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PrasadAkole Sep7,200711:38AM

CreatingBDC
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howtoCreateBDCforcertainTransaction?

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kirankumar Sep7,200711:46AM (inresponsetoPrasadAkole)

Re:CreatingBDC

recordthetransactionbygoingtotransaction<b>SHDB</b>.

thereyougivethetransactionthatyouwanttorecord.recordforonerecordandwriteprogramforit.
example:

reportZKIRAN_UPLOAD
nostandardpageheadinglinesize255.

includebdcrecx1.

Tablesdeclaration

tables:zkiran_tab2.

datadeclaration

data:itablikezkiran_tab2occurs15withheaderline.

selectionscreen

selectionscreen:beginofblocka1.
parameters:i_filelikerlgrapfilenamedefault'D:\DocumentsandSettings\tzj13g\Desktop\sample.txt'.
selectionscreen:endofblocka1.

*atselectionscreenonvaluerequestfori_file.

*CALLFUNCTION'F4_FILENAME'
*EXPORTING
*PROGRAM_NAME=syrepid
DYNPRO_NUMBER=SYSTDYNNR
FIELD_NAME=''
IMPORTING
*FILE_NAME=i_file.



startofselection.
parameters:dataset(132)lowercase.
DONOTCHANGEthegenerateddatasectionDONOTCHANGE***
*
Ifitisnessesarytochangethedatasectionusetherules:
1.)Eachdefinitionofafieldexistsoftwolines
2.)Thefirstlineshowsexactlythecomment
'*dataelement:'followedwiththedataelement
whichdescribesthefield.
Ifyoudon'thaveadataelementusethe
 commentwithoutadataelementname
3.)Thesecondlineshowsthefieldnameofthe
structure,thefieldnamemustconsistof
afieldnameandoptionalthecharacter'_'and
threenumbersandthefieldlengthinbrackets
4.)EachfieldmustbetypeC.
*
GenerateddatasectionwithspecificformattingDONOTCHANGE***
data:beginofrecord,
dataelement:CLASSTAB
TBMA_001(001),
dataelement:TABNAME16
TBMA_VAL_002(016),
dataelement:ZEMPNO
EMPNO_003(010),
dataelement:ZNAME
NAME_004(020),
dataelement:ZDEPTID
DEPTID_005(002),
dataelement:ZDESIG
DESIG_006(010),
dataelement:ZPLACE
PLACE_007(010),
dataelement:CLASSTAB
TBMA_008(001),
dataelement:TABNAME16
TBMA_VAL_009(016),
endofrecord.

Endgenerateddatasection***

startofselection.

performu_itab.
performupload_ztable.

endofselection.
&

*&Formupload_ztable
&

FORMupload_ztable.

performopen_datasetusingdataset.
performopen_group.

loopatitab.

readdatasetdatasetintorecord.
ifsysubrc<>0.exit.endif.

performbdc_dynprousing'SAPMSRD0''0102'.
performbdc_fieldusing'BDC_CURSOR'
'RSRD1TBMA_VAL'.
performbdc_fieldusing'BDC_OKCODE'
'=SHOW'.
performbdc_fieldusing'RSRD1TBMA'
recordTBMA_001.
performbdc_fieldusing'RSRD1TBMA_VAL'
'ZKIRAN_TAB2'.

performbdc_dynprousing'SAPLSD41''2200'.
performbdc_fieldusing'BDC_CURSOR'
'DD02DTABCLTEXT'.
performbdc_fieldusing'BDC_OKCODE'
'=TDED'.

performbdc_dynprousing'/1BCDWB/DBZKIRAN_TAB2''0101'.
performbdc_fieldusing'BDC_CURSOR'
'ZKIRAN_TAB2PLACE'.
performbdc_fieldusing'BDC_OKCODE'
'=SAVE'.
performbdc_fieldusing'ZKIRAN_TAB2EMPNO'
ITABEMPNO.
performbdc_fieldusing'ZKIRAN_TAB2NAME'
ITABNAME.
performbdc_fieldusing'ZKIRAN_TAB2DEPTID'
ITABDEPTID.
performbdc_fieldusing'ZKIRAN_TAB2DESIG'
ITABDESIG.
performbdc_fieldusing'ZKIRAN_TAB2PLACE'
ITABPLACE.

