Function documentationPLM-Specific Functions of the Object Navigator

 

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

A 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

  • If the side panel (see Side Panel) is active, the data for the central object is displayed there. In the side panel, you can branch to the Product-Centric View (see Product-Centric View (PCV)) where you can display additional contextual information for the chosen object. It does not contain any 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.

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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 Object Navigator Next navigation step Make Settings for 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 Object Navigator Next navigation step Make Settings for 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 relations 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

Note Note

Currently, on the PLM Web UI, layouts are available for the following object types: material (see View Layout for Material), document (see View Layout for Document), change number (see View Layout for Change Number), bill of material (see View Layout for Bill of Material), item (see View Layout for Item), document structure (see View Layout for Document Structure), access control context (ACC) (see View Layout for Access Control Context), ACC role (see View Layout for Access Control Context Role).

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