Report Template (SBV) (SAP Library - Product Safety (EHS-SAF))

Report Template (SBV)

Definition

Report templates define the layout of documents. Various symbol types link the template with data stored on the R/3 substance database and data from other R/3 components.

The symbols contained in a document template have not yet been expanded, that is, they have not been replaced by substance data, phrases or field values.

Use

R/3 System « Winword

When you create a report template, R/3 calls an enhanced version of Winword, the so-called WWI (Windows Word Processor Integration). During processing the file is held locally on your PC.

When you exit Winword, the Winword RTF file is downloaded to the R/3 database, saved there, and then deleted from the local data carrier.

As the generated document is saved as an RTF document, the generation is carried out independently of the language of the Word version.

Link to the Substance Report Generation Variant

Report templates are linked with their usages by SBGV ( Generation Variant). Usages define the validity areas and ratings for which a symbol of type Symbol contained in the report template may be expanded. The Usage must therefore have been maintained:

for the SRGV to which you allocate the report template

and for the individual characteristic values assigned to substance characteristic categories of those substances for which all symbols of symbol type Symbol are to be expanded in your report template. (To ensure that the system expands characteristic values, you must set the active indicator of the substance characteristic.)

You can only start report generation after you have released the report template and linked it with a substance, an SRGV, a language, and a key date.