Structure Mapping

To display a harmonized list of all the different objects in the worklist, the system performs a structure mapping. This assigns the different structures of the objects in the source systems to a generic structure in QIM. However, not every field of the generic target structure in QIM is filled by each source object; only the fields that are relevant for the respective object are filled.

Integration

You use the Service Mapping Tool (SMT) for the definition of the structure mapping. This Web application is available in SAP QIM under Start of the navigation path System Administration Next navigation step Edit Structure Mapping End of the navigation path .

Features

The structure mapping defined in SMT is stored in Customizing for the respective object category. For the object categories delivered with QIM, the structure mapping is also provided. You can change this mapping as required. You can find the assignment of the mapping to the object category in Customizing for QIM, for example, under Start of the navigation path Worklists for Quality Issues and Activities Next navigation step Define Access to Quality Issues End of the navigation path .

In addition to the field mapping for the assignment of source and target structures, the system also performs a value mapping for the status by transformation. This means that different status values of source objects are converted to a common status in QIM. This allows harmonized selection by status in the worklist (see Selection Criteria).

As well as this value mapping within the structure mapping, there is also an ID mapping for the assignment of different values in the source system and QIM system in a nonharmonized system landscape. If this ID mapping fails to work, the system displays the value from the source system in the worklist. In this case, the system sets a Local <Object> indicator, which you can display in the worklist to check the ID mapping.