Editing Substance Characteristic Values (SAP Library

Editing Substance Characteristic Values

Select a substance characteristic category in the properties tree and choose Goto ® Characteristics.

The Edit Substance: Characteristic Values screen appears.

If values have been referenced for this substance characteristic category, the screen is displayed automatically in display mode. To edit the referenced substance characteristic category, choose Substance ® Edit « Display.

A dialog box in which you can choose:

if you want to copy the characteristic values for the reference substance and then edit them
if you want to create new characteristic values (this means that the characteristic values for the reference substance are deleted in this substance characteristic category)

Maintain the individual areas within substance characteristic value assignment:

Editing Characteristic Values

Editing Assessments

Allocating Sources

Editing User-defined Texts

Processing Usages

For substance characteristic categories of type Substance composition and Substance listing.

Processing the Component Overview

If you call substance characteristic value assignment in display mode, only data records to which active usages are allocated are displayed. You must also have the authorization for usage.

If you call substance characteristic value assignment in editing mode, all data records are displayed. If you have already allocated a usage to the data records, you must have editing authorization. Otherwise, the data records are displayed in display mode only.