CONFIGURABLE UI TEMPLATE

INTRODUCTION

This document applies to SAP Business One 9.1. SAP Business One application forms, be it a master form or a transaction form includes number of fields, tabs and options to support varied kind of business needs. Usage of these fields, tabs and options varies from user to user which depends upon the user profile. Also to support some out of the box requirement, companies do some customization and add user defined field too.

In order to cater to this scenario, The Configurable UI Template comes in handy to adjust the UI as per the usage and requirement of the user. This helps the companies to not to display or control the information not relevant to the user and make the UI compact and tidy.

With the help of this utility you can

• Hide, disable, and move selected fields and tabs in the following forms:
• Master Forms – Business Partner And Item Master
• Sales and Purchasing Documents
• Journal Entries, Journal Vouchers
• Charts of Accounts
• Goods Receipt, Goods Issue, Inventory Transfer, and Inventory Transfer Request
• Incoming and Outgoing Payments
• Working of a user defined field in the form
• Assign UI template at company as well as user level

Create UI Configuration Template

Choose Administration –> Utilities –> UI Configuration Template

Press Ctrl + A. In the name field enter a unique name for the template. In the description field, enter a meaningful description explaining the template.

On the forms tab, click on the drop down menu and select to form to be changed. You can include multiple forms too.

Click on Add Button.

Changing The UI Of Selected Form

Choose Administration –> Utilities — UI Configuration Template. Select the desired form by clicking on the row header.

Edit Form UI button will be enabled. Click on it. The desired form will get opened in UI Edit Mode

Example

Select the required field to make changes. After selecting the field, it gets surrounded by thin black border along with related fields too.

From the context menu, if you select Hide, you will get following result.

Likewise, you can try different options from the context menu and see the effect yourself.

To set the fields to Read – Only mode, select the Disable option.

To Move the fields from one area to another area, just use Drag & Drop technique.

To Align the fields, use appropriate options like Top, Bottom, Right & Left.

To Move the user defined field to the header area of a document, click on the editable part of the field and drag it on to the form.

Once done, Right Click in the empty area of a form and select Save from the context menu to save your changes.

Copy Settings Of One UI Template To Other

Choose Administration –> Utilities –> UI Configuration Template

Select the source template.

Click on Copy To button. System will list the available forms. Select the appropriate one and click On Ok.

Making A UI Template As Default Company Wide

You can assign a UI template as a default template at company level.

Choose Administration –> System Initialization –> General Settings –> Display

Choose the desired template from Default UI Template and hit Update button

User Wise Assignment Of UI Template

You can assign one or more UI templates to each user. If multiple templates that include the same form are assigned to a given user, the first template assigned to the user is considered as the default template for this user. All users can set their own default template for a given form.

Choose Administration –> Utilities –> UI Configuration Template

From the UI Template list, select the UI template you want to assign to selected users, and click the Assigned Users tab.

Select the users to whom you want to assign the template and hit Update button.

Deletion Of UI Template

Choose Administration –> Utilities –> UI Configuration Template

Select the desired UI template and Right Click and select Delete Row option from context menu.

A warning message appears stating the deletion is irreversible. To complete the deletion, choose Yes.

Un Assigning A UI Template To User

Choose Administration –> Utilities –> UI Configuration Template.

Select UI template you want to un – assign.

On the Assigned Users tab, deselect the users from whom you want to un – assign the template.

A warning message appears stating that all personal settings made by these users to the unassigned UI template will be deleted. To complete the assignment, choose Yes.