SAP Properties
The properties of a document include all the document data that is read from document management in the back-end system.
You can change this data in the 
(SAP Properties
) dialog box. The system automatically changes the title of the window for the first change and locks the affected
document against changes by other users.
Prerequisites
Before you can assign characteristics, you have made the settings in Customizing for
Document Management System
(CA-DMS) under
Control Data
Define Document Types
.
You have assigned a class type
and aclass
to a document type and ensured that the display of classification data is active in field selection.To display superior document details, you have created the registry entry
MaintainSuperiorDocument
. For more information, see Centrally Controlled Registry.
Features
When you open (SAP Properties
), you can perform a variety of activities on the Document Data
, Authorizations
, Object
Links
, and Technical Details
tab pages.
Document Data
Under Main Data
, you can perform the following activities:
Link new files to the document
(Add
)Delete files
(Remove
)Display files
(Display
)Change files
(Edit
)Check in files
(Check In
)
SAP Easy Document Management determines a suitable workstation application for new files.
Under Additional Data
you can add characteristic values to a characteristic by choosing (Add
) or remove them by choosing (Remove
)
If a value hierarchy exists for a characteristic, you can display it by choosing (SAP Properties
). You can assign values to characteristics. For more information
about this business function, see SAP Help Portal at http://help.sap.com
SAP ERP
SAP ERP Central Component
SAP ERP Enhancement Packages
ERP Central Component
Enhancement Package 4
SAP ERP Cross-Application Functions
Cross-Application Components
Classification (CA-CL)
Characteristics (CA-CL-CHR)
Authorizations
On the Authorizations
tab page, you can do the following:
Define authorizations for a document, which control access to the document. For more information, see Define authorizations.
Create new user groups
Change existing user groups
Delete existing user groups
Note
The Authorizations
tab is not visible for PLM document types. For more information, see Integration with SAP Product Lifecycle Management.
Object Links
On the Object Links
tab page, under (SAP Properties
) you can do the following:
Create links to master data objects in the back-end system, such as customer, supplier, and material
Search for master data objects in a search dialog box
By choosing
(Search
), you can define search criteria for each master data object. You enter a search value, an upper limit, operation (Equal to, Not equal to, Contains string, and so on) and select or deselect theExclusive
checkbox.By default, the
Object Links
tab page is hidden on all document management screens. To display this tab page, you select theDisplay Object Links
checkbox underAttributes
in Customizing forDocument Management System
(CA-DMS) under Control Data
Define Document Types
Then save your settings.
Technical Details
Technical details include document number, document type, or SAP functions such as, Display Document with SAP GUI
and the option of mapping document hierarchies of your choice.
If you work with document hierarchies, you can enter a Superior Document
with its document details in SAP Easy Document Management for the selected document. This enables you to map any document hierarchies, irrespective of the document structure in the back-end
system. You can revise the hierarchy by choosing Reset Superior Document
.