Assigning Side Panels

You can make an entry in the Role Menu that is defined as a side panel available for other applications and different user roles. This can be a specific role or all roles relevant to a user.

To assign a side panel, proceed as follows:

1. Start transaction Role Maintenance ( PFCG) and select a role.

2. On the Menu tab page, choose the Other Node Details pushbutton.

3. Select an entry in the Role Menu that is defined as a side panel.

4. Decide if you want to make the side panel available for a specific application or for multiple applications and proceed as follows:

   • Application-Specific: To assign a side panel to a specific entry such as a transaction code, a Web Dynpro application, a Web address, or a file, enter the node ID of another entry in {REF=}, for example, {REF=644}, in the Application Alias field of the entry or folder. You cannot reference folders.

     Note

     The application alias is only processed in the following cases:

     • For entries that are defined as side panel

     • For entries that are defined as side panel not only on the folder level, but also on the application node level. That means that the side panel definition is not inherited from the folder level to the application contained in the side panel folder.

     Recommendation

     We recommend that you do not place an application-specific side panel, that is a side panel that references an individual application, into a side panel folder. While this is possible it can lead to confusion as side panels can get duplicated if you refer to an application inside your side panel folder.

   • Multiple Applications: To assign a side panel application to multiple applications, leave the Application Alias field of the entry or folder blank.

     All applications on the same or underlying tree levels have the entry assigned as a side panel.

5. Optional: To assign a side panel in all roles that are assigned to a user, enter the following data in the Application Alias field of the entry in the Role Menu:

   • For SAP GUI applications

     {TR=SE80;SE16}: Assign side panel for transactions Object Navigator ( SE80) and Data Browser( SE16).

     {TR=*}: Assign side panel for all transactions

     Note When you assign a side panel to a transaction, there is no support for matching of generic wildcard patterns.

   • For Web Dynpro applications

     {WDA=WDR_TEST*}

     For Web Dynpro applications, you can also specify the configuration (separated by a backslash), for example, {WDA=NWBC_*\NWBC_WDA_*}.

   • Generic side panel assignment is supported. The side panel is assigned for all applications contained in the current role or contained in all roles that are assigned to a user. The syntax of the REF definition has been extended to support the following:

     • REF=*: Assign side panel for nodes of the current role

     • REF=**: Assign side panel for all nodes of all user roles

     This special case with REF is valid only for applications defined in a role.

   By consequence, you change the assignment in one role and the side panel entries are assigned to all matching transactions in all roles of the user.

   {TR=.. } and {WDA=…} apply side panel entries for all nodes that match the specified criteria, irrespective of the roles in which they are used. Therefore, they are global references.

   You can also assign multiple applications and mix absolute, role-specific assignments ( {REF=25,89}) with global SAP GUI transaction assignments ( {TR=SE16;SE80}) and Web Dynpro application assignments: {REF=14;12}{TR=SE16;SE80}{WDA=NWBC_*\NWBC_WDA_*; WDR_TEST*}

   Note

   Side panels are assigned to all user roles only in special cases when the user logs on without a specific role or cockpit defined. In this case all roles are loaded together with the roles that contain side panel definitions, and correspondingly all loaded roles are modified with the side panel assignment. However, if a user logs on with some specific role (without the mentioned side panel assignment definition), this role (or the resulting Role Menu) does not get the side panel assignment from another side panel role.

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