The Priority field is optional. It is used to determine the sequence in which objects are presented in Simple Maintenance and Structural Graphics.
When multiple objects are located on the same hierarchical level of a structure, these must be ordered in a specific sequence from left to right (or from top to bottom).
This is done by assigning alphanumeric 'priority values', where the value 1 is the highest (far left or top) and 99 the lowest priority (far right or bottom).
If you specify no priority, the system places objects according to their object IDs.
It is only necessary to prioritize evaluation paths as an exception. Generally, you should use '*', so that all relationships are read.
Use the Priority field to define evaluation paths if you want only objects which are assigned certain priority (see above) to be considered in an evaluation path.
Note
You can find more information on the meaning of the priority field with reference to evaluation paths in the online IMG documentation for 'Maintain evaluation paths'.
If you are using responsibilities for role resolution in Workflow, you can provide individual responsibilities with priorities.
Example: There are various responsibilities for a standard role for processing orders, grouped, for example according to order value (one responsibility for orders up to a certain value, another for orders with a greater order value).
Assuming that orders for a particular customer are always to be processed with the same responsibility (and therefore by the same agent), you can access it with another responsibility with higher priority