Removing Actions From the UWL Display

Use

There are a few ways to remove actions.

You can customize the Views and ItemType (which can remove the actions from all UWL pages, Collaboration, My Task, and so on)
You can modify the iView and add the name of the actions under the Actions to exclude from the UWL property.

See table below for some of the common action names.

Note

For other actions not listed here, see the custom properties XML files.

Action Display Text	Action Name
Alerts Configuration	`AlertConfiguration`
Claim	`reserve`
Complete	`acknowledge`
Complete Task	`confirm`
Create Ad Hoc Request	`uwlTaskWizard`
Create Task	`defaultGlobalWizard`
Decline	`decline`
Delete	`deleteItem`
Edit	`editItem`
Follow-up	`followUp`
Forward	`forward`
Forward	`forwardUsers` *
Manage Attachments	`manageAttachments`
Open Task	`launchSAPAction`
Personalize View	`personalize`
Refresh	`refresh`
Revoke Claim	`replace`
Submit Memo	`addmemo`
View Detail	`viewDetail`
View Detail in SAP GUI	`launchSAPDetails`

* - this action is for multiple user selection.

Note

If excluding more than one actions, the action names must be comma separated.

Caution

Do not add all of the above listed action names to Actions to Exclude iView property. Be selective in what actions you want to remove. To determine the action name you want to remove, you can turn on the support information page (see below) and a list of support action will be displayed per item displayed.

Caution

If you edit the custom XML file for the above properties, then note that you must NOT change the uwl.standard.xml file. Create a new custom UWL XML file and you have to upload that XML file with a high priority.

Note

If you want the Open Task button (Web GUI) and the work item link (SAP GUI) to have the same function, you have to make sure that the same action is defined for Open Task ( LaunchSAPAction ) as for the default action. The default action is specified by the defaultAction attribute of ItemType .

More information: Item Type

Example

General Example to Remove a Function

To remove the Personalize View function on the UWL view, add personalize to the iView property Actions to Exclude from UWL .

A Business Scenario

Business case question : You have My Task iView on all the home pages which are available to internal and external users. You do not want to provide New Task function for external users. How can you hide New Task button based on users or roles, or remove New Task button from the My Task iView?

Solution : It is possible to remove the button with the UWL iView property Actions to exclude from UWL .

Create two portal roles, one for internal users, one for external users. Each role should refer to a different page with a different UWL iView instance.

For the internal role, you can just link to the standard UWL My Task iView, and the button remains in place.

For the external role, set the UWL iView property mentioned above to the value defaultGlobalWizard , uwlTaskWizard to exclude the button (which will also exclude the Create Ad Hoc Request button).

How to Turn on the Support Information Section

From the UWL iView configuration, select Yes for the parameter Display UWL Support Information .