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ABAPHierarchicalViewClusters
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ThisarticleisatutorialonhowtocreateaViewClusterontopofSAPtables.Itisextremlyuseful
whenyouhaveseveralSAPtableswithhierarchicaldependency.Thishierarchyisnicelyvisibleon
eg.MARA>MARC>MARDtableswheretheKEYgrowsfromMATNR(MARAtable)toMATNR+
WERKS(MARC)toMATNR+WERKS+LGORT(MARD).Toview/editdatausingthishierarchy
foldingyoucanusethe"Viewclusters"approach.

WhatisViewCluster

Viewclusterisasetofobjects(views,reportsortables)whichbelongtoonebusinessfunction.
Theunderlyingdatacanbearrangedeitherhierarchicallyornonhierarchicallyinviewcluster.
Aviewclustertransactioneditsthecomplexcrosstabledatainaviewcluster.
Thetransactionnavigationboxshowsthecomplexbusinessobjectwithitscomponentsorsub
objects.

StepstocreateViewClusteronSAPtables

1. CreateMaintenanceviewsforalltablestobeinvolvedintheviewcluster(ZMM_VMARA,
ZMM_VMARC,ZMM_VMARD).

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2. ForMARCandMARDsetthemaintenanceattribute'P'forfieldsMANDTandMATNR(for
MARC),MANDT,MATNRandWERKSforMARDtovalue'S'thismeansthatsuchfieldswill
beusedfromtheupperhierarchylevelsandwillnotbedisplayedindetailview.

3. RunTableMaintenanceGeneratoronallcreatedViewsandletthecodebegeneratedintoone
commonFUGRcalledlet'ssayZMM_FG_MATMAS
Eachviewwillhaveonestepmaintenancetypeandeachviewmusthavedifferentmaint.screen
number(let'ssay,0001forZMM_VMARA,0002forZMM_VMARCand0003forZMM_VMARD)

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4. CreateViewCluster
A. RunTCodeSE54andcreatenewView(ZMM_VC_MATMAS)

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B. Navigateto"ObjectStructure",addyourviewswithproperdependencies(predecessor),
position,shortdescriptionandotherparametersandselectthestartingview

C. ForeachlinewithViewdetailsin"ObjectStructure"selecttherowandclickon"Field
Dependencies"buttontogeneratedependentfieldsautomatically

D. SaveandActivateyournewViewCluster

TestingViewCluster

RunTCodeSE54,gotoEditViewClusterscreen,typeinyourclusterviewnameandpresstheTest
button.

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WecreatedtheviewclusterontablesMARA,MARCandMARD.Thereforewecanseethatallthree
levelsarevisibleintheleftsidepannel.ThescreenshotbelowdisplayesentriesofthetableMARA.

InordertoseethecorrespondingPlantdetailsforsomematerial,justselectanentryanddoubleclick
onPlantdetailsintheleftnavigation.

Theplantdetailsarenowvisible,butinourexamplescreenshottheselectedmaterialisnot
maintainedonanyplant.Intheheaderoftherightpartofscreenyoucanseethematerialdependent
fieldtransferredautomaticallyfromMARAviewafterourselection.

Usingthesameapproachyoucanseethestoragelocationdetailsyoujustselectanentryinthelist
onrightsideanddoubleclickonStoragedetailsintheleftnavigationwindow.

IfwehadenoughtestingdatatheMaterialselectedintheMaterialdetailsviewandthePlantselected
inthePlantdetailsviewwouldbedisplayedontopoftherightpartofscreenasheaderentries.

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on20150407at8:53pmsaid:

Thankyouverymuchfortheguide.Itisverycomplete.IhaveonlyoneproblemandIwould
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