Building an iView 

Purpose

This process entails creating and defining all the elements of the iView.

 

Process Flow

Once you have added an iView to your model, you create its data service layer, construct the UI logic, and customize the iView layout.

·         The data service layer defines the underlying metadata of the application, such as the Business APIs (BAPIs), stored procedures, and different queries used by an iView to display, for example, a list of customers. For details, see Defining Data Services.

·         The user interface (UI) logic defines the functionality of your application by creating the UI components (for example, form view or table view), and the connections between them and to the data services. The UI logic also defines data operators such as filters, sort functions, and aggregation functions. For details, see Defining the UI Logic.

·         The layout defines all the visual aspects of the iView. For details, see Customizing the iView UI.

You may also wish to build an iView used to call up a URL. In this case, you drag the HTML icon into the workspace and define the URL in the Define Properties list. For more information, see Defining an HTML View.

iViews created in SAP NetWeaver Visual Composer and deployed to a portal can be translated using the standard portal translation tools accessed though Content Administration. For information about using the translation worklists, see SAP Library for NetWeaver ’04 on Help portal at: help.sap.com/nw04 ® People Integration ® Portal ® Administration Guide ® Content Administration ® Portal Content Translation.