{"id":1174,"date":"2010-11-25T16:34:00","date_gmt":"2010-11-25T15:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/websha.de\/xstepcafe\/?p=1174"},"modified":"2018-06-01T06:45:20","modified_gmt":"2018-06-01T04:45:20","slug":"integrating-safety-symbols-in-the-pi-sheet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/websha.de\/xstepcafe\/2010\/11\/25\/integrating-safety-symbols-in-the-pi-sheet\/","title":{"rendered":"Integrating Safety Symbols in the PI Sheet"},"content":{"rendered":"

In my 4th session<\/a> I presented a weighing demo which included also material dependent safety symbols. In this article I would like to show how to accomplish this.<\/p>\n

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The Look<\/h1>\n

Let me first show how the symbols look like in my setup. Picture 1 shows the list of components with the column ‘Safety’ containing small safety symbols. There are some materials that have symbols and some that don’t. So the content of this column depend on the material. in picture 2 you see the detailed weighing instruction with larger safety symbols to remind the operator again what to look out for.<\/p>\n

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Picture 1: Component Overview<\/p><\/div>\n

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Picture 2: Component Detail<\/p><\/div>\n

The XStep Setup<\/h1>\n

In the further discussion I will concentrate on the list overview (Picture 1). In Picture 3 you see the structure of the XStep. For every component an XStep with an instruction (‘Line’) is generated (using a special custom generation scope, but you can just as well use one of the standard generation scopes for material components as well). The first element is a placeholder for dynamic status icons which I will not explain in this article.<\/p>\n

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Picture 3: The XStep<\/p><\/div>\n

The important element here is a long text output element using PPPI_FRAGMENT_HTML. Here I have included placeholders for 3 image elements. This setup assumes that you have already created your safety symbol images in the web repository (TA SMW0). The naming convention I used here for the file names is Z_ICON_EHS_<SpecificName>.gif where ‘<SpecificName>’ is to be replaced by some meaningful string for each different symbol.<\/p>\n

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Picture 4: The Long Text<\/p><\/div>\n

As you can see I am including a parameter replacement (&…&) for each of my potential safety symbols. In my case I have restricted the scenario to max. 3 symbols per material. So if you need more you need to extend this of course. You might already have noticed that I have always 3 images here so you would expect always 3 images to be shown in the PI Sheet. Of course if the specific parameter is not evaluated (because there is no such symbol for the specific material) the image source would read ‘Z_ICON_EHS_.gif’. This of course would lead to nasty little broken link images in your PI Sheet. Therefore make sure that you also create a special image in the web repository with exactly that name (Z_ICON_EHS_.gif) which displays nothing (1×1 pixel with full transparency). When you do this an image is only shown where there should be one.<\/p>\n

Now of course the real work begins when we come to the valuation of these parameters. The basic setup is shown in Picture 5 where 3 different parameters (those used in the long text parameter replacement) are valuated with 3 different valuation symbols.<\/p>\n

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Picture 5: The Parameter Symbol Valuation<\/p><\/div>\n

Linking the Symbols with the Material<\/h1>\n

Of course there are many ways to define safety information in an SAP environment. If you are using EHS you will probably find the information there. To make it simple for my demo scenario I have chosen to use the material classification. I created a material class (TA CL01, class type 001) which includes 3 characteristics PH_SYM_01, PH_SYM_02, and PH_SYM_03 with some meaningful description. The I classified those of my component materials where I want to see safety symbols in the PI Sheet (TA MM02). In my example for material MX_RAW_AI_01 I only valuated the first 2 characteristics:<\/p>\n