Application Structure in SAP ECTR

Concept and Overview

The Application Structure in SAP ECTR is a generic window to display structure information from the authoring application (e.g. CAD-System). The displayed structure is completely provided by the authoring application, more precise the Application Integration. Objects are enriched with additional information from the Session-Directory and the SAP-System.

Summary of the basic concepts:

• Application Structure shows objects loaded in applications
• The structure is driven by the application
• Additional object information is read from SAP-System and Session-Directory

Filter

SAP ECTR offers a generic filter-technology to show objects based on specific filter.
A lot of standard filter are delivered via standard installation.

For more details see the documentation of SAP ECTR in the "SAP Implementation Guide Icons".

General information about filter-technology, can be found here.

Objects

In the Application Structure there are three different objects.

• SOB: CAD files with existing document info record (DIR)
• INSOB: CAD files without DIR
• CUAPOB: Generic object

These objects can be used by the Application Integration to represent different objects in the Application Structure.

Functions

All functions in the Application Structure are functions which interact with the Application Integration. All functions are using a generic function within SAP ECTR:

fnc.structure.view.application.generic(<parameter>)

The parameter <parameter> defines the function that is executed in the Application Integration.
=> All functions triggered by user in the Application structure UI are send to the Application Integration and are executed there.

All Application Integrations offer a defined set of standard function objects (SOB and INSOB):

SOB

• fnc.structure.view.application.generic(sap_checkout): Edit

• fnc.structure.view.application.generic(sap_save_checkin): Save and Display

• fnc.structure.view.application.generic(sap_save): Save

• fnc.structure.view.application.generic(sap_save_as_new_version): Save as New Version

• fnc.structure.view.application.generic(sap_save_as_new_document): Save as New Document

• fnc.structure.view.application.generic(sap_cancel): Cancel

• fnc.structure.view.application.generic(sap_set_displayed): Display (in Application)

• fnc.structure.view.application.generic(sap_select): Select (in Application)

• fnc.structure.view.application.generic(sap_set_active): Activate (in Application)

INSOB

• fnc.structure.view.application.generic(sap_import): Import

• fnc.structure.view.application.generic(sap_set_displayed): Display (in Application)

Interaction with other SAP ECTR Windows

The Application Structure interacts with the Object Browser, if the selected object in Application is a SOB object. ECTR uses the document information to interpret the document and displays it in the Object Browser. In the Object Browser, the document functions can then be executed on the selected object.

Configuration

The Configuration is done in the following directories:

<ECTR_INSTDIR>\addons\structureview\customize\config\...

SAP ECTR Interface to PTC Creo