Structures Workbench

Use

The group of transactions termed the Structures Workbench provides you with role and task-specific applications , in particular for the following functions:

Editing organizational structures (organizational structure, command and support relationships)
Editing individual force elements and their properties
Assigning personnel categories, material categories, and logistical requirements
Material planning, personnel planning, relocation planning

Integration

From Structures Workbench transactions, you can navigate to various additional functions and applications .

You can use the menu to make user-specific settings .

The tab pages displayed in the Structures Workbench are based on Integrated Product and Process Engineering (iPPE) technology. For more information about the iPPE workbench, seeSAPLibrary and choose Start of the navigation path SAPERP Central Component Next navigation step Logistics Production Planning and Control Basic Data Integrated Product and Process Engineering End of the navigation path .

Prerequisites

In Customizing, under Start of the navigation path Defense Forces & Public Security Next navigation step Organizational Flexibility Structures Workbench End of the navigation path , you have made the appropriate settings for the Structures Workbench transactions.

You can define your own role-specific and task-specific applications (transactions) and in each case specify:

which tab pages are available
which editing options (display/change) are available
which of the functions described below are available

Features

Transactions

In the standard system, the group of transactions termed the Structures Workbench includes the following values:

Values for theStructures Workbench

Application	Mode	Transaction	Use
Organizational Structure and Tasks	Change	/ISDFPS/TOE1	Force element Structures
Organizational Structure and Tasks	Display	/ISDFPS/TOE2	Force element Structures
Personnel Organizational Basis	Change	/ISDFPS/TOEP1	Personnel categories Contingent planning
Personnel Organizational Basis	Display	/ISDFPS/TOEP2	Personnel categories Contingent planning
Material Organizational Basis	Change	/ISDFPS/TOEM1	Material planning objects/material containers Equipment packages
Material Organizational Basis	Display	/ISDFPS/TOEM2
Accounting Organizational Basis	Change	/ISDFPS/TOEACC1	Account assignment and budgeting
Accounting Organizational Basis	Display	/ISDFPS/TOEACC2	Account assignment and budgeting
Logistics Organizational Basis	Change	/ISDFPS/TOELOG1	Provisions packages Logistics data
Logistics Organizational Basis	Display	/ISDFPS/TOELOG2	Provisions packages Logistics data
Task Organization	Change	/ISDFPS/TORG1	Task organization
Task Organization	Display	/ISDFPS/TORG2	Task organization
Support Relationships	Change	/ISDFPS/SREL1	Support relationships
Support Relationships	Display	/ISDFPS/SREL2	Support relationships
Material Categories Planning	Change	/ISDFPS/LPL1	Material planning
Material Categories Planning	Display	/ISDFPS/LPL2	Material planning
Personnel Categories Planning	Change	/ISDFPS/PERS1	Personnel assignment
Personnel Categories Planning	Display	/ISDFPS/PERS2	Personnel assignment
Assignment of Technical Objects	Change	/ISDFPS/TOB1	Assignment of technical objects
Assignment of Technical Objects	Display	/ISDFPS/TOB2	Assignment of technical objects
Relocation Planning	Change	/ISDFPS/PRELOC1	Assignment of relocations and relocation steps
Relocation Planning	Display	/ISDFPS/PRELOC2	Assignment of relocations and relocation steps
Logistical Mission Support	Change	/ISDFPS/LSP1
Logistical Mission Support	Display	/ISDFPS/LSP2
Command and Control Support	Change	/ISDFPS/TOEFU1	Distribution of a force element
Command and Control Support	Display	/ISDFPS/TOEFU2	Distribution of a force element
Relocation Execution	Change	/ISDFPS/RELOC1	Relocation of material
Relocation Execution	Display	/ISDFPS/RELOC2	Relocation of material
Infrastructure	Change	/ISDFPS/INFRA1	Real estate contracts
Infrastructure	Display	/ISDFPS/INFRA2	Real estate contracts

The Structures Workbench transactions always start in display mode. This ensures that when you are searching for required objects, you do not lock objects for other users also working with the structure. When you switch to change mode in a transaction, the object you are using is locked for all other users. This ensures data consistency.

