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Set / Get Parameters for z t-code

darrell_hart — Mon, 16 Mar 2015 21:36:44 GMT

Hi guys,

I posted this question yesterday after weeks of online searching and not finding an answer to my question. Alas, this post was removed (for apparently being too simple a question) and I was pointed at the FAQ here which didn't answer my question either.

I am an SAP user and have requested from our ABAP team whether or not it is possible to get the 'User Profile - Own Data Prameters' populated into custom z t-codes when they are run.

They are telling me that it isn't and I would like verification of this as it seems to me that the relevant programming would just need to be added to the z-program (and provided the Parameter in question is in the TPARA table) then it should be an easy thing to do.

So please, is this possible or not....?

Thanks

Darrell.

Re: Set / Get Parameters for z t-code

Former Member — Tue, 17 Mar 2015 01:05:22 GMT

Hi Darrell

Just to understand your requirements better.

Each time a user goes into a Transaction you want that users, User Parameters to be recorded into a New Z Table.

How many Transactions would you want this applied to?

Regards

Arden

Re: Set / Get Parameters for z t-code

darrell_hart — Tue, 17 Mar 2015 01:20:16 GMT

Hi Arden, thanks for the reply.

It's simply the population of the relevant field if it exists in the User Data. For example, mb51 populates the 'Plant' field (WRK) from these parameters when you navagate to it.

So, is it possible for a custom t-code (let's say for arguments sake it was zmb51) to do this as well..??

Regards

Darrell.

Re: Set / Get Parameters for z t-code

Former Member — Tue, 17 Mar 2015 01:29:08 GMT

You're talking about defaulting a value based on the transaction the user goes into.

Taking a value from Parameters and placing into a particular field

Re: Set / Get Parameters for z t-code

darrell_hart — Tue, 17 Mar 2015 01:32:47 GMT

Correct.

I can't see that it would be that difficult, however, I am being told it is not possible for custom t-codes.

Re: Set / Get Parameters for z t-code

Former Member — Tue, 17 Mar 2015 01:38:28 GMT

I would say it is possible.

I'm just not sure on how to get the entries into TPARA.

Once you have that figured out the rest should be straight forward

Re: Set / Get Parameters for z t-code

Former Member — Tue, 17 Mar 2015 02:22:47 GMT

Too easy

Transaction Code: SM30 Table: TPARA

Re: Set / Get Parameters for z t-code

Former Member — Tue, 17 Mar 2015 02:41:16 GMT

Hi Darrell,

The parameters of user profile stored in dbtable USR05, you can search it out by user name.

REPORT zmb51_report. (TCODE: ZMB51).

PARAMETERS: p_material TYPE matnr MEMORY ID 'MAT'.

INITIALIZATION.

SELECT * INTO TABLE it_param FROM ZMB51 WHERE bname = sy-uname

AND parid IN ('MAT', ..............).

LOOP AT it_param INTO wa_param.

SET PARAMETER ID wa_param-parid FIELD wa_param-parva.

ENDLOOP.

regards,

Archer

Re: Set / Get Parameters for z t-code

RaymondGiuseppi — Tue, 17 Mar 2015 14:24:51 GMT

'User Profile - Own Data Parameters' is used at start of session to initialize Parameters in the SAP Memory. And yes, Abap programmer should be are able to use those memorized value in their customer developments. This information is available in online documentation. (from own data parameter would require a small select code in initialization of screen, current memorized value, if not already affected thru ddic reference, thru addition of a MEMORY ID pid (selection-screen) or SPA/GPA attributes in field attributes (classic dynpro). And, yes, there are already many threads/discussion with this question, use search tool...

Regards,

Raymond

Re: Set / Get Parameters for z t-code

Former Member — Tue, 17 Mar 2015 14:43:03 GMT

Hi,

go as Dengyong Zhang said.

PARAMETERS: p_material TYPE matnr MEMORY ID 'MAT'.

add the ID behind the parameters and the transaction remember the last value of the data-element (in this case matnr), no matter if its a z-transaction or standard transaction.

regards

Stefan Seeburger

Re: Set / Get Parameters for z t-code

Former Member — Tue, 17 Mar 2015 15:08:31 GMT

Are you sure this is exactly what you want? Normally, using GET and SET, the transaction takes the most recent value entered by the user. Using this approach, the transaction will always take the same value from the user profile. Some users might find this annoying.

Rob

Re: Set / Get Parameters for z t-code

darrell_hart — Tue, 17 Mar 2015 19:26:16 GMT

Hi Rob,

Well I am the end user, and I'm only after simple things like 'Plant' and 'Country' etc so I can't see how other users would find that annoying even if they do have these parameters set in their user profile.

Ultimately, all I need to know is if this is possible or not so that I can encourage our ABAP programmers to actually work on the issue.

Cheers

Darrell

Re: Set / Get Parameters for z t-code

Former Member — Tue, 17 Mar 2015 19:31:29 GMT

Well, if you're the only user of the transaction then encourage away.

Rob

Re: Set / Get Parameters for z t-code

darrell_hart — Tue, 17 Mar 2015 19:47:59 GMT

Hi Raymond

Thanks for the reply. I have searched online documentation quite extensively actually and whilst you are correct, there is a lot of information that describes how it functions, none of the documentation I found mentioned that you can actually apply it to a custom transaction.

However, this all seems to have answered my question.

Cheers

Darrell.

Re: Set / Get Parameters for z t-code

Former Member — Tue, 17 Mar 2015 20:53:27 GMT

Hi Darrell

If your question is answered, please mark as such.

Regards

Arden

Re: Set / Get Parameters for z t-code

Former Member — Tue, 17 Mar 2015 21:26:38 GMT

Well, I would have preferred to have heard from his ABAPers just why they thought this couldn't be done. There may actually be a reason.

Rob

Re: Set / Get Parameters for z t-code

Former Member — Tue, 17 Mar 2015 22:14:02 GMT

Most likely just not sure how.

Re: Set / Get Parameters for z t-code

Former Member — Wed, 18 Mar 2015 13:48:36 GMT

I think there's more to it than that. It's basic ABAP. The first thing I learned when ABAPing was that if you're not sure how to do something, ask the user to show you a standard SAP transaction with the needed functionality. Here we have an "ABAP team" that says it "isn't possible".

Rob

Re: Set / Get Parameters for z t-code

Former Member — Wed, 18 Mar 2015 22:35:33 GMT

Hi Rob

My recommendation here is to do some more research in the SCN forums. Particularly ABAP Development, see if you can find similar posts on this requirement and then present that to your ABAP team.

You will not be the first person who has wanted to do this.

Someone is bound to have done it before.

If the ABAP team still say it cannot be done, they need to provide the technical reasons why?

Regards

Arden

Re: Set / Get Parameters for z t-code

matt — Thu, 19 Mar 2015 06:14:58 GMT


Arden Stricke wrote:

My recommendation here is to do some more research in the SCN forums. Particularly ABAP Development, see if you can find similar posts on this requirement and then present that to your ABAP team.

You will not be the first person who has wanted to do this.

Someone is bound to have done it before.

This was why I rejected the first post. At least when it was reposted it was with additional information.

My response to the ABAP team would have been "Here - I can do it manually, so it must be possible programmatically, since the manual approach is itself using a program." The most likely reason in my view that the original poster got a response of "not possible" was simply the developers didn't understand the requirement.