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Procedure documentation Saving and Changing Views  Locate the document in its SAP Library structure

Use

You can save any number of views for a list, each of which can contain different settings. Only you can use these views; they cannot be seen by other users. The lists of your own are always only available for current lists, they are not available in other lists. Once you create a view, it is displayed in the View dropdown list box (see Selecting Views).

You can make the following changes:

       Copy a view

       Rename a view

       Define as initial screen

Procedure

Creating Views

If there is an asterisk next to the name of the view then you can see that changes have been made to this view.

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If you have changed the standard view or a view provided by the system then you can save it under another name as a view of your own.

       1.      To save your changes to a view provided by the system, choose This graphic is explained in the accompanying text (Save As).

The Save View As dialog box appears.

       2.      Enter a new, meaningful description in the Description entry field.

       3.      If you want to start the application with this view in future, set the flag for Initial View and choose OK.

Changing Views

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       1.      To save your changes to a view of your own, choose This graphic is explained in the accompanying text (Save).

Creating Views

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       1.      To create a view, open the Settings dialog box (see Using the Dialog Box with Settings for the List).

       2.      In the dialog box, make all the settings that you want to save in the view.

       3.      Choose Save As.

The Save View As dialog box appears.

       4.      In the Description input field, enter a unique name for the view and choose OK.

The view is created and added to the View dropdown list box.

Renaming Views

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       1.      To rename a view, open the Settings dialog box.

       2.      Select the view that you want to rename. Make sure you do not select the standard view.

       3.      Choose Properties.

The Change View Properties dialog box appears.

       4.      In the Description input field, enter a new, unique description and choose OK.

       5.      Apply your settings to the list as required.

 

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