Change Network Attribute Values
Application component: Equipment and Technical Objects
App type: SAP GUI
Description: You can use this function to record additional information for object networks in attribute properties and property values. If you have a railway, for example, you can enter properties for the tracks or ties and analyze the manufacturers or material types. 
Key features: Recording Attribute Property Values If you want to change the attribute assignments to store additional information for object networks, proceed as follows: In Customizing, define network types, attribute categories, attributes, and properties and make the appropriate assignments.Assign a network type to the object network.When modeling object networks in the Network Modeler, you can enter a network type at header level for each object network. In Customizing, you have already assigned one or more network attribute categories, with the appropriate attributes and properties, to the network type. For more information about the Network Modeler, see Object Network Modeling. In transaction IN31 (Create), enter values for the attribute properties you predefined in Customizing. In transaction IN32 (Change), you can display all the data records you have created as well as set or reset the deletion flag for individual data records. All the attribute categories and attributes that you have assigned to the corresponding object network using the network type are displayed on the left-hand side of the screen.The attribute properties that you have assigned to the attributes in Customizing are on the right-hand side in the table. If you have not predefined any property values in Customizing, you can enter any values of your choice in the table fields. If you have defined allowed values in Customizing, they are available in a selection list.If you have flagged the network attribute category in Customizing as a linear category, you can also record linear data for the attribute properties of this category and the End Point field is ready for input. You can record data records for attributes and save them with the status inactive. The system does not take data records with this status into account during evaluations. This status enables you to create attribute property values as a template or enter data records that you intend to activate at a later time, for example. To display and edit inactive data records, select the checkbox Select inactive Attribute Values on the initial screen of transaction IN31. The system evaluates the attribute property values you have created with status active during dynamic segmentation of the assigned object network. Example In Customizing, you have created the attributes Right Rail, Left Rail, and Tie and defined the attribute properties Manufacturer and Installation Year for the attribute Right Rail. For the property Manufacturer, you have stored a list of allowed values. When recording the attribute property values, you can enter any installation year. You select the manufacturer from the input help.  Analyzing Attributes for Object Networks To analyze the network attribute data, you can use a special report (transaction IN34) to select object networks according to criteria such as network attribute categories or even specific attribute values. The report lists all the data records of the attribute property values that you have created in transaction IN31 for specific network attributes. This way you can, for example, list the network attribute data for all object networks that are assigned to the network attribute category Rail or whose tracks were installed during a certain time period.