Create Tab Layouts

Because of the large number of fields that it contains, the customer master is divided into three views:

o General data

- General data for customers - General data for consumers o Sales area data

o Company code data

In this IMG activity, you can define how tabs for these views are laid out. You can specify which tab pages appear on tabs. For each tab, you can specify which group boxes appear in which position on tab pages.

Note

Any group boxes that contain required entry fields must appear on a tab in a master record.

1. Create a layout for a new tab :

- Enter a name and description for the new tab layout (New entries).

- Enter the keys and titles for the tab pages to be used, and specify the position of each tab page (New entries).

The maximum number of tab pages in a tab is ten.

- For each tab page, specify the group boxes that should appear, and the positions in which they should appear (New entries).

The maximum number of group boxes allowed on a tab page is seven. A group box can only appear once on a tab.

2. Choose System -> User profile -> Own data to assign the name (Value) of a new tab layout to the relevant parameter:

- Debitor_layout_gd for general data for customers

- Debitor_layout_cs for general data for consumes - Debitor_layout_sd for sales area data

- Debitor_layout_fi for company code data Standard Settings

SAP supplies standard tab layouts containing all group boxes. The standard tab layouts are automatically assigned to the relevant user parameter and appear as default tabs for customer master data maintenance.

1.11.5.2.1 Create Tab Layouts for General Data

Because of the large number of fields that it contains, the customer master is divided into three views:

o General data

- General data for customers - General data for consumers o Sales area data

o Company code data

In this IMG activity, you can define how tabs for these views are laid out. You can specify which tab pages appear on tabs. For each tab, you can specify which group boxes appear in which position on tab pages.

Note

Any group boxes that contain required entry fields must appear on a tab in a master record.

1. Create a layout for a new tab :

- Enter a name and description for the new tab layout (New entries).

- Enter the keys and titles for the tab pages to be used, and specify the position of each tab page (New entries).

The maximum number of tab pages in a tab is ten.

- For each tab page, specify the group boxes that should appear, and the positions in which they should appear (New entries).

The maximum number of group boxes allowed on a tab page is seven. A group box can only appear once on a tab.

2. Choose System -> User profile -> Own data to assign the name (Value) of a new tab layout to the relevant parameter:

- Debitor_layout_gd for general data for customers - Debitor_layout_cs for general data for consumes - Debitor_layout_sd for sales area data

- Debitor_layout_fi for company code data

Standard Settings

SAP supplies standard tab layouts containing all group boxes. The standard tab layouts are automatically assigned to the relevant user parameter and appear as default tabs for customer master data maintenance.

Note

In new tab layouts that you create for maintaining general data, you must create the first tab page exactly the same as the first tab page in the SAP standard tab layout for general data maintenance.

1.11.5.2.2 Create Tab Layouts for Sales Area Data

Because of the large number of fields that it contains, the customer master is divided into three views:

o General data

- General data for customers - General data for consumers o Sales area data

o Company code data

In this IMG activity, you can define how tabs for these views are laid out. You can specify which tab pages appear on tabs. For each tab, you can specify which group boxes appear in which position on tab pages.

Note

Any group boxes that contain required entry fields must appear on a tab in a master record.

1. Create a layout for a new tab :

- Enter a name and description for the new tab layout (New entries).

- Enter the keys and titles for the tab pages to be used, and specify the position of each tab page (New entries).

The maximum number of tab pages in a tab is ten.

- For each tab page, specify the group boxes that should appear, and the positions in which they should appear (New entries).

The maximum number of group boxes allowed on a tab page is seven. A group box can only appear once on a tab.

2. Choose System -> User profile -> Own data to assign the name (Value) of a new tab layout to the relevant parameter:

- Debitor_layout_gd for general data for customers - Debitor_layout_cs for general data for consumes - Debitor_layout_sd for sales area data

- Debitor_layout_fi for company code data

Standard Settings

SAP supplies standard tab layouts containing all group boxes. The standard tab layouts are automatically assigned to the relevant user parameter and appear as default tabs for customer master data maintenance.

1.11.5.2.3 Create Tab Layouts for Company Code Data

Because of the large number of fields that it contains, the customer master is divided into three views:

o General data

- General data for customers - General data for consumers o Sales area data

o Company code data

In this IMG activity, you can define how tabs for these views are laid out. You can specify which tab pages appear on tabs. For each tab, you can specify which group boxes appear in which position on tab pages.

Note

Any group boxes that contain required entry fields must appear on a tab in a master record.

1. Create a layout for a new tab :

- Enter a name and description for the new tab layout (New entries).

- Enter the keys and titles for the tab pages to be used, and specify the position of each tab page (New entries).

The maximum number of tab pages in a tab is ten.

- For each tab page, specify the group boxes that should appear, and the positions in which they should appear (New entries).

The maximum number of group boxes allowed on a tab page is seven. A group box can only appear once on a tab.

2. Choose System -> User profile -> Own data to assign the name (Value) of a new tab layout to the relevant parameter:

- Debitor_layout_gd for general data for customers - Debitor_layout_cs for general data for consumes - Debitor_layout_sd for sales area data

- Debitor_layout_fi for company code data Standard Settings

SAP supplies standard tab layouts containing all group boxes. The standard tab layouts are automatically assigned to the relevant user parameter and appear as default tabs for customer master data maintenance.

1.11.5.2.4 Create Tab Layouts for Consumer Data

Because of the large number of fields that it contains, the customer master is divided into three views:

o General data

- General data for customers - General data for consumers o Sales area data

o Company code data

In this IMG activity, you can define how tabs for these views are laid out. You can specify which tab pages appear on tabs. For each tab, you can specify which group boxes appear in which position on tab pages.

Note

Any group boxes that contain required entry fields must appear on a tab in a master record.

1. Create a layout for a new tab :

- Enter a name and description for the new tab layout (New entries).

- Enter the keys and titles for the tab pages to be used, and specify the position of each tab page (New entries).

The maximum number of tab pages in a tab is ten.

- For each tab page, specify the group boxes that should appear, and the positions in which they should appear (New entries).

The maximum number of group boxes allowed on a tab page is seven. A group box can only appear once on a tab.

2. Choose System -> User profile -> Own data to assign the name (Value) of a new tab layout to the relevant parameter:

- Debitor_layout_gd for general data for customers - Debitor_layout_cs for general data for consumes - Debitor_layout_sd for sales area data

- Debitor_layout_fi for company code data Standard Settings

SAP supplies two standard tab layouts for the maintenance of general data for consumers:

o A short version containing the minimum fields required for general data maintenance for consumers Create three character names for new tab layouts, for example, tab layout XYZ.

o An extended version containing all fields for general data maintenance for consumers Make 2 the fourth character of new tab layout names, for example, tab layout XYZ2.

Note

For general data maintenance for consumers, you only assign the short version of a new tab layout, for

example, XYZ, to the parameter Debitor_layout_cs. The extended version, for example, XYZ2, appears then automatically.

Note

In new tab layouts that you create for maintaining general data for consumers, you must create the first tab page exactly the same as the first tab page in the SAP standard tab layouts for general data maintenance for consumers.