SAP ABAP Data Element /BOBF/ACT_CONF_KEY (Action Configuration)
Hierarchy
SAP_BS_FND (Software Component) SAP Business Suite Foundation
   AP-RC-BOF-CFN (Application Component) Business Object Processing Framework Configuration
     /BOBF/CONFIGURATION (Package) Business Object Processing Configuration
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Data Element /BOBF/ACT_CONF_KEY
Short Description Action Configuration  
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Category of Dictionary Type D   Domain
Type of Object Referenced     No Information
Domain / Name of Reference Type /BOBF/CONF_KEY    
Data Type RAW   Uninterpreted sequence of bytes 
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Output Length 32    
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Definition

The action configuration defines which actions are valid (enabled) for a node category.

Use

If more than one node category exists the action configuration can be used to enable and disable actions for different node categories.

If a disabled action is called for an instance the business object processing framework will not allow the execution of this action for this instance.

Dependencies

If the business object refers to a proxy business object the model information of action configuration is used to set the properties of this action per node instance depending on the node category of this instance.

Example

An object has versions where the version could be 'active' and 'inactive'. An action ACTIVATE is defined to activate an inactive version.

It should be prevented that the action 'activate' is called for an active version as this clearly makes no sense (in this particular example).

Solution (with two node categories):

  • Define for the root node two node categories ACTIVE and INACTIVE
  • Enable the action ACTIVATE only for the node category INACTIVE
  • The action ACTIVATE will be disabled for instances with node category ACTIVE. If the action ACTIVATE is called nevertheless for an 'active' version the action will not be executed

History
Last changed by/on SAP  20130604 
SAP Release Created in 702