Entry to the Layout Workbench via the layout module view is intended for a Category Manager or Space Manager, for example, who wants to carry out different activities for one or more layout modules. They can, for example, assign articles to one or more layout module versions.

The following levels are displayed hierarchically:

• The layout modules selected,
• The versions and
• The variants of the individual layout module versions.

From the Layout Workbench, you can branch to

• Space maintenance,
• Layout maintenance,
• Layout module maintenance,
• Layout module version maintenance (as soon as you branch to layout module version maintenance, the layout module versions of the layout modules concerned are displayed).

You can create and display error logs using the BAPI for the interface to external space management programs.

You can change the status of a version. The status can change from 01 (planned) to 02 (released), however you should be aware of the following restrictions:

• Old released versions cannot be reset.
• The currently active version cannot be reset.

You can also maintain the

• assignments of articles to layout module versions and the
• assignments of articles to layout module variants.

The articles of a variant from which you can jump to integrated article maintenance are displayed.

You can maintain assignments from layout module variants to assortments. If multiple assignment of assortments to sites is activated, you can only assign the variants to the local assortments, otherwise they would automatically affect all sites to which the assortment concerned is assigned.

Different documents can be displayed for layout modules or versions.

You can also display layouts assigned to layout modules or variants.

You can perform mass replacement and mass deletion of articles in versions and variants.

You can also create listing conditions. In principle, you can only list the current and the next version of a layout module. You can only select released layout module versions. There are two options:

• Creation of listing conditions for all assortments for the selected layout module versions
• Choice of one or more assortments for which the selected versions are to be listed.

A prerequisite for both options is that the articles assigned to the layout module version have a facing greater that zero and that the layout module version has status 02 (released). A traffic light icon in the selection of assortments shows you whether the listing conditions for the combination assortment/layout module version are up to date.

• green traffic light: the listing conditions for this version are up to date.
• yellow traffic light: the version has already been listed but no listing relevant changes have been made since the last listing.
• red traffic light: the version has never been listed.