How to pass '&' as a parameter in IDOC Status avoiding it to be replaced

[Former Member]

Hi,

This is the issue I have. Say an IDOC got status 51 when trying to post it. One of the messages to be appended in table EDIDS is:

Message Class Message Number Text

ZZ 001 This is parmeter1 & and this is parameter2 &

Now, say that in EDIDS table, I have an entry like this for the referred IDOC:

STAMID: ZZ

STAMNO: 001

STATYP: E

STAPA1: P&L

STAPA2: ABCDE

When I look the IDOC in the WE02, I see the message like this:

"This is parameter1 PABCDEL and this is parameter2 "

Sounds like when merging message with its parameters, the system is replacing the '&' in first parameter.

I tried to put P&&L in parameter 1, and also to change error text to have the parameters place numbered (This is parmeter1 &1 and this is parameter2 &2). Nothing worked.

However, when I output the message using message statment in an abap program, the message appears fine in screen.

Does anyone have any suggestion about how I can bypass this ???

Thanks,

Rodrigo.

[Former Member]

Look at SE91 and use Message id and Number.

keep where used list and you will find out exactly.

[Former Member]

Hi, thnx for the reply.

In fact, the text of the error message is fine. The problem is that I need to pass parameter 1 containing a '&', and I don't want it to be replaced.

The threat is WE02. It's not replacing stapa1 and stapa2 from EDIDS as I expected.