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Function documentationUse of Hierarchical Views in FOM

 

Creating hierarchical views for freight order management (FOM) allows you to organize the view for freight orders and freight bookings as well as for trailer units, railcar units, and container units.

Prerequisites

You have configured the relevant Customizing settings to allow you to use hierarchies in the individual documents. The following hierarchy types are predefined by default:

  • CRGRD for cargo management (road)

  • CRGRA for cargo management (rail)

  • CRGAC for cargo management (air freight)

  • CRGOC for cargo management (ocean freight)

  • EQUI for equipment

  • HBL for house bills of lading

  • SERV for the service items view

  • ITEM for a generic view of all items

  • STAM for status management

You can also define hierarchies with separate hierarchy types and groupings. You can specify the function (consumer) that each hierarchy type can use. Furthermore, you can specify a UIBB configuration to structure your user interface to meet your requirements. For more information, see Customizing for Transportation Management under Start of the navigation path Freight Order Management Next navigation step Define Hierarchical Views for Business Documents End of the navigation path.

For more information about FPM BOPF Integration (FBI), see Reusable Objects and Functions for the BOPF Environment (CA-EPT-BRC).

Note Note

View switches are not relevant for freight order management.

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Features

You can select the required hierarchy type in the individual documents. This allows you to specify how the items are to be displayed. This includes which hierarchy levels are displayed and according to which attributes items are to be grouped.

Activities

You change the hierarchy type by selecting the required hierarchy type in the Change Hierarchy field on the Items tab page on the user interface of your business document.

Note Note

  • The Items tab page replaces the Cargo, Cargo Management, and Equipment tab pages. You can personalize your user interface in such a way that the system displays the old tab pages.

  • This field is available on the Capacity and Cargo tab page for air freight bookings.

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More Information

Hierarchical views are also used in planning (transportation cockpit). For more information, see Use of Hierarchical Views.