Note Note

Depending on the Customizing settings, each transaction has only a certain number of the functions and editing options described below.

End of the note.

Screen Layout

The Structures Workbench screen is divided into the following areas:

This graphic is explained in the accompanying text.

The different Structures Workbench screen areas are integrated, meaning that data changes or selections in one screen area are automatically transferred to each of the other screen areas, where relevant.

Status Display

If objects and assignments have a status , it is displayed in the screen areas of the Structures Workbench as described below:

Object Status
- Inactive objects are displayed with object names in gray font.
- Active objects (and objects with no status) are displayed with object names in black font.
Assignment Status
- Inactive assignments are identified with the following icons:
  - Planned
  - Requested
  - Approved
  - Rejected
- Active assignments are not identified since they are standard.

Structure Area

In the structure area, you can:

Select and display the different structures of your organization that consist of force elements

You define the structure selection and the evaluation paths for display purposes in Customizing, under Defense Forces & Public Security Organizational Flexibility Command and Support Relationships Define Usage Types .
Search for individual force elements and display them together with their structural assignments (at the same time, you can navigate within structures and search for objects)

You can activate component-specific search help in Customizing under Defense Forces & Public Security Organizational Flexibility Structures Workbench BAdI: Search Help .
Print structures
Create, copy, delete, and schedule force elements and structures
Display the key details of the selected force element(s)
Select force elements to edit
Change the status of force elements
Start reports under Additional Reports , for example, to:
- Generate CO objects and their assignments
- Send plan quantities and prices

Selection Area

In the selection area , the following assigned objects are displayed in a function tree for the force element selected in the structure area, depending on the transaction selected:

The tasks assigned to the force element are displayed in the Tasks folder.
The chief positions and positions assigned to the force element are displayed in the Authorized and Actual Personnel folder.
- The persons assigned to a position or chief position are displayed in the Actual Personnel folder.
- The material objects assigned to a position or chief position are displayed in the Authorized Materials folder:
  - Material planning objects
  - Material containers
- Furthermore, depending on the object type in the Additional Data folder, additional object assignments are displayed for the objects displayed in the function tree:
  - Jobs
  - User
  - Qualification
  - Task
  - Work centers
  - Role
  - Composite role
    
    Assigned documents are displayed in the Documents folder.
The following object assignments of a force element are displayed in the Authorized and Actual Materials folder:
- Material planning object
- Material container
- Equipment package
- Reportable item code
The provisions packages assigned to the force element are displayed in the Provisions Packages folder.
The technical objects assigned to the force element are displayed in the Technical Objects folder.
The documents assigned to the force element are displayed in the Documents folder.
The following object assignments of the force element are displayed in the Infrastructure Objects folder:
- RE search request
- Infrastructure planning object
- Real estate contracts
- Business entities

You define the evaluation paths for display purposes in Customizing under Start of the navigation path Defense Forces & Public Security Next navigation step Organizational Flexibility Structures Workbench Define Transactions for Structures Workbench Evaluation Paths End of the navigation path node.

In Customizing, under Start of the navigation path Defense Forces & Public Security Next navigation step Organizational Flexibility Structures Workbench Define Transactions for Structures Workbench Folders End of the navigation path node, you define how the folders are to be displayed.

You can display the assigned positions, jobs, persons, material planning objects (MPOs), and provisions packages (PPAs) from here. In the function tree, you can also:

Create, delimit, and delete positions
Create and delete assignments to MPOs and PPAs
Adjust the display by selecting evaluation paths

In Customizing, you define the functions in the object-specific context menu under Start of the navigation path Defense Forces & Public Security Next navigation step Organizational Flexibility Structures Workbench Define Transactions for Structures Workbench Context Menu End of the navigation path node.

