SAP enhancement package 6 for SAP ERP 6.0 Release Notes

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Release Notes for SAP enhancement package EhP6 for SAP ERP 6.0 of 23

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18. Environment, Health and Safety ............................................................. 4 LOG_EHS_PS_CI_3 ........................................................................................ 4

Substance Volume Tracking (New) ............................................................................. 4 Global Label Management (New) ................................................................................ 5 Specification Management (New) ................................................................................ 6

LOG_EHS_DG_CI_3 ....................................................................................... 7 Dangerous Goods Management (New) ....................................................................... 7

Additional Release Notes ................................................................................. 9 Structure Changes in the Implementation Guide for EH&S .......................................... 9 Report Definition (Changed) ...................................................................................... 10 Specification Types (Changed) ................................................................................. 12 Specification Management (Changed) ....................................................................... 13 Open Content Connector (Changed) ......................................................................... 18 Substance Volume Tracking (Changed) .................................................................... 19 Creating Extended Safety Data Sheets (Changed) .................................................... 20



18. Environment, Health and Safety

LOG_EHS_PS_CI_3

EHS - Continuous Improvements for Product Safety Use

As of SAP enhancement package 6 for SAP ERP 6.0 (EA-APPL 606), the business function EHS - Continuous Improvements for Product Safety (LOG_EHS_PS_CI_3) is available. This business function contains changes and enhancements for the Environment, Health and Safety component.

For more information, refer to the following release notes:

Substance Volume Tracking (New)

Global Label Management (New)

Specification Management (New)

See also

For more information, see SAP Library for SAP ERP on SAP Help Portal at http://help.sap.com.

Substance Volume Tracking (New) Use

As of SAP enhancement package 6 for SAP ERP 6.0 (EA-APPL 606), business function EHS - Continuous Improvements for Product Safety (LOG_EHS_PS_CI_3), a lock function for processing regulatory lists is available in the Substance Volume Tracking component:

If data for a regulatory list is edited by more than one report in parallel, this can lead to inconsistencies in substance volume tracking. The lock function prevents these inconsistencies by ensuring that the following reports are no longer executed in parallel for a regulatory list:

o RREGCH_FILL: Substance Volume Tracking: Data Transfer from Property Tree

o RREGCH_VT: Substance Volume Tracking: Tracking of Substance Quantities

o RREGCH_RESTART_VT: Substance Volume Tracking: Correction of Tracked Substance Quantities

o RREGCH_VT_CONDENSE_SAVE: Substance Volume Tracking: Save Tracked Quantities in Property Tree

o RREGCH_CALC: Substance Volume Tracking: Average Calculation

o RREGCH_DEL_DATA: Substance Volume Tracking: Delete Data (INTERNAL)

See also

For more information, see SAP Library for SAP ERP on SAP Help Portal at http://help.sap.com under SAP ERP Central Component -> Logistics -> Environment, Health and Safety (EHS) -> Product Safety (EHS-SAF) -> Substance Volume Tracking.



Global Label Management (New) Use

As of SAP enhancement package 6 for SAP ERP 6.0 (EA-APPL 606), business function EHS - Continuous Improvements for Product Safety (LOG_EHS_PS_CI_3), the following functions have been enhanced in the Global Label Management component:

o You can use the sample labeling scenario to create labels for specifications to which no materials are assigned. To do this, you need to specify values for the following fields: Specification, label size and category or material, plant, countries, label size and category

o Label determination:

- If only one specification is specified, the system does not search for an assigned material during label determination.

- If a specification but no country is specified, label stocks and generation variants are not filtered based on countries during label determination.

- If only a specification is specified, the modes of transport are ignored during label determination.

o The label tree has been adjusted: If only one specification is specified in label determination, the label tree does not contain nodes for the material.

See also

For more information, see SAP Library for SAP ERP on SAP Help Portal at http://help.sap.com under SAP ERP Central Component -> Logistics -> Environment, Health and Safety (EHS) -> Product Safety (EHS-SAF) -> Global Label Management.