performbdc_dynprousing'/1BCDWB/DBZKIRAN_TAB2''0101'.
 performbdc_fieldusing'BDC_OKCODE'
'/EBACK'.
performbdc_fieldusing'BDC_CURSOR'
'ZKIRAN_TAB2EMPNO'.


performbdc_dynprousing'SAPLSD41''2200'.
performbdc_fieldusing'BDC_CURSOR'
'DD02DTABCLTEXT'.
performbdc_fieldusing'BDC_OKCODE'
'=WB_BACK'.


performbdc_dynprousing'SAPMSRD0''0102'.
performbdc_fieldusing'BDC_CURSOR'
'RSRD1TBMA_VAL'.
performbdc_fieldusing'BDC_OKCODE'
'=BACK'.
performbdc_fieldusing'RSRD1TBMA'
recordTBMA_008.
performbdc_fieldusing'RSRD1TBMA_VAL'
recordTBMA_VAL_009.
performbdc_transactionusing'SE11'.

endloop.
performclose_group.
performclose_datasetusingdataset.
ENDFORM."upload_ztable


&

*&Formupload_itab
&

FORMu_itab.
breakpoint.
CALLFUNCTION'WS_UPLOAD'
EXPORTING
CODEPAGE=''
FILENAME=i_file
FILETYPE='DAT'
HEADLEN=''
LINE_EXIT=''
TRUNCLEN=''
USER_FORM=''
USER_PROG=''
DAT_D_FORMAT=''
IMPORTING
FILELENGTH=
TABLES
DATA_TAB=itab
EXCEPTIONS
CONVERSION_ERROR=1
FILE_OPEN_ERROR=2
FILE_READ_ERROR=3
INVALID_TYPE=4
NO_BATCH=5
UNKNOWN_ERROR=6
INVALID_TABLE_WIDTH=7
GUI_REFUSE_FILETRANSFER=8
CUSTOMER_ERROR=9
NO_AUTHORITY=10
OTHERS=11
.
IFSYSUBRC<>0.
MESSAGEIDSYMSGIDTYPESYMSGTYNUMBERSYMSGNO
WITHSYMSGV1SYMSGV2SYMSGV3SYMSGV4.
ENDIF.

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shraddhamishra Sep7,200711:47AM (inresponsetoPrasadAkole)

Re:CreatingBDC

Hi,

TocreateaBDCforacertaintransactionsgothroughthefollowingsteps:

1)<b>CreatearecordingforthetransactionusingtransactioncodeSHDB:</b>
gotoSHDB>itdispalysinitialscreenofrecordingwithrequiredfields.Hereprovideinformationlike
nameofrecording,TRANSACTIONusedforrecording.
chooseSTARTrecording.ItdispalysthescreensofTRANSACTION.
providedatatothefieldsasperyourneedsandsaveit.

2)<b>GeneratetheProgram</b>:
 InSHDBselectyourrecordingandclicktheprogramtab.Thiswillgeneratetheprogramfordata
transfer.

itprovides
1)oneincludeprogramINCLUDEBDCRECX1.
2)internaltablesBDCDATA.
3)twosubroutineesBDC_DYNPROandBDC_FIELD
4)twosubroutineesOPEN_GROUP(itcontainsbdc_open_groupandbdc_insert)
CLOSE_GROUP(itcontainsbdc_close_group).

3)<b>ModificationsinProgram</b>:
declarethevariablestobeusedandgetthedatatobeuploadedintheinternaltable.
uploaddataintointernaltableusingfunctionws_uploadorgui_upload.

4)BDC_OPEN_GROUPopensasession.

5)LOOPAT<internaltable>.

perform<name>using<applicationname><screen>.
perform<name>using<screenfield><internaltablevalue>.

6))nowendloopwithENDLOOPstatement

7)BDC_CLOSE_GROUP.Thisclosesthesession.

8)executetheprogram,givethesessionnameand(keeptheseesion).

9)gotoSM35>selectSESSIONname>selectPROCESS.


Youcanalsogothroughthefollowinglinkforsamplecode
BDCexampleforMM01Tcode...

