Example: Data Provider and Data Origin

Three SAP systems with the SAP Environment, Health and Safety ( EH&S ) component are employed in a chemical company. The systems are used by different departments:

Data Origin	Data Provider
System 1	Pharmaceuticals
System 2	Cosmetics
System 3	Dyes Adhesives Fuels

Data Origin

Data Provider

System 1

Pharmaceuticals

System 2

Cosmetics

System 3

Dyes

Adhesives

Fuels

The names of the SAP systems with the SAP EH&S component are used for the data origin, and the names of the departments are used for the data providers.

When data is transferred either from or to the SAP EH&S component (import and export), data origin and data provider are taken into account. In this way, you avoid an undesired overlap of data areas.