Displaying the Product Structure

Use

New technical functions in the graphical user interface (GUI) allow you to process and view the product structure in simpler and easy-to-use ways. This display is based on the OLE custom control (OCX control).

This new display version is set up as default in the SAP System under Settings for the Product Structure. The Product Structure Browser creates any easy-to-use directory of all the objects that are related in the for of a tree structure. Yo u can then use the graphical main tenance functions in this tree structure.

This new display version requires a 32 bit based Windows operating system. If you do not have this operating system installed you can only use the simple list display.

Prerequisites

You must have a 32 bit Windows operating system installed.

You are in the Product Structure Browser. Initial screen.

See: Product Structure Browser

Procedure

Enter in the Product Structure Browser: Initial screen a selection date or parameter values for the parameter effectivity.
Select a filter or maintain a private filter.
If you do not want to display all the relation nodes, rather only certain ones select (Settings).

The Product structure settings dialog box appears.

Set the indicator Display relationships in context menu and select Continue.

The Product Structure Browser: Initial screen screen reappears.

Choose an object type (for example, material) and enter the key data.

See: Selecting Initial Object using a Stack

Start the product structure explosion by choosing Continue.

In the following processing situations you will also see the dialog box Parameter effectivity:
You have not yet entered any parameter values. The initial object as a material or a class that was processed with a change number. The effectivity of the change number was set by parameter values.

Enter the parameter values in the dialog box and select Continue.

See: Entering Values for Parameter Effectivity

The Product structure screen reappears. < Effectivity date >.

Result

On the Product structure screen: <Effectivity date> will display the structure of the object based on the chosen explosion criteria, such as effectivity date. All the objects are listed that are related to the initial object.

The filter key is displayed in the header when a filter is active, such as Product structure. Filter F-1-L; Effectivity date 20.Feb.2000.
Only selected data is shown when the filter is active.

Further Activities

The following overview shows the activities you can use to process the product structure or the listed objects.

Function	Use
Processing the Product Structure (General)	The function bar only contains functions that can be called up for processing the entire tree structure. For example, you can process display variants or check whether an object appears more than once in the structure.
Processing Objects	You can only call object related functions by using the context menu. For example, you can use SAPoffice to send a document to another user.
Copying Objects using Drag and Drop	You can only transfer an object from the product structure into a master record or another structure by means of the mouse.
Displaying Original Application File with a Viewer	You can use the integrated viewer to view individual original application files in 2D or 3D formats.