A catalog profile is a central object in SAP Quality Management (QM) used to group together a specific selection of code groups from several different catalogs. For instance, a single profile can combine code groups for defect types (Catalog 2), causes (Catalog 5), and tasks (Catalog T). This profile is then assigned to a notification type, ensuring that users have a consistent and relevant set of codes available when recording defects or processing quality notifications, thereby standardizing the data entry process.

B. Report type: A report type (or origin of the problem) typically corresponds to a single catalog (Catalog 8) and does not serve to combine code groups from multiple catalogs.

C. Selected set: A selected set is a collection of specific codes from one or more code groups, but only from within the same catalog type, not from several different catalogs.

D. Confirmation profile: A confirmation profile is an object used in Production Planning (PP) or Plant Maintenance (PM) to control the layout and default values for order confirmations, not for managing QM catalogs.

1. SAP S/4HANA Help Portal

Quality Management (QM)

Catalog Profile: "In a catalog profile

you can group together code groups from different catalogs. You can then assign a catalog profile to a notification type

a task in a task list

or an inspection characteristic." (SAP Help Portal

Document Version: SAP S/4HANA 2023

Section: Quality Planning (QM-PT) -> Basic Data (QM-PT-BD) -> Catalog (QM-PT-BD-CAT) -> Catalog Profile).

2. SAP S/4HANA Help Portal

Quality Management (QM)

Selected Sets: "A selected set is a collection of codes from one or more code groups of the same catalog type." (SAP Help Portal

Document Version: SAP S/4HANA 2023

Section: Quality Planning (QM-PT) -> Basic Data (QM-PT-BD) -> Catalog (QM-PT-BD-CAT) -> Selected Sets).

3. SAP S/4HANA Help Portal

Production Operations (PP-SFC)

Confirmation Profile: "In the confirmation profile

you define defaults for the confirmation... The profile controls the layout of the confirmation transaction." (SAP Help Portal

Document Version: SAP S/4HANA 2023

Section: Manufacturing -> Production Operations (PP-SFC) -> Confirmations -> Single Screen Entry for Confirmations -> Confirmation Profile).