Inserting a Table of Products 

Use

You can contribute to the success of your direct mail and e-mail campaigns by using tables in your mail forms. Tables provide a quick and easy-to-understand overview of data related to products used in the campaign.

Use this procedure to insert product tables in all types of mail forms, such as letters, faxes, and Internet mail.

Prerequisites

To send out E-mails with product tables, you have created campaigns and the campaign or campaign element contains assigned products.

Procedure

To create a Table node in SAPGUI

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       1.      Call the context menu for that node in the tree structure in which you want to contain the table and choose Create  ® Product Table.

       2.      Enter a unique name for the node and a description. For example: Annual Television Sales Table.

       3.      Select the layout parameters: table width, width units, horizontal alignment, border styles, and header format.

       4.      Drag and drop product attributes from the navigation pane into the Field column. Entries under Field determine which product attributes are displayed in your final table output.

       5.      Enter a description for the product attributes under Header Description. Alternatively, you can edit the default descriptions provided from the product tables. The descriptions you enter are displayed as headers for each product attribute you selected earlier.

       6.      Enter a number for the cell width and select the cell width unit. Alternatively, you can click on the Default Layout icon to generate a default cell width and width unit.

       7.      If required, select a cell format, such as Left Alignment, and a character format, such as Italics. These formats are taken from the style assigned to the mail form. For more information, see Smart Styles.

       8.      You can also define conditions for a table node using the mail form attributes to personalize your mail. For example, you can personalize tables to match particular business partner attributes.

To create a Table node in PC UI

       1.      Create the new element type Table. To do this, choose Add Entry, enter an element name, and select Table as the Element Type.

       2.      In the detail area Table Header Row, maintain the table width, alignment, frame, and header format properties along with the correct language.

       3.      Define table columns in the table area along with the product field to be displayed in the table, formatting for the table cells, and a description for the column in different languages.  You can choose Generate Default to generate the table cell width.

       4.      You can create conditions for the table by entering appropriate information on the Condition tab page.

       5.      If you want to test your mail form with a Communication Channel Test, use the campaign or campaign element data to which a product list is assigned.

Result

The business partner receives an e-mail or letter with product information displayed in the form of a table.

Example

You are looking to create an invitation to an Info Day along with a list of products to be presented. You use a campaign to which is assigned a target group with business partners. If necessary, an optional list of products can be attached to this campaign. The Channels tab page in the campaign contains information about communication with the business partners in the target group.

When the target group is executed to a particular channel, all assigned business partners are informed about the campaign via E-mail, letter, or fax. The three channels contain the following information:

·        Details about the assigned products that are of interest to the target group

·        A Web address to the portal, where members of the target group can seek additional product information or confirm their participation in the Info Day.