Expansion fence
Different expansion fences for the different symbol types are specified in Customizing for Product Safety in the detail view of IMG activity Check and define report symbols.
The following expansion fences are defined as standard:
Symbol Type |
Expansion Fence |
Phrase for report templates (symbol name, for instance EHS_L_TEXT) |
0 |
Symbol |
10 |
Phrase for cover sheets (symbol name, for instance EHS_H_TEXT) |
20 |
Parameter |
20 |
When using symbol type Phrase, you need to differentiate whether the phrase is used for a report template or a cover sheet.
During the first generation run, the system always generates reports from report templates. The system only expands symbol types with an expansion fence of 0 - 10 .
During the second generation run, the system generates final reports from reports and final cover sheets from cover sheet templates. The system only expands symbol types with an expansion fence of 11 - 20 .
Phrases can thus only be expanded on cover sheets if their expansion fence is > 10. The symbol name for this type of symbol is EHS_H_TEXT.