Entering content frameProcedure documentation Searching Manually for Specifications Locate the document in its SAP Library structure

  1. In the Structure linkProduct Safety menu, choose one of the following paths:

The initial screen appears. You can start the specification search from here. During the search, all entries are linked with AND. The specification category Substance is set as the default.

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The search result only ever contains specifications of one specification category, that is in this case the specification category Substance. If you want to search for specifications of another specification category, you must set a different specification category before you perform the following steps. In the specification information system you cannot change the specification category, that means you can only search for specifications of the specification category Substance in the specification information system.

  1. Enter the data known to you. The SAP System searches for incomplete data in the Specification, Authorization group, Identifier, and Material fields as follows:

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If you enter a value generically (with *) in a Specification field that has an input help and confirm it, the SAP System searches the specification database as follows:

If you enter a value generically in a Specification field that does not have an input help and confirm it, the SAP System searches the specification database for suitable specification keys:

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  1. Use the enhanced search functions (see Specification Search).

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All search entries (including the values for user exits) are retained even after you have exited the transaction (SET/GET memory). You can delete all search criteria by choosing This graphic is explained in the accompanying text Search criteria.

  1. Choose This graphic is explained in the accompanying text or This graphic is explained in the accompanying text.

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If the search result contains large numbers of specifications, the hit list may take quite some time to be displayed. In Customizing for Product Safety in the IMG activity Specify Environment Parameters in the environment parameter QRY_HITLIST_MAX_ENTRIES you can therefore set the number specifications found at which a prompt appears before the hit list is displayed. The prompt displays a dialog box in which you can decide how you wish to continue:

Result

The SAP System lists the specifications that match the search criteria in the specification management hit list or the Structure linkspecification information system hit list.

If the SAP System does not find the required specification, you can enter new search criteria, or create the specification yourself.

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