Specification Management (New) Use

As of SAP enhancement package 6 for SAP ERP 6.0 (EA-APPL 606), business function EHS - Continuous Improvements for Product Safety (LOG_EHS_PS_CI_3), the following new functions are available in the Specification Management (EHS-BD-SPE) component:

o The Component/Transport Cl./Ref./Inher. screen under Substance Where-Used List now has a new Inheritance (Inh. To) field. If you select this indicator, the system determines all specifications that have inheritance relationships with the selected specifications. If you select the Direct Relationships Only field, when the system generates a where-used list for inheritance, it considers only those specifications that are included as direct source specifications in the selection specifications by means of inheritance relationships. If you select the Direct and Indirect Relationships field, when the system generates a where-used list for inheritance, it considers only those specifications that are included as indirect source specifications in the selection specifications by means of inheritance relationships. You also have to select a standard inheritance template under Inheritance Templates.

o The Edit Specification: Copy Template screen now has a new Retain Data Origin/Provider checkbox. If you select this checkbox, the Data Origin and Data Provider fields from the source specification are not copied when the data is copied from the source specification to the target specification. You can also find this checkbox under Utilities -> Settings-> Data Provider.

o On the Determine Secondary Data screen, the Information icon indicates whether documentation is available for a user exit. This documentation must exist as a PDF file in the company network. If you choose Information, the available documentation is displayed.

Effects on Customizing

Determine secondary data function:

In the Customizing activity Manage User Exits, specify the file name and path (in the company network) of the relevant documentation in the DOCUMENTATION environment parameter in the Parameters and Values view.

See also

For more information, see SAP Library for SAP ERP on SAP Help Portal at http://help.sap.com under SAP ERP Central Component -> Logistics -> Environment, Health and Safety (EHS) -> Product Safety (EHS-SAF).



LOG_EHS_DG_CI_3

EHS - Continuous Improvements for Dangerous Goods Management Dangerous Goods Management (New)

Use

As of SAP enhancement package 6 for SAP ERP 6.0 (EA-APPL 606), business function EHS - Continuous Improvements for Dangerous Goods Management (LOG_EHS_DG_CI_3), the following new functions are available in the Dangerous Goods Management component:

The previously used dangerous goods indicators predefined by the system are replaced with indicators for transport in the product release and in the dangerous goods supplement in delivery and shipment. You can specify the indicators for transport in Customizing and assign dangerous goods regulations:

o In the Customizing activity Specify Indicators for Transport, you can you specify your own indicators for transport and assign these to the dangerous goods regulations for which you want to use the indicators for transport. This allows you to respond flexibly to new regulatory requirements.

o Using the Customizing activity Show DG Indicators in DG Supplement, you can display the dangerous goods indicators in addition to the indicators for transport in the dangerous goods supplement for a transitional period.

o The Indicator for Transport 01 to Indicator for Transport 08 fields have been added to the product release.

o The Indicator for Transport 01 to Indicator for Transport 08 fields have been added to the dangerous goods supplement.

o The dangerous goods check method DG63_CHECK_DG_RELEASE checks the previously used dangerous goods indicator Product Is Released and the new indicator for transport RELEASED.

o In the Customizing activity Convert Dangerous Goods Indicators Into Indicators for Transport, you can convert the dangerous goods indicators used in the product release into the corresponding indicators for transport for all dangerous goods-relevant materials. How the dangerous goods indicators are assigned to the corresponding indicators for transport is predefined by the system. This means that only those indicators for transport provided in the standard system are taken into account.

Effects on Existing Data

o The process to convert the dangerous goods indicators into the corresponding indicators for transport can be repeated. The dangerous goods indicators previously used are retained in the data records.

o If the indicators for transport are to be evaluated or set instead of the previously used dangerous goods indicators, the customer-specific dangerous goods check methods and paper processing methods need to be adjusted.


You configure the settings for the indicators for transport in Customizing for Dangerous Goods Management as follows:



o Dangerous Goods Checks and Dangerous Goods Documents/EDI -> Specify Indicators for Transport

o Dangerous Goods Checks and Dangerous Goods Documents/EDI -> Show Dangerous Goods Indicators in Dangerous Goods Supplement

o Dangerous Goods Product Release -> Convert Dangerous Goods Indicators Into Indicators for Transport

o Dangerous Goods Product Release -> Specify Indicators for Transport

See also For more information, see SAP Library for SAP ERP on SAP Help Portal at http://help.sap.com under SAP ERP Central Component -> Logistics -> Environment, Health and Safety (EHS) -> Dangerous Goods Management (EHS-DGP).



