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External parameter not working HCI Web

Former Member — Thu, 03 Aug 2017 04:47:46 GMT

Hello,

I want to externalize a parameter that would be kept in a variable. I thought of using a Content Modifier or a Write Variables because they support externalization. The problem is that the button that I think that should do this is inactive(External Parameter). Does it involve some pre-steps in order to work?

Re: External parameter not working HCI Web

Sriprasadsbhat — Wed, 23 Aug 2017 06:28:26 GMT

Hello Codrin,

Above feature in WEBUI is not yet rolled out as per my understanding.

Till the time this feature gets added to WEBUI you can use Eclipse Tooling to declare External Parameter in Content Modifier.

Regards,

Sriprasad Shivaram Bhat

Re: External parameter not working HCI Web

jmalla — Tue, 26 Sep 2017 18:08:05 GMT

Any ETA on this feature so that we can set this in the WEB UI?

Regards,

Jay

Re: External parameter not working HCI Web

jmalla — Sun, 01 Oct 2017 15:39:23 GMT

Hi Codrin and Sriprasad - is this still an issue?

I am not able to define the External parameter in the Content modified since it is greyed out.

So I am changing this in Eclipse where the feature is enabled, but when I deploy the changes from Eclipse to the tenant, the External parameter is still not showing in the WEBUI.

Any ideas?

Regards,

Jay

Re: External parameter not working HCI Web

jmalla — Sat, 07 Oct 2017 04:43:18 GMT

Hi Codrin,

How were you able to resolve this? Can you please update?

Thanks,

Jay

Re: External parameter not working HCI Web

finny_babu — Tue, 17 Oct 2017 07:27:16 GMT

Hi Codrin

Externalization in the WebUI currently supports only string fields and scheduler. Enabling externalization of table (and fields within it) are currently in development and will be rolled out in the coming months.

Refer to my blog: https://blogs.sap.com/2017/06/20/externalizing-parameters-using-sap-cloud-platform-integrations-web-application/

So if you need to externalize Content Modifier, it is currently possible only via Eclipse.

Regards

Finny

Re: External parameter not working HCI Web

Former Member — Mon, 05 Mar 2018 17:27:26 GMT

Hi Jay,

Please check the response from Finny Babu bellow. As far as I know this is the only valid way until now.

BR, Codrin

Re: External parameter not working HCI Web

jmalla — Thu, 15 Mar 2018 00:26:38 GMT

Hi Codrin,

I am importing this in Eclipse and changing the parameter there and reimporting it into the Web IDE.

Waiting for SAP to provide a solution so I don't have to use Eclipse in between just for simple tasks like this.

Regards,

Jay

Re: External parameter not working HCI Web

finny_babu — Fri, 13 Jul 2018 06:45:42 GMT

Hello

With the latest update of SAP Cloud Platform Integration, it is now possible to externalize fields of a table as well. For Content Modifier, you dont need to choose "External Parameter" but can choose any type and provide the parameter name in the value field using curly braces e.g {{<parameter_name}} and then click on tab. A token is created and also the header or property will be externalized. You can then click on the token to provide value to this parameter.

Regards

Finny