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Unicode List display output length

Former Member

‎2011 Aug 15 8:53 AM

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Dear Experts,

Since my sap sessions has been set that if a transaction in sa38 exceeds 10 mins, the job will be terminated.

I got one report that needed to be run in background.

That means, I can not use ALV display to display my result table.

Instead the background job will output a List display for me.

However, one of my column cannot be displayed completely in List display (which is no problem in ALV display)

I have checked the online materials and find this one:

http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/go/portal/prtroot/docs/library/uuid/1046905c-3acf-2b10-aea6-a70ade12c...

It explained the reason for that, and

it give solution for writing reports using direct output using WRITE(*)

However, it does not solved the problem for me, in which I need to display the ALV table in List display.

So please advise.

Regards,

Cato

Dear Experts,

Since my sap sessions has been set that if a transaction in sa38 exceeds 10 mins, the job will be terminated.

I got one report that needed to be run in background.

That means, I can not use ALV display to display my result table.

Instead the background job will output a List display for me.

However, one of my column cannot be displayed completely in List display (which is no problem in ALV display)

I have checked the online materials and find this one:

http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/go/portal/prtroot/docs/library/uuid/1046905c-3acf-2b10-aea6-a70ade12c...

It explained the reason for that, and

it give solution for writing reports using direct output using WRITE(*)

However, it does not solved the problem for me, in which I need to display the ALV table in List display.

So please advise.

Regards,

Cato

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Former Member

‎2011 Aug 15 9:00 AM

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Cato,

Which ALV are using ?? We are using simple REUSE* ALVs in our report and CAN execute them in background with result set available in alv format in spool.

I believe if you using external screens and displaying alv data on those screens, then only alv will give dump in background.

BR,

Diwakar

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Former Member

‎2011 Aug 15 9:08 AM

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Diwakar,

Yes. I use REUSE_ALV_GRID_DISPLAY to display the ALV table.

Please note that my system lang is Chinese.

I found that I can display the column well if all the content are alphabet.

However, If the column contains more Chinese, there are less information to be displayed in the column.

So, this is a UNICODE problem.

Regards,

Cato

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nils_buerckel
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Product and Topic Expert

‎2011 Aug 15 9:13 AM

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Hi Cato,

if your problem is caused by Unicode list layout, you can change the list display type as described in the referenced doc:

Excerpt:

2.1.3 Different list display types

Users have the option to switch to a truncation-free output. Select the menu System -> List -> Display type to

select a display option.

Then the missing characters should be visible.

Best regards,

Nils Buerckel

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Former Member

‎2011 Aug 15 9:23 AM

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Nils Buerckel,

Actually I knew and tried that. I got 50 characters to display. If I directly export the list display, it will display 3x characters for me.

If I follow your steps, go to System -> List -> Unicode Display -> Dynamic Display / Full Display, then it will display 4x characters for me. But it does not completely solved my problem. Weird.

Regards,

Cato