Order of Processing in I_STEP=2

[Former Member]

Hi all

Does anyone know how to change the processing order for the Variable User Exit during I_STEP=2? I have 4 variables in my query of which 2 are hidden and populated in the Exit.

The variables are:

Calendar Year/Month

Org Unit

KeyDate

Employee

I want to derive the KeyDate first based on the Calendar Year/Month. I then want to derive a list of Employees based on KeyDate and OrgUnit (this is for authorisations).

When I run the query in debug mode (RSRT) the Employee variable is always processed before the Key Date.

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks

Chami

[Former Member]

According to SAP, the system chooses the sequence to fill the variables randomly and there is unfortunately no possibility to change this behaviour by standard functionality.

They suggested to write a small program which derivates the value from e.g. variable1 and holds this value for variable2. This should allow you to use dependencies for the filling of variables in i_step=2.

[Former Member]

Hi Chami,

You can play with the variable sequence in the query properties.

Best regards,

Eugene

[Former Member]

Hi Eugene

Those two variables are hidden (as they are populated in the user exit) and do not appear in the query properties.

Thanks for your help.

Chami

[Former Member]

Hi,

In any programing language the "WHEN' statement is sequential. That means what ever the variable's code placed first is executed first. So keep the code for variables in the order , in which you want to execute.

with rgds,

Anil kumar Sharma .P

[Former Member]

Hi Chami,

I understand this. What I meant is - if you change the sequence of these two vars that are in the query property, it's possible that sequence of population of another 2 vars in the user exit may change.

Best regards,

Eugene

[Former Member]

Hi Eugene

I have tried this, but the sequence of the 2 other variables does not affect the order of the two hidden variables.

Thanks

Chami

[Former Member]

Hi Anil

The sequence of variables in the WHEN statement does not affect the processing order of the variables. No matter which order I place the code, the Key Date is always processed after the Employee variable.

Thanks

Chami

[Former Member]

Charmi,

check this:

http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw04/helpdata/en/1d/ca10d858c2e949ba4a152c44f8128a/content.htm

Hope it helps.

[Former Member]

Hi Govind

That help link talks about the Variable Customer Exit in general and does not mention the processing order of I_STEP=2.

Thanks

Chami