Enhancement segment E1WXX01 for IDOc WPUWBW (OUTBOUND)

The IDOc WPUWBW for goodsmovement, has a Basic Type WPUWBW01 which has some segments:As you can notice in the image, the IDOc has three segments:E1WPG01: Header segment which will have the information of the transaction (IT_TRANSACTION information)E1...

ABAP Memory Inspectors

The amount of memory an ABAP program consumes depends on the amount of data being processed, which is typically stored in some type of in-memory structure (such as internal tables) that grows dynamically to accommodate the stored data. If the amount...

Transactional RFC and Common issues

Hi everybody, in this blog post I am trying to explain about transactional RFC, common issues in tRFC and troubleshooting the issues. The below information’s are gathered from various SCN discussions as part of solving the issues reported to me on tr...

Code Inspector Integration into SQL Trace of ST05

Did you know that it is possible to analyze the SELECT statements of an SQL trace with the Code Inspector check tool? You'll find that ‘not all too well documented’ function of transaction ST05 when displaying the SQL-Trace in the menu under Goto -...

Dynamic table creation using RTTS

Dynamic table creation using RTTS.I was reading the blog published by Pieter Lemaire on (Dynamic tables in ALV with RTTI); there he has explained some dynamic functionality using RTTS – I thought the way he was creating the dynamic internal tables us...

Dynamic validation of manual input

I faced a scenario where I had an ALV grid where all columns were of the same generic type (let's make it simple) CHAR255. Each column has its name in field catalog in format TABNAME-FIELDNAME (+ more human readable column header texts of course).Wha...

Partner Functions Validations on sales and service order documents

Introduction: I am really happy to create my first document.In this document I would like to enlist the different conditions of partner function validations and how it can be achieved. Initially when I started this enhancement I found many threads...

Step by step to create QRCode in ABAP Webdynpro

Step1 Create a new form interface in tcode SFP Step2 Create a new form template in tcode SFP Step3 Create a new ABAP webdynpro Test Step1 Create a new form interface in tcode SFP Click tab "Interface",add a new attribute QRCODE_INPUT with...

Creative economy and design thinking :)

Design Thinking is one of the most used tools today in companies that wish to become part of what we call Creative Economy, a concept first coined by John Howkins in his book The Creative Economy, published in 2001. Being responsible for 10% of the w...

How to store a mobile made picture in SAPoffice

Hi everybody,in this blog post I'm going to show you how you are able to make a picture via a mobile application and store it as an attachment in SAP (SAPoffice). The blog post contains out of the following steps:General informationFinding the storag...

How to create dynamic variable knowing reference tabname and fieldname

Original of this article is at (oprsteny.com)If you want to create a variable during runtime knowing only the reference table name and its field name (in string form), you can achieve it following the code presented in this articledata: * Names of th...

FRIENDSHIP in OOABAP

Everyone knows what exactly a friendship is and how its is used.#used ???I mean in OOABAP how it is used  ..... We are in SCN so most of us know what exactly I am talking about ; this blog is exclusively for the people who are new to this topic. Lets...

OO geek journal - ABAP 2 JSON with Composite pattern

This is an alpha version yet, but I am a bit excited to have this done lately, so I decided to post it on SDN.Business backgroundAt my current project at work we need to integrate our web order system with SAP. Among others we use Web Services via SO...

Portal & Backend behavior testing: Behave Alike Testing

I have used this testing technique during one of my test phase, where we were testing the portal applicationsThis test technique is applicable where we have portal application & equivalent functionality in R/3(back-end) as well.I will take the exampl...

ABAP Objects: Objects-Oriented Programming

I know what you are thinking. This fellow cannot spell (and maybe you are right, but that is another story). He even misspelled the title of this blog post!Correct. I did misspell object-oriented programming, but it was on purpose. Being a native obj...

ABAP Object Services: Some useful additions

All modern programming language environments have some kind of ORM ( Object Relationship Mechanism ) mechanism. It allows persistence to be represented as programming language objects. In ABAP object services, we have persistent objects to hold data ...

Some handy ABAP tricks

I am sharing some very useful ABAP tricks which I came across. Again, these might not be new for some people but still some of us are not aware of it."Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known" :smile: Un-typed Field symbolsWhile dealing...

