Entry to the Layout Workbench via the Assortment view supports you in assortment maintenance in the multiple assignment of assortments to sites. In the same way as when you enter via the site, activities that could affect several sites (for example, maintaining a layout module version) are not possible. Only general assortments are displayed as it is already possible to maintain local assortments using the entry via site method.

The following levels are displayed hierarchically:

• The assortments with the assigned layouts,
• The layout modules assigned to the layout,
• The versions of the layout module and
• The variants of the individual layout module versions.

• Space maintenance,
• Layout maintenance,
• Layout module maintenance and
• Layout module version maintenance (when you enter layout module version maintenance, the layout module versions of the layout modules concerned are displayed).

You can create and display error logs using the BAPI for the interface to external space management programs.

You can display articles of a version and articles of a variant from which you can branch to integrated article maintenance.

You can display documents for layout modules or versions. It is also possible to display the sites assigned to layout modules or variants.

You can create listing conditions. In principle, you can only list the current and the next version of a layout module. There are two options:

• Create listing conditions for all general assortments to which the version is assigned.
• Choose one or more layout module versions for which you want to create listing conditions for articles. You can only select released layout module versions.

A traffic light icon in the hierarchy shows whether the listing conditions for the combination assortment/layout module version are up to date:

• green traffic light: the listing conditions for this version are up to date
• yellow traffic light: the version has already been listed but no listing relevant changes have been made since the last listing
• red traffic light: the version has never been listed.