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 Process Flow: Entry of Classified Ads

You can use the Entry of Classified Ads Internet application component (IAC) to design various process flows for entering classified ads. The way in which you design a process is dependent on the following questions:

  • Is the ad spec to be designed in the technical system?

  • Is the ad spec to be designed before the IAC is accessed?

  • Is the customer to be allowed to display orders that have already been entered?

  • Is the customer to identify themselves on a logon screen?

You define the processes that are possible in each scenario and the templates to be used in Customizing. You can also hide functions in each template and by doing so influence the process flow. Three examples for entering classified ads are described in the following.

Example 1

No logon screen is displayed when the scenario is accessed. The ad text is entered on the template SAPMJHAW_110.HTML (entry of order data).

  1. The customer accesses the JHAW service on their company homepage. The key that is used to record the Customizing data and the booking unit to be sold are also specified in the URL.

  2. The customer accesses the template SAPMJHAW_130.HTML (select publication-relevant content component) and selects the content component in which the ad is to be published.

  3. The customer accesses the template SAPMJHAW_110.HTML (entry of order data) and enters a publication date.

    If you have selected the Additional Booking Units and Additional Publication Dates indicators in the Customizing settings for the IAC, the customer can also enter additional booking units and publication dates. The system determines the additional booking units and publication dates according to the leading booking unit and leading publication date.

    If the customer has selected a content component on the SAPMJHAW_130.HTML template, which is not an end node in the content component hierarchy, they can now select a suitable end node content component, enter the ad text, and define whether the ad is a box number ad.

    The Calculate Price function gives the customer price information that is based on the ad text entered.

  4. The customer can use the Enter BP Data function to access the template SAPMJHAW_110.HTML (enter business partner data).

    If the customer is a new customer, they enter their address and select a payment method. If you save the communication data in a temporary table and have specified the way in which the duplicate check is to respond to alternative communication data in the IAC Customizing settings, alternative telephone numbers and e-mail addresses can be copied into the business partner master data.

See also: Edit Internet Data that has been Saved Temporarily

The customer can also create an Internet user with a password. If they place another ad, they can identify themselves by entering the business partner number and the password they defined. In this case, the system copies the address and the payment data from the business partner master data to the template.

If several bank details and/or payment cards have been entered in the business partner master data, the customer is offered all valid bank details and/or payment cards for selection. The customer can also create new bank details or a new payment card.

If the customer is an agency, they are offered all advertisers in the agency/advertiser relationship for selection.

  1. The customer can use the Book Ad function to access the template SAPMJHAW_120.HTML (display order confirmation).

    The system displays an order confirmation that contains all of the central data for the customer.

    You have defined the way in which the ad order is updated in Advertising Management (IS-M/AM) in the Customizing settings for the IAC. If you save the order data in a temporary table, the system does not update the ad order and the business partner for the new customer in IS-M/AM until a user has checked and released the order data.

See also: Edit Internet Data that has been Saved Temporarily

When the ad order is updated in IS-M/AM , the system transfers a production order to the technical system and thus ensures that the ad is produced.

The customer can use the Back function to return to their company homepage.

Example 2

The ad spec is designed in a web editor in the technical system and the design is then transferred to the service JHAW. No logon screen is displayed when the scenario is accessed.

  1. The customer accesses the web editor for a technical system from their company homepage. They enter and design the ad text here.

  2. Once the customer has designed the ad spec, they access the JHAW service in the web editor for the technical system. Data from the structure RJHATMO_IAC is transferred to the IAC using the POST method. The central data in this structure is:

    • Key used to record the Customizing data.

    • Booking unit to be sold.

    • Publication-relevant content component

    • Unique ID for the ad spec in the technical system.

      The system also transfers all ad spec data that is required for price calculation, such as the size and color scheme, with the structure.

  3. The customer accesses the template SAPMJHAW_110.HTML (entry of order data) and enters a publication date.

    If you have selected the Additional Booking Units and Additional Publication Dates indicators in the Customizing settings for the IAC, the customer can also enter additional booking units and publication dates. The system determines the additional booking units and publication dates according to the leading booking unit and leading publication date.

    If the customer has selected a content component in the web editor, which is not an end node in the content component hierarchy, they can now select a suitable end node content component.

    The customer can obtain price information on the basis of data in the technical system. The customer has the option of returning to the web editor and making price-relevant changes to the ad spec that has been designed.

  4. The customer can use the Enter BP Data function to access the template SAPMJHAW_110.HTML (enter business partner data).

