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Create Application Group and Characteristic Display

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Table of Contents

1 Purpose

2 Prerequisites
2.1 System Access
2.2 Roles
2.3 Mandatory and Operational Master Data
2.4 Main Parameters for Data Creation
2.4.1 Transaction

3 Overview Table

4 Test Procedures
4.1 Create Application Group
4.2 Create Characteristic Display
1 Purpose

In this document you find a description of how to create characteristic display record for your SAP S/4HANA system. The description includes those data that
are relevant for the SAP S/4HANA appliance, such as Application Group, Characteristic Display and Characteristic Assignment. Fields that are not relevant for
the scope of the SAP S/4HANA content are not described in this document.

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2 Prerequisites

This section summarizes all the prerequisites for conducting the test in terms of systems, users, master data, organizational data, other test data and busi-
ness conditions.

2.1 System Access

System Details

System Accessible via SAP Fiori launchpad. Your system administrator provides you with the URL to access the various apps assigned to your role.

2.2 Roles
Create business roles using the following business role templates delivered by SAP and assign them to your individual test users.
Alternatively, if available, you can use the following spaces delivered by SAP. You create a space with pages containing predefined essential apps and assign
it to the business role. You then assign this business role to your individual users.
For more information, refer to How to Create a Business Role from a Template in the product assistance for SAP S/4HANA Cloud.

Name (Role Template) ID (Role Template) Name (Launchpad Space) ID (Launchpad Space) Log On

Product Configuration Modeler SAP_BR_PRODUCT_CONFIG_MODELER Variant Configuration SAP_BR_PRODUCT_CONFIG_MODELER

2.3 Mandatory and Operational Master Data

Characteristic Display records may refer to other master data. The following table gives an overview of optional and mandatory master data objects to be
used in a material master data record.

Master Data Object Used in Data Segment Mandatory / Optional Comments

Characteristics Mandatory Characteristics are to be assigned to characteristic display record

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2.4 Main Parameters for Data Creation
In this section, we describe some basic parameters that influence the behavior of a master record and are always required to create a characteristic display.

2.4.1 Transaction
With the help of Transaction, the system determines in which transaction the characteristic display should be available.
For 1711 edition, only the Sales and Distribution Document is supported.

Transaction Comment

Sales and Distribution Document For 1711 edition, only Sales and Distribution Document is supported for characteristic display.

Production Order

Trading Contract

Purchase Order

Goods Receipt

Order Confirmation

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3 Overview Table

In this section, a list of steps a user goes through when creating a master data record is provided. Every logical, meaningful segment of a master data object
should lead to a separate step (for example: org.-unit dependent data segments and so on).
The scope item Create Application Group and Characteristic Display consists of several process steps provided in the following tables:

Note If your system administrator has enabled spaces and pages on the SAP Fiori launchpad, the homepage will only contain the essential apps for per-
forming the typical tasks of a business role.
You can find all other (searchable) apps not included on the homepage using the search bar (2434549).
If you want to personalize the homepage and include the hidden apps, navigate to your user profile and choose App Finder.

Process Step, Report or Item Business Role Transaction/APP Expected Results

Create Application Group [page ] 6 Product Configuration Modeler Maintain Char. Display for Configuration (CU_CHAR_DISPLAY) Application Group is created

Create Characteristic Display [page ] 7 Product Configuration Modeler Maintain Char. Display for Configuration (CU_CHAR_DISPLAY) Application Group is created

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4 Test Procedures

This section describes procedures for each process step that belongs to this scope item. You can use these procedures also for testing the master data cre-
ation.

4.1 Create Application Group

Test Administration

Customer project: Fill in the project-specific parts.

Test Case ID <X.XX> Testing Date:

Tester Name: Duration:

Business Role(s): Responsibility: <State the Service Provider, Customer or Joint Service Provider and Customer>

Procedure

Test Test Step Name Instruction Expected Result Pass / Fail /

Step # Comment

1 Log On Log on to the SAP Fiori launchpad as a Product Configuration Modeler. The SAP Fiori launchpad displays.

2 Access the SAP Open Maintain Char. Display for Configuration (CU_CHAR_DISPLAY). The Change View ''Application Group'': Over-
Fiori App view view displays.

3 Enter Application On the Change View ''Application Group'': Overview screen, choose New Entry. The New Entries: Overview of Added Entries
Group And make the following entries: screen displays.
● Transact. : <Select from dropdown list>
● Appl Grp: <Any code>

4 Save Your Data Choose Save.

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4.2 Create Characteristic Display

Test Administration

Customer project: Fill in the project-specific parts.

Test Case ID <X.XX> Testing Date:

Tester Name: Duration:

Business Role(s): Responsibility: <State the Service Provider, Customer or Joint Service Provider and Customer>

Procedure

Test Test Step Name Instruction Expected Result Pass / Fail /

Step # Comment

1 Log On Log on to the SAP Fiori launchpad as a Product Configuration Modeler. The SAP Fiori launchpad displays.

2 Access the SAP Choose Maintain Char. Display for Configuration (CU_CHAR_DISPLAY). The Change View ''Application Group'': Over-
Fiori App view view displays.

3 Enter Applica- On the Change View ''Application Group'': Overview screen, choose Characteristic The Change View ''Characteristic Display'':
tion Group Display. Overview screen displays.
Choose New Entry. Make the following entry and press Enter:
● Char. Display: <Any code>.
● Description: <Enter description for the characteristic display>.
● Appl. Grp: <Select F4 for help>.

4 Assign Charac- Choose the characteristic display created in previous step and select Characteristic The Change View ''Characteristic Assignment'':
teristic Assignment. Overview screen displays.
Make the following entries:
● Seq.: <Enter sequence number to determine the sequence of character-
istic>.
● Characteristic Name: <Search for a characteristic by selecting F4
search help>.
● Col.: <Enter proper column width in order to show characteristic de-
scription and value>.

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Test Test Step Name Instruction Expected Result Pass / Fail /
Step # Comment

5 Save Your Data Choose Save.

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