Personas - hidden tabs still showing in SAPGui but ok in Webgui.

[robyn]

Hi,  We have created a flavour for MM02 and hidden views e.g. accounting 2.   However, when the user clicks enter key through the views, the hidden views are still shown.  Script has been assigned to skip the hidden views, this works in webgui but not in SAPGui or Business Client.

Tested on Business Client 7.7, patch level 9 and also upgraded business client to 8, patch level 7.

Appreciate your help in how to be able to hide views and bypass them when clicking enter to next view.

Thanks, Robyn

[robyn]

Thanks for quick response, appreciate your help.

To clarify - We have hidden tabs in MM02.   However if you click the 'enter' key to move from one tab to the next, it stops on the hidden tab.

In Webgui - the tab is greyed out and a message shown 'this tab cannot be displayed'.   User must hit enter to move past this tab to the next one.   For example, we've hidden Accounting 2 tab.   User clicks enter from accounting 1, it shows accounting 2 with message 'this tab cannot be displayed', user clicks enter to move to Costing 1.

Ideally, if the tab is hidden, the flavour would automatically skip it, but as it's not, we created a script to click enter key on behalf of user and assigned it to the 'on enter' script event.    

Initially, it seems to be a personas issue, as would not expect to need script to skip the hidden tab.  However, if script is required, the script works in webgui, but when we test in sapgui and Business Client, the script does not work, behaviour is to ignore the script and show the hidden tabs. 

Script:

const Screens = [

[1,"wnd[0]/usr/tabsTABSPR1/tabpSP01/ssubTABFRA1:SAPLMGMM:2004/subSUB1:SAPLMGD1:1002/ctxtRMMG1-MATNR",session.findById("wnd[0]/usr/tabsTABSPR1/tabpSP01").visible],

[2,"wnd[0]/usr/tabsTABSPR1/tabpSP02/ssubTABFRA1:SAPLMGMM:2004/subSUB1:SAPLMGD1:1002/ctxtRMMG1-MATNR",session.findById("wnd[0]/usr/tabsTABSPR1/tabpSP02").visible],

[4,"wnd[0]/usr/tabsTABSPR1/tabpSP04/ssubTABFRA1:SAPLMGMM:2000/subSUB1:SAPLMGD1:1004/ctxtRMMG1-MATNR",session.findById("wnd[0]/usr/tabsTABSPR1/tabpSP04").visible],

[5,"wnd[0]/usr/tabsTABSPR1/tabpSP05/ssubTABFRA1:SAPLMGMM:2000/subSUB1:SAPLMGD1:1004/ctxtRMMG1-MATNR",session.findById("wnd[0]/usr/tabsTABSPR1/tabpSP05").visible],

[6,"wnd[0]/usr/tabsTABSPR1/tabpSP06/ssubTABFRA1:SAPLMGMM:2000/subSUB1:SAPLMGD1:1001/ctxtRMMG1-MATNR",session.findById("wnd[0]/usr/tabsTABSPR1/tabpSP06").visible],

[7,"wnd[0]/usr/tabsTABSPR1/tabpSP07/ssubTABFRA1:SAPLMGMM:2004/subSUB1:SAPLMGD1:1001/ctxtRMMG1-MATNR",session.findById("wnd[0]/usr/tabsTABSPR1/tabpSP07").visible],

[8,"wnd[0]/usr/tabsTABSPR1/tabpSP08/ssubTABFRA1:SAPLMGMM:2010/subSUB1:SAPLMGD1:1004/ctxtRMMG1-MATNR",session.findById("wnd[0]/usr/tabsTABSPR1/tabpSP08").visible],

[9,"wnd[0]/usr/tabsTABSPR1/tabpSP09/ssubTABFRA1:SAPLMGMM:2000/subSUB1:SAPLMGD1:1001/ctxtRMMG1-MATNR",session.findById("wnd[0]/usr/tabsTABSPR1/tabpSP09").visible],

