Launchpad 

Technical Data

Runtime Technology	Java/ Web Dynpro
Technical name of the iView	com.sap.pct.erp.common.reportlaunchpadpcd
Technical name of the Web dynpro application	ReportLaunchpadPcdApp (Namespace: sap.com/mss~lpa)
Available as of	SAP NetWeaver 2004s
Data Source	SAP ECC 6.0 and higher
Software Component	SAP_APPL
Support	EP-PCT-FIN-BUA

 

Features

This iView offers a clear selection of links to applications which you can use to evaluate data or retrieve additional information.

The following applications can be called up:

●     SAP BI reports (queries or Web templates)

●     Report Writer Reports

●     Transactions

●     URLs

●     Manager’s Desktop

When you follow a link, the application is displayed in a new window. One of the following iViews is called for this:

●     Launchpad: SAP BI report

●     Launchpad: SAP ECC report or transaction

●     Launchpad: URL

If you have defined Folders the links are displayed grouped under headings.

If there are several applications for one folder and the Hierarchy is not being used, the link texts and the description are displayed in two columns. You cannot change this display.

Integration

This iView will only work if it is called up using a Delta Link from a different business package. In the delta link, the application parameters role and instance  are defined.

Prerequisites

You have set up the launchpad in Customizing the back-end system.

Settings

The launchpad settings can either be made by the administrator for all users (the same role) or be made by the user himself. The administrator makes the settings for the launchpad in the Implementation Guide (IMG) of the relevant business package. Users make their own settings in the launchpad using Change Launchpad. Changes to a user are only valid for the specific user.

User settings using Change Launchpad:

●     Remove applications from the display, or add those that have been assigned in Customizing to the folder Inactive Applications

If you have set the indicator User Cannot Deactivate Application in Customizing for an application, the user cannot remove this from the display.

●     Create new folders

●     Copy reports or transactions, in order to call these up with other, user-specified parameters; SAP BI reports and URLs cannot be copied.

●     Request New Application

●     Change details

○     Change link text (User Description)

○     Change Entries once Started

You can only select the Using Personalization option if you have selected the Using Personalizationoption in Customizing for this application and have defined a personalization dialog. Otherwise it is not possible for you to enter a personalization dialog at this point.

○     If you select the setting Using Personalization under Entries once Started, you can change the personalization data using the Personalization Dialog assigned in Customizing.

The settings are valid only for a particular business package and a particular usage (the instance).

The administrator makes different settings for the Business Package for Business Unit Analyst (role=BUA) for the page Analytics (instance=REP) than for the service Display Plan Values (instance=PLA) and for the iView Reports (instance=REP) in the Business Package for Manager Self-Service (role=MSS).

If the administrator defines a new application in a folder in Customizing which the user has already deleted from his launchpad display, this folder is automatically displayed again with the new application. New applications are always displayed as the first link (in a folder).