Object publishing

[Former Member]

Hi,

I am unclear about the concept 'Object Publishing'. I understand that it has got something to do with Business Objects and stuff but am not exactly sure what it is.

The 'Business Object' (transaction SWO1) related to 'Material' is BUS1001006.

Surprisingly, when I was browsing through the code for transaction MM01, I found that in the include 'LMGMMI11' there is a piece of code that makes a call to the function 'SWU_OBJECT_PUBLISH' with 'BUS1001006' being passed as one of the parameters.

What is the purpose of this call? How can we make use of it?

I was somehow hoping that such calls by SAP will automatically notify the Business Object that a new material has been created or a material has been changed etc. Am I correct regarding this?

Pls help. Thank you.

Anand.

[Former Member]

Hey,

'SWU_OBJECT_PUBLISH' function is to enable the "Services for object" functionality for any business object.

All transaction which publish the business object using this function module have the option "Services for object" enabled. You can access it via menu System->Services for object OR you can click the little button which appears to the left of the title bar.

Users can add attachments, notes or can view workflow's using this option.

Also go through the documentation of this function to better understand its functionality.

-Kiran

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[Former Member]

Hi Anand,

Check these links,

<a href="http://mailman.mit.edu/pipermail/sap-wug/2001-November/003297.html">http://mailman.mit.edu/pipermail/sap-wug/2001-November/003297.html</a>

<a href="http://www.ams.utoronto.ca/Asset614.aspx">http://www.ams.utoronto.ca/Asset614.aspx</a>

Regards,

Prashanth