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Background documentation Inheriting Properties Locate the document in its SAP Library structure

Properties are object parameters that permit the configuration and personalization of content in the portal. All portal objects have properties. Properties are object-specific, that is they differ from one object to the other.

The properties of content objects can be maintained with the Property Editor. The Property Editor is available within the various object editors. When the Role Editor is opened, for example, the editor for editing the properties is also available.

With objects that have a delta link relationship to one another, a target object always inherits the property values from a source object.

When you create an object from another object (for example an iView from an iView template), the values you defined in the source object are copied to the target object.

Further Inheritance Rules:

·        Every object can be configured, that is you define which values it should pass to the derived objects that were created based on it.

·        If the source object to which the target object links is changed, these changes are copied to the target object.

·        Changes made to the target object have no effect on the original object.

·        Certain properties can be overwritten in the target object. Properties for which entries are not possible often contain default values.

·        Some of the property values cannot be overwritten. This includes for example the property CodeLink. You cannot enter values for the properties that cannot be overwritten.

Example

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iView V1 is based on iView template VT1 and takes on all its properties. Two values of these properties are overwritten in V1. iView V1 is inserted in two roles R1 and R2 as delta link. This results in two new (target) objects V11 and V12.

All the properties of V1 are copied to role R1 in V11 and the value of a property is overwritten. All the properties of S1 are copied to role R2 in V12, the value of one property is also overwritten, but it is a different one than in role R1.

iView V1 is a target object in relation to VT1 and a source object in relation to V11 and V12.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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