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The SAP Manufacturing Integration and Intelligence (SAP MII) Workbench enables you to configure, manage, and execute the following:

The SAP MII Workbench allows you to do the following:

  • Calculate key performance indicators (KPIs)

  • Send alerts to people and supply chain applications

  • Collect data manually or automatically

  • Manipulate and combine data from multiple sources

  • Integrate your applications

  • Deliver reports, graphics, and dashboard images dynamically

  • Create operational workflows

  • Route and track production

Features

You can manage your content using source control functions. For more information, see Content Management.

The SAP MII Workbench includes the following main tab pages:

  • Catalog

    Allows you to access the following SAP MII objects on the server:

    • Templates

    • Transactions

    • Animated objects

    • SVG objects

    • Reference documents

    • Reference schemas

  • Object

    Allows you to create manufacturing data objects (MDOs)

  • Web

    Allows you to access files, such as HTML, JSP and IRPT (SAP MII Report) with content that is available on your Web site.

    The Web screen includes the following tabs for each html/jsp/irpt page in the bottom pane of the screen:

    • Script Assistant

      You use this function to improve your scripting syntax and knowledge of the SAP Manufacturing Integration and Intelligence (SAP MII) Applet Object Model. For more information, see Script Assistant.

    • Applet/SAP UI5

      Applets provide a front end to the server-side connector architecture. They are dynamically bound to data streams from the system connectors to provide current, historical, statistical, and other views of plant and production data sources. For more information, see Applet.

      SAP UI5 runtime is a client-side HTML5 that renders a library with a rich set of standard and extension controls. The controls are dynamically bound to data streams from the system connectors to provide current, historical, and statistical views of plant and production data sources. For more information on UI5, see SAP UI5.

    • Graphics

      You can insert an image tag based on the query and display templates. You can set the tag parameters like the type of image, width, and height of the image on your HTML, JSP and IRPT pages.

      Note Note

      You cannot insert an image for SAP UI5 charts.

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    • Hyperlinks

      You can insert a hyperlink which opens as an HTML page as described by the query and display templates. You can also include the formatting style sheets and the content type.

    • Report

      You can insert a servlet tag based on query and display templates. You can also include the style sheet to be used by the servlet to display data.

      Note Note

      You can insert, clear, cancel or reset the parameters on your page by choosing the relevant buttons. For more details on query templates and display templates, refer to Query Template and Display Template accordingly.

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  • Meta-Inf

    Allows you to create shared properties and localize your project.

    The system uses the jobsconfig.xml file to manage scheduled jobs for transactions and queries in your project. When you import a project, the system creates the jobs specified in the project. When you deploy a project, the system creates the jobs in the project, or if the jobs already exist, the system updates them.

To access the SAP MII Workbench from the SAP MII administration menu, choose   Content Development   Workbench.  

Note Note

You can keep the SAP MII Workbench screen open, even if you close the SAP MII administration menu screen.

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To view a legend of the icons used in the SAP MII Workbench, choose   Help   Legend.