Relevance Indicator (SAP Library - Product Safety (EHS-SAF))

Relevance Indicator

Use

The relevance indicator specifies the substance characteristic values that are different in comparison with a previous substance report.

You can use the Generation Variant to specify that changes on the substance report are visually marked, thus making them instantly recognizable. The relevance indicator also affects the version numbering of a regenerated report. See also: Versioning Reports).

Prerequisites

The relevance indicator is only of significance if a previous report for the substance characteristic values specified already exists.

To mark changes on the substance report, you must first have set the Generate change marks indicator in the substance report generation variant.

Features

The system considers the relevance indicator for both manually and automatically generated reports.

If the relevance indicator is set for a substance characteristic usage, this means that

The indicator is set in the report header. You can manually deselect the indicator in the report header.

When a report is regenerated, all the affected substance characteristic values are marked at the side of the text, as long as this is specified in the generation variant

The R/3 System proposes the creation of a new main version for the report body that was regenerated due to a relevant substance change

If a substance characteristic value is changed again, the R/3 System resets all relevance indicators for this characteristic value. You must reset the indicator manually, if the change is relevant.