Improvements in PFCG User Interface

Use

While the functions offered in transaction Role Maintenance ( PFCG) remain the same in the different releases supported by SAP Business Client, the user interface (UI) on the Menu tab page has been changed to offer an enhanced user experience. In SAP NetWeaver 7.00 SP21 (or higher), SAP NetWeaver 7.01 SP6 (or higher) and SAP NetWeaver 7.02 (or higher), a number of changes have been implemented.

Caution

These changes are available only in systems from SAP NetWeaver 7.00 SP21 (or higher), SAP NetWeaver 7.01 SP6 (or higher), and SAP NetWeaver 7.02 (or higher) and cannot be used in lower releases and service packs.

The changed UI reflects both settings that apply to the role level as well as settings for individual role entries (both folders and nodes). At the role level, there are the Menu Options for special use cases, whereas for individual role entries, there are the Other Node Details that differ slightly from one another regarding the details offered, depending on the position in the menu tree, whether they are folders or nodes, and so on.

In 7.00 SP21 (or higher) and 7.01 SP6 (or higher) systems, the settings for the whole role are available with the pushbutton Menu Options at the bottom of the screen. In 7.02 (or higher) systems, these settings are available with the same Menu Options pushbutton that is located at the end of the button bar next to the Other Node Details.
In 7.00 SP21 (or higher) and 7.01 SP6 (or higher) systems, the settings for individual node entries, be they folders or nodes, are available for each item in the context menu entry Details for NetWeaver Business Client. In 7.02 (or higher) systems, these settings are available with the pushbutton Other Node Details.

The table provides an overview of the UI differences for the mentioned SAP NetWeaver releases:

	SAP NetWeaver 7.00 SP21+ and SAP NetWeaver 7.01 SP6+	SAP NetWeaver 7.02 and higher*
Role Level	Menu Options The following figure shows an example of an old version of the role menu:	Menu Options The following figure shows an example of the role menu as of the SAP NetWeaver 7.0 EHP2 release:
Individual Entries	Details for NetWeaver Business Client The following figure shows an example of an old version of the role menu Details for NetWeaver Business Client dialog:box	Other Node Details The following figure shows an example of the role menu including a node detail view as of the SAP NetWeaver 7.0 EHP2 release:
Background configuration settings in table SSM_CUST using transaction Call View Maintenance ( SM30)	ADD_MENU_DETAILS is set to NO by default and must be set to YES to see these SAP Business Client settings.	ADD_MENU_DETAILS is set to YES by default. If you do not wish to make SAP Business Client settings, you must set ADD_MENU_DETAILS to NO explicitly.

SAP NetWeaver 7.00 SP21+ and SAP NetWeaver 7.01 SP6+

SAP NetWeaver 7.02 and higher*

Role Level

Menu Options

The following figure shows an example of an old version of the role menu:

Old

Menu Options

The following figure shows an example of the role menu as of the SAP NetWeaver 7.0 EHP2 release:

New

Individual Entries

Details for NetWeaver Business Client

The following figure shows an example of an old version of the role menu Details for NetWeaver Business Client dialog:box

Old

Other Node Details

The following figure shows an example of the role menu including a node detail view as of the SAP NetWeaver 7.0 EHP2 release:

New

Background configuration settings in table SSM_CUST using transaction Call View Maintenance ( SM30)

ADD_MENU_DETAILS is set to NO by default and must be set to YES to see these SAP Business Client settings.

ADD_MENU_DETAILS is set to YES by default. If you do not wish to make SAP Business Client settings, you must set ADD_MENU_DETAILS to NO explicitly.

* With SAP NetWeaver 7.03, the UI has been further enhanced and new options have been introduced.

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