Mapping Parameters in a Launchpad

Procedure

You can pass parameters from an application that calls a launchpad to open another application. For example, in an application that displays customer orders, you might select a particular order and call a launchpad application to display the order details. The two applications might have different names for the parameter that is passed between them.

Some applications allow you to define a mapping between the parameters that are passed between the applications.

To do this, proceed as follows:

  1. On the SAP Easy Access screen, enter the transaction LPD_CUST in the command field.

  2. Locate and open your launchpad.

  3. In the Application-Related Parameters section, choose the Parameter Mapping button next to the Application Parameter input field; the Parameter Mapping dialog box is displayed.

    You can specify the following parameters:

    • Source Parameter

      A parameter that is known by the application that calls the launchpad application.

      Enter the parameter name that the application sends to the target application.

      You can define input help for the Source Parameter field under the menu option Start of the navigation pathExtras Next navigation step Source ParameterEnd of the navigation path. The input help is then available for all applications in the launchpad.

    • Source Description

      A description of the source parameter (optional).

    • Target Parameter

      A parameter that is known by the target application.

      Enter the parameter name that the target application expects to receive. When the target application is launched, the launchpad automatically replaces the parameter that was sent by the application with the parameter in the Target Parameter column.

    • Target Description

      A description of the target parameter (optional).

    • Type

      Defines the type of target application parameter you have entered; possible types are Parameter, Dynamic Placeholder, Placeholder Empty, Variable, Filter.

      The default value is Parameter. The values available for Type are application dependent.

    • Fixed Value

      A parameter for sending fixed values to the target application. It is used for providing information that does not directly come from the application.

    • Override Source Parameter

      Select this parameter to ignore the Source Parameter value and to send the Fixed Value parameter to the application instead.