Substance Category (SAP Library - Product Safety (EHS-SAF))

Substance Category

Definition

You use this object to categorize substances according to their use in companies.

Use

A substance may be allocated to one substance category only. In Customizing for Product Safety, in the IMG activity Specify substance categories, you define

whether materials may be allocated to a substance of a particular substance category

whether a substance of a particular substance category may serve as a reference substance

the number range group to which a substance category is allocated

In addition, you can specify a check function that checks whether the syntax of the assigned substance key is correct.

The standard system contains the following substance categories:

Real substances

A real substance is one which is physically present in a company.

In the standard system, you can allocate one or more materials to the real substance. You can assign values to the substance characteristic category of a real substance, or define it using references to other listed substances.

Real substance groups

Real substance groups are used to represent families of real substances with a number of common properties.

Listed substances

A listed substance is a substance whose properties are described in laws and scientific literature.

Unlike real substances, listed substances are not produced, traded, or used. You can use a listed substance as a "properties model" for a real substance by allocating the listed substance as a reference substance.

Listed substance groups

Listed substance groups are used to represent families of listed substances with a number of common properties.

Copy templates

Copy templates contain pre-defined characteristic values. You can use them to create new substances.