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SudhaRaniPathuri Sep7,200712:15PM (inresponsetoPrasadAkole)

Re:CreatingBDC

hi,
ifuuserecordingitisveryeasy.
gotoSHDB>newrecording>givenameandtcode(XK01)>givemaditoryfields>recordtransaction
>save>tranferfromrecording>giveprogramname(aatributes)
checkthisexample:
reportZSK_BDC
nostandardpageheadinglinesize255.


data:beginofw_input1,
g_data(200)typec,
endofw_input1,

t_input1likestandardtableofw_input1initialsize0,

beginofw_input,
ekorg(4)typec,
ktokk(4)typec,
anred(15)typec,
name1(30)typec,
sortl(10)typec,
land1(3)typec,
spras(2)typec,
waers(5)typec,
endofw_input,

t_inputlikestandardtableofw_inputinitialsize0,

g_stringtypestring,

t_bdcdatatypestandardtableofbdcdatainitialsize0,
t_bdcmsgcolltypestandardtableofbdcmsgcoll,
w_bdcdatatypebdcdata,
w_bdcmsgcolltypebdcmsgcoll.


parameters:p_filetypeIBIPPARMSPATH.


atselectionscreenonvaluerequestforp_file.

CALLFUNCTION'F4_FILENAME'
EXPORTING
PROGRAM_NAME=SYSTCPROG
DYNPRO_NUMBER=SYSTDYNNR
FIELD_NAME=''
IMPORTING
FILE_NAME=p_file
.

g_string=p_file.


*includebdcrecx1.

startofselection.


CALLFUNCTION'GUI_UPLOAD'
EXPORTING
filename=g_string
FILETYPE='ASC'
HAS_FIELD_SEPARATOR='X'
HEADER_LENGTH=0
READ_BY_LINE='X'
DAT_MODE=''
CODEPAGE=''
IGNORE_CERR=ABAP_TRUE
REPLACEMENT='#'
CHECK_BOM=''
IMPORTING
FILELENGTH=
HEADER=
tables
data_tab=t_input1
EXCEPTIONS
FILE_OPEN_ERROR=1
FILE_READ_ERROR=2
NO_BATCH=3
GUI_REFUSE_FILETRANSFER=4
INVALID_TYPE=5
NO_AUTHORITY=6
UNKNOWN_ERROR=7
BAD_DATA_FORMAT=8
HEADER_NOT_ALLOWED=9
SEPARATOR_NOT_ALLOWED=10
HEADER_TOO_LONG=11
UNKNOWN_DP_ERROR=12
ACCESS_DENIED=13
DP_OUT_OF_MEMORY=14
DISK_FULL=15
DP_TIMEOUT=16
OTHERS=17
.
IFsysubrc<>0.
MESSAGEIDSYMSGIDTYPESYMSGTYNUMBERSYMSGNO
WITHSYMSGV1SYMSGV2SYMSGV3SYMSGV4.
ENDIF.

loopatt_input1intow_input1.

splitw_input1g_dataat','intow_inputekorg
w_inputktokk
w_inputanred
w_inputname1
w_inputsortl
w_inputland1
w_inputspras
w_inputwaers.
appendw_inputtot_input.
endloop.

*performopen_group.

loopatt_inputintow_input.

