Configuring IMDS Material Classifications

If you have the ELV data management, you can configure the IMDS symbol, how to clear IMDS IDs, and whether to automatically create IMDS requests when material declarations are promoted to Requested.

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Configuring Properties
  1. Create or open the text file to contain customized properties. For more information, see Editing Properties Using MQL.
  2. To specify material classification IDs, depending on which IMDS symbol attribute becomes a required attribute on a material, follow these steps:
    1. Add or edit this line in the file used to import properties into a page object: 

      emxMaterialsCompliance.IMDSSymbol.Required_Material_Classifications

    2. Set the value for this property depending on your business requirements. For example: 

      emxMaterialCompliance.IMDSSymbol.Required_Material_Classifications=5.1.a,5.1.b,5.2,5.3

  3. To specify material classification IDs for checking joker substances when validating IMDS for export, follow these steps:
    1. Add or edit this line in the file used to import properties into a page object: 

      emxMaterialCompliance.JokerSubstancesCheck.MaterialClassifications

    2. Set the value for this property depending on your business requirements. For example: 

      emxMaterialCompliance.JokerSubstancesCheck.MaterialClassifications=5.1.a,5.1.b,5.4,5.5

  4. To specify how to clear IMDS IDs when a material changes, follow these steps:
    1. Add or edit this line in the file used to import properties into a page object: 

      emxMaterialsComplianceCentral.IMDSClearedStatus

    2. Set the value for this property depending on your business requirements:

      • Clear for Update
      • Clear for Insert

  5. To specify whether an IMDS request will be created automatically when a material declaration is promoted to Requested, follow these steps:
    1. Add or edit this line in the file used to import properties into a page object:

      emxMaterialsCompliance.ImdsAutoCreateRequest

    2. Set the value for this property depending on your business requirements:

      • true
      • false

  6. When finished updating the text file with all properties you want to modify, including the ones shown here, use the text file to modify the emxMaterialsComplianceCentral.properties page object. For more information, see Editing Properties Using MQL.