Repeating Group Types 
Repeating Group Types
Use
Repeating groups are organized according to their different functions using types.
Features
Type |
Description |
Master
(M) |
Masters read the characteristic values of characteristic categories in a loop. You therefore always need to specify the key of the substance characteristic category Dependent tables:
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Slaves
(S:POS) |
The repeating group iterates all components of a characteristic category of type Composition or Substance listing. The slave thus needs to nest in a master repeating group. Dependent tables: Characteristic items (ESTVP) |
(S:POSD) |
A component of characteristic category Composition or Substance listing may in turn consist of further components. You can expand these up to a specified depth. (If you do not specify a depth, the complete hierarchy is expanded.) The slave thus needs to nest in a master repeating group. Dependent tables: Characteristic items (ESTVP) |
(S:FREI) |
You can use this type of repeating group to expand and print user-defined texts you recorded for a characteristic of a characteristic category. Use the user-defined text or user-defined text category symbol and define a repeating group type S:FREI around the symbol. This type of repeating group must nest in a master repeating group.Dependent tables: user-defined texts (ESTDF) |
(S:VERW) |
You use the symbol for ratings or validity areas to output usages. You then define a repeating group type S:VERW around the symbol. The usage is always allocated to the characteristic of a characteristic category.The slave thus needs to nest in a master repeating group. Dependent tables: additional information - substance characteristic usage (ESTDU) |
(S:CLASS) |
The repeating group extends over all UN listed substances for a characteristic category of type Transport classification. This means the repeating group must be nested in a master repeating group. Dependent tables: Shipment EST0F As UN listed substances in transport classification are allocated according to regulations, the system only outputs the listed substance legal data that are valid for this regulation. See also: Example - Repeating Group S:CLASS) |
Validity area and language
(G) |
If you defined discrete validity areas and languages in addition to the global validity area in the generation variant, you can use this type of repeating group to access these validity-language combinations. The system determines in a loop all combinations you defined and uses them to determine the correct expansion value of the symbol in the repeating group. You can use this function to expand data that is country-specific. |
Discrete expansion of multiple values
(D) |
Normally, the system outputs multiple values in one line, separated by a comma. This repeating group type outputs values in separate lines and is thus defined directly around the corresponding characteristic that contains the multiple values. See also: Section D in Layout of an Abridged Material Safety Data Sheet: An Example |
Sources
(Q) |
Sources are assigned serial numbers and are appended to the document. You can choose between two options:
Dependent tables:
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