View Layout for Material

In the standard system, we provide a General view that displays basic information about the material. We also provide the following further views, which display related objects for the material:

• Structure

  Displays all available BOMs where the material is the header material. These BOMs can be expanded level by level until the maximum drilldown is reached (see Material BOM on the Web UI).

  If coexistence of iPPE and BOMs is active, all structures for the material are available in the Structure view:

  If the material is assigned to a product variant that is assigned to a product family, the system displays the product family and its multilevel structure.

  If the material is assigned to a product item variant that is assigned to a product item, the system displays the product item too.

  If the material is assigned to an assembly header, the system displays the assembly group.

• Where-Used List

  Under Where-Used List, you can display the following:

  • The BOMs and their items in which the material is used as an item.

  • The product family and the product variant to which the material is assigned.

    The system displays a single-level explosion only.

  • The product item and the product item variant to which the material is assigned.

  • The assembly group and the assembly header to which the material is assigned.

  • The assembly header and the assembly item to which the material is assigned.

    For more information, see Product Structure Management and Assembly Management (PLM-WUI-OBJ-PSM).

  Note

  In the navigator settings for a material that is the central object, you can select linked objects of the following object types for display:

  • All BOMs

  • Material BOMs

  • Product structures and assemblies

  • Product structures and assemblies with material BOM

  For more information, see Settings for the Object Navigator.

• Linked documents

  Displays the documents that are assigned to the material (see Document on the Web UI).

• Used/Reserved Change Numbers

  Displays the change numbers with which the material was created, changed, or deleted. Change numbers that have not yet been used, but that are reserved for future maintenance of the material are also displayed. (see Change Number on the Web UI).

• Engineering Records

  Displays the engineering records with which the material was created, changed, or deleted. Engineering records that have not yet been used, but that are reserved for future maintenance of the material are also displayed.

• Manufacturer Parts

  Displays the manufacturer parts that are assigned to the material (see Manufacturer Parts).

• Access Control Contexts

  This displays the contexts in which the material belongs. You can also see whether the context is an owning context or a compound context (see Access Control Context).

• Transferable Material Objects

  Displays the material objects that can be transferred to other contexts (see Setting of Transfer Options).

• Linked Recipes

  This displays the recipes in which the material is used.

• Linked Specifications

  This displays the specifications in which the material is used.

• Linked Objects from SAP Portfolio and Project Management

  Displays the Project and Portfolio Management objects in which the material is used.