ERP, New Interface for ABAP Lists

Technical Data
Technical Name of the Business Function	`ERP_ALL_LISTS`
Type of Business Function	Enterprise Business Function
Available as of	Enhancement Package 4 for SAP ERP 6.0
Technical Usage	Central applications
Application Component	Cross-application Components (CA)
Business Function Requiring Activation in Addition	Not relevant

You can use this business function to standardize and harmonize the user interaction with ABAP lists. Many lists already delivered will be replaced by (mainly ALV) lists that improve the user-friendliness and usability. This enables you to reduce training costs.

Prerequisites

You have installed the following components as of the version specified:

Type of Component	Component	Only Required for Following Functions
Software Component	SAP_BS_FND 701

To use this business function, you have to activate it. The switch used is a simple soft switch. The switch can be reversed; no coding is changed.

Features

Various ABAP lists already delivered have received a new interface. Many of the lists delivered by SAP have very individual graphic display and interaction options. With the new interface, these display options are harmonized and standardized so that the user can take advantage of the capabilities of the list without knowing the individual functions of each list.

When you activate the business function, the new interface will be used as standard for ABAP lists. For some of these lists, you can subsequently define (mostly at report level), whether you want to use the new interface or one of the ABAP lists previously delivered.

This might make sense for the following reasons:

The users may know the appearance of a list well and not want a new interface.
In some cases, the standardization of specialized user interfaces means you then have to do without individual functions. Users may prefer to retain individual functions and accept that interfaces are not standardized.

For more information, see SAP Note 1180432.

Note Note

There is no test catalog available for this business function.

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Note Note

There is no object list available for this business function. However, a list of groups of functions in question is available. The attributes of these groups depend on the respective application area. You can display the list in the VERPSOFTSWITCHES view (Group ID ALLISTS). In this view, you can activate or deactivate the switch for each individual group.

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