Managing Layouts in sap

Use

You use layout management to:

• Delete layouts
• Transport layouts
• Define layouts as default layouts

Procedure

To call layout management, choose ® Manage layouts. In full-screen mode, choose Settings ® Manage layouts

On the Layout: Management screen a list of the layouts appears.

The standard SAP layouts begin with a number.

Non-user-specific layouts (client-specific standard layouts) begin with "/".

User-specific layouts begin with a letter (A-Z).

Displaying User-Defined Layouts/ Standard Layouts

If user-defined layouts can be defined in the list, you can use User-Defined Layouts / Standard Layouts to switch between the display of the standard layout (that is available to all users) and the display of the user-defined layouts, which are only available to you.

The display of the standard layouts includes the SAP standard layouts as well as the non-user-specific, client-specific layouts.

Deleting Layouts

To delete one or more variants, select it/them. In the subsequent dialog box, choose or Edit ® Delete layout.

Setting Default Layouts

If a list is displayed using a set layout, this is a default layout.

If you have the authorization to set a layout as a default layout, proceed as follows:

In the layout row, choose the Default column.

Alternatively:

1. Select a layout.
2. Choose or Edit ® Set default.

To save your settings, choose or Layout ® Save.

Importing Layouts

To import one or more layouts from other clients, proceed as follows:

1. Choose Environment ® Import layout.
2. Enter the source client for the import. A list of all the standard layouts in the client appears.
3. Select a layout.
4. Choose Import.

Transporting Layouts

You can transport standard layouts from the current system to another system.

1. Choose Layouts ® Transport.
2. Select one or more standard layouts that you want to transport into another system. To select all the standard layouts, choose .

You can only transport standard layouts (that is, the SAP standard layouts or client-specific layouts); you cannot transport user-specific layouts.

3. Choose Layouts ® Transport.
4. To create a new transport order, choose Create order, enter a name for the order, and save the order.
5. To select an existing transfer order, choose Own order and double-click the desired order.
6. To exit the dialog box, choose Continue.
7. Transport the transfer order into the target system by using the transport system functions. Choose Utilities ® Requests (Organizer).