Additional Release Notes Structure Changes in the Implementation Guide for EH&S

Use

As of SAP enhancement package 6 for SAP ERP 6.0 (EA-APPL 606), the following new Customizing activities are available in the SAP Customizing Implementation Guide for the Environment, Health and Safety component:

o Area Basic Data and Tools -> Report Definition -> Business Add-Ins -> Implementations for Repeating Groups with Instance Control This Customizing activity was implemented because of a legal change and will be available in Support Packages (also for lower releases). This Customizing activity was implemented because of a legal change and will be available in Support Packages (also for lower releases).

o Area Basic Data and Tools -> Specification Management -> Business Add-Ins -> BAdI: Extended Checks for Specification Value Assignments This Customizing activity was implemented because of a legal change and will be available in Support Packages (also for lower releases). This Customizing activity was implemented because of a legal change and will be available in Support Packages (also for lower releases).

o Area Product Safety -> Substance Volume Tracking -> Specify Polymer Labeling and Monomer Composition for Each Regulation This Customizing activity was implemented because of a legal change and will be available in Support Packages (also for lower releases). This Customizing activity was implemented because of a legal change and will be available in Support Packages (also for lower releases).

o Area Dangerous Goods Management -> Dangerous Goods Product Release -> Convert Dangerous Goods Indicators Into Indicators for Transport

o Area Dangerous Goods Management -> Dangerous Goods Product Release -> Specify Indicators for Transport

o Area Dangerous Goods Management -> Dangerous Goods Checks and Dangerous Goods Documents/EDI -> Specify Indicators for Transport

o Area Dangerous Goods Management -> Dangerous Goods Checks and Dangerous Goods Documents/EDI -> Show Dangerous Goods Indicators in Dangerous Goods Supplement



Report Definition (Changed) Use

As of SAP enhancement package 6 for SAP ERP 6.0 (EA-APPL 606), you can also control the data output in reports with processing methods in the Report Definition component in transaction Edit Report Templates (CG42). These methods are used in conjunction with report symbols whose content can only be output in certain cases. These functions were implemented because of a legal change and will be available in Support Packages (also for lower releases).

The processing methods are provided as function modules and are assigned to the relevant report symbols in the Edit Report Templates transaction (Windows Wordprocessor Integration (WWI) program). If you want to use processing methods, select the Expansion Mode NM checkbox for the relevant report symbol on the Symbol tab page. Specify the relevant processing method in the Method field.

The processing methods delivered in the standard system are available in solution packages: Use the processing methods as described in the documentation for the following solution packages:

o Filtering Value Assignment Instances solution package: The output of values from value assignment instances to a report is filtered according to certain criteria.

o Outputting Hazard Statements on the EU Safety Data Sheet solution package: The wording for the hazard statements listed in sections 2 and 3 of the European safety data sheet is output in section 16.

o Generic Stack Function solution package: During report generation, the data is stored and processed on a generic stack.

o Integrating Dangerous Goods Data into the Safety Data Sheet (Section 14) solution package: The relevant dangerous goods data in section 14 of the safety data sheet is output.

o Converting Units of Measurement solution package: The units of measurement for values that are output in reports are converted.

o Suppressing Multiple Output of Graphics solution package: The system prevents a graphic from being output more than once in reports if it is used in different phrases.

o Outputting Risk Phrases on the EU Safety Data Sheet (Standard) solution package: The wording for risk phrases listed in sections 2 and 3 of the European safety data sheet is output in section 16.

o Outputting Risk Phrases on the EU Safety Data Sheet solution package: The wording for risk phrases listed in sections 2 and 3 of the European safety data sheet is output in section 16. Duplicates and phrases with a phrase code that does not start with R are deleted. This means that fewer phrases are collected that with the processing methods in the Outputting Risk Phrases on the EU Safety Data Sheet (Standard) solution package.

o Trade Secret: Outputting Identifiers Based on Component Types solution package: When identifiers are output for components, the identifiers to be output are made dependent on the component type.

o Converting U.S. Telephone Numbers solution package: U.S. telephone numbers are converted from the format +1302xxxxxxx to (302) xxx-xxxx.



o User Exit Repeating Group ANTI_S_POS solution package: This is used in report generation within the slave group S:POS (components of a value assignment) to be able to output further report specification values by means of additionally inserted report symbols.

An overview of all solution packages is available in the Customizing activity Apply Expansion Methods in Report Templates.


