Layout Workbench 
Use
The Layout Workbench is the main entry point for all functions relating to space management and layout.
Features
· For a store, you can display the layout with the assigned layout modules and their versions as a hierarchy. The system can then display the assigned articles for the layout module version and the variant. If you use fixtures, the system also displays the fixtures that are assigned to a layout module version. You can select one or more layout module versions and display the assigned fixtures.
If planogram files from a space management program are assigned to the layout module versions, the system also displays these planogram files in the overview. You can call the planogram files from the display for current changes to your planogram, or for changes that will only apply to it at a future date.
· You can branch to all functions that are relevant for space management. Using the layout module version you can map local variances in the corresponding store by assigning a layout module variant. You can also change the status of a layout module version.
· You can create and change layout modules for assortments.
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You can go straight
from the Layout Workbench to fast entry for article data (
Article: Core Master
Record). The system transfers the articles that have been entered to the
Layout Workbench. When it does this, it does not check whether the attributes
of the created articles correspond to those from the previous
selection.
· You can create listing conditions for all articles assigned to each of the layout modules
· You can assign a large number of articles to a layout module in one step (for example, all articles in a merchandise category or articles that correspond to the selection criteria you have entered, or all articles with a specific matchcode.
· If you use fixtures, you can assign them to the layout module versions, and maintain the relevant assignment parameters, for example, the capacity.
· From SAP Retail you can move directly to an external space management program. For planning purposes, you can use the Layout Workbench without using the space management interface.
· You can control the listing for articles that were imported or exported with the space management interface.
· So you do not need to call the interface every time the articles in a layout module version are to be listed, Listing can also be started in the Layout Workbench. You can create the listing conditions for all the layout module versions released that are currently valid or will be in the future, or you can select individual layout module versions for which you want to start listing. Listing conditions are only created for the appropriate store.
· During the layout listing process you can use a profile module to list additional assortments. This is realized with BAdI WRF_WLAY_X_LIST_VZ. The example implementation determines the distribution centers for all stores that are assigned to the layout module, and automatically lists the distribution center assortments there. This gurarantees the procurement and automatic replenishment of new articles in the distribution centers.
· In assortment planning for basics, the system connects the objects Store, General Assortment, Layout Module, Article and Fixture. This assortment determines the structure of the assortment, in other words, what goods are presented when and how.
In the layout workbench and the assortment assignment tool, you can use BAdI WRF_WLAY_ADDCHECK_E to check the current assortment structure against customer-specific criteria (for example, a plan).
Activities
There are three entry points for Layout Workbench:
See also:
SAP Retail Space
Management Interface