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Function documentationHighlight Changes

 

Note Note

This feature is available with business function Master Data Governance, Generic Functions 7.0 Feature Pack (MDG_FOUNDATION_5). This business function is available with support package 02 and higher support packages of MDG 7.0.

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In the single-object processing UI, saved and unsaved changes are highlighted in different colors. This means you can quickly find the particular changes that you need to check and approve.

Features

To support the processor of a change request in identifying the requested changes to a business object, the system highlights fields with changed data in the following way:

  • Highlighting of Saved and Unsaved Changes

    The system shows saved changes and unsaved changes in two different colors on the UI. If you create an object, the system highlights unsaved changes but no saved changes. If you change an object, the system highlights unsaved changes and those saved changes that have a different value to the active value. If you change an edition-based object, the system uses the active value either from the validity timeframe of the change or from the previous validity timeframe. If the business object did not exist before the validity timeframe to which the change refers to or if the object was deleted in the previous validity period, the system highlights unsaved changes but no saved changes.

  • Highlighting of Table Rows

    The system highlights table rows referring to changes that you can only see after navigating from a table row to the details of a dependent entity. You can distinguish new rows from changed rows in a table.

  • Tooltip Information

    The tooltip of the field shows the previous value. If you change a value several times before saving it, the tooltip displays the active value and the last saved value.

Note Note

The following fields and single-object processing screens do not provide the highlight changes function:

  • Fields of the UI building block (UIBB) for the change request header data and the fields of the UIBB displaying the time validity for edition-based entities

  • Fields with processing information that are changed by the system, for example fields with audit information

  • Fields of finalized change requests

  • Deleted dependent entities: the system neither displays nor highlights deleted dependent entities, nor does it highlight the superordinate entities of the deleted dependent entities.

  • Fields and table rows displayed when processing cleansing cases

  • The Web Dynpro application USMD_ENITITY_VALUE2

  • The Web Dynpro component Set Maintenance (USMD_SET)

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Activities

To activate this function, set the highlight changes indicator in the view User Interface per Change Request Step of Customizing activity Configure Properties of Change Request Step under Start of the navigation path General Settings Next navigation step Process Modeling Next navigation step Change Requests End of the navigation path.

To change the default color for highlighting for saved changes, set the parameter MDG_HC_COLOR_SAVED in your profile with transaction SU3. To change the default color for highlighting for unsaved changes, set the parameter MDG_HC_COLOR_UNSAVED. Colors that can be used are listed in the following table:

Color ID

Color Name

68

aqua

41

black

61

blue

62

blue gray

75

bright green

49

brown

53

dark blue

51

dark green

56

dark red

52

dark teal

58

dark yellow

73

gold

79

gray 25%

71

gray 40 %

63

gray 50 %

55

gray 80 %

59

green

54

indigo

86

lavender

69

light blue

83

light green

65

light orange

84

light turquoise

82

light yellow

66

lime

50

olive green

57

orange

85

pale blue

72

pink

78

plum

64

red

80

rose

67

sea green

77

sky blue

81

tan

60

teal

76

turquoise

70

violet

87

white

74

yellow

To disable the highlighting of changes, set the user parameter MDG_HC_DISABLEto X in your profile with transaction SU3. To disable the highlighting of unsaved changes set the parameter MDG_HC_COLOR_UNSAVED to OFF. If you only want to see the unsaved changes highlighted set the parameter MDG_HC_COLOR_SAVED to 00 (transparent color).

The colors and the activation of the highlight changes function can also be set in the configuration of the used MDG Web Dynpro application, for example USMD_OVP_GEN, using the same parameters MDG_HC_DISABLE, MDG_HC_COLOR_SAVED, and MDG_HC_COLOR_UNSAVED.

Caution Caution

The highlight changes function uses the tooltip to inform the user about the previous value. This is not possible if a fixed value for the tooltip is either entered in the UI configuration or in the UI customizing. In this case, the fixed value is displayed.

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