Editing Output Variants 

Use

You use this procedure to edit the output variants for outputting and evaluating recipe, formula, and substance data. To do this, you copy an existing output variant (for example, a standard output variant) to another group. You then assign values to the output parameters and save these in an output layout.

You may want to do this if you want to execute an output variant with the same output parameter values repeatedly. If you do not want to use these values again, you can assign values to the output parameters before the evaluation instead (see Outputting and Comparing Data).

For more information on output variants, see the SAP Environment, Health and Safety component documentation under Specification Information System.

Prerequisites

·        You have authorization to display the output variant group that contains the output variant to be copied and authorization to change the output variant group in which you want to create the copy.

·        You have loaded specifications of the appropriate specification category (see Loading of Specifications), that is, you have loaded recipes, formulas, or substances if you want to edit the output variants for these.

For further prerequisites, see Output and Comparison of Data.

Procedure

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       1.      Choose Utilities ® Edit Output Variant.

The group overview of the output variants appears.

       2.      Copy the required output variant as follows:

                            a.      Position the cursor on the output variant you want to copy and choose  with the quick info Copy.

You can find the output variants defined in Customizing in the Standard Output Methods (EMPTY) group. The Standard Output Methods (OUTVAR) group contains copies of these output variants. The output parameters are already set in the output layout of these output variants, as an example.

                            b.      Position the cursor on the output variant before which you want to insert the copy in another group. If you want to insert the copy at the end of the group, position the cursor on the group.

                            c.      Choose  with the quick info Paste.

       3.      Change the output variant header data if required, as follows:

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                            a.      Position the cursor on the copy of the output variant and choose  with the quick info Header.

                            b.      Enter a key and a name for the output variant.

If you use the key of an existing output variant, this output variant is overwritten.

                            c.      Save the changes and choose  with the quick info Continue.

       4.      Choose  next to the output variant.

       5.      Choose  with the quick info Manage Output Layouts ® Save Output Layout As...

       6.      Enter a key for the output layout and confirm your entry.

We recommend that you assign the same key to the output layout as to the output variant.

       7.      Enter the output parameters you want to use. Note the following:

¡        You can change the sequence of the objects that are to be output by using drag and drop to move the individual objects to the output layout.

¡        Depending on which output objects you select, the system adds more fields to the right-hand side of the screen and you can use these to further influence the output.

¡        Under Select Number/Date Format, you can specify the format used to display the date and numbers. This setting only affects the output in Recipe Management, this means that your user settings for these formats in the SAP system remain unchanged.

¡        If you want to output property data, you can choose the value assignment types for which data is to be displayed in the property tree under Choose Property Tree.

¡        In order that the data of the reference recipe, reference formula, or reference substance appears before the data of the objects to be compared, you have to specify the output object Gen. Column Key as the first object in the output layout and set the Output and Column Key indicators. You have to set the Row Key and Column Key indicators for the objects to be compared, for the system to perform the comparison. For more information, see Row Keys and Column Keys.

       8.      Save the output layout and go back.

The group overview of the output variants appears again.

       9.      Save your entries in the group overview of the output variants.

Result

You can now repeatedly use the output variant in any recipes, formulas, or substances without having to assign values to the output parameters each time (see Outputting and Comparing Data).

You can use the output layout as a template for output layouts in other output variants.