Data Entry
You require REA data entry to enter and edit all relevant data for REA reporting centrally. REA facilitates fast and direct input of REA-relevant master data and execution and evaluation of declarations. There are two different procedures available for this, which differ mainly in their handling:
Standard data entry using the SAP GUI
Lean data entry using Web Dynpro ABAP
The portal provides the most important REA functions via a central interface based on Web Dynpro ABAP and SAP GUI for HTML.
Prerequisites
To be able to use the portal functions, you must install SAP NetWeaver Business Client and assign the relevant roles. By assigning an Enterprise Portal role, you specify for each REA portal application which users can open and use each portal function.
Features
Standard Data Entry
The prerequisite for being able to use the reporting functions is that the corresponding master data must exist. There are a range of transactions available to edit the recycling master data, for example, Create Packaging
(transaction J7L5) and Create Article
(transaction J7L1). To use them, you have to call each transaction individually in the SAP Easy Access menu under 
Sales and Distribution
Billing
Recycling Administration
.
When you have created all the necessary master data, use the central transaction Create REA Declaration
(J7LMS) to start creating the REA declarations.
Depending on your SAP authorization concept, each user can use a different range of functions in REA.
Lean Data Entry
On the basis of a Web-based interface (Web Dynpro ABAP) and four REA-specific roles, you can perform the classic tasks for managing master data in REA using optimized work steps. Data entry is simplified not only by a central interface, but also by the fact that a user with the respective role can execute different functions (transactions) in the same work step.
Lean data entry also makes increased use of REA reference articles and provides appropriate input help. You can therefore select articles you already created from a list of favorites and transfer their data to a similarly structured article. Finally, you simply need to enter the differences manually, for example, different dimensions for a bottle.
Lean data entry optimizes the editing of REA master data and reduces your master data management effort.
Note
The following functions are available in Web Dynpro ABAP only in SAP GUI for HTML:
Checking the consistency of the REA master data
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Displaying changed declarations
The following four predefined roles each define a specific task profile with the corresponding visible fields on the interface and the respective functions:
Superadministrator Master Data
The person with the highest administrative competence for REA. The Superadministrator Master Data has full authorization for managing REA master data and declarations, including control and analysis functions.
Person Responsible Master Data
The person who enters the master data in REA and keeps the data up-to-date in the product life cycle.
Compliance Manager
The person who controls, analyzes, and optimizes the state of all products throughout their life cycle. The Compliance Manager role is a special variant for creating reports based on internal and external requirements in the recycling administration (REA) process.
Financial Accountant
The person who evaluates REA data, checks REA declarations, and carries out follow-on activities. These activities can be canceling REA declarations, transferring declarations to accounting, and posting them there.
For more information about lean data entry in REA, see SAP ERP
SAP ERP Cross-Application Functions
Roles
Business Package for Recycling Administration
in SAP Library.