The processing methods are created as function modules and can be assigned directly to the report symbols: In the Customizing activity Check and Specify Report Symbols, select the value Numeric Processing or Processing Method in the Expansion Mode field, and Processing Method in the Expansion Parameters for a Report Symbol field. In the Expansion Value for a Report Symbol field, enter the name of the processing method.

The following settings are provided in Customizing:

o Customizing activity Specify Environment Parameters: tables TCGENV and TCGENVNA

o Customizing activity Manage User Exits: tables TCGUEEN, TCGUEFU, and TCGUENA

o Customizing activity Specify Specification Types: tables TCG31, TCG3151, TCG31OBJ, TCG31REF, and TCG32

o Customizing activity Check Identification Types: tables TCG23, TCG23OBJ, and TCG24

o Customizing activity Check Identification Listing: tables TCG26, TCG27, and TCG28

o Customizing activity Specify Component Types for Compositions: tables TCG76 and TCG77

o Customizing activity Check and Specify Report Symbols: tables TCGA6 and TCGA7

The contents of the specified tables must be synchronized with all clients in which the processing methods are used.

See also

For more information, see SAP Library for SAP ERP on SAP Help Portal at http://help.sap.com.



Specification Types (Changed) Use

As of SAP enhancement package 6 for SAP ERP 6.0 (EA-APPL 606), two new specification types are available in the Specification Management (EHS-BD-SPE) component. These specification types can be used to create extended safety data sheets.

Effects on Existing Data

o Specification type External Real Substance (REAL_SUB_E):

- The use and exposure scenarios of the delivered materials are assigned to specifications for which the specification type is External Real Substance. This data is provided by the supplier, for example, using extended safety data sheets as inbound documents. Materials are not assigned to specifications with specification type External Real Substance.

- In SAP Product and REACH Compliance, specifications with the specification type External Real Substance are assigned raw substances using the value assignment type List of Supplier Specifications (SAP_RCS_SUPPLIST).

o Specification type Exposure Scenario (EXPO_SCEN):

- Exposure scenarios that are assigned to a real or pure substance in the value assignment type Use and Exposure Scenario (SAP_EHS_1027_001) are created as specifications with this specification type. This means that the exposure scenarios are linked to the real or pure substances by means of the list in the value assignment type Use and Exposure Scenario.

- When extended safety data sheets are created, only those exposure scenarios that are assigned to a real substance are taken into account.

See also

o Release note Creating Extended Safety Data Sheets (Changed)

o For more information, see SAP Library for SAP ERP on SAP Help Portal at http://help.sap.com under SAP ERP Central Component -> Logistics -> Environment, Health and Safety (EHS) -> Basic Data and Tools (EHS-BD) -> Specification Management (EHS-BD-SPE).



Specification Management (Changed) Use

As of SAP enhancement package 6 for SAP ERP 6.0 (EA-APPL 606), new functions are available in the Specification Management (EHS-BD-SPE) component.

These functions were implemented because of a legal change and will be available in Support Packages (also for lower releases).

o You can use the Extended Checks for Specification Value Assignments BAdI to specify additional checks that are to be executed when specifications are created, changed, and deleted.

o In the substance workbench, you can use the advanced search function New Data Available for Substance... to search for substances for which updated data was made available by a content provider. This data is located in a *.TXT file, which contains the associated CAS number and last update date for each updated substance. To be able to use this function, you must have installed the Open Content Connector (OCC) and have copied substances into the specification workbench with the OCC. These substances must have at least one entry in the table EHS: OCC: Table for Saving Import Information and the Loaded Instance indicator must also be set for this entry.

o Using the new function module CBRC_EHS_NOTSTAT_VALUE_EXIST for the set of rules EHS Expert: Notification Status (NotStat), you can check whether a certain characteristic of a specific value assignment type is stored with a certain value (Regulatory List) in a component. If this value exists for the characteristic, the component explosion is interrupted. The value that the characteristic must have (Regulatory List) is transferred to the function module by the set of rules EHS Expert: Notification Status (NotStat). User exits NOTSTAT1 and NOTSTAT2 are called when the set of rules EHS Expert: Notification Status (NotStat) is executed. Prerequisites:

- The set of rules EHS Expert: Notification Status (NotStat) has been installed.

- The EH&S Expert has been set up.


