Note: This feature requires the Material Request & Approval module licensed at your site.
A usage environment is a short entry of text describing an environment of product usage. Examples include:
● Booth
● Hood
● Good natural ventilation
● Enclosed area
● Outdoors
When you perform a Usage Environments, Methods, Restrictions MRAP task, you select the usage environments, methods, and restrictions appropriate for the requested product. Use the administrative Usage Environments page to view and manage your system's usage environments. Each environment defined here is available for selection in Usage Environments, Methods, Restrictions MRAP tasks. (For details on this task type, see MRAP Task Type: Usage Environments, Methods, Restrictions.)
Note: If you are a local site user, whether you see Corporate-defined usage environments on this page depends on your site's Include Corporate Values setting for its Material Request & Approval module configuration (see Site Settings):
● Setting selected: Corporate-created environments are visible and available for operations at your local site.
● Setting cleared: Corporate-created environments are neither visible nor available. Your site must create its own local items to support its operations.
To view the usage environments available at your site:
Starting at the Application Administration page (How do I get there?), do the following:
1. In the menu on the left, under MATERIAL REQUEST, click Usage Environments.
The administrative Usage Environments page opens, showing all usage environments available at your site. The Scope column shows the origin of each environment, indicated by one of the following icons:
Environment was created at Corporate. It is available for operations at any site using Corporate values (see note for local site users above), but can be edited or deleted by a Corporate user only.
Environment was created at your local site. It is available for operations at your site only, and can be edited and deleted by a local site user only.
2. Optional: To view the comments attached to each usage environment, select the Show Comments check box in the lower right.
Each environment's comments are added to the display. To remove them from the display, clear the Show Comments check box.
If you have permission to manage usage environments, see the following topics for details:
● Creating a Usage Environment: Add a new item to the list of usage environments available for selection.
● Editing a Usage Environment: Change the name and/or comments of any usage environment created at your site.
● Deleting a Usage Environment: Permanently remove a usage environment from your system.
