Environment menu
Use
The Environment menu contain application-specific maintenance dialog change functions.
Functionality
Functions:
You go to the Screen Painter where you can modify the generated (overview and detail) maintenance screens.
You can create a dialog-specific interface which can be changed with the Menu Painter.

The maintenance dialogs access the standard table /view maintenance interface in the function group SVIM. You can define a function group interface by choosing Interface to copy and change the original interface. The message User interface exists in the Maintain interface assignment dialog indicates whether an interface already exists in the current function group.
Displays the definition of the function modules generated by the table/view maintenance in the ABAP Workbench Function Builder.

The (view-dependent) function modules VIEWFRAME_
To include user routines in the maintenance dialog. For detailed information about events choose Information (i pushbutton) on the event maintenance screen
Create a table/view contents maintenance selection variant.
Assign or maintain transaction code to a maintenance dialog.
Generate or change the transport and customizing-relevant additional information for a table or view.
Display function group main program and maintenance dialog top include and user includes in the ABAP Editor.
Maintain table/view maintenance authorization groups.
Assign table/view to an authorization group.

The maintenance authorization of a user is determined by the table maintenance authorization in the user master record, which is usually restricted to a user-specific group of maintenance dialogs. The assignment of a dialog to an authorization group determines which users are authorized to maintain the view/table contents.
See also:
Create maintenance dialog Maintain events Maintain transaction code Maintain authorization groups Maintain authorization group assignment Generate table maintenance dialog - Technical background