Side Panel for Business Suite 
You can use Side Panel for Business Suite to display additional context-sensitive information for existing SAP GUI applications in a separate screen area.
You can configure the side panel according to your specific needs and enhance it as required. In this way, you can decide which information is displayed in the side panel and for which SAP GUI transactions the side panel is available. The side panel is also available for Web Dynpro ABAP applications.
The side panel is based on standard Web Dynpro ABAP Page Builder technology. This makes personalization and adaptation for administrators simple and intuitive. A range of generic CHIPs is provided for your use. You can also add other CHIPs and enhance the CHIP catalog that is used to structure the CHIPs with your own folders (based on CHIP provider pages).
SAP NetWeaver Business Client Version 3.5 is used to connect the SAP GUI application or Web Dynpro ABAP application to the side panel Web Dynpro application. SAP NetWeaver Business Client transfers the data from the SAP GUI application or Web Dynpro application to the side panel.
If your ERP system is based on a release older than EHP6, you can use the side panel in a side-by-side scenario. For more information, see Setting Up the Side Panel.
In the screen area of the side panel, you can choose between a range of CHIPs (Collaborative Human Interface Parts) delivered by SAP or you can define your own. For more information, see Enhancing the Side Panel.
In the Notes / Attachments CHIP, you can store, display, change, or delete notes and attachments.
There are three different types of notes:
Public notes
Private notes
Notes belonging to a business process
For these notes, the Document Relationship Browser (DRB) determines all business object relationships and then displays the notes for all of the related objects.
These notes are displayed only if the CHIP is configured accordingly (see Setting Up the Side Panel). This is the default setting for notes belonging to a document.
In the standard delivery, notes are stored in the BSSP_NOTES document area of the Knowledge Provider. In this case, the notes in a side-by-side scenario are not stored in the ERP system, but are stored instead only in the role system.
Alternatively, you can use the Generic Object Services (GOS) storage option (see also Setting Up the Side Panel). However, only a single private note is available for this option. For more information, see Knowledge Provider and Generic Object Services.
Changing or Deleting Existing Notes
In the standard configuration, private and public notes can be changed or deleted only by the user that created them. You can change this setting by choosing the Customizing menu option (see Setting Up the Side Panel).
For public notes, you can change or delete only the last one created. You can change this setting by choosing the Customizing menu option (see Setting Up the Side Panel).
For notes belonging to a business process, you can change only the ones relating to the actual business object.
You can use authorization object BSSP_NOTE to determine for each business object category whether the user can display, create, change, or delete notes.
There are two types of attachments: attachments and attachments belonging to the business process. In the standard system, attachments are stored in document area BSSP_ATMNT of the Knowledge Provider. In this case, the attachments in a side-by-side scenario are not stored in the ERP system, but are stored instead only in the role system.
Alternatively, you can use the Generic Object Services (GOS) storage option (see also Setting Up the Side Panel). For more information, see Knowledge Provider and Generic Object Services.
If you choose Properties, you can display details of the selected attachment. If the attachment is changeable, you can enter a comment for the attachment. Otherwise, only existing comments are displayed.
For attachments belonging to a business process, you can choose Origin to display where the attachment comes from and to navigate to the corresponding business object.
If you have the appropriate authorization, you can use the Customize Table option in the CHIP menu to make changes to the table (in particular, the columns displayed).
Changing or Deleting Existing Attachments
In the standard configuration, attachments can be changed or deleted only by the user that created them. You can change this setting by choosing the Customizing menu option (see Setting Up the Side Panel).
For attachments, you can change or delete only the last one created. You can change this setting by choosing the Customizing menu option (see Setting Up the Side Panel).
For attachments belonging to a business process, you can change only the ones relating to the actual business object.
You can use authorization object BSSP_NOTE to determine for each business object category whether the user can display, create, change, or delete attachments.
In the master data details, the master data of the corresponding object is displayed in a form. Most of the forms also have a reference to the corresponding business object where you can find further information.
If you have the appropriate authorization, you can use the Customize Form option in the CHIP menu of the master data details to make changes to the form (in particular, the fields displayed).
Reports are available as charts or as forms; they display evaluations for a business object. If you have the appropriate authorization, you can change the chart or the displayed fields of the form using the CHIP menu.
You can choose the Display Detail option in the CHIP menu to call up the report yourself in a new window.
In the Related Services / Link Lists, the following information is available:
Reports:
The CHIPs of the standard delivery are based on the corresponding entries in the Simplified Reporting Work Center.
Document Flow:
The Document Flow CHIP is a reference to a Web Dynpro application that determines document relationships graphically using the Document Relationship Browser. For more information, see Document Relationship Browser.
Email Services:
You can create an e-mail containing a link to the corresponding business object and display the e-mails sent for that business object (does not apply for the side-by-side scenario).
Web Services:
In the Web Services CHIP, you can find references to external Web services. These have to be configured. For more information, see Setting Up the Side Panel.
The assignment of side panels to individual transactions was defined centrally in the central side panel role SAP_BSSP_FI_CO_FSCM for a range of transactions in the areas of Financial Accounting, Controlling, and Financial Supply Chain Management.
For more information, see Setting Up the Side Panel and the role documentation for SAP_BSSP_FI_CO_FSCM.
For data displayed in tables in the SAP GUI, you can use the Refresh menu option to update this data in the side panel. For more information, see SAP Library for SAP NetWeaver on SAP Help Portal at http://help.sap.com/nw703. In SAP Library, choose .
You can personalize the side panel if you have authorization for the authorization objects S_PB_CHIP and S_PB_PAGE (with PERS_SCOPE = 1).
You can:
Change the sequence of CHIPs using drag and drop
Add additional CHIPs to a side panel
To do this, proceed as follows:
Choose Personalize Page.
Choose Add CHIP to open the CHIP catalog.
Select a CHIP.
Repeat steps 1 and 2, if you want to add additional CHIPs.
You can change the sequence of CHIPs using drag and drop.
Save your changes.
Remove CHIPs from a side panel
To do this, proceed as follows:
Choose Personalize Page.
From the CHIP menu, choose Remove.
Save your changes.
If you have the required authorizations, you can use the CHIP menu option ... Customize to change the data displayed in the corresponding CHIP or its appearance (see Adapting the Side Panel and Enhancing the Side Panel).
For more information on Side Panel for Business Suite, see the following sections:
For more information, see SAP Library for SAP NetWeaver on SAP Help Portal under http://help.sap.com/nw703. In SAP Library, choose
For more information see: