Phrase Reference
Use
Using phrase references, you can create a link between phrases whose contents are similar or identical.
In general, you can only assign a phrase from a passive library ("passive phrase") to a phrase from an active library ("active phrase") as a phrase reference.
Features
The following rules apply when creating phrase references:
You can define one or several phrase references for one phrase.
The SAP System can only evaluate single-level references.
Phrase references cannot be defined manually between phrases in passive libraries. The links are created by the SAP System when the phrases are imported, and can be exported and copied.
You can define phrase references between a passive and an active phrase as follows:
You create a phrase reference for an active phrase without setting the
OT
(Transfer original text) indicator.
The SAP System continues to use the text of the active phrase for value assignment.
You create a phrase reference for an active phrase, and set the
OT
(Transfer original text) indicator.
The SAP System overwrites the text of the active phrase with the text of the passive phrase, and copies the other language-dependent attributes to the active phrase. Phrase history enables you to display earlier valid versions.
Any languages contained in the active phrase but not in the passive are not deleted. These changes can be made using change numbers.
You use phrase merging to create a phrase from a passive phrase library in the active phrase library. The SAP System retains the phrase origin via the phrase reference, and sets the
OT
(Transfer original text) indicator.
Note
You can assign any number of phrase references to a phrase. However, you can only set the
OT
(Transfer original text) indicator once.