blog.sap-press.com/tag/logistics) # How to Define Permits in SAP S/4HANA Plant Maintenance ![SAP PRESS](https://blog.sap-press.com/hubfs/Twitter_profile_pic.svg) by [SAP PRESS](https://blog.sap-press.com/author/sap-press) Learn how to define and manage permits in plant maintenance in SAP S/4HANA to ensure compliance with safety, environmental, and operational regulations.   Certain regulations or conditions must be considered when using some technical objects or performing maintenance work on them. You can define such regulations for technical objects as permits, and these permits must be granted for the orders during maintenance processing. Important permits in plant maintenance in [SAP S/4HANA](https://learning.sap-press.com/sap-s4hana) include the following: - Fire permits - Notifications of environmental protection - Welding permits - Drivers’ licenses - Fire protection permits - Vat access permits - Activation authorizations - Technical inspection certificates - Explosion protection zones Permits are used in the following locations: - Equipment and serial numbers - Functional locations - Orders To define permits, use Transaction IPMD and then assign equipment (for example) via **Goto >** **Permits** (see the figure below).   ![Equipment with Permits](https://blog.sap-press.com/hs-fs/hubfs/03_020.png?width=544&height=579&name=03_020.png) When you assign permits for technical objects, you also define whether an order is to be placed, must be placed, or must not be placed when an order is released (in the **OR** column) or when an order is technically complete (in the **OC** column).   Furthermore, you can define whether the relevant approval is to be printed on the order paper (in the **Print** column) and whether the permit is to be transferred to the processing data (e.g., for an order or notification in the **Proposal** column).   The Customizing functions available to you for use with permits are described next. ## Define Permit Categories You use this Customizing function to define permit categories, and you can use the permit category to group permits together. To facilitate this, you must assign each permit to a permit category, but the permit categories aren’t used for controlling. Rather, they are used only for grouping and selection purposes. ### Prerequisites There are no specific prerequisites. ### Customizing Path **Plant Maintenance and Customer Service >** **Master Data in Plant Maintenance and Customer Service >** **Basic Settings >** **Permits >** **Define Permit Categories *Settings*** ### Settings Define the categories according to their individual requirements; see below. ![Permit Categories: Overview](https://blog.sap-press.com/hs-fs/hubfs/03_021.png?width=613&height=270&name=03_021.png)   Editor’s note: This post has been adapted from a section of the book [*Configuring Plant Maintenance in SAP S/4HANA*](https://www.sap-press.com/configuring-plant-maintenance-in-sap-s4hana_5900/?utm_source=sappressblog&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=Blogs&utm_term=2604_chapter3&utm_content=2604) by Karl Liebstückel. ## Recommendation [![Configuring Plant Maintenance in SAP S/4HANA](https://blog.sap-press.com/hs-fs/hubfs/social-suggested-images/2604-Oct-28-2024-01-02-18-4833-PM.jpg?width=170&name=2604-Oct-28-2024-01-02-18-4833-PM.jpg)](https://www.sap-press.com/configuring-plant-maintenance-in-sap-s4hana_5900/?utm_source=sappressblog&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=Blogs&utm_term=2604_chapter3&utm_content=2604) **Configuring Plant Maintenance in SAP S/4HANA** To successfully manage assets in SAP S/4HANA, you need to tailor plant maintenance to your exact specifications. 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