Formula Views (SAP Library - Recipe Management (PLM-RM))

Formula Views

Use

You use formulas to manage information about the products and components in a process. The focus you set here is different depending on the context. To describe the logistics process, for example, you use materials, whereas substances are used to describe the chemical and chemical engineering processes. This process-related representation describes which materials and substances are used in the process and includes the analytical description of the products that are manufactured.

Recipe Management therefore provides a number of formula views in which you can enter the necessary data and that you can use to map the different perspectives. The views contain a number of different functions to help you edit the data.

Features

The following views are supplied with the standard system:

View	Meaning
Header	You enter administrative data here. You can hide this view for dependent formulas. You can find the recipe’s administrative data above the individual formula views.
Scope of Application	Here you specify the validity of the formula in terms of time, region, and organization, and also specify the status of the formula (see Scope of Application for Formulas). This view can be used only for independent formulas. In dependent formulas, the statuses and scopes of application of the recipe to which they belong apply.
Quantities	The system displays important quantities here and you can set the Consistent, Reaction, Evaporation/Absorption, and Synchronization indicators if necessary.
Input and Output	Here you specify both the input and output substances and input and output materials of the formula and their quantities and therefore describe the input and output of a process from a chemical, process engineering, and logistics point of view (see Material Data and Substance Data).
Aggregation	The formulas of the recipe are aggregated here, that is, in this view the system displays the material and substance data of all stage formulas up to the current formula. When you open this view, the system aggregates the data for the formula and standardizes the quantities. To do this, it performs a formula explosion within the formulas of the recipe. The aggregation is the basis for the recipe transformation.
Ingredients	The system displays the ingredients of the formula here. When you open this view, the system determines the ingredients automatically from the formula data. To do this, it performs a cross-recipe formula explosion.
Composition	In this view, you describe the analytical composition of the output substances as they are produced in the process. When you open this view, the system determines the composition of the primary output automatically from the formula data. To do this, it performs a cross-recipe formula explosion. At the end of this formula explosion, it replaces each substance found with the composition of the substance that you specified in the property tree of the substance. If the formula view is ready for input, you can enter the compositions of the primary output and the secondary outputs.
Nutrient Composition	Here the system displays an overview of all the nutrient information for all the substances that occur in the formula (see Nutrient Views). When you open this view, the system determines the nutrient data automatically. To do this, it performs a cross-recipe formula explosion.
Nutrients	Here the system displays all the nutrient information in detail for the primary output of the formula (see Nutrient Views). When you open this view, the system determines the nutrient data automatically. To do this, it performs a cross-recipe formula explosion.
Key Figures	The system displays the key figures for the primary output of the formula here.
Diet Suitability: Evaluation	Here the system displays an overview of all the diet information for all the substances that occur in the formula. When you open this view, the system determines the diet data automatically. To do this, it performs a cross-recipe formula explosion.
Diet Suitability: Summary	Here the system displays all the diet information in detail for the primary output of the formula. When you open this view, the system determines the diet data automatically. To do this, it performs a cross-recipe formula explosion.
Costs	In this view the system displays the costs for the primary output of the formula see Costing). When you open this view, the system automatically determines the costs from the formula data. To do this, it performs a cross-recipe formula explosion.
Identifiers	You specify the identifiers of the formula here. This view can be used only for independent formulas. In dependent formulas, the identifiers of the recipe to which they belong apply.
Recipes	The system displays the recipes to which the formula was assigned here. This view can be used only for independent formulas.
QM	Here you enter the Quality Management data for an output stream. This view can be used only for dependent formulas.
Configuration	You use this view to determine which views for editing formulas are displayed.

You can also use the following views to enter the substances and materials separately instead of using the This graphic is explained in the accompanying text Input and Output view:

View	Meaning
I/O Substances	Here you specify the input and output substances of the formula and their quantities, and therefore describe the input and output of a procedure from a chemical and process engineering point of view. You enter the chemical elements and compounds that are physically involved in the process, that is, as real substances (see Material Data and Substance Data).
I/O Materials	Here you specify the input and output materials of the formula and their quantities, and therefore describe the input and output of a procedure from a logistics point of view (see Material Data and Substance Data).

In order to be able to use these views instead of the This graphic is explained in the accompanying text Input and Output view, you have to activate them in Customizing for Recipe Management under Set Up and Activate Formula Views. You also have to deactivate the Input and Output view.

Recommendation

We recommend that you use the This graphic is explained in the accompanying text Input and Output view because it simplifies data entry, and the I/O Substances and I/O Materials views will not be developed any more in the future.

You can set up the following for formula views in Customizing for Recipe Management:

● In Set Up and Activate Formula Views, you can define up to five other views. You can implement your own screens and a processing logic that is specifically tailored to the respective data for these views.

● In Set Up and Activate Formula Views, you can specify which formula views are available for the various formula types.

● In Set Up Functions for Formula Views, you can specify functions to generate data for a formula view from other data in the formula view or generate the data for a different formula view.

● In Specify Formula View Parameters, you specify whether the following formula views are ready for input if you set the formula as a reaction:

○ This graphic is explained in the accompanying text Ingredients

○ This graphic is explained in the accompanying text Composition

○ This graphic is explained in the accompanying text Nutrients

Even if one of these formula views is ready for input, the system still determines the data for the view when you open it. You can then transfer the calculated data to the manually entered data.

● In Specify Events, Specify Explosion Scopes, and Specify Parameters for Explosion Scope, you make settings that control the calculations and formula explosions.

Activities

You specify which formula views the system displays on the This graphic is explained in the accompanying text Configuration tab page. When you activate your setting, it remains in the system for the current transaction. When you save, the system retains the setting until you save a new setting.