Multiple Data Entry in Custom Business Object Without ODATA Service

[tejinder_gill]

We have requirement to input multiple rows of data for custom business object. It has only 3 fields.

Now, when user wants to create an entry he has to click on create button and it takes them to second screen (Screenshot below) and then they can enter data and save. But, this is time consuming.

We know there is an option to upload mass data using ODATA service using XML, but that is not user friendly and end user won’t be that much comfortable handling and preparing XML.

So, we wanted to know that is there any way , where instead of clicking the ‘create’ button , in the first screen itself we can have blank rows where user can enter data and ‘Save’ like below screen. Or else if you can provide an easier way of uploading multiple data for the Custom Business object it would be great.

[OwenLiu]

Changed tag to Supply Chain.

[Deepups2]

Hi, i don't think SAP allows a page level customization based on your requirement. You can use a CPI integration flow to do bulk upload of data from an excel formatted files. There are multiple options you can think of doing this activity. It can uploaded to a common file location, some SFTP server and there was a way to do this from an email sender process as well.

Regards,

Deepu

[TamasFodor]

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[Jerry_Lowery · Accepted solution]

Hi Tejinder,

I believe this is not possible with the generated application available using the Custom Business Object app in S/4HANA Cloud, public edition.

However, if you expose the CBO as an OData service as you mention above, you could then create a custom application running in BTP, for example, that could consume and work with the exposed service.

You could even create a tile in S/4HANA Cloud linking to that custom app and the end user would likely not know the difference.

https://help.sap.com/docs/SAP_S4HANA_CLOUD/0f69f8fb28ac4bf48d2b57b9637e81fa/b45696ca0d9143cba040797e...

https://help.sap.com/docs/SAP_S4HANA_CLOUD/0f69f8fb28ac4bf48d2b57b9637e81fa/c1f1b6890f3048109871b8d4...

If you have a 3SL solution with Embedded Steampunk (Developer Extensibility), you could investigate developing an extension that way as well to consume the service:

https://help.sap.com/docs/SAP_S4HANA_CLOUD/6aa39f1ac05441e5a23f484f31e477e7/880389f04d804fb6b7766ef6...

Thank you

Jerry