Creating radio buttons on popup window

                                                       create  radio buttons on popup window1) Go to transaction SE37 and enter function module name 'K_KKB_POPUP_RADIO2'.    2)   Enter details as mention and Execute.

Use report RSDEPEND to analyze ABAP load dependencies

1. Create and activate the test report for the first time 2. only change the depended database table description 3. Add a new column to database table 4. Execute the test report ZTESTLOAD Further reading In SAP note 1230076 "Generat...

Dynamic tables in ALV with RTTI

Dear all,In this blog an example of dynamic tables in an ALV with RTTI is showed.RTTI stands for Run Time Type Identification. It's used to get the definition of existing variables or existing types.This can be used to create a dynamic structure and ...

Finding a user exit - code to do so

This is some code that I have archived on another site:It specifies in it's initial comments the primary contributers to the best of my knowledge.Good luck!*&---------------------------------------------------------------------**& Report  Z_FIND_USER...

A small tip to get a list of changed objects at the given time period

Sometimes we need to get a list of changed objects by the given user at the given time period, there is a small tip to quickly get this list with little effort. approach1: query the table VRSD with user name and date as query parameter: Each entry ...

A "framework" for specific requirements in data transfer routines (and everywhere else?)

I've just finished another framework design for this scenario using SAP's BAdI technology. You can find it here.The premiseHi guys and gals!I'm pretty sure this has happened to pretty much everyone out there working in an international company. Somet...

Transfer Data between SAP Systems/developers without STMS (using SAPLink)

Hi SCN,Using STMS is the standard and easiest way of transporting data between your linked SAP Systems.However, if the SAP Systems are not linked and you wish to share any sort of data between the two SAP Systems or developers, keep on reading.I was ...

Dates and select options

Just a little note about a couple of common errors: This is not rocket science ABAP programming. But it does show how even the very basics can be mishandled. As ever, when developing, think about what is happening with the data in your variables. An...

ABAP Language News for Release 7.40, SP05

Release news for a support package? Yes. My last blog ABAP Language News for Release 7.40 was about 7.40, SP02.  SP02 came with kernel release 740. 7.40, SP05 is a bundled support package that comes with a new kernel release 741.  And a new kernel re...

Change the data without table maintenance in non-production system

Try this at your own risk!!!The idea of this blog is to share the solution to a common problem faced by many functional consultants while testing. While we need to change the data of a table which does not have a SM30 maintenance view. We can change ...

Boosting startups at the AppHaus Heidelberg

Last weekend we had the pleasure to host 8 startups from Karlsruhe, Heidelberg and Mannheim over the weekend at the AppHaus in Heidelberg. Goal was to boost their startup projects together with experts, mentors and also venture capitalist. The days w...

Creating Multiple batches for a Production order

Requirement:The company uses production orders to convert industrial materials into commercial materials which are both handled in batches. Each batch represents a physical unit which usually contains (say) 100 PCE of a material.A production order in...

Breakpoint at a select statement of a given DB table

This document is on setting a breakpoint on SELECT statement of a given database table. This is done through debugger script that is available from EHP 6.Following is an example where a breakpoint will be set on VBAP table queries in VA02 transaction...

Real estate table relationships

Teched 2013 Aftermath: Umap goes ADT

Hello folks and welcome to my first Blog about Umap.Maybe (just maybe) you remember us from last years Demojam during the Teched in Amsterdam where we presented our Open Source UML to Abap Code-generator. If not, you missed a great show, go and check...

Detecting cross system SAP ERP and BPC Risk: Mapping BPC Task Profiles to GRC Access Control Rule set functions

Introduction to SAP BPC and SoD RiskSAP Business Planning and Consolidation is gaining traction as the reporting system of record for many SAP customers. For some customers, BPC-generated reports are used as inputs to 10-Qs and 10-K filings. From a m...

How to run SAP query in background and create a file in application server

It is possible to run SAP queries in background and to create a query output as a file in application server.Follow below steps to implement the same.1) As per OSS note 537735 - SAP Query: save to file in the background activate the enhancement SQUE0...

Sending Mail from SAP to other Platform with HTML format.

