Web-based user interface for objects

A Web UI is available for the following objects:

Work center and control center

Work center and control center are the central entry points for the Web UI applications. Here, you can search for objects, create favorites, or manage a worklist, for example. Role-specific navigation between objects or search results and the work center and control center is enabled by integration with the Object Navigator (CA-EPT-NAV).

Internet collaboration

The Web UI enables you to give external parties, such as partner enterprises Web access to the data in the PLM back-end system without allowing them direct access to the back-end system. The Web UI can be decoupled from the back-end system and installed in a demilitarized zone (DMZ) outside your corporate firewall.

Access control context (ACC) and authorizations

You can control access to information on the Web UI at context, user, or role level. For example, not all users will be allowed to call up all material BOMs even though they have general authorization to display material BOMs. With access control contexts (ACC) and access control lists (ACL) you can tailor user access to the objects on the Web UI to your requirements.

Engineering desktop (E-desktop)

You can use the engineering desktop to transfer CAD structures to the PLM system if you have an optional SAP CAD interface installed. Afterwards you can create a material BOM or an iPPE product structure based on the CAD structure.

Product-Centric View (PCV)

Product-Centric View enables easy retrieval of product-related information from various internal data sources. It provides analytical applications which are embedded and operate in the business application the user is working in. PCV offers capabilities that enable customers and partners to include new data sources in PCV and to enhance standard business content with additional analytics.

Viewer

When you activate this business function, the viewer interface is also activated. To be able to use the viewer, each user has to install the viewer locally.

Collection of PLM-relevant nodes in Customizing

In Customizing, you can now find all PLM-relevant settings under  Logistics - General Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) . Existing paths are still valid.

Collection of PLM-relevant topics in SAP Library

In SAP Library, you can now find all PLM-relevant topics under  SAP ERP Central Component Logistics Product Lifecycle Management . Existing paths are still valid.