Process documentationLabel Generation

 

Labels in Global Label Management are generated in two ways:

  • Based on the label template (layout):

    • The final label is generated on the basis of a released label template.

    • The label template does not contain any data. During the final label generation but before printing, all data is determined and output (for example, from the specification master or material master).

    • The procedure for creating a report for the label as described in the Process section does not apply to label generation based on a label template.

  • Based on a report about the label (report body):

    • The final label is generated on the basis of a released report about the label, that is, using a report generation variant with a released label template. You can check the report and then release or reject it.

    • The label report contains data from the specification master. This data is not determined again during final label generation and before printing. However, other data such as that from the material master is determined again and output together with the specification data.

    • The label report enables specification data to be determined and released on the label for a specific point in time. If the data in the specification master changes, the data from the report released during label generation continues to be used.

The type of label generation depends on how the status check for label determination is configured in the labeling scenario. For more information, see Status Check for Label Determination.

Prerequisites

You have completed the following Customizing activities in Customizing for Global Label Management:

  • Create Label Templates

  • Creating Label Stocks

  • Report Generation Variants for Labels

You have configured the Specification Master.

Process

For more information about creating reports (report bodies) for labels, see Report Definition.

To generate reports for labels, proceed as follows:

  1. In the Substance Workbench (transaction CG02), you find the material for which you want to generate a label report.

    Note Note

    A specification with a material-substance assignment must also be created for labels without specification data. You can use one specification for multiple materials. You do not have to edit any data in the specification header.

    End of the note.
  2. The hit list displayed should contain only one hit. You select this hit in the hit list.

    If the list contains more than one entry, you select the specification from which you want to determine data for the label.

  3. From the menu, you choose Start of the navigation path Specification Next navigation step Reports Next navigation step Create Report End of the navigation path.

  4. You enter the report generation variant that you created for the label.

    For more information, see Report Generation Variants for Labels.

  5. You enter the language that you have defined as the standard report language for label determination in the Customizing activity Make Settings for Basic Data.

    • If you have not defined a standard report language, use a common language for label generation. This makes it easier to find labels in Label Printing (transaction CBGL_MP01) later on.

    • If you use automatic print request generation to print labels, you must define a standard report language.

  6. You create the report.

Result

The report for the label is generated using a WWI generation server and displayed in Report Management (transaction CG50). You can check the label here and then release it for productive use or label printing.