Single-Object Processing

You can use the USMD_OVP_GEN application to display or change individual business objects (or edition-based instances of business objects) and to process these objects as part of the change request process.

Features

Accessibility from the Generic Search

You can view and change business objects directly from the Generic Search (USMD_SEARCH). For more information, see Search Business Object.

Actions in Display Mode

When you view the active version of a business object you can start creating a change request using the Edit button in the global toolbar of the application. Depending on the business object that you are working with you may also use the Edit or New buttons in the assignment blocks. Depending on the customizing you may also create a change request to delete the business object using the Delete button.

Actions to Create a Change Request

Save
Saves the current state of the change request as a draft for later processing.
Submit
Creates the change request and forwards it to the processor.
Cancel
Cancels the creation of this change request.
Check
Checks the current state of the change request and the business object.

Actions to Process a Change Request

Edit
When you process a change request and the current step in the change request process allows you to change the business object you can switch to edit mode.
Cancel
Switches to display mode and discards unsaved changes.
Save
Saves the current state of the change request for later processing.
Check
Checks the current state of the change request and the business object.
Change Documents
Opens a list of changes that were done in previous steps of this change request. For more information, see Change Documents.
Workflow Log
Allows you to examine the previous change request process steps and to see which persons were already involved.

Depending on the current step in the change request process, buttons appear on the UI that enable you to send the change request on to the next processor (as defined in the workflow). For example:

Approve
Reject
Agree
Disagree
Withdraw
Finalize Processing
Send for Revision
Request Again

For more information, see the Customizing activity Define Change Request Step Types and Assign Actions under Start of the navigation path General Settings Next navigation step Process Modeling Workflow End of the navigation path .

Change Request Assignment Block

When you create or process a change request you can edit general information about the change, notes, and attachments in this area.

Validity Assignment Block

If you work with an edition-dependent business object, you can identify in this area for how long a change is valid and when the next change is going to occur.

Highlight Changes

Note Note

This feature is available with business function Master Data Governance, Generic Functions 7.0 Feature Pack (MDG_FOUNDATION_5). This business function is available with support package 02 and higher support packages of MDG 7.0.

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The system highlights changes of a business object on the UI in the change request process. This helps you to find a particular change on the change request UI telling you what you need to check and approve. You can use the highlight changes feature together with the MDG Web Dynpro applications for single-object processing. For more information, see Highlight Changes.

Undo Changes

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The MDG system collects all your actions between two client/server roundtrips in MDG Web Dynpro applications in one step that can be undone. You can undo all actions of this step using Undo. You can undo all steps carried out since the last save. After you have used Undo, you can use Redo to recover your actions.

After you have saved or deleted an object, you cannot use Undo anymore. After you have canceled your changes, you cannot use Undo anymore.

To deactivate this function, set the application parameter DO_START_VETO to X.

Next Change

If an edition-dependent business object is changed in the future, the Validity section allows you to accomplish the following:

View when the business object is next changed.
Identify the edition in which the business object is next changed.
Access the relevant instance of the business object by clicking the date beside the Next Change field.

Hierarchy Assignment Block

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This assignment block is only available for selected business objects in Master Data Governance, Financial Data and Master Data Governance for Custom Objects,.

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You can assign a business object to one or more hierarchies from single-object processing, and you can remove the assignment of a business object to a hierarchy. To create a hierarchy assignment, you can navigate to the parent node and make the assignment, or you can specify the parent node directly. To remove an assignment, you can simply delete the relevant table row.

For more information about the process see Hierarchy Assignments in Single-Object Processing.

Note Note

When assigning business objects to the hierarchy in the single-object processing user interface, be aware of the following:

If you want to restructure a hierarchy, rather than simply assigning individual business objects as nodes to the hierarchy, we recommend you use the Collective Processing (USMD_ENTITY) WebDynpro application. For more information see Collective Processing.
If the target hierarchy has one root node and no subnodes, you must enter the root node of that hierarchy in the Parent Node column. This node is not found when you search for it.
You must finalize the change request before the system allows you to add, delete, remove, or change the hierarchy properties of other hierarchy nodes that have the same parent node. If you prefer to be able to process other nodes with the same parent while the hierarchy assignment is pending, use the Collective Processing (USMD_ENTITY) WebDynpro application instead.

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