Send Emails Using Object Oriented Method – CL_BCS

In newer versions of SAP (newer than 6.10 release) best practice is to send emails using BCS interface instead of API1 interface. BCS interface is easier to use than the older API1 interface. Plus you are not required to fill the packing list which makes it less complicated. These function modules can be used to […]

XML Transformation Example with XSLT_TOOL

With ever changing world of integration one language that has stood the test of time is XML. Due to capabilities of XML and large number of system integration requirments, its impertinent for technical consultants to understand the XML transformation capabilities in SAP.  SAP transformations are used to filter and recognize XML data. SAP transformations can […]

Troubleshoot Cannot Find User Group SYST

When handling SAP query you may come across error user groups similar to SYST****XX. If you are unable to view these user groups or quarries belong to these user groups follow below steps. 1. Go to SQ03 settings and allow display of system objects.   2. Go to SQ01 select standard query areas to view the […]

Find SAP Query Detail from Program Name

SAP queries automatically creates a ABAP program when they are saved and generated. These auto generated programs starts with AQ. If you come across a report transaction with a long program name similar to AQ====****====**** this could be a program generated by a SAP query. Name should be in the following format: First 2 letters of report […]

Troubleshoot SAP Query Short Dumps after Upgrade – Error When Importing Object

After a upgrade, sometime SAP query programs assigned to transaction codes terminates with runtime errors. Few errors I have come across are, Error when importing object FIELDCAT. The generated program does not exists. The generated program mismatches the query definition. Short dump of the type IMPORT_ALIGNMENT_MISMATCH in program SAPLAQRUNT. Some of the errors like missing program names […]

Enhance Standard Search Help Example – Append Search Help

Hi All, SAP standard search help have capabilities of displaying all possible input values for a selection field. This is a standard functionality in all verticals of SAP for standard fields. In addition standard collective search helps let the user select values using multiple paths. For example customer numbers could be filtered either with first […]

Step by Step Example on Events in Table Maintenance

Table maintenance is the standard recommended method which allows contents of SAP tables to be accessed or modified. Standard table maintenance views provide basic read/write functionalists to end user. Users could perform table entry modification functions such as INSERT, UPDATE, and DELETE to underline database table data using the table maintenance dialog. Table maintenance views are […]

Bar Code Printing with Smatforms – SAP ABAP

This is an step by step guide on how to print bar codes in SAP using smartforms. This is the new procedure of printing bar codes without using any special hardware in the printer. In the traditional bar code printing in SAP, special SIMM modules had to be used in the printer and can only […]

SAP Barcode Printing Overview

Barcodes are information represented with series of lines of varying widths or distance between lines. Some barcodes also has additional human readable numeric form. In SAP you are able to print them using smartforms or SAPScripts. With SAP Web Application Server 6.40, SAP has introduced new barcode printing functionalities. you can also use the newer […]

Dynamic File Name UDF Example – SAP PI/PO

There are several ways to create dynamic file names at receiver adapter in SAP PI/PO. In this example we will discuss how to create a dynamic file name at receiver file channel using a User Defined Function (UDF).  Filename creation with UDF is a great way when the file name logic is too complicated to […]