- User
Interface and Context Menu in PI Sheets and Cockpits 
Use
New User Interface
Both the browser-based PI sheet and the process manufacturing cockpit offer a user-friendly, completely revised user interface in HTML layout. The following sections describe changes to user interface elements and theirfunctions:
- Expandable Phases
Each phase can be
opened individually and collapsed again after it has been processed. In this
way, scrolling in extremely long PI sheets can be avoided.
- Calling up the Context Menu
You can display the
context menu as follows:
- Position the mouse pointer on a field or outside all fields, depending on the context menu you want to display and choose the right mouse button
- Choose Ctrl+F10.
- Menu Functions
You can start
functions that can be used for the entire PI sheet as follows:
- By way of the menu bar in the PI sheet header
- By way of the context menu if you position the mouse pointer outside of input fields, output fields, and pushbuttons
Functions that only
refer to individual process steps are only displayed in the context menu of a
process step if they are relevant to it. For example, the Display
message function is only available for the process step for
which a process message has been defined.
- User Interface Elements
- A red asterisk to the right of input fields indicates that an entry is required.
- If a certain value range has been defined for an input field, the "yellow lightning" icon is used to indicate input values that deviate from the value range. If you click this icon, a dialog box with data on the deviation appears.
- If a comment has been entered for a process step, a particular icon in the relevant field is used to indicate this.
- Input Fields and Output Fields
- Displaying signatures
If signatures have
been executed for an input field, each signatory name is displayed in a
separate field above the input field. You can expand these fields to display
the date and time when the signatures were executed and, if available,
comments entered for the signature.
If signatures have
been executed in a table, an icon is displayed next to the table. If you click
the icon, a dialog box with the names of the signatories, dates, times, and,
if available, comments appears.
- Deviating
entries
They marked by a red frame around the input field. At the same time, the system issues an error message.
- Default values
Default values that you have defined for input fields are displayed in the corresponding fields immediately after you have opened the PI sheet. At first, they are displayed in blue. To use the default value, position the cursor in the input field and choose Continue .
New Functions in the Context Menu
The following new functions are available in the browser-based PI sheet:
- Complete (process instruction)
All process messages
of the process instruction are reported.
- Complete (table line)
All process messages
of the table line are reported.
- Activate and deactivate (table line)
You can deactivate
individual table lines in a PI sheet. Deactivated table lines are not taken
into account when the PI sheet is checked. They are no longer ready for input
unless you activate them again.
- Close and send comment
You can create
comments for each process step. If you choose Close and
send in the Edit Comments dialog box,
the system creates a comment message of type PI_COMM.
Using the Keyboard
- Tab key
You can use the tab
key to navigate between fields. The focus is set to input fields and the
"yellow triangle" icon. This icon indicates that you can display certain
additional contents. It appears at the following positions in the PI
sheet:
- In the PI sheet header, to display detail information
- Next to the phase number, to expand and collapse the phase
- Next to a note, to display the note
- Next to the signature display, to display detail information about the signature executed
- Input help
You can call up
input help as follows:
- You position the mouse pointer on the input help icon to the right of the input field.
- You position the cursor on the input field and choose Ctrl + H.
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 -> ...
- ... Process Instruction Sheets (PI Sheets) -> Browser-Based PI Sheet
- ... Process Instruction Sheets (PI Sheets) -> Functions in Browser-Based PI Sheets