Filling the Dangerous Goods Master (SAP Library - EH&S Dangerous Goods Management)

Filling the Dangerous Goods Master

Use

The system can only fill tables with data records for which logical keys can be formed uniquely from the material and the dangerous goods regulation. The following links can be made:

Assignments between materials and specifications of specification type Real substance or Dangerous goods classification are carried out using material-specification assignment.

Assignments between specifications of specification type Real substance and specifications of specification type Dangerous goods classification are made using referencing.

Assignments between UN listed substances and specifications of specification type Dangerous goods classification or Real substance are made using the property tree in the value assignment type Dangerous goods classification ( ® Transport classification).

You can make assignments in the Product Safety component according to the following patterns:

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Note

For example, if the dangerous goods are to be transported at a higher temperature, assign the dangerous goods classification directly to the material or materials:

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You should use just one of the methods specified. The red dashed lines indicate that these assignments play no role in filling the dangerous goods master records.

Note

Notes on figures 5. and 6: Specifications such as real substance, real substance group, listed substance, or listed substance group can be specified as reference specifications.

You should only make the following assignment in exceptional cases as no dangerous goods classification is taken into account:

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Prerequisites

See Prerequisites in Filling.

Procedure

Choose one of the following procedures:

From the initial screen of Dangerous Goods Management: Dangerous goods master ® Filling from specification management ® Start filling.

From the initial screen of Product Safety: Data transfer ® Dangerous goods filling ® Start filling.

A screen for selecting data appears.

Note

You can also simulate filling by choosing either of the above paths and then ® Simulate instead.

You can use the following fields to define criteria according to which the materials are selected:

Dangerous goods classification

Contains the key for specifications of specification type DG_CL_SUB (dangerous goods classification). The system determines both directly assigned materials and materials that are assigned to real substances that reference a dangerous goods classification.

Real substance

The system determines the assigned materials if a dangerous goods classification or a UN listed substance was assigned to the real substance as a reference, or a UN listed substance was assigned directly.

Material

The system checks whether a dangerous goods classification was assigned to the material directly or using an assignment to a real substance.

Selection date

The system selects specifications valid for the selection date.

Phrase group

The system selects phrases (from the active phrase library) for the phrase group specified.

Choose .

A system message to inform you if filling has been performed successfully is displayed.

Note

Phrases are generated automatically in the background during filling. This process is only executed if you have not yet created the phrases in the dangerous goods master or if you have changed existing phrases.

If filling has been successful, you can display the import log.

Note

You can use the Evaluate change pointers indicator to tell the system to take into account during filling only those data records that were created or changed.

Displaying the Log

In the initial screen of Dangerous Goods Management choose Utilities ® Display logs ® Import logs.

The Evaluate Application Log screen appears.

Make sure that EHDD has been entered in the Object field and enter other selection criteria.

Choose Execute.

The system displays the log.

Note

You have the option of choosing which messages you want to see in the import log for filling. This means you can reduce the scope of extensive logs. Make the required settings in Customizing for Dangerous Goods Management in the IMG activity Hide Messages in Import Logs.

Deleting the Log

To delete logs, choose Utilities ® Delete logs ® Import logs in the initial screen of Dangerous Goods Management.

Enter your selection criteria and choose

Result

The data in the specification database is copied to the dangerous goods master in the current system and client. You can subsequently edit data in the dangerous goods master if you have set up the corresponding authorization profile.