Layout Workbench: Entry via Layout Modules 

Use

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.

Features

The system displays the following levels hierarchically:

·        The layout modules selected

·        The versions of the individual layout module versions

·        The variants of the individual layout module versions

From the layout workbench you can branch to the following functions:

·        Space maintenance

·        Layout maintenance

·        Layout module maintenance

·        Layout module version maintenance (when you enter layout module version maintenance, the system displays the layout module versions of the relevant layout module).

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 continue to maintain the following data:

·        Assignments of articles to layout module versions

·        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.

If you use fixtures, when you create new ones you must select one of the categories defined in Customizing. You can only assign articles once a fixture is assigned to the layout module version. However, you can assign articles that have not been placed already to one or more fixtures without defining placement data (such as sort sequence or facing). You can also define articles as inclusions or exclusions for a layout module variant, as the system does not take the exact placement of an article into account when creating variants.

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 the status Released (02). 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.