    If the customer is a new customer, they enter their address and select a payment method. If you save the communication data in a temporary table and have specified the way in which the duplicate check is to respond to alternative communication data in the IAC Customizing settings, alternative telephone numbers and e-mail addresses can be copied into the business partner master data.

See also: Edit Internet Data that has been Saved Temporarily

The customer can also create an Internet user with a password. If they place another ad, they can identify themselves by entering the business partner number and the password they defined. In this case, the system copies the address and the payment data from the business partner master data to the template.

If several bank details and/or payment cards have been entered in the business partner master data, the customer is offered all valid bank details and/or payment cards for selection. The customer can also create new bank details or a new payment card.

If the customer is an agency, they are offered all advertisers in the agency/advertiser relationship for selection.

  1. The customer can use the Book Ad function to access the template SAPMJHAW_120.HTML (display order confirmation).

    The system displays an order confirmation that contains all of the central data for the customer.

    You have defined the way in which the ad order is updated in Advertising Management (IS-M/AM) in the Customizing settings for the IAC. If you save the order data in a temporary table, the system does not update the ad order and the business partner for the new customer in IS-M/AM until a user has checked and released the order data.

See also: Edit Internet Data that has been Saved Temporarily

When the ad order is updated in IS-M/AM , the system transfers a production order to the technical system and thus ensures that the ad is produced.

The customer can use the Back function to return to their company homepage.

Example 3

The ad spec is designed in a web editor in the technical system that is accessed from the IAC. The customer must identify themselves when they access this scenario. This customer can display the orders they have already entered.

  1. The customer accesses the JHAW service on their company homepage. The key that is used to record the Customizing data is also specified.

  2. The customer accesses the template SAPMJHAW_140.HTML (logon screen) on which they must identify themselves.

  3. The customer can use the Logon function to access the template SAPMJHAW_160.HTML (enter selection criteria for the order list).

    The customer can access the Create Orde r function directly, and create the ad using the process described in example 1. Alternatively, this customer can use the selection criteria to select orders in which they are the sold-to party.

  4. The customer can use the Read Orders function to access the template SAPMJHAW_170.HTML (order list).

    The system displays the ad items selected here. This includes the ad items that have been saved in the temporary table. The customer can therefore also view the ad items that have not yet been updated in Advertising Management (IS-M/AM) in the order list.

See also: Edit Internet Data that has been Saved Temporarily

The customer can display the ad spec for the ad items in the technical system web editor. They can also cancel ad items that have not been billed and create a new order. In this situation, the process described in example 1 is also executed.

A customer can also modify orders that have already been entered. If they modify an order that has been saved in the temporary table, the system modifies this order in the temporary table. If they modify an order, which has already been updated in IS-M/AM , the system cancels the order and creates a new order with a new ad item. You must define a cancellation reason for cancelling template items in the Customizing settings for the IAC.

The customer can also use an existing order as a template for creating a new order.

  1. The customer can use the Create Order with Template function to access the template SAPMJHAW_110.HTML (enter order data).

    The system copies the data from the template order selected into the template. The customer can change the order data that is copied.

    If you have selected the Additional Booking Units and Additional Publication Dates indicators in the Customizing settings for the IAC, the customer can also enter additional booking units and publication dates. The system determines the additional booking units and publication dates according to the leading booking unit and leading publication date.

    The customer can also place the same ad spec twice or the Create Ad Spec function in the technical system web editor to create a new ad spec using the existing ad spec as a template.

  2. The customer can use the Enter BP Data function to access the template SAPMJHAW_110.HTML (enter business partner data).

    They can check their address and payment data here and select a payment method. If several bank details and/or payment cards have been entered in their business partner master data, the customer is offered all valid bank details and/or payment cards for selection.The customer can also create new bank details or a new payment card.

    If the customer is an agency, they are offered all advertisers in the agency/advertiser relationship for selection.

  3. The customer can use the Book Ad function to access the template SAPMJHAW_120.HTML (display order confirmation).

    The system displays an order confirmation that contains all of the central data for the customer.

    You have defined the way in which the ad order is updated in Advertising Management (IS-M/AM) in the Customizing settings for the IAC. If you save the order data in a temporary table, the system does not update the ad order and the business partner for the new customer in IS-M/AM until a user has checked and released the order data.

See also: Edit Internet Data that has been Saved Temporarily

When the ad order is updated in IS-M/AM , the system transfers a production order to the technical system and thus ensures that the ad is produced.

The customer can use the Back function to return to the order list.

Result

The system displays an ad order in IS-M/AM and transfers an associated production order to the technical system. If the ad text has been entered and designed in a web editor, an ad spec that is ready for printing is available.