Function documentationPLM-Specific Functions of the Object Navigator

 

In Customizing for the object navigator you specify, with definitions and characteristics of object types, which SAP PLM objects are displayed in the object navigator. For each object type, such as material, you specify the view layout used on the Web user interface (Web UI) of SAP Product Lifecycle Management (SAP PLM).

A view layout presents the maximum range of views, that is, it contains all views that can technically be displayed for an object type in the object navigator (see also Navigation with the Object Navigator).

Note Note

  • The General view is always displayed regardless of your Customizing settings (see also Tab Page for General Details).

  • Once the side panel is active, the data for the central object is displayed there. You can display additional contextual information for the selected object in the side panel. It contains no detailed data for the object.

  • In addition to the objects used on the Web user interface (Web UI) of SAP Product Lifecycle Management (SAP PLM), such as material or bill of material, you can integrate other SAP object types and non-SAP object types in the object navigator.

End of the note.

For more information, see Customizing.

For generic object types, under:

  • Start of the navigation path Cross-Application Components Next navigation step Processes and Tools for Enterprise Applications Next navigation step Settings for Business Object Framework and Navigation Next navigation step Business Object Framework Next navigation step Define Generic Object Types End of the navigation path

  • Start of the navigation path Logistics - General Next navigation step Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) Next navigation step PLM Web UI Next navigation step Settings for Business Object Framework and Navigation Next navigation step Business Object Framework Next navigation step Define Generic Object Types End of the navigation path

For the object navigator, under:

  • Start of the navigation path Cross-Application Components Next navigation step Processes and Tools for Enterprise Applications Next navigation step Settings for the Object Navigator Next navigation step Make Settings for the Object Navigator End of the navigation path

  • Start of the navigation path Logistics - General Next navigation step Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) Next navigation step PLM Web UI Next navigation step Settings for the Object Navigator Next navigation step Make Settings for the Object Navigator End of the navigation path

Integration

We deliver standard settings in Customizing for the object navigator for the PLM Web UI object types. For each object type, these standard settings influence the available views for navigation in the object-specific details and relationships on the UI.

You access the object navigator on the PLM Web UI as follows:

  • Via objects that you find with the search function:

    Start of the navigation path You Can Also Next navigation step Display in Object Navigator End of the navigation path

  • Via objects that you call up in the Work Center/Control Center:

    Start of the navigation path You Can Also Next navigation step Display in Object Navigator End of the navigation path

  • Via the context menu of an object, such as in the results list of a search