Hi Friends,                        Am happy to share few things, what i have learned from ABAP and also it is My first blog too.Below I have mentioned how to send mail from SAP to some other platforms  in HTML format. Here there is no need to  know ...

Uploading and Downloading Files from SAP to PC and Vice Versa

Hi,Please find the code for Downloading/Uploading/Deleting the files from Application Server to presentation Server and vice versa.   *&---------------------------------------------------------------------**& Report  Z_UPLOAD_APPSERV*&*&-------------...

How to Unit Test Custom Exceptions with QUnit

When writing robust JavaScript code, you will probably want to throw exceptions to let programmers know when they’ve misused your API. Sure, you could throw an instance of the built-in Error object, but then during unit testing how will you tell if t...

Tutorial: How to Debug an ABAP Managed Database Procedure

New AMDP Debugger available in ADT starting with release ABAP 7.5. Check how to use it here...Remarks before you startAll screenshots have been made in an AS ABAP System with SID “HANAABAP” installed in the HANA Database Schema “SAPHANAABAP”.Please ...

ALV custom toolbar button to import data from clipboard

Original blog post comes from oprsteny.comIn this code example I'd like to show how to add custom button to your ALV toolbar.This custom button will import data from clipboard into the ALV grid.It can solve the issue with classic Ctrl+C and Ctrl+V wh...

ABAP - ALV Context menu + keep row selection after a filter is applied

Original of this article comes from oprsteny.com blog site.Standard functionality of an ALV grid offers row selection by clicking on the row headers.You can also use Ctrl or Shift keys to do mutliple row selection.Drawback of this is when you need to...

Display a negative value with signage to the left instead of the right -100.00 not 100.00-

In the past I have had more than 1 client request that the negative numbers with signage on the right are displayed in ALV reports and / or extracted to files with the signage to the left.-100.00 NOT 100.00- I decided to create a conversion exit to ...

Print Parameter settings for Background jobs to avoid auto spool deletion

when we schedule the background jobs in SM37, we will be getting spool list by clicking the spool icon but sometimes we use to get the error 'No List available' even though the spool got generated in the system. The reason is that the spool got delet...

Team Procedural vs Team OO

State Machine Part 2 : Team Procedural vs. Team OO Contents IntroductionOpening Song by Team ProceduralCode ExamplesVarious OO and Procedural MusingsClosing Song by Team OO Introduction When Sumanth Kristam wrote the following blog:- http://scn.sap....

Screen Enhancement For RECN Transaction

This is the common requirement while implementation of REFx Module. The Requirement is to add the additional fields in RECN transaction. As their are no appropriate BADIs or User Exits available for addressing the requirement, the approach of Busines...

Hyperlink alias in Smartform

I have searched the forum to find solution for Hyperlink alias in Smartform and found the below linkhttp://scn.sap.com/message/9724092#9724092 - Hyperlink in Smartformhttp://scn.sap.com/thread/1963802 -  Dynamic Url Smartforms.Later I thought it will...

ABAP code lighter for SCN.sap.com

Note: This post is obsolete due SAP has migrated the SCN web site to the new engine in October 2016. Hello colleagues! As there is no support of ABAP programming language in syntax highlighting in SCN's WYSIWYG editor at the moment, I wrote the ABA...

Case Study On HCM Outbound Interfaces

Overview:      Here i want to share an idea on HCM outbound interfaces which we extensively used in our project.This blog gives you a basic idea on how we designed our HCM interfaces and please pour in your thoughts as well if you have alternative id...

Send multiple PDF Files in a single Email uploaded from Application Server

This Program accepts two Input Parameters :1) Application Server Folder path2) Customer numberIt fetches Email Id of the given customer; also fetches the PDF files from the given Folder; attaches all the files in a single mail and sends. *&----------...

A Way of Reading Huge Excel Files

Recently, a colleague of mine had to write an ABAP application with an import functionality for Excel files. I recommended him to use the abap2xlsx package which serves as a fully featured negotiator between the ABAP and the Excel world. In particula...

Upload Files to SharePoint folders From SAP

Hi Friends,Now-a-days we hear a lot about integrating SAP with Share Point.I have recently work on such a requirement, where in I need to Upload files to SharePoint folders from SAP. So wanted to share my experience.There are two different scenarios:...