Procedure documentationCreating Form Component Configurations for Short Profiles

 

The following procedure describes how you can create a form UIBB component configuration required for a short profile for employees, organizational units, or positions.

Note Note

For a figure of a form component configuration for short profiles, see Creating Configurations for infotypes.

End of the note.

Prerequisites

In Customizing for Personnel & Organization, you must have created a configuration for data retrieval under Start of the navigation path Master Data Application Next navigation step Short Profiles Next navigation step Create Configurations for Data Retrieval End of the navigation path.

Procedure

  1. Choose transaction SE80.

  2. In the Repository Browser, choose Web Dynpro Comp./Intf. (= Web Dynpro Component or Interface) and enter the FPM component name FPM_FORM_UIBB_GL2.

  3. Position the cursor on the component name and choose Create/Change Configuration with a right-mouse click.

  4. In the Editor for the Web Dynpro ABAP Component Configuration, enter a new configuration ID and choose New.

    Example Example

    If you want to follow the SAP naming convention, you can enter a configuration ID such as ZHRPAO_SHORT_PROFILE_EMP_XX. The XX stands for international infotype and should be replaced by a country ID such as US if the infotype is country-specific.

    For a short profile for organizational units, you use ZHRPAO_SHORT_PROFILE_ORG, and for positions, ZHRPAO_SHORT_PROFILE_POS.

    End of the example.
  5. In the Create Configuration dialog box, enter a description and choose OK.

  6. In the Select Package dialog box, enter your customer-specific package and choose OK.

  7. In the dialog box Edit Feeder Class, enter the required feeder class:

    • CL_HRPAO_GUIBB_SHORTPRF_FORM.

  8. Choose Edit Parameters.

  9. In the Edit Parameters dialog box, edit fields as described in the table below and choose OK.

    Field

    Value/Input

    Object Type

    • For employee short profiles: Employee

    • For organizational short profiles: Organizational Unit

    • For position short profiles: Position

    Configuration ID

    Enter the corresponding configuration ID that you have created in Customizing for the data retrieval of the object type entered above (see also the Prerequisites section above).

    You are now on the Component Configuration screen.

  10. In the General Settings section, enter the Layout Type 16/2.

  11. In the Form UIBB Schema section of the Component Configuration screen, use the Add Element function to add the fields that you want to display in the short profile of the respective object (employee, organizational unit, or position).

  12. In the menu bar of the component configuration screen, choose Attributes.

    Make sure that the following settings are maintained for each field in Attributes:

    Field

    Value/Input

    Under Element:

    Display Type:

    For fields that are for display only: Text View

    For fields that should support navigation or display a quickview of data: Link to Action

    Note Note

    For fields with display type Link to Action, you also have to maintain the following attributes.

    End of the note.

    Under Display Type-Dependent Properties:

    Link Type

    Reporting

    Under Action Assignment:

    FPM Event ID for on Action

    Enter the required FPM ID to trigger the event.

    Under Position

    Define the layout for the fields.

  13. Choose Save.

Result

You have created a form UIBB configuration for a short profile for employees or organizational units or positions with the following data:

Configuration Element

Technical Name

Form UIBB Configuration

ZHRPAO_SHORT_PROFILE_EMP_XX

or

ZHRPAO_SHORT_PROFILE_ORG

or

ZHRPAO_SHORT_PROFILE_POS

WD Component

FPM_FORM_UIBB_GL2

WD Window

FORM_WINDOW

Feeder Class

CL_HRPAO_GUIBB_SHORTPRF_FORM

Feeder Parameters

Object Type: Person or Organizational unit or Position

Configuration ID: Configuration ID for the respective object type in view cluster HRTMC_VC_CONF_SEQ

Layout Type

16/2

More Information

For information about how to test your configuration, see Testing FPM Configurations.