Display in Product Structure Browser
Application component: Engineering Change Management
App type: SAP GUI
Description:  Note This section of the documentation is relevant only for document management (DM) on the SAP GUI. It is not relevant for DM on the PLM Web UI. The product structure browser displays information about your product data entered in the Product Data Management (PDM) area. This information is especially important for engineering and design as well as production. This graphical browser gives you a quick overview of product-defined data that is displayed structurally. You can navigate within a product structure and access all data that is relevant for your product. The product structure browser can also be used for executing the following tasks:  You want to determine the assignments of different documents (such as 2D drawings, 3D models, reports, and assembly instructions) related to a product.  You want to manage release and change statuses so that you have a well-organized plan and control of product development throughout its entire life cycle.  You want to carry out business processes for different master data of a product from a central point.  
Key features:   Calling the Product Structure Browser You can start the browser directly using:   Logistics  Central Functions  Engineering  Environment  Product Structure Browser    Logistics  Central Functions  Engineering Change Management  Environment  Product Structure Browser    Logistics  Central Functions  Document Management  Environment  Product Structure Browser   You can start the browser while processing objects:  While processing change master records: Change Master Record  Change  Environment  Product Structure Browser  While processing document info records: Document  Change  Environment  Product Structure Browser    Explosion Criteria You can specify criteria for the explosion: This ensures that the product structure is clearly displayed and that only the data you require in the current processing situation is displayed. The overview shows the criteria you can use to explode the product structure.    Explosion Criteria   Meaning      Selection date      In the standard system, the product structure is exploded on today's date. You can overwrite the selection date as you wish.     Filters      In the standard system, all the data for the different object types is checked. Define filters to improve performance and limit the amount of data shown.  See: Product Structure Filters     Settings for the product structure      You can display the product structure in different ways, depending on your hardware configuration. You can use the function Settings to switch between the old and the new views.  See: Settings for the Product Structure     Values for parameter effectivity      When you have processed an object with a change master record that has a parameter effectivity set for it, the explosion occurs according to the desired effectivity conditions. By entering the parameter, you identify one concrete change status of the product that you want to explode.  See: Entering Values for Parameter Effectivity     Display project structure   You can display the product structure and product data in the following way:   Displaying the Product Structure in the New View    Displaying the Product Structure with the Simple List Display        Processing Functions You can execute object-specific business processes from the displayed product structure. The change process can be integrated as a long-term process; Workflow tasks are part of short-term or temporary processes. The following overview shows you which activities you can execute in the new view.    Object   Processing Options      Change master record    Copying a Change Object Using Drag and Drop      Recipient list for document distribution    Copying Documents Using Drag and Drop      Objects from the Engineering Workbench    Maintaining Objects in the Engineering Workbench      Functional location and equipment    Maintaining Structures from Plant Maintenance      Material specification   Display     Object folder    Using the Product Structure for Object Folders      Original application file of a document info record    Displaying Original Application File with a Viewer      
Business roles: BOM Engineer| BOM Engineer - Customer Order
BOM Engineer : 
Creates bills of material and consistent overall product model, drives changes across organizations, and is responsible for the change process until handover to manufacturing. Is typically a member of the R&D group of the company.

BOM Engineer - Customer Order : 
Maintains bills of material and component configurations for customer orders.  Aligns with the sales and product engineering teams until the handover to manufacturing.