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Use

You use layout management to:

Procedure

To call layout management, choose This graphic is explained in the accompanying text ® Manage layouts. In full-screen mode, choose Settings ® Manage layouts

On the Layout: Management screen a list of the layouts appears.

Note

The standard SAP layouts begin with a number.

Non-user-specific layouts (client-specific standard layouts) begin with "/".

User-specific layouts begin with a letter (A-Z).

Displaying User-Defined Layouts/ Standard Layouts

If user-defined layouts can be defined in the list, you can use User-Defined Layouts / Standard Layouts to switch between the display of the standard layout (that is available to all users) and the display of the user-defined layouts, which are only available to you.

The display of the standard layouts includes the SAP standard layouts as well as the non-user-specific, client-specific layouts.

Deleting Layouts

To delete one or more variants, select it/them. In the subsequent dialog box, choose This graphic is explained in the accompanying text or Edit ® Delete layout.

Setting Default Layouts

Background documentation

If a list is displayed using a set layout, this is a default layout.

If you have the authorization to set a layout as a default layout, proceed as follows:

In the layout row, choose the Default column.

Alternatively:

  1. Select a layout.
  2. Choose This graphic is explained in the accompanying text or Edit ® Set default.

To save your settings, choose This graphic is explained in the accompanying text or Layout ® Save.

Importing Layouts

To import one or more layouts from other clients, proceed as follows:

  1. Choose Environment ® Import layout.
  2. Enter the source client for the import. A list of all the standard layouts in the client appears.
  3. Select a layout.
  4. Choose Import.

Transporting Layouts

You can transport standard layouts from the current system to another system.

  1. Choose Layouts ® Transport.
  2. Select one or more standard layouts that you want to transport into another system. To select all the standard layouts, choose This graphic is explained in the accompanying text.

Note

You can only transport standard layouts (that is, the SAP standard layouts or client-specific layouts); you cannot transport user-specific layouts.
  1. Choose Layouts ® Transport.
  2. To create a new transport order, choose Create order, enter a name for the order, and save the order.
  3. To select an existing transfer order, choose Own order and double-click the desired order.
  4. To exit the dialog box, choose Continue.
  5. Transport the transfer order into the target system by using the transport system functions. Choose Utilities ® Requests (Organizer).
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