Defining a Display Filter 

Use

Since the Product Structure Browser is a tool that can display a large number of different objects in the R/3 System, you should define your own display filters for Plant Maintenance and Customer Service to help improve performance.

Procedure

  1. Start the Product Structure Browser by choosing Logistics ® Central Functions ® Engineering ® Environment ® Product Structure.
  2. Choose the Filters icon.
  3. All the existing filters are displayed.
  4. To define a new user-specific filter, choose the Create filter icon.
  5. Enter a filter name and description. Choose Continue, whereupon a display of all the objects appears.
  6. Deactivate all the objects that you do not require in your filter display. Equipment, functional locations, materials and bills of material are generally sufficient for Plant Maintenance and Customer Service.
  7. Save your data. The new filter is now activated automatically.

Note that a filter defined in this way is user-specific. If you want to define a filter that can be used generally, you must define it in the Customizing for Logistics - General.

Result

You have defined a filter that you can select when you call up the Product Structure Browser. To do this, choose the Filters icon and activate the required filter. Which filter is active is displayed on the initial screen for the Product Structure Browser. You can change the filter at any time.