WWI Product Safety Label Questions

[Former Member]

Dear all,

We are currently developing a WWI template for a Product Safety Label. We have a question left for the development.

Some phrases are combined maintained within CG02 - specification workbench in 1 instance under 1 value assignment type and 1 usage. It is required to display all those phrases on the MSDS, but not all on the Product Safety Label. As the data is maintained centrally, how would it be possible to exclude specific phrases if they are combined under 1 instance of phrases?

Thanks a lot!

Kind regards.

Rob Greijmans

[christoph_bergemann]

Hello all

if you have one data record with one usage with several phrases in one of the characteristics there is no standard method to print Phrase 1.) and 2.) on WWI layout a.) and phrase 2.) on WWI layout b.).

Therefore preferred method is two create two data records with two different usages. One "Usage" is linked with generation variant one and the second is linked with generation variant 2.

Use of validity area: The use of the validity are is possibke with some limitations. Normaly this is used only to control. e.g. langugaes in WWI layout and mainly related to GLM topics. This is not my recommendation to be used

Use of "Symbols" (programming): yes it is an option but on the long term it is according to my experince not a good solution. The Symbol (the program (function module) behind needs some input to do the job)

As explained above and taking into account the example given:

We have one data record with 3 Phrases and one usage. Now phrase A and B should print on report 1.) and phrase c.) one report 2.) THis can be done in my opinon only if you prepare a cuctomer specific table which is used by the function module which is linked to the ymbol there you maintain in some sense the logic (generation variant <=> phrase mapping). Further more if this topic required regarding a number of phrase based characteristics you need the characteristic in the customer table too and the maintenance of this table could be hard.

Conclusion from my side: you should prepare two data records with two different usages which are mapped in the generation variant.

With best regads

C.B.

PS: regarding you demand:

Such an example could be the characteristic "p-statement" in GHS labeling. Here all P Statements must be printed in MSDS but only a subset need to be printed in Label (Because of space of label).

As explained above the normal "cheepest" approach would be to prepare one data record with a usage like MSDS/REG_WORLD and we other with Label/REG_WORLD. The MSDS generation variant does have only the rating "MSDS" inside and the label only "Label". The two data records can be maintained either manually but most companies which I do know try to reduce this effort in using rulesets using one data record as the input and generating a further data records as the output.

A number of companies a providing you the necessary programming etc. Furthermore these so called providers create/prepare updates of the rulesets based on legal changes regularly.

Edited by: Christoph Bergemann on Jan 17, 2010 3:54 PM

[Former Member]

Hello,

If you want to separate them, the best way would be to use Validity Area concept. And based on business requirement you can use control statements to output them all. Here are the options witout development - i, use validity area to separate them out ii) Maintain separate instance for the merged data iii) or maintain indicator characteristic to write a method (development - Function module)

Check this SAP note for your Label / WWI related questions - Note 1021842 - Processing methods for report symbols

Thanks

Jayakumar