topic Re: Standard structure Modifications in Application Development and Automation Discussions

Standard structure Modifications

Former Member — Mon, 12 Mar 2007 09:53:36 GMT

Hi All

I am supposed to incorporate some new fields to Some of the CIN related standard structures such as J_1ITAXVAR , J_1IEXHEAD etc .

Do i need to incorporate these fields as a append structure or directly insert there as it allows to directly insert too ?

Which is the best practise among these two options ?

Thanks

Jaman

Re: Standard structure Modifications

Former Member — Mon, 12 Mar 2007 09:57:12 GMT

Use SAP supplied append structures. Don't modify SAP standard structures, as such modification can get erased during upgrades as SAP would overwrite all objects which fall under its namespace. It will take care of the append structures as they are there for this very purpose, in the first place.

Re: Standard structure Modifications

Former Member — Mon, 12 Mar 2007 10:02:22 GMT

but in one of the structures , there exist an append already so i cant use one more append as only one APPEND , so should i use INCLUDE ?

Re: Standard structure Modifications

Former Member — Mon, 12 Mar 2007 10:23:32 GMT

Hi....

U can also have more than 1 append structure.....

open the structure , then:

<b> GOTo--> append structure</b>

it will show the append structures available in a small screen, on that screen there is a create icon, if u want to create another append structure u can create by pressing that...

Just try it once......

Reward points if useful....

Suresh....

Re: Standard structure Modifications

Former Member — Mon, 12 Mar 2007 12:27:19 GMT

hi,

the append structures is the one of the best way of appending fields into the structure. but it also depends on the requirement. if u need those fields in different tables then u will go for the includes those provides central maintanance of these fields then if u will change one field then in include the all tables that used are adjusted by it self. in case of append structures ar includes you follow naming convenctions which help full when u up grading those.