(Glue-2105) Object Navigator

Transaction

/DVD/GL80

The Glue Object Navigator is similar to ABAP Object Navigator and can be used to organize programming in an integrated development environment. The Object Navigator incorporates several browsers used for various development purposes:

  • Glue Data Dictionary
  • Glue Data Browser
  • Glue Extractor Workbench
  • Glue Extractor 2.0 object
  • Glue InfoProviders Management
  • Glue Scripts Repository
  • Transport Management
  • Business Object


In general, the Glue Workbench gives you the possibility to use the whole Datavard Glue functionality from one place. 


The Object Navigator has two primary areas: the navigation area and the tool area. The navigation area is used for the hierarchical display of lists of development objects, also known as object lists. The list of the currently active browsers is also displayed there. The tool area is not a part of the Object Navigator. It only provides a window where various development tools are open. In both areas, you can select functions from a context menu. The options available in the context menu are different for the various development objects.


Glue Workbench context menu

There is a possibility to mass delete or mass activate selected objects. To perform this action one or more objects need to be selected first. The next step is to click one of the two buttons in the tool area either for Mass deletion or Mass activation. After this, a popup window will be displayed asking you to confirm the action. Mass deletion and activation will automatically skip a package object, if selected, so you can perform these operations on a large number of objects quickly by selecting them using shift + mouse click.


In the Object Navigator, you have a complete overview of the development objects. This gives you an advantage that while editing an object, you can still see the other lower- or higher-level objects belonging to the same package.

Tool areas are exactly the same as Glue Edit screens for most of the Glue objects and are described in the documentation for particular GLUE components:

  • GlueTables - Data Dictionary, transaction /DVD/GL11
  • Extractors - Extractor Workbench, transaction /DVD/GLWB
  • Scripts - Script Editor, transaction /DVD/GL38
  • InfoProviders - InfoProvider Management, transaction /DVD/GLIP

Additionally, Extractor 2.0 objectsBusiness Objects and Delta Merge setup is reachable from the Object navigator.