refresht_bdcdata.
performbdc_dynprousing'SAPMF02K''0107'.
performbdc_fieldusing'BDC_CURSOR'
'RF02KKTOKK'.
performbdc_fieldusing'BDC_OKCODE'
'/00'.
performbdc_fieldusing'RF02KEKORG'
w_inputekorg.
performbdc_fieldusing'RF02KKTOKK'
w_inputktokk.
performbdc_dynprousing'SAPMF02K''0110'.
performbdc_fieldusing'BDC_CURSOR'
'LFA1SPRAS'.
performbdc_fieldusing'BDC_OKCODE'
'/00'.
performbdc_fieldusing'LFA1ANRED'
w_inputanred.
performbdc_fieldusing'LFA1NAME1'
w_inputname1.
performbdc_fieldusing'LFA1SORTL'
w_inputsortl.
performbdc_fieldusing'LFA1LAND1'
w_inputland1.
performbdc_fieldusing'LFA1SPRAS'
w_inputspras.
performbdc_dynprousing'SAPMF02K''0120'.
performbdc_fieldusing'BDC_CURSOR'
'LFA1KUNNR'.
performbdc_fieldusing'BDC_OKCODE'
'/00'.
performbdc_dynprousing'SAPMF02K''0130'.
performbdc_fieldusing'BDC_CURSOR'
'LFBKBANKS(01)'.
performbdc_fieldusing'BDC_OKCODE'
'=ENTR'.
performbdc_dynprousing'SAPMF02K''0310'.
performbdc_fieldusing'BDC_CURSOR'
'LFM1WAERS'.
performbdc_fieldusing'BDC_OKCODE'
'/00'.
performbdc_fieldusing'LFM1WAERS'
w_inputwaers.
performbdc_dynprousing'SAPMF02K''0320'.
performbdc_fieldusing'BDC_CURSOR'
'RF02KLIFNR'.
performbdc_fieldusing'BDC_OKCODE'
'=ENTR'.
performbdc_dynprousing'SAPLSPO1''0300'.
performbdc_fieldusing'BDC_OKCODE'
'=YES'.

calltransaction'MK01'usingt_bdcdata
mode'n'
update'S'
messagesintot_bdcmsgcoll.
endloop.

loopatt_bdcmsgcollintow_bdcmsgcoll.
write:w_bdcmsgcollDYNAME,
w_bdcmsgcollDYNUMB,
w_bdcmsgcollMSGTYP,
w_bdcmsgcollMSGSPRA,
w_bdcmsgcollMSGID,
w_bdcmsgcollMSGNR,
w_bdcmsgcollMSGV1,
w_bdcmsgcollMSGV2,
w_bdcmsgcollMSGV3,
w_bdcmsgcollMSGV4.
endloop.
*performbdc_transactionusing'MK01'.

*performclose_group.
&

*&Formbdc_dynpro
&

text

>P_0156text
>P_0157text

formbdc_dynprousingvalue(p_0156)
value(p_0157).

clearw_bdcdata.

w_bdcdataprogram=p_0156.
w_bdcdatadynpro=p_0157.
w_bdcdatadynbegin='X'.
appendw_bdcdatatot_bdcdata.

endform."bdc_dynpro
&

*&Formbdc_field
&

text

>P_0175text
>P_0176text

formbdc_fieldusingvalue(p_0175)
value(p_0176).

clearw_bdcdata.

w_bdcdatafnam=p_0175.
w_bdcdatafval=p_0176.
appendw_bdcdatatot_bdcdata.

endform."bdc_field
Sessionmethod
calltransation
directinputmethod

TouploadmutiplefilesuseFMGui_uploadforeveryflatfile

GothruthisDocbelow.

BATCHDATACOMMUNICATION

AboutDataTransferInR/3System

WhenacompanydecidestoimplementtheSAPR/3tomanagebusinesscriticaldata,itusuallydoes
notstartfromanodatasituation.Normally,aSAPR/3projectcomesintoreplaceorcomplement
existingapplication.

Intheprocessofreplacingcurrentapplicationsandtransferringapplicationdata,twosituationsmight
occur:

Thefirstiswhenapplicationdatatobereplacedistransferredatonce,andonlyonce.
ThesecondsituationistotransferdataperiodicallyfromexternalsystemstoSAPandviceversa.
Thereisaperiodoftimewheninformationhastobetransferredfromexistingapplication,toSAP
R/3,andoftenthisprocesswillberepetitive.

TheSAPsystemofferstwoprimarymethodsfortransferringdataintoSAPsystems.FromnonSAP
systemsorlegacysystem.Thesetwomethodsarecollectivelycalledbatchinputorbatchdata
communication.

1.SESSIONMETHOD
2.CALLTRANSACTION
3.DIRECTINPUT

AdvantagesofferedbyBATCHINPUTmethod:

1.Canprocesslargedatavolumesinbatch.
2.Canbeplannedandsubmittedinthebackground.
3.Nomanualinteractionisrequiredwhendataistransferred.
4.Dataintegrityismaintainedaswhateverdataistransferredtothetableisthroughtransaction.
Hencebatchinputdataissubmittedtoallthechecksandvalidations.

