Enhancement of the Dangerous Goods Master 

Use

You can enhance the dangerous goods master to fulfill your own requirements using any of the following options:

·        Extend the dangerous goods master to include your own customer-specific fields

·        Extend the dangerous goods master screen to include your own customer-specific tab pages

You can include fields from the standard system and your own fields on these tab pages as you require.

·        Fill your customer-specific fields

·        Distribute your customer-specific fields (ALE)

Activities

Extension of dangerous goods master to include customer-specific fields

You define your own fields using Append to the Include structure RDGM2. We recommend you bundle the DDIC fields in a structure. If you intend to distribute the content of these fields, this bundling is mandatory. By doing this, the fields are then available both in the database and for the screen. Additional details listed below should be noted for filling and distribution.

The fields are supported when you upgrade your system and are still available after the upgrade.

Make sure that you append the fields to the Include structure RDGM2 and not directly to the dangerous goods tables DGTMD or DGTM2because the fields will not otherwise be available for the screen.

Extension of dangerous goods master to include customer-specific tab pages

In Customizing for Dangerous Goods Management in the IMG activity Specify Tab Pages in Dangerous Goods Master, you define which tab pages are to be shown in the dangerous goods master. You also specify the sequence of the tab pages and the fields that are to appear on them.

The tab pages that are displayed in the standard system are in the function group DG03N. In addition, a sample tab page is also supplied that is not displayed by default. This sample tab page is in the function group DG03NE.

If you want to create a new tab page, copy the function group DG03NE in the ABAP development environment and adapt it to your requirements. Then in the IMG activity Specify Tab Pages in Dangerous Goods Master, add a corresponding entry that refers to your new function group.

Filling customer-specific fields

If you want to use the newly defined fields for filling, you must update the following IMG activities in Customizing for Dangerous Goods Management:

·        Specify Checkbox Structure for Dangerous Goods Master

Make an entry for each dangerous goods regulation for your own fields.

·        Specify Assignment Objects for Filling

Establish the connection between your own fields in the dangerous goods master and the corresponding value assignment types in the specification database.

Distributing customer-specific fields

If you want to use the newly defined fields in distribution, note the following:

·        Bundle the fields in a structure.

Bundling the fields as mentioned above serves to keep the extension to the database and the extension to the structure BAPI_TE_DGTM2 consistent.

·        Append your structure to the structure BAPI_TE_DGTM2.

·        A total of 960 characters are available for your own fields.

·        You can only define character-type fields of the following types:

¡        C        Character

¡        N        Number

¡        D        Date

¡        T        Time

·        Use the BAdI EHS_DG_INT_002 if required.

This BAdI takes care of sending and receiving customer-specific data and has a default implementation. For more information on the BAdI EHS_DG_INT_002 and its methods, see the IMG activity BAdI: Convert and Change Data in ALE Distribution in Customizing for Dangerous Goods Management.

See also the documentation: Appending Customer Fields

 

Dangerous Goods Checks and Dangerous Goods Documents

If you want to use the customer-specific fields for dangerous goods checks and dangerous goods documents, you must work them into check routines and text patterns.