Settings in Customizing

Use

To display and edit functions in Customizing, you can make both user-specific and cross-project settings. These settings are not lost even if you leave the application.

User-Specific Settings

To make or change user-specific settings, choose Start of the navigation path Settings Next navigation step User-Specific… End of the navigation path in the Customizing menu in perform project or project management mode.

Display with Controls

On the General tab, you can determine if structures and lists are to be displayed with controls. If controls are used, you have a wider variety of display options available than if you use the standard display format without controls.

A major advantage is provided by the tree control display with a split-screen. If this function is active, the screen is divided into several areas when you display a Project IMG:

The left screen area displays the IMG structure.
The upper right screen area displays status maintenance with several tabs.
The lower right screen area displays project documentation with a list of document types. If you create project documentation and click on a document type, MS Word or Lotus WordPro is loaded below it.

You can enter the status and the project documentation for the relevant IMG activity while simultaneously being able to resize the individual screen areas with the mouse.

You can toggle between full screen and split screen IMG structure display with the Full Screen On/Off pushbutton. This is useful if the IMG structure is very deep and the node texts are very long. The system records your screen layout and returns to it when it comes back from full screen. You can also go back to the split screen from the full screen with the status or document icons of an IMG activity. You go to this IMG activity, that is, status information and documents are displayed at the right-hand side of the screen.

In the standard system, structures and lists are displayed using controls. If you want to disable controls-based display, deselect the following flags on the General tab:

Structure Displ. with Tree Control (with or without split-screen)
Display Lists with Grid Control

Additional Display Options

You can change the following display options on the IMG Structure tab:

Load project documentation editor at IMG call

When a project IMG is displayed, the text editor is shown at the bottom right-hand corner of the screen. If this function is not selected, the text editor is only shown when you want to create or read project documentation.
Text Display

You can display IMG documentation in SAPscript or HTML format.
Display Additional Information

If you always want to display the project documentation or release note symbol in the IMG structure, set the corresponding checkbox.
Additional Information

You can determine which additional information should be displayed beside the structure in the standard system, for example, the activity requirement level or the country assignment.

Note

You can override these default settings for displaying a specific implementation guide by calling up the IMG (your Project IMG, for example) and choosing Additional Information (in the Project IMG with split-screen View).

Cross-Project Settings

To make or change cross-project settings, choose Start of the navigation path Settings Next navigation step Cross-Project Settings End of the navigation path in the Customizing menu of Execute Project or Project Management.

The following settings apply to all projects and are not user-specific.

Mail (Workflow information)

The person who edits an IMG activity is automatically notified by mail if this activity is in another project.

For more information, see Checking Project Overlaps.
Project Documentation Editor

You can use the following project documentation editors:
- with the editor by SAP: SAP script
- with the following PC editors: Microsoft Word for Windows or Lotus WordPro

The SAP script editor is the default. If you want to use another editor, select it on the Cross-Customizing tab.