You can use the design layer to change field labels and the visibility of fields that you have added to a business object. Before you can edit fields in the design layer, you need to add these fields to the design object in the design layer Customizing.
Note
You cannot enhance design objects by using the Application Enhancement Tool.
The design layer Customizing is available in Customizing for UI Framework
under .
The relationship between the design layer and an enhanced business object is based on the UI object type. This means that the UI object type defines the enhanced business object. Note that several UI object types can be assigned to the same enhanced business object.
You can see the assignment between UI object type and enhanced business object in Customizing for UI Framework
under the following paths:
.
UI Object Type
table.
You can display fields that you have created using the Application Enhancement Tool in the design layer Customizing.
In Customizing for UI Framework
, choose .
Select a UI object type.
Select a design object and navigate to the design settings in the Design
table.
Click Resulting Design
. In the Resulting Design
table, you can see the fields that you have added to the business object assigned to that UI object type.
You need to add fields to the design object only if you want to change the existing settings for fields in the design layer. If you want to change the existing settings for fields, follow these steps:
Copy the relevant SAP design object with all existing fields in Customizing for UI Framework
under .
Open the copied design object in Customizing for UI Framework
under .
Create a new entry for your field.