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Data Model EHS Classic

christoph_bergemann
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‎2026 May 01 2:52 PM
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Introduction

EHS Classic allows lot of options to manage data. We have data elements like

  • identifier
  • Specification header
  • Specific topics as Reference / Inheritance
  • Component type / exception values
  • Phrase based characteristics
  • Regulatory LIst based characteristics
  • Other types of characteristics

and much more

Depending on you starting point: there are some rules you should use to avoid a crash of your data model.

Assumption is now: you use 3E / SAP Standard model

Hints of topics to avoid

  • For phrase based characteristic: do not add customer specific phrases to the phrase set; only if you are sure that the characteristic is not used by a 3E rule set: you should do a mix of 3E and customer specific phrases
  • Do not add e.g. own compontent types / exception values or own Regulatory lists as long as you now: what is 3E Standard and what is the reason to add something new
  • Do never manipulate SAP EHS classes/characteristics
  • If needed: always "copy" the SAP class to a customer specific one
  • Keep in mind the VERY important topic of "Unit of Measurement"; if you are not taking care here: you will get a mess
  • You should only carefully adapt the 3E original WWI templates to your need and you should have a good documentation what was changed and you need potentially a strategy: hwo to make updates whicih happens in 3E WWI templates and copy them to your customer specific one
  • You should use a "most primitive set up" of your system. There are so many options to enhance the system; at some point in time you might not have the overview what was changed

What you can do with low risk

  • prepare own new value assignment tyes plus if needed classes/characteritics
  • prepare own property tree
  • Define whatever kind of strategy for using the "Substance Authority group"
  • If you would like to use your customer specific topics in a customer specific WWI template: yo can do so

For Superusers

If you have understood all the options provided by SAP you can do a clever set up to support the maintenance in many places. But you need to check: what option is the best. As one example: you can prepare a "dyanmic phrase set" strategy; but there is much more you can use if needed.

And if you are the "super super" user: you can completely change look and feel in CG02/CG02BD.