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SAP Entities: Glossary entries, each of which describes an SAP object such as a BW Query or SAC Story. SAP Entities are created by the Enterprise Glossary when a connected SAP system is synchronised.
SAP Templates: SAP Entity types, such as BW Queries or SAC Stories, have their own Template that determines the layout of the information presented. The layout can be customised and Custom Fields can be added. SAP Templates are shipped with the application.
SAP Fields: SAP Fields represent some of the information that makes up an SAP Entity, for example the description or the . The value of the SAP Field is filled by the synchronization with the SAP system.

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BASIC FUNCTIONS

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titleFilter SAP Entities in the grid

SAP Entities have their own section in the main navigation. They are listed in a grid with several filter functions. Here you can identify and open the required SAP Entity based on criteria such as technical name, description, connection and many more.

  • Go to “SAP Entities“ in the main navigation.

  • Enter an appropriate key word to filter the name of the SAP Entities.

  • Click the magnifying glass icon in the filter bar to change the filter condition to, for example, "Starts with".

  • Click the filter icon at the top of the “Object Type” column and select an appropriate object type to filter by.

  • Click on the “Column Chooser” button and drag another column into the grid, like “Technical Name” for example.

  • Click on a column head to change the corting by that column.

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titleLink Entities manually

In addition to the relationships between SAP objects that are determined by the definitions in the system, you can create additional relationships manually. For example, you could list the characteristics that are valid for use with a particular key figure.

  • Edit the Entity to which you want to link other Entities.

  • In the properties, enable linked Entities.

  • Open the Linked Entities tab and add Entities by clicking the “Add” button.

  • In the popup select the desired Entities and confirm your selection with “Ok”.

  • Optionally add a relationship comments to the added Entities.

  • Publish your changes.

CORE FUNCTIONS

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titleWhere-Used Analysis

As a typical analysis in the SAP environment, the Enterprise Glossary provides a where-used list for supported object types on a separate tab.

  • Open an Entity whose usage in other Entities you want to analyze.

  • Navigate to the Where-Used tab.

  • Fields list all the Entities that use the Entity.

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CUSTOMIZATION

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