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 Displaying Document Flow

Use

You can use several parameters in the entry screen for the display to determine the document flows to be displayed.You can display one or several document flows. You can either display only the direct predecessors and successors, or the complete network of the flow.

Features

You can display the flow of a document (with its predecessors and successors) within the individual document display of a document. From the flow, you can display the other documents of the network.

The system displays the data that exists in cross-system and cross-partner document flow for a document.

Activities

In cross-system and cross-partner document flow, provision is made for the application itself to develop the dialog for the display of the document flow. The following classes and methods are important to access the data of the document flow:

In the package : /SCMB/FLOW_CUSTOMIZING

Class

Method

Description

/SCMB/CL_DF_DOCUMENT_TYPE

GET

Delivers document types

GET_DETAIL

Delivers the characteristics of a document type

/SCMB/CL_DF_MAXIMAL_CHAIN

GET

Delivers maximum chains

/SCMB/CL_DF_RELATION_TYPE

GET_ATTRIBUTE

Delivers the description of additional data

GET

Delivers the description of the link

GET_NET

Delivers the links of a document type

GET_ROLE

Delivers the role of a document type

In the package : /SCMB/FLOW_NET

Class

Method

Description

/SCMB/CL_DF_DOCFLOW

READ_LINK

Queries the direct links

CREATE_LINK

Creates links

READ_NETWORK

Queries a network

DELETE_LINK

Deletes links

SEARCH_LINK

Evaluates document data; delivers direct links

SEARCH_NETWORK

Evaluates document data; delivers networks