WWI: Inserting Symbols (SAP Library

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 Selecting Methods for Entering Data).

You use the Insert symbol function to insert all symbol keys for which you generated symbols using master data matchup on the report (see Master Data Matchup). These can be symbols of the type Symbol or Parameter. To insert symbols of the type Phrase, follow the procedure WWI: Inserting Phrases.

Note

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 placeholders for values from table fields and characteristic values (such as numerical values or phrases from phrase-related characteristics). The tables can belong to the SAP component Product Safety or other SAP components.

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

The symbol descriptions 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 descriptions subsequently in other languages, you can use the corresponding function in Master data matchup.

Procedure

Position 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 dialog box 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).

Note

The tree structure for the class-dependent symbols corresponds to the property tree that is currently set in the SAP System. For performance reasons, the symbol tree is only read the first time and then buffered in WWI. For this reason, if you want to change property trees, you must exit Word in order to get the new property tree the next time you call WWI.

Position the cursor on the required symbol and choose OK.

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

If necessary, set the Value Mandatory indicator (see Symbols).

Enter the required data for each expansion mode.

The expansion type 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 subexpansion types to influence data output.

Expansion Mode	Subexpansion Type
GPC	Graphic/phrase/code (G, P, or C) (see Memory Requirements for Graphics)
IT	Identifier (I (for type, category, list) or T (for selection strategy)
NM	N numerical processing (see Template) M: processing method (see Function Module)
Bar code	M (see Bar Code)

Note

If you have created the symbol for the long text of an identifier on a report template, but the long text is not available in the SAP System, the short text for the identifier is output following report generation.

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 type you specified).

Choose All

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

Confirm your entries.

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.

Note

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

See also:

Symbols - Examples

Document Template Layout Editing

Symbol Type Symbol

If you	Then
Choose First	The system only outputs the first value for the characteristic or the first identifier (of the subexpansion type you specified).
Choose All	The system outputs all characteristic values or identifiers for a data record (of the subexpansion type you specified).