Custom Error Messages Using SAP Web Dispatcher

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The blog discribes the customing of standard error pages from Web dispatcher and Custumizing error Page for Mantainmance Mode.

Blog Custom Error Messages in the Portal in the Portal explains how to customize the error messages at Application level. It allows you to have a different error page for different application or in general for all portal application deployed under /irj.

While customizing error messages at Web Dispatcher will have a global error messages for different kind errors that can also be implemented for an ABAP system unsing Web Dispatcher.

h3. Customing of standard error pages from Web dispatcher

Error Condition:

/data/icmerror</p><p> </p><p> 2. Under Error Codes   you can find the name of the errors that ICM and Web Dispatcher know of.</p><p> </p><p>3. Create  separate HTML  pages  “ICMERR-4. Create a file ICMERR-EDEFAULT.html , whose contents are returned if there is no other template for the error.You can use the Web Administration Interface to restart the web dispatcher, or the ICM monitor to restart the ICM (Transaction SMICM for ABAP systems) ( Monitoring the ICM Using the ICM Monitor ).

When error <ERRNAME> occurs, the ICM or Web dispatcher first checks whether file ICMERR‑<ERRNAME>.html sends it to the client. If it cannot find this file, it searches for ICMERR<ERRNAME>.shtml (Dynamic html page) and returns it. If no specific error page can be found, the ICM returns the default error page ICMERR-EDEFAULT.html. If this file also does not exist, the static page is returned.</p>h3. Custumizing error Page for Mantainmance Mode

Error Condition:

2. Create HTML page ICMERR-EMAINTENANCE.html explaing the reason for server under Mantainance mode and when it will be available again.You can use the Web Administration Interface to restart the web dispatcher, or the ICM monitor to restart the ICM (Transaction SMICM for ABAP systems) ( Monitoring the ICM Using the ICM Monitor ).

 5.  Switching to Maintenance Mode

Logon to You can use the Web Administration Interface .

Choose Administration ->ICM ->Maintenance Mode-> Activate. .shtml' instead of static HTML Pages 'ICMERR-Error Handling using web dispatcher