Drag and Drop (SAP Library - Recipe Management (PLM-RM))

Drag and Drop

Use

You use this function to move some of the data in a recipe object using drag and drop within the same object or to transfer it to other screen areas and objects. This simplifies recipe editing because it is easy to copy and move data.

Integration

Recipe Management uses ALV grid control functions (see ALV Grid Control).

One function is Structure link Drag & Drop with the ALV Grid Control.

For more information on how individual elements behave, see:

Structure link D&D Behavior for all Rows/Columns

Structure link D&D Behavior for Special Columns

Structure link D&D Behavior for Special Rows/Cells

Features

General drag and drop functions in Recipe Management:

· You can copy, move, or replace objects

· You can change the layout and arrangement of columns

· You can move objects between the three areas in the Workbench (application, navigation, and detail area)

· You can also transfer an object to a table in the application area even if no row exists. The system creates the row automatically.

· If you drag an object to a table in the application area and drop it in an empty row, this row is filled. If you drop the object in a row that already contains data, the system moves this row down and inserts the object (for example, the data) in the row that comes before it.

· If you move a row in a table in the application area, the system displays a red line at the place where you would insert the row if you were to release the mouse button.

· You can drag objects from a hit list to the navigation area in the relevant information system. If you drag the objects to the detail area, they are only displayed in the navigation area.

The following table displays the most important drag and drop functions for organizing work and creating and editing recipes and formulas quickly:

Recipe Object	Drag and Drop from	To	Particular Features
Recipe
Recipe	Navigation area	Navigation area: Process folder	A dialog box appears in which you specify the target object to which you want to copy your recipe.
Process	Navigation area	Navigation area: Recipe information system	A dialog box appears in which you specify the target object to which you want to copy your process.
All process elements	Navigation or detail area	Application area: Tab page: Equip. Requirements	Key process element data can only be transferred within an object. The key field of the process element is copied (for example, stage 10) and the system generates a new item number automatically. If a process element has lower-level elements, these are not copied. You have to enter the description and equipment class yourself.
Stage	Application area: Tab page: Process	Navigation area: Stage folder	Dependent formulas and all other elements of the stage are also copied. Note that when using drag and drop you select the stage and drag it and then check the result. If drag and drop fails, the system only moves the row.
Building block for stage	Navigation area	Application area: Tab page: Process
	Navigation area	Navigation area: Any recipe
Operation	Application area: Tab page: Process	Navigation area: Building block for operation
	Detail area	Navigation area: Building block for operation
	Navigation area	Application area: Tab page: Relationships	Operations can only be transferred within an object. The default relationship is a finish-start relationship.
Building block for operation	Navigation area	Application area: Stage, tab page: Process
	Navigation area	Navigation area: Building block for stage
Building block for action	Navigation area	Application area: Operation, tab page: Process
	Navigation area	Navigation area: Straight to an operation in the Operation folder
Equipment requirement	Application area: Tab page: Equip. Requirements	Navigation area: Building block for equipment requirements
Equipment requirement building block	Navigation area	Application area: Tab page: Equip. Requirements	You can replace the content of an equipment requirement if no description, class, or origin exists for an equipment requirement. If data exists, the building block for the equipment requirement is inserted in a new row. If short texts, long texts, document assignments, or process parameters exist, you can decide if you really want to replace the entry. If you decide not to replace it, the system cancels the replacement.
	Navigation area	Navigation area: The building block for processes or in all building blocks for process elements, in the recipe, or in all recipe process elements.
Formula
Material item	Application area: Tab page: Input and Output	Navigation or detail area: A dependent operation	You can only add a material to a dependent operation within the current object (that is, to a recipe, process, or building block of a stage). The material can only be assigned once. The Input and Output tab page is updated automatically.
	Application area: Recipe/stage formula, Input and Output tab page	Navigation area: Material information system	You can copy several materials at once.
			Make sure that you only transfer substances and materials that are assigned to each other in the SAP Environment, Health and Safety (EH&S) component The component type is used according to the default component type that was defined, in case you have not specified one.
Material and substance item	Application area: Tab page: Input and Output	Application area: A different item on the Input and Output tab page	You can move several material or substance items to the table at the same time. You have to confirm your changes (for example, item numbers) before the system implements the changes.
	Application area: Tab page: Input and Output	Navigation area: Substance or material information system	You can copy several items at once.
	Navigation area	Application area: An existing row	This is how you replace the material or substance data.
	Application area	Navigation area: A different formula in the same recipe	You can copy several items at once. The system copies all item data. The context of the items remains the same, that is, an input item stays an input item. It is only possible to drop objects in the detail area. You have to select the row(s) before dragging it. The items are copied and not moved.
	Additional rules: · You cannot use drag and drop to transfer streams · A primary output is transferred as a secondary output when you use drag and drop · All entries transferred using drag and drop are inserted at the end of the table in the target formula with a new item number. · All alternative items are transferred together with the leading item when you use drag and drop.
Substance item	Application area: Tab page: Input and Output	Navigation area: Substance information system
	Navigation area	Application area: Tab page: Input and Output	You can transfer several substances at once.
			Make sure that you only transfer substances and materials that are assigned to each other in the SAP Environment, Health and Safety (EH&S) component The component type is used according to the default component type that was defined, in case you have not specified one.

Activities

· You select your chosen row or node in the application area, navigation area, or detail area and drag the object to the area to which it is to be transferred.

· The system inserts the values of the object.