[10,"wnd[0]/usr/tabsTABSPR1/tabpSP10/ssubTABFRA1:SAPLMGMM:2000/subSUB2:SAPLMGD1:1001/ctxtRMMG1-MATNR",session.findById("wnd[0]/usr/tabsTABSPR1/tabpSP10").visible],

[11,"wnd[0]/usr/tabsTABSPR1/tabpSP11/ssubTABFRA1:SAPLMGMM:2010/subSUB1:SAPLMGD1:1002/ctxtRMMG1-MATNR",session.findById("wnd[0]/usr/tabsTABSPR1/tabpSP11").visible],

[12,"wnd[0]/usr/tabsTABSPR1/tabpSP12/ssubTABFRA1:SAPLMGMM:2000/subSUB1:SAPLMGD1:1001/ctxtRMMG1-MATNR",session.findById("wnd[0]/usr/tabsTABSPR1/tabpSP12").visible],

[13,"wnd[0]/usr/tabsTABSPR1/tabpSP13/ssubTABFRA1:SAPLMGMM:2000/subSUB1:SAPLMGD1:1001/ctxtRMMG1-MATNR",session.findById("wnd[0]/usr/tabsTABSPR1/tabpSP13").visible],

[14,"wnd[0]/usr/tabsTABSPR1/tabpSP14/ssubTABFRA1:SAPLMGMM:2000/subSUB1:SAPLMGD1:1001/ctxtRMMG1-MATNR",session.findById("wnd[0]/usr/tabsTABSPR1/tabpSP14").visible],

[15,"wnd[0]/usr/tabsTABSPR1/tabpSP15/ssubTABFRA1:SAPLMGMM:2000/subSUB1:SAPLMGD1:1005/ctxtRMMG1-MATNR",session.findById("wnd[0]/usr/tabsTABSPR1/tabpSP15").visible],

[17,"wnd[0]/usr/tabsTABSPR1/tabpSP17/ssubTABFRA1:SAPLMGMM:2000/subSUB1:SAPLMGD1:1001/ctxtRMMG1-MATNR",session.findById("wnd[0]/usr/tabsTABSPR1/tabpSP17").visible],

[19,"wnd[0]/usr/tabsTABSPR1/tabpSP19/ssubTABFRA1:SAPLMGMM:2000/subSUB1:SAPLMGD1:1005/ctxtRMMG1-MATNR",session.findById("wnd[0]/usr/tabsTABSPR1/tabpSP19").visible],

[20,"wnd[0]/usr/tabsTABSPR1/tabpSP20/ssubTABFRA1:SAPLMGMM:2000/subSUB1:SAPLMGD1:1005/ctxtRMMG1-MATNR",session.findById("wnd[0]/usr/tabsTABSPR1/tabpSP20").visible],

[21,"wnd[0]/usr/tabsTABSPR1/tabpSP21/ssubTABFRA1:SAPLMGMM:2000/subSUB1:SAPLMGD1:1011/ctxtRMMG1-MATNR",session.findById("wnd[0]/usr/tabsTABSPR1/tabpSP21").visible],

[22,"wnd[0]/usr/tabsTABSPR1/tabpSP22/ssubTABFRA1:SAPLMGMM:2000/subSUB1:SAPLMGD1:1006/ctxtRMMG1-MATNR",session.findById("wnd[0]/usr/tabsTABSPR1/tabpSP22").visible],

[23,"wnd[0]/usr/tabsTABSPR1/tabpSP23/ssubTABFRA1:SAPLMGMM:2000/subSUB1:SAPLMGD1:1001/ctxtRMMG1-MATNR",session.findById("wnd[0]/usr/tabsTABSPR1/tabpSP23").visible],

[24,"wnd[0]/usr/tabsTABSPR1/tabpSP24/ssubTABFRA1:SAPLMGMM:2000/subSUB1:SAPLMGD1:1008/ctxtRMMG1-MATNR",session.findById("wnd[0]/usr/tabsTABSPR1/tabpSP24").visible],

[25,"wnd[0]/usr/tabsTABSPR1/tabpSP25/ssubTABFRA1:SAPLMGMM:2000/subSUB1:SAPLMGD1:1008/ctxtRMMG1-MATNR",session.findById("wnd[0]/usr/tabsTABSPR1/tabpSP25").visible],

