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Procedure documentationCreate and Edit Project/Solution Structure Locate this document in the navigation structure

 

The project or solution structure is a hierarchical display of all elements which belong to a project or solution, respectively:

  • Master data

  • Organizational units

  • Business scenarios

  • Business Processes

  • Process steps

  • Interface scenarios

  • Interfaces

  • Interface steps

Prerequisites

For a project:

  • You have created a project in the Project Administration.

  • If you want to use processes which you have created in a solution, you have selected this solution landscape in the System Landscape tab in the Project Administration.

  • Only in a template project:

    • If you want to reuse scenarios in a template in other projects, you have created a template in the project administration in the Templates tab.

    • If you want to restrict whether and how a scenario can be changed when reusing the template, you have set the Global Rollout Functionality is Active flag in the Templates tab in the project administration. For further information, see The Global Attribute in Global Rollout and the Global attribute F1 help.

For one solution:

You have created a solution.

Procedure

To call the functions in the table:

  • For projects: From the SAP Easy Access screen   Business Blueprint   Structure   tab.

  • For solutions: From the SAP Easy Access screen   SAP Solution Manager   <your solution>   Solution Landscape   Solution Settings   Structure   tab.

Create project/solution structure

Function

Navigation

What you need to know

Create new structure elements

In the field <structure element> name

Specify a logical component in projects.

Selection of existing structure elements (copies) from

  • Projects

  • The Business Process Repository delivered by SAP

  • Solutions

  1. Choose the value Project, Business Process Repository or Solution from the Source value help.

  2. Choose the structure element from the value help for the field <structure element> name.

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The system copies the logical components of the original into projects.

You can change copied structure elements independently of the original, e.g. the title. You can copy changes to the original with Adjust to Original.

The system shows source alerts in the link as well for solutions in the business process graphic.

When you copy business processes from a solution or a project, the system refers to existing interfaces. You can edit this reference (external interface). For further information, see Resolve External Interface

Link to existing structure elements in

  • Projects

  • Solutions

  1. Choose the value Project or Solution from the value help for Source.

  2. Choose the element from the value help for the field   <structure element> name   Copy as Shortcut  .

You can create shortcuts to the same object type, e.g. from organizational unit to organizational unit.

You can only change the original.

The system indicates the shortcut with an icon.

To make changes to the original visible in the structure, choose Refresh in the structure tree.

Disband Shortcut

Disband Shortcut

You change the structure element into a normal copy.

Where-used list

Where-Used List

Move structure elements

Drag&Drop in the structure

You can only move structure elements on the same level; e.g. process steps only at process step level.

Only template project

Copy scenario into a template

Value help for the field Template

Only templates which have been assigned to a scenario can be reused later.

The system copies master data and organizational units from the highest structure level into all templates assigned in the Structure tab.

Restrict changeability when reusing a template

Value help for the field Global Attribute

Only implementation project

Take structure elements out of scope

Remove the flag in the structure.

Only solutions

Make structure elements available for business process monitoring

Choose the value Production from the value help for the field Status.

Business process monitoring can only monitor production structure elements.