Hi all,
AET is actually not available for IU Quotations (Component IUCONH and Object type IU_ORDER_HEADER_Q) whereas it is available for other quotations (Object type BT112_XXX for example).
Indeed, AET buttons « Create field » and « Display extensions » are not visible in the view configurator.
In SM30, in table BSPDLCV_OBJ_TYPE I have seen that there is no extensible BO defined for object type IU_ORDER_HEADER_Q which explains that the buttons are not visible.
In order to use AET for this kind of object, I have tried to assign the Extensible Business Object « SERVICE_CONTRACT» to the Object type IU_ORDER_HEADER_Q in table BSPDLCV_OBJ_TYPE with SM30, and I have also changed the customizing through the transaction AXTREG in order to handle the table and search extension.
After this customizing done, I am able to see the AET buttons available for UI Objects, and to create new fields and AET tables.
The AET fields are now available in the screen, and we can add them to the configuration, but they are not available in the search structure (component IUQUOS).
Also the newly created AET tables are not visible in the configuration for component IUCONH (but available in BT112_XXX components).
The OSS note 1921817 delivered in October 2013 says :
The AET tool is a relatively new tool which was delivered after the CRM-IU* development was finished.
Therefore it isn't considered within the CRM-IU* environment and couldn't be used here so that it isn't possible to create custom fields out of Web UI.
Despite this oss note I have done half of the job.
I created an OSS message to know whether SAP has found any solution for this since the delivery of the note, and the answer is NO.
Has anyone faced similar issue before and how can we solve it?
Thanks.