Overview  

Technical documentation for an object can only be maintained directly in the ABAP/4 Development Workbench. To do this, call the appropriate maintenance transaction for the system object in question. For example, in the case of domains, this is the Dictionary and in the case of function modules, this is the function library.

In addition, there is also a separate maintenance transaction that can be found under Tools ® ABAP/4 Workbench ® Untilities ® Documentation. This maintenance transaction allows you to maintain all document classes of the type "end user documentation".

The documentation maintenance transaction allows you to both edit and manage documents. The editor used is SAPscript. You can edit objects individually or in a work list which groups objects together according to certain criteria.

Accessing Documentation Maintenance

There are various different ways of entering and maintaining documentation:

These different approaches are dealt with in greater detail in subsequent sections.

Authorizations

Whichever approach you choose, an authorization check will take place.

If you are authorized for raw versions, you will be able to create and edit raw versions of documentation throughout the system.

The authorization for active versions applies to a particular development class or set of development classes. You are authorized to edit raw and active versions of all modules in the assigned development classes.

You can display the authorization values you have been assigned in the initial screen of the maintenance transaction by selecting Utilities ® Authorizations.