Archive for the ‘API’ Category
Many customers need a function that allows them to transfer values from an Excel table to the SAP system. Up to now there has been no formally released interface for this.
For the Asset Accounting legacy data transfer, a module was written to transfer the Excel data using the clipboard of the Windows system by OLE (Object Linking and Embedding. This module is called ALSM_EXCEL_TO_INTERNAL_TABLE. The module was only designed for the requirements of the Asset Accounting legacy data transfer. This leads to some restrictions, including the following:
SAP Note 520813 – FAQ: BAPIs for goods movements contains frequently asked questions/answers regarding ‘BAPIs for goods movements’. I just picked out some questions for your reference. For detail information, please visit SAP service marketplace.
Question:
Which function modules must be called after the BAPI is called to complete the posting once the material document has been created successfully? What should I do if there is an error?
Function module CS_BOM_EXPL_MAT_V2 is used for BOM explosion for a given material. It belongs to function group CSS4 – BOM explosions. This function module can explose multi-level BOM with a given validation date.
Function module CRM_ORDER_MAINTAIN is one of the most important function modules in SAP CRM and SAP Solution Manager business transactions processing. Other useful function modules are CRM_ORDER_READ and CRM_ORDER_SAVE.
Application Area – BC
Overview
This post lists function modules related to data formatting and conversion.
Function Modules Detail – Data Formatting and Conversion
a) CONVERSION_EXIT_ALPHA_INPUT – ALPHA conversion is used especially with account numbers. During conversion from the external to the internal format, the system checks to see if input in the INPUT field is purely numeric, that is, if this input consists only of numbers, possibly with spaces before and after them. If this is the case, then the number string is inserted right- justified in the display field OUTPUT and all spaces to the left of the value are filled with zeroes (‘0′). If the input is not purely numeric, it is inserted in the display field from left to right and all extra spaces are filled with blanks.
Application Area – BC
Overview
In daily ABAP programming, we often need to use plenty of function modules. SAP doesn’t provide the detail API cookbook for these function modules. ABAPer always need to use their experience to use them freely. I try to list some common and useful fuction modules to my best and attach a short piece of description. For detail usage of these function modules, you can refer to the documentation as well as web resources. I plan to group the function modules to different functionalities, This post deals with the function module related to dynpro programming.
Status is very important and useful in SAP. It is used to record current status of different business objects, such as sales order, quality notification and purchase order etc. It comprises user status and system status. The system status cannot be set by user. It is determined by system automatically. The user status can be set manually.
Status doesn’t just show the business transaction status, it can also be the trigger point of the workflow. For example, a workflow can be started according the status change.
Long text is used in various components to store comments or additional text freely. It is stored in ITF (Interchange Text Format) format and comprises of text header and text lines.
The text header contains all administrative information on a long text. Below diagram shows some important fields in the text header.
In the ABAP development, we always get the requirement to send emails outside with attachment. Below is the example to send email with a SAP shortcut as an attachment.
SAP provides several function modules to send email to the external world. The interfaces of them are more or less the same, just with some minor difference.
Function Group: SOI1 – API Function Modules for Externals
Function Module:
SO_DOCUMENT_SEND_API1 – SAPoffice: Send new document with attachments using RFC
SO_NEW_DOCUMENT_SEND_API1 – SAPoffice: Send new document
SO_NEW_DOCUMENT_ATT_SEND_API1 – SAPoffice: Send new document with attachments using RFC
