Naming General SAP Screens
This section describes and assigns names to screens that appear repeatedly in the SAP System
task level . A title bar and examples of the entire title are specified for each of these screen types as far as possible. As described earlier, the title bar at this level generally consists of the following components:General Guideline
Avoid redundancy and text components that do not provide further information. Thus, try to do without "screen" and "data" if the title is otherwise clear enough.
Specific names have been assigned to
general SAP screens in order to ensure consistent names for the component <screen> at task level :Initial Screen
The first screen of a task from which you request the object you want to edit or to create. You generally reach this screen
This also applies to the initial screens of programs that behave like a task.
<screen> = "initial screen"
Title:
Overview Screen
A screen within a task which displays object components (mostly items) of an object grouped together in table form. For each object component, there is usually also a detail screen.
<screen> = "Overview"
Title:
Goods receipt for the purchase order: Overview
Special case:
Overviews can display several levels of detail. These levels should be specified by an additional identifier. Do not replace the term "overview" with another word.
Title:
The definitions of
Detail screen , Data screen and Entry screen differ slightly. You use one of them depending on which aspect you want to emphasize.Detail Screen
A screen within a task where data for
one object component is displayed in detailed form (as opposed to overview).<screen> = "Details"
Title:
Display table: Details
Data Screen
A screen within a task where
data of a particular type for an object or object component is displayed or changed .Here, the emphasis is on the type or the contents of the data.
<screen> = <specific contents of the screen>
Title
:<screen> = "General data", if the content is not specific
Title:
Change material: General data
Entry Screen
A screen within a task which is mainly used to
enter data for an object. "Entry screen" is the generic term for "Single entry screen" and "Multiple entry screen".On entry screens, the user should also be able to change data. Although the title bar says "Entry screen", this also includes the change functionality.
Here, the emphasis is on the screen design: The user should be able to enter data as efficiently as possible.
In this context, you should read the descriptions of the
Single Entry Screen
Screen within a task where the user enters data of
one object component (generally completely).<screen> = "Single entry"
Title:
Create goods receipt: Single entry
Multiple Entry Screen
Screen within a task where the user enters data for
several components of an object (generally not completely; only the essential data).<screen> = "Multiple entry"
Title:
Create goods receipt: Collective entry
Entry vs. Edit
If the
Create and Change functions occur in two separate tasks and these tasks have both a single entry and a multiple entry screen, you can formulate application-specific title bars.Title:
Generally, you distinguish between the single entry and multiple entry method. In this case, the entry method is specified in the task name and not in the screen name. (Note: In the following two examples, screens were used whose title bars are strictly speaking redundant. For reasons of consistency, however, the title bar for these screens should nevertheless also be listed.)
Title:
If the entry and the change method are grouped together in a task (that is, there is only one processing method) and the emphasis is on the change option, the task name is correspondingly changed to Edit.
Title:
Additional Data Screen
A screen within a task which contains additional data for an object or object component and which is generally called by choosing a menu option from the Extras menu on a data screen.
<screen> = <menu option calling the screen or dialog box>
Title:
Selection Screen
A screen of a report clearly identified as a prompt on which you specify the criteria to define the information you want in the report.
<screen> = "Selection"
Title:
ABC analysis: Selection
Result Screen
A screen of a report which displays the result of the report and which can possibly be used as the basis for further analyses.
<screen> = Result
Title:
ABC analysis: Result
Other screens which do not fit into above categories are possible, but should be named and used in line with the guidelines in this section.