table maintanace generator

[Former Member]

what is the significance of table maintenance generator .

[Former Member]

Table Maintenance Generator (TMG) is a tool which is used to create a equipment by which customized tables created by end users can be changed as required,such as making an entry to that table,deleating an entry etc.

SM30 is the transaction code to create table maintenance generator.

To create Table maintenance genetrator,

Go to Utilities->Table maintenance generator

Then Enter Authorisation group(For eg &NC&)

Function group ( You can create function group in SE37. Here in the menu GOTO->Function group-> Create group)

Then you can select either one step or two step. Assign Screen numbers (To assign Screen numbers click on the button 'Find Scr no' . It will propose screen no:s)

Then Create.Save

Table maintenance is created.

To create Tcode, Go to Se93

Enter A tcode name

Create

Select Transaction with parametrs

Enter some transaction text.

Transaction is SM30

Check Skip initial screen

Check Inherit GUI attribtes

gui SUPPORT - Select all check boxes

Under default values, enter

NAME OF SCREEN FIELD VALUE

VIEWNAME ZTABLE NAME

UPDATE X

save it

and try to use the TCode.

Regards,

Maha

[Former Member]

Hi

the purpose of table maintainence generator is to enable the table maintenance through SM30, and to implement and validation etc on table field inputs.

SE11->Utillities->table maintainence generator

You need to enter the values of following fields:

1. Table name

2. Authorization group , and authorization object (select the suitable one )

3. Function group and package

4. Maintainence type : single or double screen maintainence view depending on the option selected.

5. Maintain screen number : you may specify a value or let the system generate one for you.

The validation code for the table entry is written in the flow logic of this screen. Even some of the fields may be made display only , by adding suitable code in the logic or directly disabling the input in table control in the layout.

Table maintanance is for creating,adding datas to an existing table.

it is for adding muiltiple records at a time in the table

A table can be manipulated by a program or manually.

When creating table, you will find a check box 'Table maintenance allowed'. If we

check that option, we can manually enter entries using SE16 or table

maintenance generator screen.

SE16 is for data browser.

Go to SE11, give the table name and click on change. Then Go to utilities--> Table

maintenance generator.

In the table maintenance generator screen, we should give Authorization Group,

Function Group name (Function Group name can be same as table name),

Maintenance type can be one step or two step, usually we will create with one

step. we should give maintenance screen number. After clicking on create button,

a table maintenance generator will be created.

To check it go to SM30 . In SM30, we find display, Maintain options.

We can view the table contents by choosing Display and we can create table

entries by choosing Maintain.

In the production system, end-users will not be having access to transaction

codes like SE11 and SE16. Developers will not be having access to many

transaction codes including the above two.

To view the contents of the database table, we will use SE16n in Production

system. Please find out the difference between SE16 and SE16n.

All these authorizations will be maintained by BASIS team, by creating access

profiles.

So in order to edit or create the contents of a database table, we should go for

table maintenance generator. In real time, authorizations will be maintained in

production system. (even in development and Test systems to some extent).

There is an audit like Sarbanes-Oxley Act for American clients, where every thing

will be audited by government agency. To know more about SOX, use the links on

the right hand side of this page.

The second reason is, we can edit or create multiple entries at a time, using table

maintenance generator.

Apart from that we have options like 'Enter conditions' in table maintenance

screen SM30. Please try to find out the use of those, by creating an example.

Table Maintenance generator: Difference between one step and two steps.

While creating table maintenance generator, we find below options:

When we choose one step, we have to give the screen number in Overview Screen field.

When we choose two step, we have to give both overview screen number and single screen number.

You can give any number for screen. Don’t give 1000 screen number. As this

number is reserved for selection screen.

When we choose two step, two screens will be created for table maintenance. For

single step only one screen will be created.

When we choose two step, table maintenance will work as follows

Go to SM30, give the table name for which you have created table maintenance-

Overview screen will be displayed. To create entries, when you click on ‘new

entries’. Another screen will be displayed, where you give input and save. You can

enter one record at a time.

Go to SM30; give table name for which you have created table maintenance-

Overview screen will be displayed; To create entries click on ‘new entries’, you can

enter the records on the same screen. You can enter multiple records at a time.

We use single step generally, as it is user friendly.

To completely understand the difference and above points please do exercise by

creating table maintenance generator in both ways (using single step and two

step).

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One step, two step in Table Maintenance Generator

Single step: Only overview screen is created i.e. the Table Maintenance Program will have only one screen where you can add, delete or edit records.

Two step: Two screens namely the overview screen and Single screen are created. The user can see the key fields in the first screen and can further go on to edit further details.

Regards

Pavan

[Former Member]

Table Maintenance Generator (TMG) is a tool which is used to create a equipment by which customized tables created by end users can be changed as required,such as making an entry to that table,deleating an entry etc.

SM30 is the transaction code to create table maintenance generator.

To create Table maintenance genetrator,

Go to Utilities->Table maintenance generator

Then Enter Authorisation group(For eg &NC&)

Function group ( You can create function group in SE37. Here in the menu GOTO->Function group-> Create group)

Then you can select either one step or two step. Assign Screen numbers (To assign Screen numbers click on the button 'Find Scr no' . It will propose screen no:s)

Then Create.Save

Table maintenance is created.

To create Tcode, Go to Se93

Enter A tcode name

Create

Select Transaction with parametrs

Enter some transaction text.

Transaction is SM30

Check Skip initial screen

Check Inherit GUI attribtes

gui SUPPORT - Select all check boxes

Under default values, enter

NAME OF SCREEN FIELD VALUE

VIEWNAME ZTABLE NAME

UPDATE X

save it

and try to use the TCode.

Regards,

Maha

[jayanthi_jayaraman]

Hi,

You can add the validations for some fields, you can populate some default value for certain fields while entering/changing the values of table thro' SM30.