Adding an Additional Application Component to an Existing Term (SAP Library - Terminology and Glossary in SAPterm (BC-DOC-TER))

Adding an Additional Application Component to an Existing Term

Use

You can use the Other components function to assign further application components to the original component of a terminology concept. The purpose of this function is to reduce the number of duplicate entries in the database, where identical terms have been entered multiple times for different components.

Prerequisites

Please note that a terminology concept in any component is automatically "valid" for other components unless it is otherwise indicated.

You should only use this function to underline a given additional validity in cases where it might be unclear, in order to avoid duplication of terminology concepts.

Do not enter other components needlessly, and never enter all the available components.

Procedure

From the Maintain Entry screen, choose Other components (the arrow to the right of the Application component field).

The dialog box Further Components appears.

Enter the application component key in the Further Components field.

Note

You can use F4 Help on this field to help you choose the application component you require.

Choose Create.

The application component is now added to the Further components list in this dialog box. To remove the application component from this list, choose the Delete icon to the left of the component key.

Choose Continue.

Save your entries.

Result

The system displays the Additional components icon for this term in the results list. When you choose this icon, the system displays a dialog box containing all components that have been assigned to this terminology concept.

If you specify a particular application component in Selection criteria in order to restrict your search, the system will display the following:

Terms that are assigned to this application component as the primary component

Terms that have a different component as their primary component, but where this application component has been assigned as an additional component

Note

A terminology entry will always have a primary component assignment. This determines the unique terminology concept that is used to create hypertext links to any glossary entry created for the term.