Interface Design – Overview (SAP Library - Variant Configuration (LO-VC))

Interface Design – Overview

Use

This function lets you group characteristics together and define a characteristic value assignment screen for a group of characteristics with the settings you choose. First, you group together certain characteristics on the value assignment screen. Then you can create a special screen for these characteristics, and arrange the characteristics and values as you require.

Prerequisites

Your user master record contains authorization object C_LOVC_DSG with the activity that you want to perform.

The configuration profile contains a name for an interface design under Confign initial screen ® UserInterf. This activates the function on the value assignment screen.

Features

The following list shows the different options for grouping characteristics together and arranging them for an interface design.

Interface design	Display option	Summarize	Design	Restrictions
Characteristics group	List	Yes	Move characteristics and values Define border Screen size of list	No automatic summarization of characteristics, if dependencies hide characteristic Only the first values is displayed for multiple-value characteristics

Pushbutton	List	Yes	Move characteristics and values Define border Screen size of list	No automatic summarization of characteristics, if dependencies hide characteristic Only the first values is displayed for multiple-value characteristics
Tab	Tab	Yes	Only grouping of characteristics	No design possible Only grouping and sequence within tab
Sequence	-	No	Normal value assignment without tabs "General" tab on tabs	Sequence only

Customer enhancement CEI00000

List

Yes

Move characteristics and values

Define border

Screen size of list

Function description:
The interface design lets you assign the attribute "pushbutton" to a characteristics group. If the name of the characteristics group starts with CUSTOMER_PUSHBUTTON, a CUSTOMER FUNCTION (user-defined function) is processed when you choose the pushbutton.

For materials only: for the sequence, you can define that the characteristics group is only displayed in sales or in engineering (one sequence per application). You can select an indicator for sales (sales order and configuration simulation) or engineering (order BOM and configuration simulation). If you do not select an indicator, the interface design is valid for both sales and engineering.

Result

If the characteristics group is summarized, the characteristic no longer appears on the general tab.

You can now display the characteristics group in the selected interface design.

For more information on grouping characteristics, creating interface designs, and defining sequences for characteristics, see:

Defining an Interface Design

Maintaining an Interface Design

Defining the Sequence of Characteristics