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Use

An IMG structure comprises structure nodes and IMG activities. Structure nodes structure the hierarchy levels, IMG activities have contents.

Example

IMG structure: General Settings

The Currencies node is a structure node. It is a container for several IMG activities, for example, Check Currency Codes.

Technically an IMG structure is an object comprising the following subobjects:

  • IMG Activity

  • Documentation object

  • Attributes

  • Maintenance object

All objects, including the structure, are in the object catalog TADIR, in which all development objects are managed.

Each object is assigned to a package. The package controls translation and transport. Each package has an original system which should also contain the original of its objects.

Figure: IMG structure as object with subobjects

IMG Activity

You can make customizing settings in IMG activities. The IMG activity is linked to the transaction which makes and describes customizing settings.

An IMG activity is characterized by the following objects:

  • Documentation

  • Attributes

  • Maintenance objects

Documentation object

All structure nodes contain documentation. Documentation objects which describe structure nodes have the documentation class CHAP, those which describe an IMG activity, SIMG.

Attributes

Attributes characterize and specify an IMG activity. Structure nodes have no attributes. You can show attributes, for example, Activity Importance, in the IMG structure under Additional information.

You can create project views from attributes, in the Customizing Project Management.

Maintenance objects

You can go from an IMG activity to the customizing settings via the maintenance object. A maintenance object is defined by a customizing object, the object type, and the associated transaction.

You can also address software enhancements which were defined by the application development and programmed by the customer, via the maintenance object.

For more information on creating an IMG structure, see Creating an IMG Structure.