Can we display holidays in F4 help for date?

[Former Member]

The answer is yes.

We can display/highlight public holidays in F4 help for date based on the country calendar.

This can be done by assigning factory calendar Id to the function module “F4_DATE”.

Before assigning the factory calendar id, the F4 help for date is as below.

Here is the sample code -

PARAMETERS p_date TYPE workflds-gkday.

AT SELECTION-SCREEN ON VALUE-REQUEST FOR p_date.

  CALL FUNCTION 'F4_DATE'

    EXPORTING

      date_for_first_month         = sy-datum

      factory_calendar_id          = 'IN'  " 'IN' for India

    IMPORTING

      select_date = p_date

    EXCEPTIONS

      calendar_buffer_not_loadable = 1

      date_after_range             = 2

      date_before_range            = 3

      date_invalid                 = 4

      factory_calendar_not_found   = 5

      holiday_calendar_not_found   = 6

      parameter_conflict           = 7

      OTHERS                       = 8.

  IF sy-subrc <> 0.

* Implement suitable error handling here

  ENDIF.



 

Output:

Execute the program and press F4.

In this way, we can highlight the holidays based on the country in the date input help.

Note: We can see all the factory calendar ids at the transaction SCAL.