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RE: Query - how to extract all possible selections from field and not specifying it in user input data either in Run-time variable wizard

Posted By Ed Meiners 11-03-2025 02:10
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hi, I would change the operator from "=" to "Like", in that case you can use "*" to my knowledge. ------------------------------ Ed Meiners Lead Consultant MDIM Wessanen Nederland Holding BV Amsterdam ------------------------------

RE: Tip of the Week – Evolve Workflows – Process History

Posted By Ed Meiners 10-22-2025 04:59
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hi Sigrid, I have added it to all views as, any workflow participant should be able to see the graphical display of the workflow. In neither the default view (first) as the next step in the workflow (view) I saw it. My MS Edge is set to clear cache every time it is closed so I am convinced that ...

RE: Tip of the Week – Evolve Workflows – Process History

Posted By Ed Meiners 10-21-2025 02:10
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hi Sigrid, thanks for this great article. When I saw the graphic process history described I was triggered to do this as I did not succeeded earlier. However, when I now add the element, it doesn't show Graphically but just as a table (which I already had and use often). So the top one is the ...

RE: Evolve Form Field input mask

Posted By Ed Meiners 10-15-2025 02:31
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I am using BAPI /WINSHTLQ/POSTAL_CODE_CHECK to check. It does not really tell the user what the format should be but only if it matches the length as determined in SAP. ------------------------------ Ed Meiners Lead Consultant MDIM Wessanen Nederland Holding BV Amsterdam --------------------- ...

RE: Evolve - Set focus on specific field after webservice

Posted By Ed Meiners 08-28-2025 03:00
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hi Sigrid, You have directed me in the good direction. The custom rule didn't work but with some help of my friend Chat, I found this custom rule to work. It is really difficult to work with Studio Queries in Evolve. It seems that "refresh" (I belief the technical term is "render") of the form ...

Evolve - Set focus on specific field after webservice

Posted By Ed Meiners 08-22-2025 02:35
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hi A very annoying thing happens (and so I get complaints from users...) when a webservice is executed, mainly with webservices based on Studio XML Queries. The form gets a sort of refreshed (saving though what was there) and by that it returns to the top of the page. This enforces the user to scroll ...

RE: Tip of the Week – Create Validation Script for BAPI Using Direct

Posted By Ed Meiners 08-12-2025 01:36
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hi Maria, I am a bit confused by this post. I am currently building an Evolve solution in which I use about 6 direct scripts (xml). They do not have the "Commit Required" check on. However, the data is posted in SAP. What I do notice however, is that for example with BAPI RFC_CVI_EI_INBOUND_MAIN, ...

RE: Script Cataloging & Organization

Posted By Ed Meiners 07-11-2025 01:35
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hi, I always put the tcode at start of the script name. If it is based on Direct, often I put the related tcode and (shortened) name of the BAPI. I refer to specific conditions types and key combinations. The name roughly shows what it is meant for but that is sometimes difficult, in that case I try ...

RE: Tip of the Week – Skip screen if not present

Posted By Ed Meiners 06-25-2025 07:52
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hi Sigrid, in Material Classification example you use the words "...because it will only happen for the first material in your session". I so now and then struggle to understand what is meant with "a session" and so where does it start and where does it (a session)? Will try to elaborate on that (in ...

RE: Update Classifications

Posted By Ed Meiners 06-05-2025 06:05
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hi Sigrid, I am using basically 2 FM's with Direct. /SAPSLL/API_COMCO_CLS_DISTR and /SAPSLL/API_COMCO_MD_DISTR (for the latter we made a Z-version due to text fields if I remember well) They are working Ok but need a lot of love and tenderness to get it working. Specifically due to date settings... ...

RE: Tip of the Week - Where do OK Codes come from?

Posted By Ed Meiners 06-05-2025 02:01
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Would like to share another OK code which I find very useful. =PB07 in MM02 on Sales Org1 view. This opens up the tax data which is especially useful for situations where there are more than two departure country settings. ------------------------------ Ed Meiners Lead Consultant MDIM Wessanen Nederland ...

RE: Tip of the week - Delegation and Reassignment of Tasks in Evolve/Studio Manager

Posted By Ed Meiners 04-02-2025 01:58
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I fully agree. I had to make key users app Admin to do this. That also means that they can delete a solution for example... ------------------------------ Ed Meiners Lead Consultant MDIM Wessanen Nederland Holding BV Amsterdam ------------------------------

RE: Evolve Automate 25.0 Upgrade - What's your experience

Posted By Ed Meiners 03-31-2025 02:48
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We have the intention to upgrade to 25 (simply to get rid of the bugs of 24.0). Not sure yet how soon. Guess in the next 2months. Would also like to read who of you all, do the upgrade yourself vs hiring the paid service of Precisely. KR ------------------------------ Ed Meiners Lead Consultant ...

RE: Tip of the Week - Centralized third party connections in Evolve - a whole new world of possibilities

Posted By Ed Meiners 03-19-2025 02:59
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Thank you Tammy for sharing this. We are using most of all connections to Reference Data Lists. I like the independence of it (adjust a field value using Excel or Manual) and it is instantly available to be used in all kind of ways. What I do miss very much however, is to add a single record to an existing ...

RE: No batch input data found for dynpro (SAPLMGMM 0060 Initial screen: matl no., industry sector, matl type, etc.) SAPLMGMM 4004 . expected.

Posted By Ed Meiners 11-14-2024 02:26
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hi, I think you have to focus on fields around Units of measure. I know this error from where the Net weight of a product is greater than the gross weight. Hope it helps. ------------------------------ Ed Meiners Lead consultant MDIM Wessanen Nederland Holding BV Amsterdam ------------------- ...

RE: Customer Master Customer Text

Posted By Ed Meiners 11-08-2024 02:20
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Hi Sigrid, Wow! That is interesting. Would love to continue with this but then also some questions arise: In our system, I only see 0085 (S/N) BP H BUT000 I do see KNVV several times but linked to ECC transactions. are those serial numbers freely assignable? how about "name space"? if I ...

RE: Validation rules - Contains

Posted By Ed Meiners 08-13-2024 02:50
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What you can also try, is using the F(x) button, put in the same as you have but end it (like the syntax checker will show) with semi colon. "0Date"; I struggled with a similar issue, sometimes SAP returns "0\nDate and.." Because there is a backslash in it, the contains statement needs an escape ...

RE: Tip of the Week – Data Formatting & Quality via Excel Formulas

Posted By Ed Meiners 08-13-2024 02:31
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Good tips Sigrid, thank you! I have some formula's I often use around queries. TEXT() used if I get a number instead of a text and I need 18char. TEXT(A1;"000000000000000000") This will make, of value 12345, '000000000000012345. Vice versa of TEXT() (so to get the number without the leading zeroes) ...

RE: Changing material characteristics

Posted By Ed Meiners 03-22-2024 12:23
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hi Sigrid, the link to this documentation isn't valid anymore. Can you update or share it? I am specifically looking for adding a value to a characteristic which can have multiple values. just a fictive example: characteristic ABC possible values: TDK HUM PLM XYZ for example, HUM is ...

RE: ABSO/AB01 Error When Starting Standard or Batch Recording

Posted By Ed Meiners 01-29-2024 02:04
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I am using that BAPI for ABSO so yes, that works. ------------------------------ Ed Meiners Teamlead MDIM Wessanen Nederland Holding BV Amsterdam ------------------------------