Rights Views for Hierarchical Attributes

Definition

Rights views represent a grouping of attribute values for one rights dimension which is defined as a hierarchical attribute.

Use

You use rights views to configure a rights dimension with pre-defined values.

Example Example

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You define a rights view for the Language rights dimension that has the following values: German, English, Japanese, Italian.

Later, when defining the rights for an IP, you apply the rights view you previously created, which automatically selects each of the languages in one step – without a defined rights view you would need to select each language individually.

You use and maintain rights views any time you need to maintain rights (such as IP maintenance, contract creation or rights availability analysis).

Creating a New Rights View

Access a rights group while in Edit mode
Move to the rights dimension in which you are creating a rights view and open the value help
Select all the rights dimension values to include in the rights view
Select Save Rights View .The Save Rights View window appears.
Specify a description and view ID. In addition, indicate if the rights view is user specific (that is, if it is to be available for the user only or available to all users).

Applying a Rights View

Access the rights group whose rights dimensions you wish to define
Move to the rights dimension whose settings you wish to define and open the value help
In the value help window, select Add Rights Views. The Selection of Rights Views window appears.
Select the rights view you wish to apply.

Note

If desired you can choose multiple rights views. In this case, the selections specified by each of the rights views will be applied.

Note

You can also manage rights views by way of the SAP GUI. From the SAP Easy Access menu, select Start of the navigation path Industries Next navigation step Media: Intellectual Property Management Master Data Products Maintain Views for Hierarchical Attributes End of the navigation path