WWI: Inserting Symbols (SAP Library - Product Safety (EHS-SAF))

WWI: Inserting Symbols

Prerequisites

You have started the current version of WWI (see: Starting and Closing WWI).

You have decided to use the Insert symbol method (see: Select Method for Entering Data).

You use the Insert symbol function to insert all symbol keys for which you generated symbols using master data adjustment on the report (see: Master Data Adjustment). There are symbols of type symbol, parameter or phrase. Symbols of the type phrase refer to fields in phrase management, such as note for phrase, phrase language, phrase code or graphic for phrase, for example. To insert phrase texts, you can use the insert phrase function (see: WWI: Inserting Phrases.

According to the symbol group defined in the IMG activity Specify report symbol groups in Customizing for Product Safety, you use the Insert symbol function to insert values from table fields, characteristic values or phrases from phrase-related characteristics. The tables can belong to the R/3 component Product Safety or other R/3 components.

For information on important table and structure fields, see Output Information in SD.

The symbol labels are generated by the system in the language in which you or your system administrator were logged on at the time of generation. To generate labels subsequently in other languages, you can use the corresponding function in Master Data Adjustment.

Procedure

Place the cursor at the point where you want to insert the symbol.

Choose WWI ® Insert Symbol.

The Symbol Properties screen appears.

Choose Search.

The Symbol Tree screen appears. Open the tree structure. It displays both classes and table-dependent symbols. The symbols are ordered according to symbol group (see the IMG activity Specify report symbol groups in Customizing for Product Safety).

Place the cursor on the required symbol, and choose OK.

The symbol key is inserted in the Symbol Properties dialog box in the Symbol field.

The expansion category displayed in the dialog box depends on the expansion mode defined for symbols in the detail view of the IMG activity Check and specify report symbols in Customizing for Product Safety.

Regardless of the current expansion mode, you can use certain sub-expansion categories to influence data output.

Expansion Mode	Subexpansion category
GPC	Graphic/phrase/code ( G , P or C )
IT	Identifier ( I (for type, category, list) or T (for selection strategy)
NM	N numerical processing (see: Input Templates) or M : processing method (see: Function Modules)
Barcode	M : processing method (see: Barcodes)

Enter the required data for each expansion mode.

If necessary, set the Multiple Handling indicator in the Symbol Properties dialog box.

If you

Then

Choose First

The system only outputs the first value for the characteristic or the first identifier (of the subexpansion category you specified).

Choose All

The system outputs all characteristic values or identifiers for a data record (of the subexpansion category you specified).

Choose Enter.

Word inserts the symbol into the report template.

If you want to edit symbols subsequently, position the cursor within the symbol and choose WWI ® Edit Symbol or Phrase.

If you insert a symbol for values from substance characteristic value assignment, you must always create a repeating group around the symbol of type main group.

See also:

Symbols - Examples

Maintaining Document Template Layouts

Symbol Type Symbol