Relations and Customizing of Structures

Note

• Customizing of structures must not be confused with customizing of structure displays.
  • For structure display customizing, see
    • WBS Structure Display
    • Tree Structure Display

Relational Structures (Structures by Relations)

Information

• Via relations, logical relations between data are established.
• Relations can be defined in data tables or in modules.

Relations in Data Tables

Information

• Data tables can be linked via relations.
• The relations are defined per data table in the Data Dictionary module with the Relationship parameters of DT416.

Example

• The Checklist data table 060 and Checklist item 061 are linked via a N:1 relation.
  • I.e. several checklist items can be assigned to each checklist but each checklist item only belongs to one checklist.
  • The checklist item data table is subordinate to the checklist data table.

Relations in Modules (Data Area Assignment)

Information

• In a module, data from different data tables that have no data table relation, e.g. DT461 Project and DT467 Resource, can be displayed linked and structured.

Procedure

• Create the data areas from different data tables and assign them to the required module.
• Structure data areas (connect relationally):
  • Insert the relation to the parent area for the child data area in the Relation to parent area parameter.

Customizing Example in Module Workflow Level 2

Note

• With relations, data tables that contain application logic interrelated data items, can be linked. The project manager (DT461) can, e.g., be linked to the resource (DT467) but not to the cost type (DT470).

Recursive Structures

Structuring via Structure Data Table

Structuring via Recursive Relation

Information

• Object and object structure data are contained in the same data table (e.g. task and parent task: both DT463).

Procedure

• Data area
  • In this case, the relation between the object and its subobjects is achieved via the relationship entry in the Recursive Relation field.

Example

• Relation entry in the Task data area of the Schedule module for structuring the tasks

• Results in the module

Note

• The function, that the width of the first field was automatically extended (in this case the fields of the task ID), only applies to data areas with horizontal layout.