SAP AIF- How to configure screen enhancement

[HariMattepally]

Quick overview of SAP AIF before we jump on screen enhancement for Monitoring screen:

SAP AIF(Application Interface Framework) is a powerful framework for Interface configure, develop, monitor and error handling.

SAP AIF, few use cases:

• IDOC processing done in standard ALE function, and IDOC monitoring can be done in AIF monitoring, this requires a basic AIF interface per IDOC.
• IDOC process called within a Action, AIF enabler, called to write AIF index tables to provide performance data and search capability
• IDOC process in AIF, ALE function called within a Action, this provides options to implement additional checks, field mapping, value mapping.
• IDOC process in AIF, BAPI function called within a Action. 

In this blog, we see how we can do screen enhancement to '/AIF/ERR' TCode screen, so we can extend filters with custom fields. for data display

Before Enhancement:/AIF/ERR

Steps to screen enhancement:

Step 1: Create a custom module pool program[sub screen] and define new additional selection fields

       for example: customer [<EDIDC-SNDPRN>] and Idoc no[<EDIDC-DOCNUM>].

Step 2: Define a new custom index table[<ZAIF_Reciever>] and add above mentioned fields. Index table can be created by copying standard Index table- /AIF/STD_IDX_TBL.

Step 3: Open transaction /n/AIF/CUST

1. Execute – ‘Specify Interface Engines’ as below:

        2. Enter- ‘Namespace’ as ‘<ZSER>’

Step 4: Execute ‘Define Namespace-specific features’

Step 5: Enter Name Space and maintain - Index table and program name:

Step 6: Execute Interface specific features option:

Step 7: 

Maintain values as below in ‘Define Key Fields for Multi search’, for:

 Customer number

IDoc number:

Save and activate.

Step 8:  Open Tcode: ‘/n/aif/err’ and enter details as below and click on 'ENTER' to see newly added fields under sub section - ‘More Specific Selection’.

/AIF/ERR -> Before ‘Enter’

/AIF/ERR -> After ‘Enter’: