The Executable Library is one of several libraries that are introduced with SAP® Solution Manager 7.2.
All original executables (Screen objects) are stored in the Executable Library. Executables are contained in executable folders. You can place executables in an arbitrarily nested folder structure, using as many levels as required. In ARIS, Executable Library folders are represented by SAP functions of the Executables folder SAP function type. The same logical component group must be assigned to all subfolders of the Executable Library. You can download the Executable Library to ARIS.
In ARIS, executables are identified by the key deriving from the executable object, the type of the executable, and the related logical component group. The synchronization behavior for executable folders is the same as for other structural elements. For example, you can move them or assign a shadow symbol. If you have selected the Transfer Executable Library option, the library is transferred during SAP synchronization.
In SAP Solution Manager, each executable item has its individual SAP ID. In SAP Solution Manager, you can use an executable from the Executable Library and assign it to different process steps. These executables can have different attributes. In ARIS, you can have only one object definition representing an executable in a branch. You can create multiple occurrences of one definition, either in the Executable Library folder structure or in other database groups. However, all occurrences of this object definition have the same attributes. If you want to use executables that have different attributes, you must create definition copies and store them in the Executable Library in ARIS. If you use occurrence copies, ARIS checks whether the executable is contained in the Executable Library. This is the case if the related object definition occurs in the FAD of the related Executable Library folder. If you transfer only elements from the business processes folders during SAP synchronization, the attributes of those executables are not transferred.
Attributes are transferred, if the object definition of a Screen object occurs in the Function allocation diagram (FAD) within the Executable Library and you have selected the Include Executable Library option in the Synchronization Wizard's Transfer structural elements dialog. Attributes of executables are transferred only if the executable is part of the Executable Library and the related library folder is transferred as well. The attributes of the complete library are transferred if you have selected the Transfer Executable Library synchronization option in the Synchronization Wizard's Transfer assignments dialog.