Defining a field as required in EAM Fiori applications

[amy_king]

I have a business requirement to make certain SAP delivered fields mandatory in EAM Fiori applications

• Create Maintenance Order
• Change Maintenance Order
• Create Maintenance Notification
• Change Maintenance Notification

KBA 2708958 points to the EAM Web UI Implementation Guide for instructions on making a field mandatory in the Web Dynpro/Fiori EAM applications. Section 3.6 (Defining a Field as a Required Entry Field) of the guide indicates two BAdIs must be implemented, /PLMB/EX_SPI_PROPERTIES_ACCESS and /PLMB/EX_SPI_APPL_ACCESS.

I have implemented both BAdIs and have initially set no filter on either implementation. Both implementation are active and have runtime behavior, "will be called".

When I execute the Fiori apps listed above, the implementation for /PLMB/EX_SPI_APPL_ACCESS is called, however the implementation for /PLMB/EX_SPI_PROPERTIES_ACCESS is not triggered.

We are running S/4 HANA. Our S/4 package is the on-prem version. We have business functions LOG_EAM_SIMPLICITY and LOG_EAM_SIMPLICITY_2 activated.

During an internet search I did see a forum suggestion to instead implement BAdI EAM_ORDER_FIELD_CONTROL for maintenance order and EAM_NOTIFICATION_FIELD_CONTROL for maintenance notification. SAP has indicated these BAdIs are exclusively for S/4 HANA Cloud. I did implement them just to investigate and they will not work. If the BAdIs set required fields on Tabs A and B of an application, the user is prevented from navigating away from Tab A due to an error message about the empty required field on Tab B.

I have seen other forum discussions about BAdI /PLMB/EX_SPI_PROPERTIES_ACCESS not being triggered for the EAM Fiori apps but there is no solution provided.

Thanks for your suggestions.

[M_L_N_Prasad]

Hi Amy King,

Did you get any resolution for the issue. We are facing exactly the same issue.

[Necla_Catakli]

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