Value assignment types have been added and modified in the property tree:

The property tree STANDARD contains the following new value assignment types:

o SAP_EHS_1012_026 DPDplus (EU)

o SAP_EHS_1014_033 Reactivity

o SAP_EHS_1014_034 Chemical Stability

o SAP_EHS_1016_023 Reference to Other Sections

o SAP_EHS_1018_015 Percentage w/ Unknown Acute Aquat. Tox.

o SAP_EHS_1018_016 Potential to Disrupt Endocrine Systems



o SAP_EHS_1019_031 Percentage with Unknown Acute Toxicity

o SAP_EHS_1023_098 Water Pollution Regulations (US)

o SAP_EHS_1023_099 PBT List (CA)

o SAP_EHS_1023_100 CLP Declaration (EU)

o SAP_EHS_1023_101 CLP Declaration: Admin. Data (EU)

o SAP_EHS_REACH_ESDS_ANNEX_2010 REACH: eSDS 2010 Annex

o SAP_EHS_1027_017 Quantity Used: Environment

o SAP_EHS_1027_018 Other Factors: Environment

o SAP_EHS_1027_019 Conditions of Use: Environment

o SAP_EHS_1027_020 Other Conditions of Use: Environment

o SAP_EHS_1027_021 Conditions of Use: Waste-Water T. Plant

o SAP_EHS_1027_022 External Waste Recycling

o SAP_EHS_1027_023 Additional Advice: Environment

o SAP_EHS_1027_024 Msafe: Environment

o SAP_EHS_1027_025 Quantity Used: Worker

o SAP_EHS_1027_026 Frequency and Duration of Use: Worker

o SAP_EHS_1027_027 Other Factors: Worker

o SAP_EHS_1027_028 Conditions of Use: Worker

o SAP_EHS_1027_029 Other Conditions of Use: Worker

o SAP_EHS_1027_030 Additional Advice: Worker

o SAP_EHS_1027_031 Msafe: Worker

o SAP_EHS_1027_032 Quantity Used: Consumer

o SAP_EHS_1027_033 Frequency/Duration of Use: Consumer

o SAP_EHS_1027_034 Other Factors: Consumer

o SAP_EHS_1027_035 Conditions of Use: Consumer

o SAP_EHS_1027_036 Other Conditions of Use: Consumer

o SAP_EHS_1027_037 Additional Advice: Consumer



o SAP_EHS_1027_038 Msafe: Consumer

The following value assignment types contain additional or modified characteristics:

o SAP_EHS_0101_002 EH&S Expert: Explanations

o SAP_EHS_1012_009 Impurities

o SAP_EHS_1014_001 Burning Rate

o SAP_EHS_1014_007 Flammability

o SAP_EHS_1014_008 Explosiveness

o SAP_EHS_1022_021 Further Information for Transport (SDS)

o SAP_EHS_1023_007 CMR Classification (EU)

o SAP_EHS_1023_008 Biological Exposure Indices

o SAP_EHS_1023_036 NFPA Rating (US)

o SAP_EHS_1023_038 WHMIS Classification (CA)

o SAP_EHS_1023_042 MAL-Code

o SAP_EHS_1023_069 Dangerous Goods Safety Control Law (KR)

o SAP_EHS_1023_075 M-Factor

o SAP_EHS_1023_078 Derived No-Effect Level (DNEL)

o SAP_EHS_1023_089 GHS Classification (EU)

o SAP_EHS_1027_001 Use and Exposure Scenario

o SAP_EHS_1027_005 Physical Form (Application)

o SAP_EHS_1027_012 RMM: Worker

o SAP_EHS_1027_012 RMM: Environment

o SAP_EHS_1027_013 Waste-Related Measures

o SAP_EHS_1027_014 Method and Parameters

The property names of the following value assignment types have changed:

o SAP_EHS_REACH_ESDS_ANNEX REACH: eSDS 2008 Annex

o SAP_EHS_1027_003 Frequency and Duration of Use: Environ.




o SAP_EHS_1027_011 RMM: Consumer

The following value assignment types have also been assigned to the new REACH: eSDS 2008 Annex node.

o SAP_EHS_1013_027 Viscosity, Dynamic

o SAP_EHS_1013_028 Viscosity, Kinematic

o SAP_EHS_1027_001 Use and Exposure Scenario

o SAP_EHS_1027_003 Frequency and Duration of Use: Environ.

