Hierarchy
SAP_UI (Software Component) User Interface Technology⤷
CA-UI2-VBZ (Application Component) Visual Business -> please use CA-GTF-VBZ⤷
VBI_DATABASE (Package) Visual Business Database Layer
IMG Activity
| ID | VBI_APPL_SETUP | Maintain Application Definitions |
| Transaction Code | S_U00_44000001 | (empty) |
| Created on | 20130415 | |
| Customizing Attributes | VBI_SETTINGS_002 | Visual Business Setting Attributes |
| Customizing Activity | VBI_APPL_SETUP | Maintain Application Definitions |
Document
| Document Class | SIMG | Hypertext: Object Class - Class to which a document belongs. |
| Document Name | VBI_APPL_SETUP |
Use
In this Customizing activity you define and assign geo-coding services, map products, map layer stacks and applications for SAP Visual Business. Those settings are mandatory to operate SAP Visual Business. The settings are client-independent and SAP and customer entries are separated by namespace reservations.
The lowest level of definitions are geo-coding services and map products. Possible geo-coding services are address search, route calculation, and reverse geo-coding (address for given geo-location). Supported are RESTful geo-coding services, which are referred to by service URLs. With the service definition you also need to specify an ABAP class, implementing interface IF_VBI_GEOCODING_SERVICE, which is capable of parsing the service response.
A map product is a technical description of a map service, which delivers a map in tiles (images) or as a single image. Typically a map product provides multiple levels of detail, where each level consists of multiple tiles. For each map product at least one service URL needs to be given. Multiple URLs can be provided for distributing the requests among multiple servers. Also the map service is expected to be RESTful.
The next definition level are map layer stacks. Each stack consists of at least one map product. Multiple map products can be assigned to one stack in a given order and opacity in order to combine them, for example, combine a satellite map with a road map as overlay. Note: The projection of all map products combined in a map layer stack must be the same!
Finally, the multiple map layer stacks can be assigned to an application. One of them needs to be defined as default stack. Further, the application holds definitions for the behavior and appearance of the navigation and toolbar control. Further an application might refer to a geo-coding service definition. Finally the Visual Frame definitions allow you to restrict the application to a certain part of the map.
It is also valid to assign no map layer stack to the application. In this case the application will show a plain 3D scene.
Requirements
Standard settings
The SAP delivered settings can be used for demo purposes only. For a productive use geo-coding services and map products need to be licensed from a service provider.
Activities
You can define your own SAP Visual Business application. Depending on the use of SAP Visual Business you can provide them using configuration to the WebDynpro Reuse Component or the FPM GUIBB for SAP Visual Business. In your own application you provide the application ID to the application class CL_VBI_APPLICATION.
Example
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 |
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 |
| VBIVC_APPDEF | C - View cluster | SM34 |
History
| Last changed by/on | SAP | 20130415 |
| SAP Release Created in | 100 |
