Object Lists in the Object Navigator (SAP Library - BC

Object Lists in the Object Navigator

Any component of an application program that is stored as a separate unit in the R/3 Repository is called a development object or a repository object. In the SAP System, all development objects that logically belong together are assigned to the same package.

Object Lists and the Repository Browser

In the Object Navigator you normally access development objects using the Repository Browser. Development objects are displayed in object lists that contain all of the elements in a package, a program, global class, and so on.
Object lists show not only a hierarchical overview of the development objects in a category, but also tell you how the objects are related to each other. The Object Navigator displays object lists in a tree structure.
The topmost node of any object list is a package. From here, you can navigate right down to the lowest hierarchical level of objects.

Enhanced Expansion in Object Lists of the Object Navigator

Expansion in object lists has been enhanced considerably for Basis Release 6.10. This enhancement lets you browse continually within the tree display without changing the object list. When you select a package, for example, you can browse down to the subcomponents of the classes it contains – that is, to the attributes. In the past, the tree display changed for each object that had its own object list (programs, classes, ITS services, ...).

This new feature ensures a constant object list display for the selected object category (package, function group, class, ...) since multiple object lists are displayed in the same tree.

Note

You can still change the tree display for objects with their own object list by choosing Display® Object list from the context menu. If you now select an object from the tree structure that itself describes an object list, the system displays only the new object list (Focussing).

Object List Selection

To select development objects, you use a selection list in the Object Navigator. This contains the following categories:

Statement type	Meaning
Application Hierarchy Tool	A list of all the development objects in the SAP System. This list is arranged hierarchically by application components, component codes, and the packages belonging to them.
Package	List of all objects in a package
Program	A list of all the subobjects in an ABAP program
Function group	List of all function modules and their subobjects that are defined within a function group
Class/interface	List of all the components of a global class. It also lists the superclasses of the class, and all of the inherited and redefined methods of the current class.
Internet service	List of all the subobjects of an Internet service: Service description, themes, language resources, HTML templates, and MIME objects. When you choose an Internet service from the tree display, the Web Application Builder is started. See also: Web Application Builder for ITS Services
BSP application	List of the subobjects of a BSP application. Selecting a BSP application starts the Web Application Builder for BSPs. See also: Web Application Builder for BSPs.
Local objects	List of all local private objects of a user Objects in this list belong to the package $TMP and are not transported. As well as your own local private objects, you can also display those belonging to other users. Local objects are used mostly for testing. However, you can also assign local objects for transport to another package. For more information, refer to Change Package
Inactive objects	List of all inactive objects belonging to a user. This display contains both local as well as transportable objects belonging to a user. In the standard version, the user currently logged on is used here.