EVENTS IN TABLE MAINTENANCE.pdf

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EVENTS IN TABLE MAINTENANCE

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Summary

This document provides a detailed description on how to implement the table maintenance events which is very helpful while creating newentries in a table. Many validations and checks can be performed while creating or saving entries in a table.

Author(s): Sumit Joshi

Company: L&T InfoTechCreated on: 30 June 2010Author(s) BioSumit Joshi is a software engineer working with L&T InfoTech for the past one year as an ABAP developer.

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Validation on table maintenanceEvent Handling

Create a table ZTAB with the following fields:Create a table maintenance generator for the table:Create Events for table Maintenance:Create Transaction Code:Execute the transaction code:

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Validation on table maintenanceWhile creating the tables, sometimes we may need to update the table fields in the background. For example, if we create a table with 10fields and in those 10 fields there are 2 fields which are User name and the Date, these 2 fields should update automatically when arecord Inserted/Updated in the table. It also can be used when we want provide various validations on creating, changing or saving entriesin a table.

Event HandlingWhen we provide event handling on table maintenance, table fields will be updated automatically when a new record inserted into thetable or an existed record changes through the table maintenance generator.

To achieve the event handling in table maintenance, we need to create a table maintenance generator and then create events. Process isas follows:

Create a table ZTAB with the following fields:

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Create a table maintenance generator for the table:

To create table maintenance generator go Utilities -> Table Maintenance Generator and provide following information:

Authorization Group: &NC&

Function group: Any suitable FC Eg: ZBC420XX

Maintenance type: Two Step

Maint. screen no: Overview screen 8005

Single screen 8006

Click on Create.

Create Events for table Maintenance:

To create events on table maintenance go to Environment -> Modification -> Events -> New Entries


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List of events available:

Choose maintenance event 05-Creating New Entry and provide a name of the event (This will become perform/subroutine).

Click on Editor Button to provide event handling code.

A popup will be appear, It will ask to create an include program, in which we'll write the event handling code.Click on continue.

Write the following code in include for this event.

FORM new_entry.


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DATA: v_nchar TYPE i. CONSTANTS: c_conlimit TYPE i VALUE 3.

ztab-changed_by = sy-uname. " current user ztab-create_date = sy-datum. " current date ztab-create_time = sy-uzeit. " current time

* Validation on Country Field v_nchar = STRLEN( ztab-country ). IF v_nchar NE c_conlimit. MESSAGE i536. ENDIF.ENDFORM. "New_Entry

Create Transaction Code:

Create a transaction code to run the table maintenance generator.Go to Tcode SE93Transaction code: ZTABShort text: Test Table Maintenance EventsStart Object: Transaction with parameters (Parameter Transaction)

Transaction: SM30Skip first Screen: Check ONDefault Values:View Name ZTABUpdate X

Execute the transaction code:

Execute the transaction code ZTAB and click on New Entries button.


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Now provide a valid value in country field and remain blank another fields.

Click Enter (NEW_ENTRY event will trigger) and current User, date and time will be automatically filled in respective fields.

Save the entry and check in table.

One more entry by table maintenance:Write country code as US in place of USA and press EnterInformation message shown that entry was not saved.


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Now provide USA as country code and save entry.

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