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Function documentationAsset Viewer

 

The Asset Viewer is a display tool that enables simple navigation through complex object relations on an integrated user interface. You can navigate flexibly within and between objects. For certain object types, you can also see and navigate the hierarchical structure of the object, for example, technical objects. In this way, the Asset Viewer provides you with additional support as you carry out your work.

Prerequisites

You have made all the necessary configuration settings in Customizing. For more information, see Asset Viewer.

Features

Access

You can choose to display an object in the Asset Viewer at any point during your work. The following table indicates where and how you can do so:

Applications from which Asset Viewer Can Be Accessed

How to Access

My Objects POWLs on the Work Overview page

You can display an object in the Asset Viewer from the My Favorites, Last Accessed, or Recently Changed lists by selecting an object in a list and choosing the corresponding option from the options menu.

Web Dynpro applications for displaying, changing and/or creating individual object types

You can display the object in question in the Asset Viewer by choosing You can also and then the corresponding option.

Asset Viewer

If you are already viewing an object in the Asset Viewer, you can display a related object in a second Asset Viewer session. You can do this as follows:

  1. Display the related object in the object navigator by choosing it from either the structure view or the appropriate object relation view.

  2. Display the object by choosing the corresponding function from the <Object Type> Options context menu.

Example Example

In the structure view of a technical object, you navigate to a subordinate material. The material is displayed in the object navigator as a result. You can now choose to display the material in a second Asset Viewer session by choosing the corresponding function from the Materials Options context menu.

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Structure

When you display an object in the Asset Viewer, information is displayed in different areas. The following figure illustrates the standard layout of the Asset Viewer.

  • Object identification region

    This area displays the ID, short description, and, depending on the object type, further identifying attributes for the object.

    While you navigate between objects in the Asset Viewer, a breadcrumb trail is also displayed in this region. The breadcrumb trail contains object links for every object that you have viewed in the Asset Viewer in the order in which you viewed them. You can use the breadcrumb trail to track your navigation path and also to reselect objects for display in the Asset Viewer.

  • Object navigator

    This area displays basic information about the object (called the “central object”) on the General Data view, as well as its relations to other objects (called “object relations”) on further views.

    The following table shows the object types that can be displayed in the object navigator with the standard delivery. For object types with complex object relations, pre-configured view layouts are also available.

    Technical Name

    Object Type

    Available Views

    EAMS_AUTH

    Object Without Display Authorization

    No view is available for this object type.

    This object type represents objects that users are not authorized to see based on their authorization group in the back-end system. If a user chooses to display an object for which she is not authorized, an error message appears.

    For more information about this object type, see Asset Viewer.

    EAMS_CHAR

    Characteristic

    Only the General Data view is available for this object type.

    EAMS_DIR

    Document

    For more information, see View Layout for Document.

    EAMS_DIR_O

    Originals of DIR

    Only the General Data view is available for this object type.

    EAMS_EQUI

    Technical Object (Equipment)

    For more information, see View Layout for Technical Object (Equipment).

    EAMS_FL

    Technical Object (Functional Location)

    For more information, see View Layout for Technical Object (Functional Location).

    EAMS_JOB

    Job

    For more information, see View Layout for Job.

    EAMS_MAT

    Material

    For more information, see View Layout for Material.

    EAMS_MD

    Measurement Document

    Only the General Data view is available for this object type.

    EAMS_MHIO

    Maintenance Call Object

    Only the General Data view is available for this object type.

    EAMS_MHIS

    Maintenance Call

    Only the General Data view is available for this object type.

    EAMS_MP

    Measuring Point

    For more information, see View Layout for Measuring Point.

    EAMS_MPOS

    Maintenance Item

    For more information, see View Layout for Maintenance Item.

    EAMS_NTF

    Notification

    For more information, see View Layout for Notification.

    EAMS_OBJK

    Object List

    Only the General Data view is available for this object type.

    EAMS_OLNK

    Object Link

    For more information, see View Layout for Object Link.

    EAMS_ORD

    Order

    For more information, see View Layout for Order.

    EAMS_ORDCO

    Confirmation

    Only the General Data view is available for this object type.

    EAMS_ORDOP

    Order Operation

    For more information, see View Layout for Order Operation.

    EAMS_PR

    Purchase Requisition

    Only the General Data view is available for this object type.

    EAMS_PRMT

    Permit Master

    Only the General Data view is available for this object type.

    This object type is used to represent the master data record of a permit.

    EAMS_PRT_O

    Production Resource/Tool

    For more information, see View Layout for Production Resource/Tool.

