SAP Network Graphics

Use

You can use SAP Network Graphics to create, display and modify network displays or hierarchies.

Setting Options

Displaying Views

Printing a Graphic

Features

You can use SAP Network Graphics to create, display and modify network displays or hierarchies.

Modifying your graphics not always possible. This depends on the ABAP program you used to call your graphic.

A network depicts the flow of a project or of an activity from the project. Using a network as a basis in the implementation of a project, you can plan, analyze, describe, control, and monitor deadlines, costs, and resources (labor, machines, production aids, and materials).

The SAP Network Graphics main menu contains the standard elements of an SAP window (action bar, icon bar, toolbar, and status field) and the following elements:

  • Toolbox

    The toolbox consists of pushbuttons with the most important editing functions. It is normally located at the top of the window.

    You can place the toolbox on the left or you can hide it ( Start of the navigation pathOptions Next navigation step ToolboxEnd of the navigation path).

  • Work Area

    The work area consists of three areas:

    • Display Area

      The display area contains the framed subsection of the navigation area. You can change the size of the display area by choosing the Zoom out and Zoom in pushbuttons. You can mark the subsection in the navigation area.

    • Node Area

      The node area contains a sample node of each type of node that appears in the display area.

    • Navigation Area

      The navigation area contains the complete network display.

      The frame in the navigation area marks the section that currently appears in the display area. You can size the frame vertically, horizontally and diagonally or shift it by dragging it. The section you choose appears in the display area.

The application developer can define further menus with additional functions in the ABAP program, which calls the graphics program.