Editing Characteristic Values

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Prerequisites

You have selected a value assignment type for which characteristic values can be edited. To do this, the following settings are necessary in Customizing for Basic Data and Tools:
- You have assigned a class for which characteristics have been created to the value assignment type under Specify Value Assignment Types.
- Under Set Up Table-Based Value Assignment, you have generated the required entries for the value assignment type characteristics.
If you have created new characteristics, you must execute the Match Up Value Assignment Type and Characteristic function in master data matchup so that the display of the characteristics for the corresponding value assignment types is updated.
If you want to assign phrases to characteristics, you must assign the corresponding phrase sets to the characteristics in phrase set-to-attribute assignment.
In master data matchup, you must carry out the (De)Activate phrase-rltd char. function so that you can use the phrases from the corresponding phrase sets as input help when assigning values to characteristics.

Note

For more information about editing value assignments, see Editing Value Assignments.
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Procedure

Choose the Value Assignments tab page.
Enter the required data in the value assignment table. Note the following:
- You can enter numerical values directly in the characteristic fields.
- For characteristics to which phrases are assigned, you can either search generically in the characteristic field or
  call the input help.
- You can use the (Invert Axes) function to invert the axes of the table, that is, specify whether the characteristics are displayed in the table next to each other as columns or below each other as rows. Having the characteristics arranged next to each other makes it easier for you to create a large number of instances; having the characteristics arranged below each other makes it easier for you to assign values to a large number of characteristics. In Customizing for Basic Data and Tools under Specify Value Assignment Types you can specify for each value assignment type whether you want the characteristics arranged horizontally across the table or vertically down the table when you open the value assignment type.
  
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  When axes are inverted, a maximum of 59 instances (columns) can be displayed. You cannot fix entries via the context menu or change the layout.
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If required, enter a number of values in multiple-value characteristics using the input help. In the value assignment table, you can also assign characteristics multiple values by using the (Insert Multiple Value Assignment) function to add additional rows for multiple value assignment. You can recognize the characteristics to which you can assign multiple values by the lighter background of the characteristic field in the table.

Note

If you have assigned multiple values to different characteristics in one value assignment instance, the first value assignments of the characteristics appear in the first row, the second in the second row, and so on. This arrangement does not result in an assignment, that is, the value assignments of a characteristic with multiple values apply for the whole value assignment instance, and not the first value assignment of the characteristic for the first value assignment of the following characteristics, the second for the second of the following characteristics, and so on. If you require this type of assignment, you must create multiple value assignment instances and only assign a single value in these characteristics.
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Create any other value assignment instances you require. Do this by choosing (Create Value Assignment Instance).

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The system generally adds rows for new value assignment instances to be created to the end of the table, irrespective of the existing rows that you have selected.
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Confirm your entries and check the entries the system then adds to the characteristic fields (such as units).
Save your entries.

Recommendation

For multiple value assignments of a characteristic, it is not possible to delete entire rows, particularly because the individual values within a row are not related in content. If you delete a single value, another value takes its place in the table display.
To allow you to delete all value assignments for a value assignment type, the (Delete Value Assignments) option is available in the context menu of the property tree. This means you can delete the value assignments of value assignment instances that you are authorized to access and that are not otherwise locked. If the value assignments to be deleted are assigned to a referenced specification (target specification), only the manually overwritten value assignments of the value assignment instances are deleted.
The (Copy Value Assignmt Instances) and (Insert Value Assgnmt Instances) pushbuttons are available in the table-based value assignment. This function is not supported for the value assignment types Dangerous Goods Regulations (SAP_EHS_1022_024) and Limits of Radioactivity (SAP_EHS_1022_041).
You can specify for individual phrase-enabled characteristics (data type CHAR) of a value assignment type whether these appear as a phrase text, phrase code, or phrase code and text in the table-based value assignment. To do this, select the relevant phrase representation for the respective characteristic in the activity Set Up Table-Based Value Assignment of the Customizing activity Set Up Table-Based Value Assignment. If you have selected Phrase Code or Phrase Code and Text for a characteristic but a phrase code does not exist for the assigned phrase, only the phrase text is displayed.

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