    EAMS_RPRM

    Permit

    Only the General Data view is available for this object type.

    This object type is used to represent a permit in terms of its relationship to a particular technical object, order, or task list.

    EAMS_SESHT

    Service Entry Sheet

    Only the General Data view is available for this object type.

    EAMS_SGAP

    Structure Gap

    Only the General Data view is available for this object type.

    EAMS_TASK

    Notification Task

    Only the General Data view is available for this object type.

    EAMS_TL

    Task List

    For more information, see View Layout for Task List.

    EAMS_TLOP

    Task List Operation

    For more information, see View Layout for Task List Operation.

    EAMS_USGL

    Usage List

    Only the General Data view is available for this object type.

    EAMS_WAP

    Work Approval

    Only the General Data view is available for this object type.

    EAMS_WCA

    Work Clearance Application

    Only the General Data view is available for this object type.

    EAMS_WCD

    Work Clearance Document

    Only the General Data view is available for this object type.

    EAMS_WCDT

    WCD Template

    For more information, see View Layout for WCD Template.

    EAMS_WCI

    WCD Item

    Only the General Data view is available for this object type.

    For more information about working with the object navigator, see Navigation with the Object Navigator.

  • Structure view

    When you display certain objects in the Asset Viewer, the hierarchical structure of the object is also displayed. This structure can include technical objects, materials, and structure gaps.

    The structure view is available for the following object types with the standard delivery:

    • Technical object (equipment)

    • Technical object (functional location)

    • Material (with BOMs)

    All other object types – documents, orders, notifications, measuring points, and so on – are only displayed in the object navigator.

    The structure view also provides additional functions for technical objects through a context menu. For more information, see Context Menus in the Asset Viewer.

  • Contextual navigation region

    This area contains various pushbuttons that allow you to perform additional functions and navigation options. The following table lists the available pushbuttons and their functions:

    Pushbutton

    Function

    <Object> Options

    This pushbutton provides you with additional options for navigating to other Web Dynpro applications and back-end transactions. These options are the same as those available for the object type through its context menu.

    For more information, see Context Menus in the Asset Viewer.

    Refresh

    This pushbutton refreshes the object lists in the object navigator, for example to reflect changes you make in the Navigator Settings.

    If you are viewing content in the side panel and then navigate to a new object in the object navigator, you must also refresh to update the content.

    Synchronize

    This pushbutton allows you to set the current central object as the root node in the structure view.

    Navigator Settings

    This pushbutton opens the Navigator Settings window in which you can enter values for particular attributes (such as validity date) of the central object for each view and object type. For example, when viewing a technical object in the Asset Viewer, you only want to see maintenance orders and notifications created for that technical object within the last month.

    For more information, see Settings for the Object Navigator.

    Additional Functions

    This pushbutton provides you with the following additional functions:

    • Adjust the view layout for the central object

      For example, you can change the order of object relation views, and show or hide certain views.

      Note that this function is only available for object types with multiple views.

    • Add the central object to your list of favorites.

      Note that this function is available only for object types supported by the favorites list (see Work Overview).

  • Side panel

    Business Context Viewer (BCV) can be integrated into the Asset Viewer. This means that you can view business content and analytical information for the central object the side panel.

    For more information, see Business Context Viewer Integration.

Navigation Behavior

When you choose to display an object in the Asset Viewer, then either the structure view and the object navigator appear or just the object navigator appears. The following table explains what happens when you navigate from and between various objects using the Asset Viewer:

Asset Viewer Display

Navigation Behavior

The selected object is displayed in both the object navigator and the structure view. It is the root node of the structure and appears highlighted.

  • If you select a lower-level object in the structure view, it appears highlighted in the structure and becomes the central object in the object navigator. You can now also set the new central object as the root node in the structure view by choosing Synchronize.

  • If you select a new object from within the object navigator and the new object does not have a structure view (for example, you are viewing a technical object and you choose a related document), then the structure view does not change and no object appears highlighted.

  • If you select a new object from within the object navigator and the new object does have a structure view, then the following happens:

    • If the new object is part of the same structure, then the structure view does not change but the new object appears highlighted.

    • If the new object is not part of the same structure, the structure view does not change but no object appears highlighted. If you want to see the new object in the structure view, you must choose Synchronize.

The selected object is displayed in the object navigator only. There is no structure view.

If you select a new object from within the object navigator and the new object has a structure view (for example, you are viewing a document and you choose a related technical object), then the structure view of the new object appears and its details are shown in the object navigator.