Hierarchy
SAP_BS_FND (Software Component) SAP Business Suite Foundation⤷
CA-EPT-NAV (Application Component) Object Navigator⤷
/PLMB/BA_NAV (Package) Base: PLM Object Navigator
IMG Activity
| ID | /PLMB/VC_NAV_XS | Define Cross-System Access Settings for Object Navigator |
| Transaction Code | /PLMB/53000173 | (empty) |
| Created on | 20091118 | |
| Customizing Attributes | /PLMB/VC_NAV_XS | Define Cross-System Access Settings for Object Navigator |
| Customizing Activity | /PLMB/VC_NAV_XS | Define Cross-System Access Settings for Object Navigator |
Document
| Document Class | SIMG | Hypertext: Object Class - Class to which a document belongs. |
| Document Name | /PLMB/VC_NAV_XS |
Use
In this Customizing activity, you can enable cross-system access for the object types and relations that you have already created for the object navigator.
Example:
Cross-system object type:
In an SAP Portfolio and Project Management system you want to display materials linked from your PLM system to a project.
In the SAP Portfolio and Project Management system, which is the source system, you make the following settings for object navigator:
- You create object types PPIM_PROJ and PPIM_MAT.
PPIM_MAT is a cross-system object type, since it does not exist in the SAP Portfolio and Project Management system, but in the PLM system.
- You define the relation PPIM_PROJ2MAT in a view variant and within a view.
The relation PROJ2MAT provides materials that are available in the PLM system.
In the PLM system you have defined the following:
- Object type PLM_MAT, which represents the materials
These Customizing settings enable you to read material details from the PLM system by using the object navigator in the SAP Portfolio and Project Management system.
Cross-system relations
In a PLM system you want to display projects linked from your SAP Portfolio and Project Management system to a material. The relation material to project and the project details are available in the SAP Portfolio and Project Management system.
In the PLM system, which is the source system, you make the following settings for object navigator:
- You create object types PPIM_PROJ and PPIM_MAT.
PLM_PROJ is a cross-system object type, since it does not exist in the PLM system, but in the SAP Portfolio and Project Management system.
- You define the relation MAT2PROJ in a view variant and within a view.
MAT2PROJ is a cross-system relation since it does not exist in the PLM system, but in the SAP Portfolio and Project Management system.
The relation MAT2PROJ provides linked projects of the material that is available in the PLM system.
In the SAP Portfolio and Project Management system you have defined the following:
- Relation PPIM_MAT2PROJ which provides all the linked projects for the material
These Customizing settings enable you to read linked projects and their details from the SAP Portfolio and Project Management system by using the object navigator in the PLM system.
Requirements
- You have defined the necessary object types in table /PLMB/GOS_OTYPE (see Define Generic Object Types (view /PLMB/V_GOS_OTYP)).
- You have defined object types and relations for cross-system objects (see Make Settings for Object Navigator).
- Choose the class /PLMB/CL_NAVO_XS for the cross-system object type.
- Choose the class /PLMB/CL_NAVR_XS for the cross-system relation.
- Create an object navigator-specific ID and attribute structure for the cross-system object type.
- Create an RFC destination that is similar to the name of the logical system.
Standard settings
Activities
Set up a mapping between the object types and relations and the logical system from where the information will be retrieved.
Example
Linked material details
You want to get linked material details in the object navigator in the SAP Portfolio and Project Management system.
In the SAP Portfolio and Project Management system, you make the following settings in Customizing for Cross-Application Components -> Processes and Tools for Enterprise Applications -> Object Navigator under:
- Make Settings for Object Navigator:
Object Type | Class
PPIM_MAT | /PLMB/CL_NAVO_XS
Relation | Class
PPIM_PROJ2MAT | CL_PPIM_PROJ2MAT
- Define Cross-System Enabled Object Types for Object Navigator:
Object Type | External Object Type | Id | Attribute Structure | External System
PPIM_MAT | PLM_MAT | PPIM_S_MAT_ID | PPIM_S_NAV_ATTR | PLMCLNT000
In the PLM system make the following settings in Customizing for Cross-Application Components -> Processes and Tools for Enterprise Applications -> Object Navigator -> Make Settings for Object Navigator:
Object Type | Class
PLM_MAT | /PLMI/CL_NAVO_MAT
Linked project details
You want to get linked project details in the object navigator in the PLM system.
In the PLM system, make the following settings in Customizing for Cross-Application Components -> Processes and Tools for Enterprise Applications -> Object Navigator under:
- Make Settings for Object Navigator:
Object Type | Class
PLM_MAT | /PLMI/CL_NAVO_MAT
PLM_PROJ | /PLMB/CL_NAVO_XS
Relation | Class
MAT2PROJ | /PLMB/NAVR_XS
- Define Cross-System Enabled Object Types for Object Navigator:
Object type | External Object Type | Id | Attribute Structure | External System
PLM_MAT | PPIM_MAT | | | empty
PLM_PROJ | PPIM_PROJ | PLM_S_PROJ_ID | PLM_S_PROJ_ATTR | PPICLNT000
Relation | External Relation | External System
MAT2PROJ | PPIM_MAT2PROJ | PPICLNT000
In the SAP Portfolio and Project Management system, you make the following settings in Customizing for Cross-Application Components -> Processes and Tools for Enterprise Applications under Object Navigator -> Make Settings for Object Navigator:
Object Type | Class
PPIM_MAT | /PLMB/CL_NAVO_XS
PPIM_PROJ | CL_PPIM_PROJ
Relation | Class
PPIM_MAT2PROJ | CL_PPIM_MAT2PROJ
Business Attributes
| ASAP Roadmap ID | 105 | Define functions and processes |
| Mandatory / Optional | 2 | Optional activity |
| Critical / Non-Critical | 2 | Non-critical |
| Country-Dependency | A | Valid for all countries |
Assigned Application Components
| Documentation Object Class | Documentation Object Name | Current line number | Application Component | Application Component Name |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SIMG | /PLMB/VC_NAV_XS | 0 | BSD0000066 | Object Navigator |
Maintenance Objects
| Maintenance object type | C | Customizing Object |
| Assigned objects | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Customizing Object | Object Type | Transaction Code | Sub-object | Do not Summarize | Skip Subset Dialog Box | Description for multiple selections |
| /PLMB/VC_NAV_XS | C - View cluster | SM34 |
History
| Last changed by/on | SAP | 20091124 |
| SAP Release Created in | 702 |
