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You implement the role Side Panel: Logistics (SAP_BSSP_LO_SIDEPANEL_EXT) to view the thumbnail and viewer Collaborative Human Interface Parts (CHIP) in Netweaver Business Client (NWBC) side panel.

This role supports the following business objects:

  • Material

  • Document

  • Sales order

  • Quality notification

Note Note

If you want to implement any other object you can implement the BAdI interface IF_EX_BSSP_TAGGING_SERVICE.

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Prerequisites

You have installed the following:

  • NWBC 3.5 or higher

  • SAP Logon 720 patch 9 or higher

Process

Tagging for Classic Application in NWBC

Screen fields are tagged so that NWBC reads these fields from the SAP GUI application and transfers data to the CHIPs in the side panel. This enables communication of SAP GUI application with the side panel.

Note Note

Tagging information is delivered by SAP for many screen fields in various transactions. Therefore this step must be performed only if the tagging information is not available. SAP’s tagging data is stored in the view cluster NWBC_VS_GUI_TAG.

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  1. In NWBC, call the SAP GUI transaction for which you want to define tags.

  2. Start the SAP GUI Property Collector by pressing the <ctrl> key and help on the menu bar. Choose   Tools   SAP GUI Property Collector   for collecting the SAP GUI fields that should be tagged.

  3. Choose Select from Screen. Choose the primary mouse button and keep it pressed and select the fields on the SAP GUI screen. All selectable fields are highlighted.

    Choose Add to Collection. Add all the required fields.

    From the Property Collection select all the fields and choose Copy to Clipboard.

  4. Transfer the fields from the clipboard to the Customizing activity Define Additional SAP GUI Tags. The customizing view is NWBC_VC_GUI_TAG.

    For each field, enter the data for Tag, Lifetime, Data Element, and Package.

    Context key for the side panel with which the viewer is opened is tagged to the tag /BCV/:CONTEXT_KEY. You can change this in the Customizing or provide a constant value to the context key in the Customizing or configuration of the CHIP.

    Example Example

    For material you can enter data as follows:

    Tag

    /BCV/:CONTEXT_KEY

    Property

    Value: /PLMU/MATERIAL
    End of the example.

  5. If you want to view objects that are not the focus objects in the side panel, you can enhance the side panel through a BAdI interface IF_EX_BSSP_TAGGING_SERVICE.

    For more information, see SAP Library for SAP ERP on SAP Help Portal under http://help.sap.com/erp606. In SAP Library, choose   SAP ERP   SAP ERP Cross-Application Functions   Cross-Application Components   Side Panel for Business Suite   Enhancing the Side Panel  .

    To view an object from another focus object, refer to the section Creating a Side Panel for a Transaction Without a Side Panel in the topic Enhancing the Side Panel.

  6. You do not have to create an application configuration for the side panel. Instead, for example, to use material as a focus object, you can assign the application configuration BSSP_SP_VISUAL_ENTERPRISE_MATNR.

  7. By default, the CHIPs have the dimension 300 X 300 pixels. You can change these predefined dimensions in Settings under Options menu of the CHIPs.

  8. Save your entries.