[26,"wnd[0]/usr/tabsTABSPR1/tabpSP26/ssubTABFRA1:SAPLMGMM:2000/subSUB1:SAPLMGD1:1009/ctxtRMMG1-MATNR",session.findById("wnd[0]/usr/tabsTABSPR1/tabpSP26").visible],

[27,"wnd[0]/usr/tabsTABSPR1/tabpSP27/ssubTABFRA1:SAPLMGMM:2000/subSUB1:SAPLMGD1:1009/ctxtRMMG1-MATNR",session.findById("wnd[0]/usr/tabsTABSPR1/tabpSP27").visible],

[28,"wnd[0]/usr/tabsTABSPR1/tabpSP28/ssubTABFRA1:SAPLMGMM:2000/subSUB1:SAPLMGD1:1001/ctxtRMMG1-MATNR",session.findById("wnd[0]/usr/tabsTABSPR1/tabpSP28").visible],

[29,"wnd[0]/usr/tabsTABSPR1/tabpSP29/ssubTABFRA1:SAPLMGMM:2000/subSUB1:SAPLMGD1:1005/ctxtRMMG1-MATNR",session.findById("wnd[0]/usr/tabsTABSPR1/tabpSP29").visible],

[30,"wnd[0]/usr/tabsTABSPR1/tabpSP30/ssubTABFRA1:SAPLMGMM:2000/subSUB1:SAPLMGD1:1002/ctxtRMMG1-MATNR",session.findById("wnd[0]/usr/tabsTABSPR1/tabpSP30").visible],

[31,"wnd[0]/usr/tabsTABSPR1/tabpSP31/ssubTABFRA1:SAPLMGMM:2004/subSUB1:SAPLMGD1:1002/ctxtRMMG1-MATNR",session.findById("wnd[0]/usr/tabsTABSPR1/tabpSP31").visible]]

function ScreenNumber() {

        for ( let i = 0; i< Screens.length;i++) {

            if (session.idExists(Screens[i][1])) {

            return [Screens[i][1].slice(29,31),i]

        }}return ["na",-1]

        }

function NextScreen() {

    var x = ScreenNumber()[1];

    var flag = true;

    var text = '';

    while (flag && x < Screens.length-1) {

        x += 1;

        if (Screens[x][2]) {

            flag = false;

            break;

        }

}

if (ScreenNumber()[1] == x){return false;} else{

if (!flag) {

session.findById(Screens[x][1].slice(0,31)).select()

}

return true;}

}

return NextScreen();

[tamas_hoznek]

That "this tab cannot be displayed" message is a strange one... I don't remember seeing it yet. However, it is true that if the tab is hidden, then it is not supposed to show up at all in a browser, greyed out or not. So, just to verify: Do you have absolutely no required fields in that hidden tab under any circumstances that could remain unpopulated?
Also, what Personas SP are you working with and are you fully up to date with all notes?

[tamas_hoznek]

Just for clarification: Are you saying that hiding the tabs has a problem in a browser session already or only when using the flavor in SAP GUI or Business Client?

If the former, then remember that you cannot hide tabs with any required field that is not populated or has some logic that prevents freely navigating from tab to tab in the Original Screen. 

If the latter (so everything works OK in a browser but not in the other two clients), then this doesn't seem to be a Personas issue. I'd try testing with the latest available version and patch level of SAP GUI and the Business Client. If the problem is still reproducible, create a support incident for component BC-FES-GUI. Or if the issue is restricted to the Business Client only, then the component should be BC-FES-BUS.

[robyn]

Hi Tamas, just following up regarding this. Hopefully my clarification makes sense. Key issue is that the hidden views are shown to the user when clicking the enter key through the views. Appreciate your help, Robyn

[tamas_hoznek]

Hi Robyn,

[tamas_hoznek]

Hi Robyn, in my previous reply I described what your next steps should be. By answering those questions and determining where the problem originates from, you can follow up by either approaching the other components I mentioned or verify if there is an eventual required field in the tab you want to hide.