SAP ABAP IMG Activity SIMG_SPECSYST_001 (Determine Control Data)
Hierarchy
SAP_APPL (Software Component) Logistics and Accounting
   LO-PDM (Application Component) Product Data Management
     CH (Package) Specification system
IMG Activity
ID SIMG_SPECSYST_001 Determine Control Data  
Transaction Code S_ALR_87100725   (empty) 
Created on 19991123    
Customizing Attributes SIMG_SPECSYST_001   SPECSYST_KANN_UNKRITISCH262 
Customizing Activity SIMG_SPECSYST_001   Determine Control Data 
Document
Document Class SIMG   Hypertext: Object Class - Class to which a document belongs.
Document Name SIMG_SPECSYST_001    

In this work step you define the control data for the specification system.

The control data influence the following settings:

  • Inplace controls the presentation of the Microsoft Office document
  • Bidirectional Data Exchange cotrols the data exchange between the SAP System and the Microsoft Office application
  • Start with Microsoft Office Application indicates which application is started

Inplace

You have the following display possibilites with Microsoft Office Integration in the SAP System:

  • When this option is selected the Microsoft Office application starts within the application area of the SAP System
  • When this option is not selected the Microsoft Office application is opened in another, seperate window outside the SAP System

Bidirectional Data Exchange

The task of a specification system is to create a detailled description of an object. To do this, data is trasnferred from the SAP System to the Microsoft Office application.

Communication between data storage in the SAP System and the Microsoft Office application can also be carried out bidrectionally. When this option is selected the data of the Microsoft Office application are also transferred to the SAP System in order to maintain the classification data.

Microsoft Office Application

In this input field you enter the Microsoft Office application that you want to work with:

  • If you want to work with Microsoft EXCEL, enter excel.sheet.
  • If you want to work with Microsoft WORD, enter word.document.

Example

Requirements

Standard settings

Recommendation

Activities

Define the control data according to your needs.

Further notes

Business Attributes
ASAP Roadmap ID 262   Technical and Graphical Settings 
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 SIMG_SPECSYST_001 0 HLA0100782 Product Data Management 
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
V_TCH01 V - View SM30 Determine Control Data 
History
Last changed by/on SAP  19991123 
SAP Release Created in 46C