Charcter # gets converted to symbol'u00AC'when posted in SAP (is it Unicode??)

[Former Member]

Hi All,

We have an inetrface which needs to post the legacy system data into SAP.

Legacy system uses the symbol '#' in a document number example 'UK#123456' which needs to exactly get posted in SAP.

However when data is posted in SAP, the above document number looks like 'UK¬123456'.

Is it to do something with Unicode checks.

How do I correct this issue so as to post the exact data string in SAP.

Appreciate your guidance on same.

Thanks and regards

RK

[Former Member]

Hi,

You please check the data file once before the Upload of data into SAP from legacy and correct this type of symbols once again in Text file just before upload and observe.

Generally when I cheange the file from Excel to Txt tab delimited I observed this type of error and when I corrected it it gone.

Regards,

Anji

[Former Member]

Thanks Anji for the hint.

We have automated interfaces using XI. so data source is in XML which gets posted into IDOC and then into SAP R/3. The data looks fine in XML as well as IDOC. Its only when posted in SAP this sybol conversion occurs.

Any ideas why its happening.

Thanks and regards

RK