Editing Material and Substance Items

Use

This procedure describes how you edit material and substance items in the   Input and Output view. In this view you define the input and output materials as well as the input and output substances of the process (see Input and Output ).

If the following views are ready for input, you can also edit material and substance items there:

In the Composition formula view, you edit the ingredients of output substances (see Composition ).

In the Ingredients formula view, you edit the ingredients of the formula.

In the  Nutrients formula view, you edit the nutrients of the formula (see Nutrient Views ).

You specify whether one of these views is ready for input in Customizing for Recipe Management in the IMG activity Specify Formula View Parameters .

If you have entered materials or substances in the   Input and Output view or if you have edited the BOM of an output material, you can generate data from the existing data. For more information, see Generation of Material and Substance Data

Prerequisites

See Input and Output .

Procedure

Load the formula you want to edit and select it in the hit list or navigation area by double-clicking it.

Choose the   Input and Output tab page.

Enter the item data and save your entries.

You determine the item type as follows:

You define a standard item by assigning a new item number.

You define an alternative item by assigning the same item number to it as for the relevant standard item. The system sets the   (Alternative Items Exist) indicator and the component type for the standard item.

You can only create group items while generating material items.

The system supports you when entering data, as follows:

You can copy substances and materials from the navigation area to the items using drag and drop .

If you enter a material or substance in an item or assign it using drag and drop, the system automatically amends the item number as follows:

If the new item is at the end of the existing items, the system assigns it the next possible number that is divisible by ten and is at least ten more than the number of the last item. If the new item is, for example, after item 25, it is assigned the number 40.

If the new item is between two existing items with different numbers, the system assigns it a number between the numbers of the existing items, for example, the number 25 if the new item is between the items 20 and 30.

If the new item is between two existing items with the same numbers, the system assigns the same number to it as the number for the existing items. This means that the new item contains another alternative to the existing alternative items.

You can move items within the inputs and outputs using drag and drop. If you confirm or save your entries afterwards, the system automatically adjusts the item numbers to the new sequence.

When you enter a material, the system automatically adds the substance that is assigned to the material in the Environment, Health and Safety (EH&S) component. It also adds the material in the same way when you enter a substance or assign it using drag and drop.

In Customizing for Recipe Management in the IMG activity Specify Events , you can specify that you can only enter those materials in formulas, to which a substance has been assigned, or you can only enter substances to which a material has been assigned. Furthermore, independently of this setting, you can only enter a material and substance in an item at the same time if they are assigned to each other in the EH&S component.

If you want to enter in an item a material or substance that does not exist, you can create the material or substance straight from the view. To do this, choose the Create Material or Create Substance function in the context menu of the empty Material or Substance field. After you have created it, the system automatically assigns the material or substance to the item.

The following additional functions are available in the   Input and Output view:

Function

Meaning

with the quick info text Details

You use this function to display the detailed data of an item. All the data that belongs to the item you selected is displayed.This includes, for example, a standard item along with its alternative items or a leading material item with its group items.

with the quick info text Copy Text and with the quick info text Cut

You use these functions to copy or cut a selected item and transfer it to the clipboard. Note that you can also copy or cut the alternative items that belong to this standard item. You can cut or copy group items only together with the leading material item.

with the quick info text Insert …

You use this function to insert the contents of the clipboard at the position of the cursor.

with the quick info text Append Row

You use this function to insert a row at the end of the input items.

with the quick info text Insert Row

You use this function to insert a row above the row in which the cursor is positioned.

with the quick info text Delete Row

You use this function to delete the selected item. Note that the alternative items that belong to this standard item are also deleted with the standard item. You can only delete group items together with the leading material item.

with the quick info text Total

You use this function to insert a row above the input items. In this row the system displays the totals of the input items in the columns that have a fixed predefined unit, for example, in the columns Mass (kg) or Mass (%) .

with the quick info text Renumber

The system uses this function to renumber the items, that is, it assigns numbers to the items in successive intervals of ten according to the order of the items in the table. Therefore, you use this function to renumber the items after you have inserted or moved an item.

with the quick info text Collapse Display and with the quick info text Expand Display

When you call the   Input and Output view, the system displays standard and alternative items but not the group items. You use these functions to hide alternative and group items or to display them:

with the quick info text Change Standard Items

You use this function to make the alternative item you selected the standard item. The standard item becomes the alternative item.

Set 1:n Item As Standard in the context menu of the field for a material or substance

You use this function to change the group item, that is, you make the group item that is selected into the leading material item. The selected item is assigned the item number of the old leading item. The old leading item becomes the group item.

Find Formulas with this Output in the context menu of the field of an input material or substance

This function displays all formulas in which the input material or input substance is an output.

Find Formulas with this Input in the context menu of the field of an output material or substance

This function displays all formulas in which the output material or output substance is an input.

In general, group items are not ready for input. They contain the value from the standard item that belongs to it the same as for the fields of alternative items that are locked for input due to their system settings (see “Prerequisites“).

Result

The system checks the items entered . If you did not set the Reaction and Evaporation/Absorption indicators in the formula, the system calculates the quantity of the primary output from the inputs that were entered.