Defining Delegation Types 

Prerequisites

You are on the initial screen of the Business Object Builder. You have created a subtype for the object type for which you want to carry out delegation.

Procedure

You can define the delegation on a frontend-specific basis.

The settings you make for the person responsible and delegation are displayed in the basic data of the object type.

Defining a customer-specific delegation type across the system

  1. Choose Settings ® Delegation ® System-wide.

    2. You are on the screen Display View "Customizing Object Types": Details.

  2. Select .
  3. Select New entries.

    4. The screen New Entries: Details of Added Entries is displayed.

  4. Enter the ID of the object type for which you want to define a delegation type. in the field Object type.
  5. Enter the name of a person responsible.
  6. Enter the ID of the subtype for the object type in the field Delegation type.

This entry now applies system-wide and is cross-client.

If the delegation is only to apply to a particular frontend, or a system-wide delegation is to be overridden with another delegation for a particular frontend, set the indicator GUI-specific.

Defining a customer-specific delegation type for a specific frontend

  1. On the screen Business Object Builder: Initial Screen, enter the ID of an object type as a frontend-specific delegation type in the field Object/interface type.

    2. You can only specify a frontend-specific delegation for an object type if you checked "GUI-specific" beforehand for this object type when maintaining system-wide delegation.

  2. Choose Settings ® Delegation ® Frontend.