Nomenclature of Symbol Names (SAP Library - Product Safety (EHS-SAF))

Nomenclature of Symbol Names

Symbol keys of standard characteristics

The symbol name that the system generates for a standard characteristic contains:

A part of the class key (see: Nomenclature of Standard Class Keys

A part of the characteristic key (see: Nomenclature of Standard Characteristic Keys)

The following nomenclature only applies to symbols that you created from standard characteristics as of Release 3.0F. Symbol keys you generated earlier remain unchanged.

G10100001AB

Complete symbol key

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	Notes:
G .................	Letter G (stands for generation)
G1010 .........	Four-digit cluster of class key
G1010001 ...	Class number
G1010001AB	Two characters from the specific component of the characteristic key: – If the specific component contains an underscore, the system uses the first letter and the first letter after the underscore ( AB_CD => AC ). – If the specific component does not contain an underscore, the system uses the first two characters.

Symbol keys for tables or structure fields and non-standard characteristics

The symbol key also commences with a G . The rest of the symbol key is made up in the following way:

The symbol keys for R/3 table fields consist of the first four characters of the table name and the first five characters of the field name.

Tables in the R/3 components always begin with EST (ESTRI, ESTVH). The symbol key for the IDENT field, is thus GESTRIDENT (symbol key for identifier)

The symbol keys for substance characteristic categories consist of the first four characters of the class name and the first five characters of the characteristic name.

If two symbols should feature identical names, the system replaces the final character with a digit.