o SAP_EHS_1027_005 Physical Form (Application)

o SAP_EHS_1027_006 Application Form (Value)

o SAP_EHS_1027_007 Conc. Substance in Preparation/Article


o SAP_EHS_1027_011 RMM: Consumer

o SAP_EHS_1027_012 RMM: Environment

o SAP_EHS_1027_013 Waste-Related Measures

o SAP_EHS_1027_014 Method and Parameters

o SAP_EHS_1027_015 Guidance to Downstream Users

The following value assignment type was moved from the OBSOLETE property tree to the STANDARD property tree:

o SAP_EHS_1012_009 Impurities


Customizing settings for the function New Data Available for Substance...:

Function module C1H0_SUB_FIND_BY_PRO_FILE is entered for user exit category SUB_QUERY, user exit OCC_FILE in the Customizing activity Manage User Exits. This user exit is provided with the standard system.

Customizing settings for function module CBRC_EHS_NOTSTAT_VALUE_EXIST:

If you want to check whether a certain characteristic of a specific value assignment type is stored with a certain value (Regulatory List) in a component, you need to create the user exits NOTSTAT1 and NOTSTAT2 (user exit category SUB_EX_GCT) with function module CBRC_EHS_NOTSTAT_VALUE_EXIST in the Customizing activity Manage User Exits. In the Parameters and Values view, specify in the PROPERTY (value assignment type) and CHARACTERISTIC (characteristic) parameters for which value assignment type and which characteristic of a component a value is to be entered.



The following parameters and values are shipped with the user exits in the standard system:

User Exit Environment Parameter Value of an

Environment Parameter

NOTSTAT1 CHARACTERISTIC

SAP_EHS_1023_012_BASE (Regulatory List)

PROPERTY

SAP_EHS_1023_012 (Notification Status)

NOTSTAT2 CHARACTERISTIC

SAP_EHS_1023_025_BASE (Regulatory List)

PROPERTY

SAP_EHS_1023_025 (Product Safety)

See also

For more information, see SAP Library for SAP ERP on SAP Help Portal at http://help.sap.com under SAP ERP Central Component -> Logistics -> Environment, Health and Safety (EHS) -> Product Safety (EHS-SAF).



Open Content Connector (Changed) Use

As of SAP enhancement package 6 for SAP ERP 6.0 (EA-APPL 606), the Open Content Connector (OCC) can load just one dangerous goods variant for each legal regulation for each UN-listed substance.

If there is more than one dangerous goods variant for a legal regulation for a UN-listed substance, all dangerous goods variants are first flagged with a question mark. If you do not configure any further settings, the data flagged with a question mark is not loaded. You therefore need to select the required dangerous goods variant first. All other dangerous goods variants are then deselected automatically. This prevents multiple dangerous goods variants from being loaded at once.

See also

For more information, see SAP Library for SAP ERP on SAP Help Portal at http://help.sap.com under SAP ERP Central Component -> Logistics -> Environment, Health and Safety (EHS) -> Basic Data and Tools (EHS-BD) -> Specification Management (EHS-BD-SPE) -> Specification Editing -> Secondary Data Determination -> EH&S Open Content Connector.



Substance Volume Tracking (Changed) Use

As of SAP enhancement package 6 for SAP ERP 6.0 (EA-APPL 606), polymers and monomers are supported in the Substance Volume Tracking component:

o Program RREGCH_FILL (Substance Volume Tracking: Data Transfer from Property Tree) transfers the components of a specification labeled as a polymer to the table EHS: Composition (EH&S Data) (CCRCT_EHS_COMP).

o In the Substance Volume Tracking: Monitoring transaction (CBRC20), you can use the Substance Is a Polymer checkbox to specify whether the system is to display only specifications that are labeled as polymers in substance volume tracking. These substances are denoted by an X in the hit list.



To be able to monitor polymers and monomers, the following settings must be configured in Customizing:

o In phrase management, a phrase must be created for polymer labeling.

o The phrase key for the characteristic for polymer labeling must be assigned to the phrase set.

o The phrase key for the characteristic for polymer labeling must be specified in the environment parameter SVT_PHR_POL_INDICAT in the Customizing activity Specify Environment Parameters.

o In the Customizing activity Specify Polymer Labeling and Monomer Composition for Each Regulation, you specify for each regulation whether polymers are relevant for this regulation. To do this, you specify in which value assignment type and characteristic the polymer labeling is stored and which value assignment type the monomer composition contains.

o In the Customizing activity Specify Scenarios, you specify for each scenario and regulation which components of a specification labeled as a polymer are to be transferred to the EHS: Composition (EH&S Data) (CCRCT_EHS_COMP) table using the Substance Volume Tracking: Data Transfer from Property Tree program. To do this, you specify in the Data Transfer: Polymer/Monomer selection field for a substance whether it is to be transferred to substance volume tracking as a substance to be tracked.

