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Triggering a custom program/function from a transaction

Former Member — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 13:40:55 GMT

Good Day,

I am trying to create a process to send some data to BIZTALK which will forward it to an outside system. I've written an ABAP and function which will gather the data and send it to a destination port set up for Biztalk. It works when executed by itself but the requirement for this is to trigger it when you run transaction ME35L (Release/Approve Purchasing Documents) to release a scheduling agreement document. I did some searching in this forum and there was some talk about setting up as a special function output type and defining the program there.

Has ayone done this type of set up. Can you walk me through it?

Thanks in advance,

Glenn

Re: Triggering a custom program/function from a transaction

brad_bohn — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 14:03:22 GMT

The steps are available in the IMG documentation or help files for message determination, and there are many posts on the forum that have identified the steps for message/output determination setup. You're correct about using the '8 - Special function' setting in the config.

Re: Triggering a custom program/function from a transaction

Former Member — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 19:24:01 GMT

Okay, I've created an output type called 'DNEU' with the following:

Output Type: DNEU

Application: EV

Transm. Medium: Special Function

Program: ZLMMI002

Form Routine: Entry

When I try to use it, I get the following message:

"No communication data has been defined for transmission medium 8"

Did I miss something in the configuration?

Re: Triggering a custom program/function from a transaction

brad_bohn — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 19:40:16 GMT

In your condition record maintenance? It should just be an info or success message. You don't need it for medium '8'.

Re: Triggering a custom program/function from a transaction

marcin_cholewczuk — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 23:10:12 GMT

Hi Brad,

Question from my side. Would it be also possible to use change pointer in this case?

Best regards

Marcin Cholewczuk

Re: Triggering a custom program/function from a transaction

brad_bohn — Fri, 01 Apr 2011 14:15:53 GMT

I think change pointer setup would be overkill if an object/message exists. They are generally used against master data to react to any field level change that's configured. In this case , the poster is looking to trigger a program/function for a specific condition on a transaction level object; that's what output/message determination is used for.