In addition to the function tree, the following views are provided:

You can use the Material List to perform an authorized/actual comparison for materials.

You can choose the Authorized/Actual Comparison pushbutton to display the following comparisons for the selected force element, its MRP area, or for the entire structure starting from the selected force element:
- Authorized/actual comparison for directly assigned authorized materials
- Authorized/actual comparison for positions assigned to the authorized materials
- Authorized/actual comparison for all authorized materials
- Authorized/actual comparison for authorized materials identified as infrastructure material by the material indicator
  
  In Customizing, under Defense Forces & Public Security Materials Management Control Structure Explosion in Authorized/Actual Comparison , you specify which levels of the structure are to be displayed.
  
  You choose the Authorized/Actual Details pushbutton to go to the detail view of the authorized/actual comparison.
You can use the Personnel List to display a list of all lower-level persons.

In addition to the persons assigned in the currently selected structure (master personnel), you can also display the following information:
- The system indicates currently assigned persons that are assigned to other force elements in other structures in parallel with the Reduced value in the Deviation field.
- The system indicates persons that are additionally assigned to the force element in other structures with the Increased value in the Deviation field.
  
  Use the Deviations function to select the required comparison structures.
You can use the Infrastructure Comparison to perform an authorized/actual comparison for the infrastructure.
You can use Relocation to:
- Assign relocations
- Display the assigned relocation steps

In Customizing, you define which of these views are available in a transaction, by choosing Start of the navigation path Defense Forces & Public Security Next navigation step Organizational Flexibility Structures Workbench Define Transactions for Structures Workbench Subcomponents End of the navigation path node.

You can trigger the following workflows from the selection area:

Detail Area (and Function Bar)

The detail area contains the following views:

Detail screens for each object selected (force element, position, person, MPO, and so on)

The detail area displays the header data of the object currently selected (such as the name and description), as well as object type-specific tab pages on which you:
- display and, if necessary, edit the properties of the object
- make assignments
Functions and overviews for material planning
Gantt charts
Tab pages for relocation planning
Search functions

If required, you can also choose the Measure pushbutton to select an organizational measure or direct change.

You define tab pages in Customizing, under Start of the navigation path Defense Forces & Public Security Next navigation step Organizational Flexibility Structures Workbench Tab Pages End of the navigation path .

The traffic light symbols indicate whether the tab page is ready for input (green) or in display mode only.

Activities

General Functions

Action	Function	Screen Area
Switch from display to change mode in a transaction	Display/Change	Function bar
Show and hide screen areas	Navigation View	Function bar
Call the views in the detail area	Detail Screens, Material Planning	Function bar
Make personal settings	Settings	Function bar
Select a usage type	Structure Selection	Structure area
Switch between the function tree, material list, and personnel list	Switch	Selection area
Change the order of objects in the function tree	In Order, Bottom to Top/In Order, Top to Bottom	Selection area (function tree)
Change layout of lists	Change Layout…	Selection area (lists)
Select the display of object types or relationships	Evaluation Path	Selection area (function tree, personnel list)
Switch between different table displays (print preview, grid, Excel, Crystal Reports)	Views	Selection area Detail area (tab pages with tables)
Export table data to one of the formats provided (such as Excel, HTML, Crystal Reports)	Export	Selection area (material list) Detail area (tab pages with tables)
Sort table rows	Sort Ascending/Descending Order	Selection area (lists) Detail area (tab pages with tables)
Choose relationship type	Choose Relationship	Detail area (tab pages with tables)
Create relationship	Create Relationship	Detail area (tab pages with tables)
Delete relationship	Delete Relationship	Detail area (tab pages with tables)
Delimit relationship	Delimit Relationship	Detail area (tab pages with tables)
Show and hide columns	Column Configuration	Detail area (tab pages with tables)
Print current view	Print	All
Find objects	Find	All

Specific functions, such as for creating and assigning objects, are documented separately.