Determining Transaction Types

Procedure

The Difference Between Single- and Dual Level Maintenance Transactions in Table Maintenance

  1. Call the appropriate maintenance transaction.

  2. Check whether the Start of the navigation pathGoto Next navigation step DetailEnd of the navigation pathmenu entry is active.

    • If it is active, you are working in a dual level maintenance transaction. Selecting Goto then Detail will bring you to the detail screen.

    • If it is not active, you are working in a single level maintenance transaction. This means that all relevant data is contained in a single screen.

The Difference Between Simple and Complex Table Maintenance

  1. Call the appropriate maintenance transaction.

  2. Check whether there is a navigation box on the overview screen.

    • If there is a navigation box, you are working in a complex maintenance transaction where several maintenance screens have been summarized in a single overview screen.

    • By clicking on any of the magnifying glass icons you can navigate to other maintenance screens within the transaction.

    • If there is no navigation box, you are working in a simple maintenance transaction.