Phrase based values not dysplayed on text symbols

[Former Member]

Hello experts.

I configured some custom text symbols in two different ECC 6.0 systems. The symbols receive values from specifications with characteristics filled with phrases, and all phrases, characteristics, classes, value assingment types and property trees involved are also custom.

In the first system, a sandbox, the symbols worked fine when I put them in a report template, in the preview window the phrases I put in a specification were displayed.

When I replicated the configuration in the second system, this one for development, and executed the preview none of the values I inserted were displayed except for the identifiers I created for the specification.

I´m still new to the module and I´m trying to determine where could be the difference, whether it´s in the basic settings or not so any indication of where should I check would be very appretiated.

Don´t hesitate to ask me any other information that could help clarify my problem.

Thanks in advance.

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Hi Rodrigo,

If I'm not mistaken, matching symbol is a configuration which should be transported to avoid mismatch from system to system.

so symbols created with transaction CGCZ should be included in a TR using SPRO:

IMG \ Environment, Health and Safety \ Basic Data and Tools \ Report Definition \ Report Symbols \ Check and Specify Report Symbols

Hope we're talking about the same topic and hope it helps.

Enjoy the day,

   François

[Former Member]

Ralph, Francois.

I checked all the configurations again and they were

After a little research i found this thread with a simmilar problem:

http://scn.sap.com/thread/1542810

Here it was mentioned the FM that obtains the phrase content for each symbol C129X_SYMBOL_VALUE_FETCH. I did a debug run and found I haven´t set the rating of the generation variant I defined to match with the one in the specification I used, it was blank and therefore the function didn't return values.

Once I filled the rating and executed the preview of my report with the specification it worked OK, my symbols were replaced with the intended phrases.

Thank you very much for the feedback and help.

Rodrigo.

[Ralph_P]

Hello Rodrigo,

In addition to what Francois said, if you have only copied the WWI code into a document in the DEV system, you may run into issues with symbols from the Z-namespace. try to export/import them instead. That should take care of it (provided, of course, the symbols have been generated in the DEV system).

Ralph

[Former Member]

Thanks for the reply Ralph.

I imported the template from the sandbox system but I got the same result. I also tried assigning values to standard characteristics to be dysplayed with standard symbols but in the preview mode I only see the values for the identifier symbols. That makes me guess it could be another basic setting I´m not taking into account.

[Ralph_P]

Hi Rodrigo,

Sounds strange. Please check the following in the system where the symbols do not work:

1) The phrases exist in the correct language and are assigned to the correct phrase group

2) The characteristic is defined as phrased

3) The symbol is defined formand assigned to the correct characteristic

4) Data have been maintained in the characteristic

That's all I can think of right now.

Ralph