Hierarchy
CPRXRPM (Software Component) SAP Portfolio and Project Management 6.0⤷
PPM-PRO-EXT-OBL (Application Component) Object Links⤷
DPR_OBJECTLINK_R3 (Package) Project Management - R/3 Core Object Link
Basic Data
| Data Element | OLR3_TV_KIND_OF_METHOD |
| Short Description | Origin of Data in mySAP ERP |
Data Type
| Category of Dictionary Type | D | Domain |
| Type of Object Referenced | No Information | |
| Domain / Name of Reference Type | OLR3_KIND_OF_METHOD | |
| Data Type | NUMC | Character string with only digits |
| Length | 2 | |
| Decimal Places | 0 | |
| Output Length | 2 | |
| Value Table |
Further Characteristics
| Search Help: Name | ||
| Search Help: Parameters | ||
| Parameter ID | ||
| Default Component name | ||
| Change document | ||
| No Input History | ||
| Basic direction is set to LTR | ||
| No BIDI Filtering |
Field Label
| Length | Field Label | |
| Short | 10 | Method |
| Medium | 15 | Method |
| Long | 20 | Method Name |
| Heading | 35 | Method Name |
Documentation
Definition
Use
For each object category mapped by an object type, there are various data origin methods in SAP ERP. The source of this data is always a database table or a database view in the ERP system.
Note the following information about the various methods:
Search help
Depending on the concrete characteristic of the search help criteria, various search help views must be used in SAP ERP. Therefore, you have to use a different strategy for this method for each view.
Data retrieval (evaluation/detail screen)
If multiple sources exist from which the data should be read, you must create a different strategy for each source.
Date retrieval
You require date retrieval for the dates graphic in SAP Portfolio and Project Management. In the sample implementation, it is only used for the object categories project definition, WBS element, network, and activity/activity element.
Language-dependent short text
This method is useful for object categories, for which the short text is language-dependent. In this sample implementation, such is the case for the object categories plant material and document.
Dependencies
The specified table or the specified view can be used in SAP ERP only if
the key fields you defined in Customizing for SAP Portfolio and Project Management under Project Management --> Structure --> Define Object Types for Object Links exist in the table or view and are unique. Be sure to check whether these criteria have been fulfilled.
If only one external key exists for an object type, it must be unique.
If an external and an internal key exists for an object type, the external key must be unique for the existence check and the search help, and the internal key must be unique for all other methods. The following table explains in which field in Customizing the unique key must exist:
Method Object with Ext. Key Object with Int. + Ext. Key
Existence check Field key Field identification
Consistency check Field key Field key
Search help Field key Field identification
Data retrieval Field key Field key
Date retrieval Field key Field key
Language-dependent short text Field key Field key
Example
History
| Last changed by/on | SAP | 20141109 |
| SAP Release Created in | 200 |
