Work Area 

Definition

The basic organizational unit in Industrial Hygiene and Safety.

Work areas can be defined from different perspectives. They can, for example, be defined in terms of processes, installations, task areas, or employee groups.

Structure

The data for a work area can be divided into header data and administration data. Based on this, you can enter dependent information such as:

·        Exposure profile

·        Industrial hygiene and safety data

·        Safety measures

·        User-defined texts and documents

The header data and administration data is explained in more detail below:

Header Data

·        Work area (required entry field)

Contains the work area identification (ID). The ID can either be assigned by the user or by the system (from an internal number range interval).

·        Plant (required entry field)

The plant is included in the authorization check.

·        Cost center

·        Initial status (required entry field)

The initial status defines the starting point of the release process for a data record.

·        Entry language

With the entry language you specify in which language you are entering the data record. The SAP system requires this information for EH&S Native Language Support (EH&S NLS). EH&S NLS guarantees that data that is printed on reports is displayed correctly in all system languages. For more information on EH&S NLS, see Set Up EH&S Native Language Support in the Implementation Guide (IMG) for Basic Data and Tools.

·        Work area type (required entry field)

This classifies the work area within your enterprise, for example, as a company, a production system, or equipment.

You define work area types under Specify Work Area Types in Customizing for Industrial Hygiene and Safety.

·        Coordinates

Coordinates help you to document the exact location of the work area.

·        Authorization group (required entry field)

The authorization group is included in the authorization check. For more information, see Specify Authorization Groups in the IMG for Industrial Hygiene and Safety

·        Validity area category and validity area

The validity area categories are specified in Customizing for Basic Data and Tools, the validity areas in Customizing for Industrial Hygiene and Safetyunder Specify Validity Areas.

·        Overall rating and received rating

If you choose the pushbutton with the quick info text Match Up in the Rating group box, you can determine the overall rating and the received rating for the work area in question.

The overall rating shows which total risk potential is present in a work area as a result of the agents present in the work area. The received rating shows which risk potential results from the work areas that lie one level below the work area in question in the work area hierarchy.

The functions for calculating the overall rating and the received rating are implemented as Business Add-Ins (BAdIs). You can therefore enhance them without making modifications.

In the standard system, the BAdIs execute default code that evaluates the exposure profile of the work area in question and the overall ratings of the work areas one hierarchy level below it following “worst-case” logic. For more information on the BAdIs, see the IMG for Industrial Hygiene and Safety under:

¡        BAdI: Calculation of Overall Rating

¡        BAdI: Calculation of Received Rating

·        Higher-level work area

If you want to incorporate the work area into a work area hierarchy, assign a higher-level work area to the work area.

Administration Data

The administration data is automatically completed by the SAP system. It includes the following information:

·        The name of the person who created or changed the entry

·        The date when the entry was created or changed

·        The valid-from and valid-to dates

·        Change number

See also:

Pattern

Changing Work Areas with Versioning

Changing Work Areas Without Versioning