Symbols of symbol type
Descriptor
refer to phrase texts and phrase-related fields (phrase codes, graphics, and so on) of the SAP
phrase management
component.
You use this symbol type to insert language-independent, standardized text modules into your document template.
When generating the report, the SAP system selects the phrases that are specified with the corresponding symbol key using the phrase key and phrase library. The phrases are expanded in the language that you specified before generation with the language key.
Using the phrase symbols you also insert phrase codes and graphics.
Note
Graphics must be specified as file names with an extension (such as .BMP) in the phrase items of a phrase.
To insert a graphic in WWI, the graphics file must be stored in the GRAPHICS directory in the WWI program. This applies both for the WWI generation server and also for all WWI workstations on which the report is generated (for the
Report from Template
function or in the report information system if the symbol has the expansion time
Final report
).
Recommendation
We therefore recommend you set up a central WWI installation for all WWI workstations or at least reference the GRAPHICS directory centrally using the WWI.INI entry GUI-HOME (see the “WWI File Server Installation” section under
Set Up WWI
in Customizing for
Basic Data and Tools
).
Note
If you define a repeating group of the type
Validity and language area,
you can display language-related symbols within a document template in different languages in accordance with the validity area. In such cases, the system uses the discrete validity area-language combinations defined in the generation variant (see
Generation Variant
).
See section Ain Example: Layout of an Abridged Material Safety Data Sheet .