(OH-2208) Landscape Editor

After the installation of SNP OutBoard™ Housekeeping, the next step will be to set up the systems that will be used in SNP OutBoard™ Housekeeping. This can be done, by going to the Landscape Editor, which is found in the top menu under "Edit".

_{Navigating to Landscape Editor}

In the Landscape Editor, it is possible to:

Create System Categories: this allows for the grouping of individual systems by a common denominator i.e. BW, ERP, or CRM (in an active Edit mode).
Add new system: enables the user to complete the necessary fields to enable SNP OutBoard™ Housekeeping the necessary connection required to perform housekeeping tasks (in an active Edit mode).
Display the logs relevant to the Landscape editor (in both Display and Edit modes).

The fields required to add the new system successfully, are:

System name	Descriptive name of the system, it will be shown in the landscape tree.
System ID	ID of system, the same system cannot be added to the landscape twice.
RFC destination	The name for the RFC destination for the added system needs to be defined on the central system. SNP OutBoard™ Housekeeping cockpit communicates with the systems via remote function calls. No matter if the cockpit populates settings, and pushes task execution, communication is always directed from the cockpit to systems. So there's no need to configure a fully bi-directional RFC connection in the system – RFC client is enough. In the RFC connection the logon user-defined must be the type SYSTEM or SERVICE or DIALOG (see transaction su01, tab "Logon data"). SYSTEM type brings limitations in executing standard SAP tasks executed as transactions.
Secondary RFC	Optional parameter. If the Primary RFC is not of a DIALOG type and the task requires it, the system checks for a Secondary RFC connection (of DIALOG type) and executes the task there. This is true for all standard transactional tasks (task type of STD_TRAN) as the system automatically executes the task on the Secondary RFC if it is not in the initial state.
System type	Depends on the purpose of the system; acceptable types are BW, ERP, and CRM.

If the central system is running in, for example, German language, RFC language is not set and the satellite system doesn't have German language support installed, now, if the RFC connection tries to use German language connection to the satellite, the connection fails and it looks like the system is not responding. The solution is to force the language existing on the satellite into RFC connection settings.

RFC destination definition is case-sensitive.

_{Adding a new system in the Landscape editor}

Once the SNP OutBoard™ Housekeeping system landscape has been defined and saved, it will be visible in both the activity and system views.
It is important to get the hierarchy in a way that allows for the efficient grouping of household tasks. Doing so allows for experiencing the full benefit of features such as inheritance of settings. Recommendations are in Appendix A.
When the system landscape is defined, it is possible to utilize system-locking functionality. It enables to prevent access to a selected group or system. In Landscape editor in Edit mode, there is a "Locked" checkbox available for group/system. Once checked and confirmed by the "Save" button, all locked systems are not available for any activity.
If the "Locked" status is modified on the group level, after pushing the "Save" button, all landscape changes are distributed downward to lower-level groups and systems. It is possible to lock/unlock part of the landscape in one step. But required system (s) can be separately unlocked in a locked landscape area.

_{System locking functionality in the Landscape editor}

It is possible to reorder the system landscape using drag and drop functionality. However, the systems and groups can be repositioned only within the original parent group.

_{Reorder of groups and systems in the Landscape editor}