Creating a customer specific query:

1. Enter transaction POWL_QUERY to create a new query

a. Press ‘New Entries’ to create a new query.
b. Enter a query ID in Z* or your own namespace.
c. Assign the new query to an existing type (using the /XNFE/* prefix)
d. Set Sync. call checkbox to active.
e. Choose a ‘Refresh Type’ you prefer (NFE Standard refresh type is ‘Every List Visit’)

f. Enter your company specific requirements -> using Query Parameters & Query
Settings option.

g. (optional) Calculated Dates

Enter Configuration screen for predefined dates -> using Calculated Dates

Enter your preferred calculated date values

These calculated date(s) will be updated every day and every application refresh.

h. Query Parameters: You can enter default values for all search criteria
 i. For Example: NORMPRCH is set as default Business Process Type

i. Query Settings: You can change some settings of the search criteria.

i. Mandatory active: You have to fill in some value on the UI

ii. Read Only active: Value is fixed, visible to the user but not changeable
iii. Hidden active: The field will not appear on the UI, so this value will be not
considered for the document search.
iv. Quick search active: Search fields will be directly accessible in the search
criteria section (can be hidden using Show/ Hide Quick Criteria Maintenance)

j. Save your settings (and assign them to a transport request).

 i. Table POWL_QUERY is of type ‘G’, so you need a customizing transport
request for the entries.

2. Enter transaction POWL_QUERYR to assign your new query to one application

a. Press ‘New Entries’ to make a new assignment
b. All NFE POWL Application will start with prefix /XNFE/*
c. Add application ID and Query ID (created in step 1)
d. With the fields ‘Query sequence no’ & ‘Tab sequence no’ the order of the query
within the application can be controlled. These are integer fields.
i. Category sequence No: Sequence of appearance of categories (if used)
ii. Query sequence No: Sequence of queries (within a category)
iii. Tab sequence No: Sequence of tabs (adjustable via POWL personalize ->
Layout -> Tab Strip)
e. POWL also provides the administrator/ user the possibility to group queries using
categories. For this POWL provides transaction ‘POWL_CAT’.
Categories are not shipped in the SAP NFE standard.
f. Set the ‘Activate’ Flag to create an active and visible query.

g. (Optional): Assign the query to a specific role entering a name of a role in the field
‘Role’.
i. This only enables the query those user assigned to this role.
ii. If no role entry is maintained, this query is visible to every user/ role.
h. Save your settings (and assign them to a transport request).
i. Table POWL_QUERY_ROL is of type ‘G’, so you need a customizing transport
request for the entries.
3. Enter your Workplace/ Monitor with the new created query.