See also

o Release note Substance Volume Tracking (New)

o For more information, see SAP Library for SAP ERP on SAP Help Portal at http://help.sap.com under SAP ERP Central Component -> Logistics -> Environment, Health and Safety (EHS) -> Product Safety (EHS-SAF) -> Substance Volume Tracking.



Creating Extended Safety Data Sheets (Changed) Use

As of SAP enhancement package 6 for SAP ERP 6.0 (EA-APPL 606), you can create extended safety data sheets (eSDS) that comply with European REACH and GHS legislation. In addition to the main part, these safety data sheets contain an annex with the exposure scenarios that can be filtered for specific customers or materials.

The following components have been extended to include new functions for creating extended safety data sheets:

o Substance Workbench

o Report Definition

o Report Administration

o Report Shipping


In the Substance Workbench, the uses and exposure scenarios that are relevant for a substance are specified in the Use and Exposure Scenario (SAP_EHS_1027_001) value assignment type of the standard property tree. This data is included in the annex of the extended safety data sheet.

Report Definition component:

The following functions for supporting the creation of extended safety data sheets have been added to the Edit Report Templates (CG42) transaction:

o Data output is controlled by a master group with instance control (MIC repeating group) and possibly an MIC:POS repeating group (master group - positions of instance control).

o The master group with instance control (MIC repeating group) initially subjects the value assignment instances to a usage check. Instance control is then carried out when the report body and final report are generated:

- As with master groups (M), all of the value assignment instances are initially selected for inclusion in the report when the report body is generated. All of the specification symbols contained in the MIC repeating group are resolved. At the same time, a control structure is created to carry out the instance control for the report body.

- The instance control takes place when the final report is generated: All of the value assignment instances output when the report body was generated are evaluated by certain output rules. You can choose these output rules by selecting a report view in the Maintain Report View and Object Key dialog box (see comments on the Report Administration component). Depending on the result of the evaluation, the characteristic values output when the report body was generated are not included in the final report. The value assignment instances that are output are evaluated using the values stored in the control structure.

o Output of the exposure scenarios defined for the substance is controlled in the report template by means of the MIC:POS repeating group. The MIC positions that are assigned to the value assignment instances in the Use and Exposure Scenario value assignment type are output in the report.



o Using the symbols for instance control, you specify in the report template the position in the extended safety data sheet at which the data for the exposure scenarios is listed.. These symbols are nested in MIC repeating groups or MIC:POS repeating groups.

o The master group with instance control is supported by the WWI wizard. When you select the With Instance Control checkbox in the WWI wizard, an MIC repeating group (master group with instance control) is inserted in the report template instead of a repeating group of type M.

Report Administration component:

New functions for creating extended safety data sheets (eSDS) are provided as symbols in the report administration report tree:

o Symbol Display eSDS on Front End - Does Not Contain Customer-/Material-Specific Data: The report and eSDS annex are displayed in Microsoft Word. To display the report, you have to choose a report view in the Maintain Report View and Object Key dialog box. The parameter values for Customer and Material are not taken into consideration when the data is output.

o Symbol Display eSDS on Front End - Contains Customer-/Material-Specific Data: The report and eSDS annex are displayed in Microsoft Word. To display the report, you have to choose a report view in the Maintain Report View and Object Key dialog box and enter parameter values for the Customer and Material.

You use the Maintain Report View and Object Key dialog box to generate the final reports for extended safety data sheets and control the structure and layout of the final report using report views. For this purpose, the report must no longer have Report Request (RA) status and the report template must contain an MIC repeating group (see comments for the Report Definition component).

Depending on the report view selected in the Maintain Report View and Object Key dialog box and the output rules defined for the report views, you can hide certain uses and dependent exposure scenarios when the final report is generated. In this case, these do not appear in the final report. The output rules relate to value assignment instances that contain information about uses and dependent exposure scenarios and apply only to objects that are output by means of a master group with instance control (MIC repeating group; see comments on the Report Definition component). The final contents of the report, therefore, are not defined until the final report is generated.

