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July2,2014

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AlessandroIannacci
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Asyoumayknow,SAPCloud4Customeroffersastandardobject
calledUISwitchtoinfluencethestandardfieldpropertiesbasedonthe
userrole.
Howtouseit?

Standarduse
TheUISwitchisanobjectthatcanbeassignedtoanybusinessRole.
Anystandardscreenextensionisabletorecognizeiftheuserhas
someroleassociatedwiththeUISwitchandbasedonthis
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information,itcanchangethefieldpropertiesasdefinedbythe
developer.
Step1.
CreatetheUISwitchinthePDI

Step2.
Inanystandardscreenextension,youcanmodifyfieldproperties(via
extensibilityexplorer)andmakethesepropertiesdependantfromthe
UISwitch

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Nonstandarduse:
ThelimitationtothisfactisthatthereisnostandardwaytouseUI
Switch(andsobusinessroleauthorization)foryourcustom
developments.
Hereasimpletricktomakeitworkingforallthekindsof
developments
Step1.
CreatetheUISwitchasshownbefore
Step2.
Addanindicator(orsomeotherkindoffieldifyouneed)andan
actiontoyourcustomBO

Step3.
Implementtheactionasshownbelow(highlightedpart).Notethat
Context.GetCurrentUserUISwitches()isastandardmethodalways
availableintheABSLlibrary.

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Step4.
Inyourcustomscreenbindthefavouritedpropertyofyourfieldsto
the(inthisexample)indicatorfield

Step5.
Intheinitializationofyourscreencalltheactionthatrefreshthestatus
oftheindicatorfield,basedontheuserbusinessrole

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TestingtheUISwitch
Step1.
CreateanewbusinessroleandassigntheUISwitchtoit

Step2.
AssigntheBusinessRoletotheuser

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Step3.
Enjoy!

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9Comments

DhruvinMehta
July7,2014at9:04am

FantasticDocument!
AlessandroIhavesmalldoubtasthereisnooptionofAssigningUISwitch
againstacustomview(inmycaseQuickcreate).
Ordoihavetohandleeverythingbycode?
Regards,
Dhruvin

AlessandroIannacci Postauthor
July7,2014at9:26am

Yes,thereisnooptionofassigningUISwitchagainstacustom
view,youneedtohandletheUISwitchviacodeandsetyour
customproperties!

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DhruvinMehta
July7,2014at9:34am

Oh!okayalessandrothanksfortheinfo!!!

AlessandroIannacci Postauthor
July7,2014at9:35am

Yourewelcome!

BradGorlicki
February22,2015at9:47pm

AgreathelpthanksAlessandro.
Ihaveoneproblem
IhaveusedthisideainaECtorestricteditaccesstocertainusers.
ItworksfineexceptnoweverytimeIopentheEC,thescreengoesintoedit
modewithoutclickingedit?
Anyideawhythiswouldoccur?

AlessandroIannacci Postauthor
February23,2015at9:12am

Uhmmmm
questions:
1)AreyouusingHTML5UI?(Iassumeyesbecauseyouare
speakingaboutaneditbutton)
2)Didyoubindyourcustomfieldswiththecustomindicator
drivenbytheuiswitch?
3)Beforethebindingatpoint2,thestandardsbehaviourwas
different?(ECeditableonlyafterclickingonedit?)
Ifallthe3pointsaretrue,Ithinkitsagoodthingtoraisean
incident.Ifyoubindacustomfieldwithareadonlyindicator,this

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shouldnotoverwritethestandardbehaviour(IMHO:theycant
beenabledbeforeyouclickonedit).
Ifpoints1and2aretrue,butpoint3isfalse,thenyouneedto
takeinconsiderationtheeditablestandardflaginorderto
controlyourreadonlycustomflag.

BradGorlicki
February23,2015at6:42pm

1)Yes.
2)YesthecolumnsEnabledpropertyisdrivenby
thecustomindicator.
3)IfIremovetheactionfrommyinitializationofthe
ECthisunwantededitaccessnolongeroccurs.
IthoughtthiswasabugasthereisnowayIhave
toldthesystemtogointoeditmodeviamyscript,I
justwantedtobesureitwasntsomethingtodo
withtheEC.Thanksforyourhelp,Iwillraisean
incident.

GertKix
April30,2015at9:42am

Recentlyitwasbroughttomyattention
thatthistypeofbehaviourcanoccur
whenanembeddedcomponentis
addedtoacustomobjectandthe
WorkProtectedRelevantflagonthe
embeddedcomponentisnotset.You
havethisflagonfieldlevelbutalsoon
embeddedcomponentlevel

AdithyanRS
June30,2016at6:37am

HelloBrad,
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Wearetryingtoacheivesimilarkindof
requirement.Weneedtorestrict
accesstocreatebuttonanddelete
buttoninanCustomEC.
WhenitrytobindthatCreatebuttonto
theIndicatorfield,italwaysdisables
thebuttonforalluserseventhough
theUISwitchhasbeenassignedfor
theUsers.
Canyoupleaseletmeknowon
achievingthis?Itwouldbehelpfulfor
usifthereanyinformationshared!
ThanksinAdvance!
Regards
AdithyanRS

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