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Using new namespace for existing abap objects

jurgen_meulenbeek — Fri, 13 Jan 2006 12:23:56 GMT

Hi,

We have just reserved a namespace and want to move existing code (tabels, data-elements, ...) to this namespace. The issue we notice is that the namespace is added to the name of the abap-object, so that every code-reference to that object must be changed. This leads to a lot of work. Can this somehow be avoided?

Regards,

Jurgen

Re: Using new namespace for existing abap objects

christian_wohlfahrt — Fri, 13 Jan 2006 12:32:13 GMT

Hi Jurgen!

This can't be avoided, that's the very core of the names. Different question is: can this be automated. Not completely.

Fastest way (and it's really not so terrible as it seems):

- copy the objects to new names

- make where-used list to all objects (e.g. table name)

- search and replace in each object (e.g. include)

- generate new version

- delete old object

- check all objects for missed references

Still will take several days for one person. For very large developments you can think about a program to do the mentioned list - but this will take a lot of time to program, too.

Regards,

Christian

Re: Using new namespace for existing abap objects

jurgen_meulenbeek — Fri, 13 Jan 2006 13:26:05 GMT

Christian,

Thanks for your answer. We will have to do this in a small project for a couple of days indeed.

Regards,

Jurgen