SU20 use of data type (DATS) is restricted for authorization fields

[Sandra_Rossi]

Hello,

I had this question and could solve it (I'm posting the answer), please don't look at my question/answer unless you want to complete.

In SU20 in ABAP 7.52 and 7.57, I see the message "Use of data type DATS is restricted for authorization fields" (UE321).

What does it mean?

I couldn't find anything in the forum or in the SAP notes about it.

This message did not appear in older version 7.40.

Thanks for reading me.

Sandra

[Sandra_Rossi]

I guess this warning message can be ignored.

In my case, I wanted a DATS field: I create a new domain with conversion exit SDATE, if I create an authorization (PFCG) and type the date in user format (e.g. DD.MM.YYYY), it will save the authorizations internally in YYYYMMDD format, and I could verify that the authority check works fine in the case of an authorization defined with a date interval. SDATE displays with month with 3 characters abbreviation (e.g. 20231231 -> 31.DEC.2023). I couldn't find an existing standard Basis conversion exit which displays in user format (e.g. DD.MM.YYYY / 31.12.2023).

In PFCG, type the date in user's date format, after save 051023 will be displayed as 05.OCT.2023:

You can see in the table AGR_1251 that it stores the dates in YYYYMMDD format as expected:

The code which validates the data type in SU20 is in the method CHECK_SGL_CURR_DDIC_SETTINGS of the class CL_SU20_CONSI:

• No warning if it's type CHAR or NUMC.
• Error UE320 if it's type STRING or SSTRING. UE 320 Data type &1 cannot be used for authorization fields.
• Warning UE321 otherwise (DATS, etc.) UE 321 Use of data type &1 is restricted for authorization fields.