Adding new entries to MDG landingpage

[steffen_ulmer]

Hi,

One requirement which I quite often hear is to add new links to the standard launchpad of SAP MDG. One example is to add a new entry for "Create Customer" in MDG-C. In this blog i would like to show how easy it is to add a new entry in that landing page.

Starting position

The out of the box landing page of MDG-C looks like the following screenshot.

As highlighted in red: Only "Search Customer" is available within the tray of "Customer Processing". I believe it makes sometimes sense to have more links available within this section. Typically directly links like

• Create Customer
• Edit Customer

etc. are requested by business users to speed up the way how to work with SAP MDG User Interfaces.

At the end the landing page should look like the following screenshot:

How-To

The following steps should be executed to add the 2 links:

1. Start transaction LPD_CUT

If you have the appropriate authorization you should be able to run transaction LPD_CUST in the corresponding SAP ERP system and client.

2. Select the correct launchpad

Scroll down and select "MDG_CUS". Make a double-click on the line:

3. Add new entries

Multiple ways exists how to add new entries. Maybe the simplest is to copy the existing "Search Customer" and modify the details. For that open the folder "Customer Processing" and select "Search Customer". Then right mouse click and "Copy". You will see the new entry directly below "Search Customer

". Select the newly created entry and change the name on the left hand side:

4. Modify the details of the new entry

Now you should change some details to ensure that the appropriate action will be executed during runtime. If you want to forward the user directly to a "Create" action you must define a additional parameter "ACTION=CREATE" in the detail settings (see red highlighted party).

You can also define the behavior for the navigation mode. You might choose "EXTERNAL" for the create activity.

5. Save and test

Finally you must SAVE the new settings and test the new launchpad in the Netweaver Business Client. Dependent on your system configuration you will get a popup to select a Change Request Type.

Hope this helps

Best Regards

Steffen

Some more info:

1. I used some more parameters in the details settings just like:

• PROCESS=CLP1 (Define a specific MDG Business Activity)
• ACTION=CHANGE (to forward the users directly to modify action)
• FPM_START_PAGE_ID=<pageid> to skip in BP application the search screen
• USMD_CREQ_TYPE=<CrType> to identify a unique CR Type
• CRTYPE=<CRType> dependent on the page you are going to this param is used instead of the USMD_CREQ_TYPE

2. The setting "Configuration" can also be used to define the User Interface on the screen.

3. You can also transport the new settings within the system landscape: You the "transport" function within the LPD_CUST transaction (Top navigation->Lanuchpad->Transport)