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Browser-Based PI Sheet 

Use

As of this release, you can also create browser-based PI sheets beside the conventional ABAP list-based PI sheet. They represent an enhancement of the old PI sheet. Almost all functions of the ABAP list-based PI sheet are also available in the browser-based PI sheet.

In addition, the new PI sheet has the following advantages:

• The HTML-based user interface offers an attractive layout that is intuitive and easy-to-operate.

• A standard layout has been defined. You can use it as a template to create your own layouts.

• You can easily modify the standard layout so that you can display additional frames with different contents, such as another PI sheet, a process manufacturing cockpit, or Internet page.

• You can maintain several PI sheets or a PI sheet and cockpit at the same time.

• You can use global variables to exchange information between PI sheets or between PI sheets and cockpits.

• You can replace the standard layout with your own layout. You can, for example, define different layouts for different application areas.

• You can still use existing master recipes even if you want to create a browser-based PI sheet. You only need to send your control recipes to a control recipe destination of type 4 .

• You can use the new universal process instruction category of type 0 that offers new functions.

To be able to best use the browser-based PI sheet, you must be aware of some changes compared with the ABAP list-based PI sheet. The following release notes provide information about:

• The browser settings that you need to make to display the browser-based PI sheet correctly
  Browser Settings for PI Sheets and Cockpits

• The new functions that are available in the context menu and how user interface elements are displayed in the PI sheet's standard layout
  User Interface and Context Menu in PI Sheets and Cockpits

• How to change the layout of the PI sheet
  Layout Definition for PI Sheets and Cockpits

• The control recipe destinations you must use and the new functions that the new universal process instruction category offers
  New Process Instruction Type and Control Recipe Destination Type for Browser-Based PI Sheets

• The changes that have been made to the simple password check in PI sheets
  Changes to the Simple Password Check in PI Sheets

• How to create browser-based PI sheets
  Creating Browser-Based PI Sheets The functions that are no longer supported by the browser-based PI sheet or have been c

See also

For more information, see the SAP Library under Logistics -> Production Planning and Control (PP)-> Production Planning for Process Industries (PP-PI) -> PP - Production Planning - Process Industries -> Process Management -> PI Sheets -> Browser-Based PI Sheets.