Creating an Extension for Business Objects

You create an extension when you want to customize the applications in SAP Asset Intelligence Network to suit your business requirements. The extension acts as a plug-in and is available to all organizations associated with the relevant business objects.

Prerequisites

Your user ID has role CONFIGURATION_DELETE or CONFIGURATION_EDIT assigned.

Context

You can create an extension for the following applications:

Models
Equipment
Locations
Spare Parts
Performance Improvement

Procedure

Launch the Application Settings app.
Go to the Extensions tab.
Choose New.
In the New Extension pop-up, enter a name and description for the extension.
Upload the XML View and Controller files.
From the Relevance drop-down, choose relevant object for which you want to create the extension. For example: Locations.
Choose OK.
Choose Submit.

Note

Upon choosing Submit, your new extension is sent to the SAP Operations team for approval. Upon approval, you will find your new extension in the relevant object page as a new tab.