FPM Question

Hi!
I am building a WebDynpro ABAP Application using the Floorplan Manager.
I have an OIF with several main views and the FPM creates a tab for every main view. The WD view which corresponds to each main view will be initialized if the user clicks on a tab.
Is it possible to initialize all WD views if the application starts ( or better: if initial screen is leaved)?
Jan

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Jan Seltitz wrote:
> Hi!
>
> I am building a WebDynpro ABAP Application using the Floorplan Manager.
>
> I have an OIF with several main views and the FPM creates a tab for every main view. The WD view which corresponds to each main view will be initialized if the user clicks on a tab.
>
> Is it possible to initialize all WD views if the application starts ( or better: if initial screen is leaved)?
>
> Jan
I don't think there is a way to force the instaniation of all the sub views at application start. Why would you want to do that? I think for performance reasons it would be best to let the view only initialize once it is needed. If the user never navigates to that view, why pay the price to initialize it.
On the other hand if you want to pre-cache some data, that can be done via a shared data component in the FPM model. I use this often to pre-load the data that is associated with a particular view - that may not be shown until later. Often when calling a service you get all the data details at once and you might as well keep them around in case they are needed by one of the views later.

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