Changing Navigation to Object Page

Changing Navigation to Object Page

Navigation from the list report view to the object page in the same app is enabled by default. If required, you can disable this navigation or replace it with navigation to another app (external navigation).

Disable Navigation

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You can use the manifest.json file to control whether it is possible to navigate to a detail page by keeping the predefined definition of a subpage. If you wish to disable navigation, follow the instructions in the example below to remove the appropriate code.

Example with Navigation

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"sap.ui.generic.app": {
			"pages":[{
				"entitySet": "Zfarvd_Bs_Hd_Bo",
				"component": {
					"name": "sap.suite.ui.generic.template.ListReport",
					"list": true,
					"settings": {
						"gridTable": false, 
						"hideTableVariantManagement": false
					}
				},
//Navigation to detail page: eliminate this block if no navigation is needed
				"pages": [{
					"entitySet": "Zfarvd_Bs_Hd_Bo",
					"component": {
						"name": "sap.suite.ui.generic.template.ObjectPage"
					},

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You can use the manifest.json file to remove the navigation option to an object page or a sub-object page. To do this, just remove the navigation section from the corresponding target in the manifest.json file.

Enable External Navigation

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You can define an external navigation target using intent-based navigation in the manifest.json file by modifying the navigation > display entry. This allows you to overwrite existing internal navigation with external navigation, for example, from a line item in the list report to an object page in a different app, or from an object page to a subpage in another app.

In the example below, the standard navigation from the list report to the object page has been replaced with navigation to an object page in another app.

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    "sap.app": {
        "_version": "1.2.0",
        ...
        "crossNavigation": {
            "inbounds": {},
            "outbounds": {
                "ExampleNavigationTarget":
                {
                    "semanticObject": "EPMProduct",
                    "action": "manage_st"
                }
            }
        }
    ...
...
    "sap.ui.generic.app": {
        "_version": "1.2.0",
        "pages": [{
            "entitySet": "STTA_C_MP_Product",
            "component": {
                "name": "sap.suite.ui.generic.template.ListReport",
                "list": true
            },
            "pages": [{
                "entitySet": "STTA_C_MP_Product",
                "component": {
                    "name": "sap.suite.ui.generic.template.ObjectPage"
                },
// Navigation to an external target instead of a detail page: Add this block to set up external navigation.
                "navigation": {
                    "display": {
                        "path": "sap.apps.crossNavigation.outbounds",
                        "target": "ExampleNavigationTarget"

Note

  • The example above applies to sap.ui.generic.app->_version 1.2.0.

  • The path and target you specify for external navigation must point to an existing outbounds entry.

    For more information about the crossNavigation attribute in the sap.app namespace, see Manifest (Descriptor for Applications, Components, and Libraries). In Sample code 2: Attributes in the sap.app namespace, go to the crossNavigation attribute and see the description for outbounds.

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You can define an external navigation using intent-based navigation in the manifest.json file. This allows end users to navigate to an external FLP-based application instead of the normal internal navigation to an object page or subobject page, to remove the navigation option to an object page or a subobject page. The manifest.json snippet below shows an example change that would be needed to navigate to an intent-based external navigation instead of the regular subobject page navigation. The same can also be done at any subobject level or at the object page level..

Sample Code

manifest.json

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{
…
…
 "sap.app": {
        "crossNavigation": {
            "outbounds": {
                "ProductDetails": {
                    "semanticObject": "ProductDetails",
                    "action": "manage"
                }
            }
        }
 },
"sap.ui5": {
    ....
    ....
    ....
    "routing": {
…
…
        "routes": [{
            "pattern": ":?query:",
            "name": "ArtistList",
            "target": "ArtistList"
        }, {
            "pattern": "Artists({key}):?query:",
            "name": "ArtistDetail",
            "target": "ArtistObjectPage"
        }],
        "targets":{
            "ArtistList": {
                "type": "Component",
                "id": "ArtistList",
                "name": "sap.fe.templates.ListReport",
                "options": {
                    "settings" :{                          
                        "contextPath": "/Artists",
                        "navigation": {                              
                            "Artists": {                                 
                                "detail": {                                      
                                    "route": "ArtistObjectPage" // This triggers the regular internal navigation to OP from LR table record
                                }                           
                            }                          
                        }
                    }
                }
            }, // End of ArtistList
            "ArtistObjectPage": {
                "type": "Component",
                "id":  "ArtistDetail",                  
                "name": "sap.fe.templates.ObjectPage",
                "options": {
                    "settings" : {                          
                        "contextPath": "/Artists",                          
                        "_tableType" : "Table",                          
                        "navigation": {                              
                            "_Publication": {                                  
                                "detail": {                                      
                                    "outbound": "ProductDetails" // This triggers the external navigation to "ProductDetails" instead of the regular internal navigation to the sub-object page
                                }
                            }                          
                        }
                    }
                }
            } // End of ArtistObjectPage
        } // End of Targets
     }, // End of routing
    .....
    .....
    .....
  } // End of sap.ui
…
…
}

You can also use a display section within the navigation section instead of the detail section shown in the sample above. The display section looks as follows:

Sample Code

manifest.json

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"navigation": {                              
    "_Publication": {
        "display":{                                      
            "path":"sap.apps.crossNavigation.outbounds",
            "target":"ProductDetails"
        }                              
    }
}

Note

If both display and detail are given in the manifest, then display has priority for the outbound navigation.