Function documentationContext Menus in the Asset Viewer

 

By right-clicking an object link anywhere in the Asset Viewer, you access the context menu for the object type in question. Context menus provide you with object-specific options for navigating to other Web Dynpro applications and backend transactions. The context menu for technical objects provides additional functions when you access it through the structure view.

Prerequisites

You have made all the necessary configuration settings in Customizing. For more information, see iView: Asset Viewer. Note that the context menu functions described below are pre-configured in the standard delivery.

Features

When you right-click an object link in the Asset Viewer, for example, in an object relation view, the context menu for the object type in question appears with the following standard navigation options:

  • Display <object type>

    This function displays the object in the corresponding Web Dynpro application, if one is available.

  • Display <object type> (<backend transaction>)

    This function displays the object in the corresponding backend transaction.

  • Display <object type> in Asset Viewer

    This function opens the object in a second Asset Viewer session.

    By opening several Asset Viewer sessions simultaneously, you can display and navigate different objects independently of each other.

Note Note

These navigation options are available for the central object when you choose the <object type> Options pushbutton in the contextual navigation region.

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The following functions for technical objects are available through the context menu when you access it in the structure view:

  • Dismantle

    This function allows you to remove a technical object from a superordinate technical object.

  • Install

    This function allows you to install a technical object in a superordinate technical object.

  • Change Installation Location

    This function allows you to remove a technical object from its current installation location and install it in another technical object.

  • Go to Superior Object

    This function allows you to navigate to the superior technical object or material of the object currently selected in the structure view. Note that this function is only available if the object is the root node.