In the standard system, the data is filtered according to specific characteristics of the value assignment type Use and Exposure Scenario (SAP_EHS_1027_001), depending on the report view, when the final report is generated.



The following report views are available:

Parameter Value Description of the Report View

ALL eSDS annex with all data

NON Main part (no eSDS annex)

OWN eSDS annex with own uses

STD eSDS annex with standard uses

CUS eSDS annex with customer-

dependent uses

MAT eSDS annex with material-dependent

uses

Report Shipping component:

o It a report contains sections or annexes with contents that can be controlled, you have choose a report view in the Maintain Report View and Object Key dialog box when you send a report manually. An instance control uses this report view to control which data is output in the final report (see comments on the Report Definition component).

o In the following cases, the report view is set automatically to Customer-Dependent (CUS). This means that customer-specific and/or material-specific uses are output in the eSDS annex:

- When the automatic report shipping order is generated

- When a report is shipped subsequently for which the report view has not been defined

o When the report shipping order is checked (exit type CHECK), the standard function modules take into consideration the report view for automatic report shipping (SD interface). This means that all reports that have the same version but a different report view are enabled for shipping. The relevant standard function modules have been extended.

o If a report shipping order without a report view has already been sent when the report shipping order for automatic report shipping is checked, the report view is not taken into account in the check. In this case, a report is not sent twice by the automatic report shipping function.

o The Report Shipping Orders screen contains the search function Shipping Order with Exposure Scenario in the Restricting Search Criteria group box. This search function takes into account only shipping orders that contain final reports and in which the specifications are output as an exposure scenario and for a use. The search for shipping orders with an exposure scenario, however, only functions if the exposure scenario was output in the final report with a repeating group with instance control. This search function is provided by the user exit SRS_QUERY SRS_EXP in the standard system.


o The standard system features a BAdI implementation for the value assignment type Use and Exposure Scenario(SAP_EHS_1027_001), which implements the report view for the eSDS generation. The instance control must be implemented for each value assignment type using the BAdI BAdI: Implementations for



Repeating Groups with Instance Control and the associated BAdI methods.

o The update of the control structure for generating the final report can be activated or deactivated in the Customizing activity Specify Environment Parameters using the environment parameter REP_IC_NOCSUPDATE.

o Customizing activity Manage User Exits: To initialize the search function Shipping Order with Exposure Scenario, use the user exit SRS_QUERY SRS_EXP.

o The following settings are provided in Customizing:

- Customizing activity Specify Environment Parameters: tables TCGENV and TCGENVNA

- Customizing activity Manage User Exits: tables TCGUEEN, TCGUEFU, and TCGUENA

- Customizing activity Specify Specification Types: tables TCG31, TCG3151, TCG31OBJ, TCG31REF, and TCG32

- Customizing activity Check Identification Types: tables TCG23, TCG23OBJ, and TCG24

- Customizing activity Check Identification Listing: tables TCG26, TCG27, and TCG28

- Customizing activity Specify Component Types for Compositions: tables TCG76 and TCG77

- Customizing activity Check and Specify Report Symbols: tables TCGA6 and TCGA7

The contents of the specified tables must be synchronized with all clients in which extended safety data sheets are created.

See also

o Release note Product Safety (New)

o Release note Specification Types (Changed)

o SAP Note 1146700 - Transferring the standard database structure: This SAP Note describes how the changes to classes and class types in the value assignment type Use and Exposure Scenario are transferred to the relevant clients.

o For more information, see SAP Library for SAP ERP on SAP Help Portal at http://help.sap.com under

- SAP ERP Central Component -> Logistics -> Environment, Health and Safety (EHS) -> Basic Data and Tools (EHS-BD) -> Specification Management (EHS-BD-SPE) -> Specification Editing -> Value Assignment

- SAP ERP Central Component -> Logistics -> Environment, Health and Safety (EHS) -> Basic Data and Tools (EHS-BD) -> Report Definition (EHS-BD-RDF)

- SAP ERP Central Component -> Logistics -> Environment, Health and Safety (EHS) -> Product Safety (EHS-SAF) -> Report Management (EHS-SAF-REP)

- SAP ERP Central Component -> Logistics -> Environment, Health and Safety (EHS) -> Product Safety (EHS-SAF) -> Report Shipping (EHS-SAF-RSH)

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