Automatic assignment of INCMD groups to models in APO

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It is possible to maintain interchangeability groups in APO manually with transaction /INCMD/UI but this is not practical in case we would like to automate some actions like assignment of INCMD groups to models.

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How to log events in ABAP using application log with additional (CONTEXT) fields

SAPIn this step-by-step guide I’d like to show you how to create an application log which can be easily extended with your extra fields containing additional information.  Continue reading

Events in database table maintenance view

SAPI needed to create a database table where there will be no key fields (all fields to be editable during table maintenance) but at the same time I needed some easy way how to identify each table row with unique key. And I found a solution using automatically generated GUID during row addition handled by maintenance view events. Continue reading

Row level locking of database table

SAPThe default behavior is if a person opens table maintenance generator and tries to maintain the table, the table is locked and no one else can maintain the same table at the same time.

This is because there is a “table-level lock” by default in SAP. This means only one user can maintain any table at a time through SM30 or any transaction that calls table maintenance generator. In the tutorial below you will find out how to replace table level lock with row level lock.
By row-level lock you ensure any number of users can modify the table at same time, but any particular row can be modified by only one user at a time (the first one who accessed the row for maintenance). We will create a transaction for this purpose. This transaction will call our custom report where at first the table lock is deleted and subsequently the table maintenance generator will be called. Continue reading

SAPScript: different column headers for different lists

SAPOnce I needed to have several lists in MAIN window output and each of these lists needed to have different column headers. As usually, there are several ways how to achieve this and I’ll try to present two possible ways:

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SAP: How to create Data Source based on InfoSet

SAPIf you want to create a new datasource based on InfoSet where data is retrieved by your own Z-program, then walk through this tutorial and use it as an example or guide during creation of your own data source. Continue reading

Check if ABAP program runs in production system

SAPThere are lot of cases where you need to run a whole program or its piece in development or testing environment only and you want to avoid running it in production. Or vice versa. In the following article I’ll show you a construct which will check if you’re running on production system or not. Continue reading