Create Object Network
Application component: Equipment and Technical Objects
App type: SAP GUI
Description: This function enables you to model your company's linear assets as object networks in which several object links between functional locations or pieces of equipment are consolidated. In the object network modeler, you can process your object networks with all their object link data and linear data and display them in a graphic. 
Key features: In object networks, you create links between technical objects of type functional location or equipment. In the Network Modeler, where you create object networks (transaction IN21), process them (transaction IN22), and display them (transaction IN23), you have the following options: You can enter general and linear data for each object network at header level: For the network ID, you can enter a description in various languages. To maintain descriptions that are displayed according to the logon language, choose .You can assign a network type to the object network. With this assignment, all the network attribute categories that you have assigned to this network type are valid for the corresponding object network. The network type is also a selection criterion for analyzing object network data in the various single-level and multi-level lists. For more information, see Assigning Network Attributes.You can assign a network group to the object network so that you can analyze the object networks that belong to the same group together. The network group is a selection criterion in the various single-level and multi-level lists.You can enter linear data such as the start point, end point, length, and unit of measure at object network level. If you do not enter a length, the system determines it by taking the difference between the start point and end point. If you assign a linear reference pattern to the object network at header level, make sure that the same linear reference pattern is assigned to the technical objects of the network. Once you have created and saved the first object link of the network, you can no longer change the linear reference pattern at header level. To model the object network, you enter object links that consist of a from-object, a to-object, and a link object: You can create and edit multilingual descriptions for each object link.You can enter linear data for the technical objects.You can navigate to various lists, such as the notification list, the scheduling overview, or various multi-level lists.You can create malfunction reports, activity reports, maintenance requests, and orders for each technical object or navigate to the master data of each technical object. To do so, choose .You can export and import object link data to and from Microsoft Excel.You can enter a user status for individual object links. The system status is set automatically.You can flag object links for deletion and remove them from the object network. Object links that you remove from an object network but that are not flagged for deletion can still be used to model other object networks. You enter detailed data for each technical object and specify how you want the link objects to be displayed in the graphic. You can enter and display linear data for the from-object, to-object, and link object.If you have assigned the same linear reference pattern to the technical objects of the object link and to the object network, the system copies the linear data from the master data of the technical objects to the detailed data of the object link. You can overwrite these default values in the Network Modeler without actually changing the master data. If you have not assigned a linear reference pattern (LRP) to the technical objects in the master data or have assigned them a different LRP than the one you assigned to the object network, the Network Modeler does not determine any default values from the linear master data. You can define how you want the technical objects of each object link to be displayed in the object network graphic, which you call by choosing the  pushbutton.If you have defined a customer-specific graphic for the object networks in Customizing for Linear Asset Management under Define Network Graphic, you can assign node types of your choice to the from-objects and to-objects, and edge types of your choice to the link objects. The system creates the network graphic according to the node profile and edge profile that you have defined in Customizing. In addition, you can specify the positions at which the edges and nodes should be connected to each other in the graphic. If you do not enter any customer-specific link positions, the system connects the technical objects at the position Right/East. If you have defined customer-specific profiles for individual users in the Customizing activities Define Tooltip Profile and Define Context Menu Profile, you can assign them to the appropriate user profiles by using the parameters EAML_TT_DFLT_PROF (tooltip profile) and EAML_CM_DFLT_PROF (context menu profile).