SAP ABAP IMG Activity OKCM_NAVATTR (Maintain navigation attributes)
Hierarchy
☛ BBPCRM (Software Component) BBPCRM
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     ⤷ CRM_APPLICATION (Package) All CRM Components Without Special Structure Packages
       ⤷ KC (Package) Cost Accounting Controlling EIS
IMG Activity
ID OKCM_NAVATTR Maintain navigation attributes  
Transaction Code S_ALR_87000535   IMG Activity: OKCM_NAVATTR 
Created on 19981222    
Customizing Attributes OKCM_NAVATTR   Maintain navigation attributes 
Customizing Activity    
Document
Document Class SIMG   Hypertext: Object Class - Class to which a document belongs.
Document Name OKCM_NAVATTR    

In the report the navigation attributes are treated like the characteristics of the aspect. As with other characteristics, you can carry out navigation functions with an attribute.

You can only create navigation attributes for user-defined characteristics with generated check tables (generated characteristics). The navigation attributes are also generated characteristics that you assign to the characteristic.

Creating navigation attributes

You access the attributes for a characteristic by choosing 'Goto -> Attributes' when maintaining the characteristic. If attributes have already been created, they will be listed on this screen.

To create a new attribute, choose the function 'Insert new attribute'.

  1. Select an existing generated characteristic and select the field "Copy as characteristic from the field catalog". The new attribute appears directly in the list and can be maintained there directly.
  2. Under "Meaning navigation" enter the text to be displayed in the report. This text should not be the same as the text of the underlying characteristic. This way you can report on the attribute and the underlying characteristic at the same time in the same report, for example, 'article group' and 'article group of the article'.
  3. Save your new attribute. When you have created all the attributes, activate the characteristics.

Multilevel navigation attributes

In many cases the system can derive several attributes for a characteristic from one attribute, for example the characteristic article has the article group as an attribute. The article group in turn has the division as an attribute, and the division has its responsible person as an attribute. These attributes are available to you as multilevel attributes and you can copy some or all of them.

  1. On the attribute screen choose 'Attributes -> Multilevel attributes'.
    A dialog box appears containing the attributes determined by the system and the relationships between them. Example: article -> article group -> division -> person responsible for division.
  2. Select the multilevel attributes which you wish to report on.
  3. Enter text in the field 'Meaning navigation'.
    Since several attributes can be displayed in a report, it is important that the meaning makes clear the relationship between the attribute and characteristic, for example division to article. Note, however, that it is possible for the system to determine the same responsible person in different ways.
    Example:
    The attributes 'business area' and 'cost center' are assigned to the characteristic 'project'. Using the business area, the system determines the same field for the responsible person as it does using the cost center. In this case it is important to use the text to accurately describe the origin of the attribute, for example, responsible person/ business area, responsible person/cost center.

Assignment of the attribute to the aspect

When you assign a characteristic (to which an attribute is assigned) to an aspect, the attribute is also assigned automatically to the aspect. When you save the aspect, a report structure for the aspect is created. This is called 'IF<Aspect number>', for example, IF001. This table contains the characteristics and navigation attributes for the aspect.

Note

If you add attributes after activating the aspect, you must save and activate the aspect again after maintaining the attributes. This allows the new attributes to be incorporated into the report structure.

You can add or change attributes to a characteristic at any time. However, before you delete an attribute, you must make sure that it is no longer used in an aspect. Note also that when you delete an attribute you can no longer evaluate the additional information.

Maintenance of attribute master data

After you have assigned navigation attributes to a characteristic, you must maintain/copy the attributes for each characteristic value in the master data maintenance. Note that if you have copied multilevel attributes, these are automatically assigned to the characteristic values.

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Further notes

Business Attributes
ASAP Roadmap ID 203   Establish Master Data 
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 OKCM_NAVATTR 0 HLA0009495 Data Basis 
Maintenance Objects
Maintenance object type    
History
Last changed by/on SAP  19981222 
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