Toimplementoneofthesupporteddatatransfers,youmustoftenwritetheprogramthatexportsthe
datafromyournonSAPsystem.Thisprogram,knownasadatatransferprogrammustmapthedata
fromtheexternalsystemintothedatastructurerequiredbytheSAPbatchinputprogram.

ThebatchinputprogrammustbuildalloftheinputtoexecutetheSAPtransaction.

Twomainstepsarerequired:

Tobuildaninternaltablecontainingeveryscreenandeveryfieldtobefilledinduringtheexecution
ofanSAPtransaction.
TopassthetabletoSAPforprocessing.

PrerequisiteforDataTransferProgram

WritingaDataTransferPrograminvolvesfollowingprerequisites:

Analyzingdatafromlocalfile

Analyzingtransaction

Analyzingtransactioninvolvesfollowingsteps:

Thetransactioncode,ifyoudonotalreadyknowit.
Whichfieldsrequireinputi.e.,mandatory.
Whichfieldscanyouallowtodefaulttostandardvalues.
Thenames,types,andlengthsofthefieldsthatareusedbyatransaction.
ScreennumberandNameofmodulepoolprogrambehindaparticulartransaction.

Toanalyzeatransaction::

Startthetransactionbymenuorbyenteringthetransactioncodeinthecommandbox.
(YoucandeterminethetransactionnamebychoosingSystemStatus.)
Stepthroughthetransaction,enteringthedatawillberequiredforprocessingyourbatchinputdata.
Oneachscreen,notetheprogramnameandscreen(dynpro)number.
(dynpro=dyn+pro.Dyn=screen,pro=number)
DisplaythesebychoosingSystemStatus.TherelevantfieldsareProgram(dynpro)andDynpro
number.Ifpopupwindowsoccurduringexecution,youcangettheprogramnameandscreen
numberbypressingF1onanyfieldorbuttononthescreen.
Thetechnicalinfopopupshowsnotonlythefieldinformationbutalsotheprogramandscreen.
Foreachfield,checkbox,andradiobuttononeachscreen,pressF1(help)andthenchoose
TechnicalInfo.

Notethefollowinginformation:
Thefieldnameforbatchinput,whichyoullfindinitsownbox.
Thelengthanddatatypeofthefield.YoucandisplaythisinformationbydoubleclickingontheData
Elementfield.

Findouttheidentificationcodeforeachfunction(buttonormenu)thatyoumustexecutetoprocess
thebatchinputdata(ortogotonewscreen).

Placethecursoronthebuttonormenuentrywhileholdingdowntheleftmousebutton.Thenpress
F1.
Inthepopupwindowthatfollows,chooseTechnicalinfoandnotethecodethatisshowninthe
Functionfield.
Youcanalsorunanyfunctionthatisassignedtoafunctionkeybywayofthefunctionkeynumber.To
displaythelistofavailablefunctionkeys,clickontherightmousebutton.Notethekeynumberthatis
assignedtothefunctionsyouwanttorun.

Onceyouhaveprogramname,screennumber,fieldname(screenfieldname),youcanstartwriting.
DATATRANSFERprogram.

Declaringinternaltable

FirstIntegralTablesimilartostructurelikelocalfile.

DeclaringinternaltablelikeBDCDATA

Thedatafrominternaltableisnottransferreddirectlytodatabasetable,ithastogothrough
transaction.Youneedtopassdatatoparticularscreenandtoparticularscreenfield.Dataispassed
totransactioninparticularformat,hencethereisaneedforbatchinputstructure.

ThebatchinputstructurestoresthedatathatistobeenteredintoSAPsystemandtheactionsthatare
necessarytoprocessthedata.Thebatchinputstructureisusedbyallofthebatchinputmethods.You
canusethesamestructureforalltypesofbatchinput,regardlessofwhetheryouarecreatinga
sessioninthebatchinputqueueorusingCALLTRANSACTION.

ThisstructureisBDCDATA,whichcancontainthebatchinputdataforonlyasinglerunofa
transaction.Thetypicalprocessingloopinaprogramisasfollows:
CreateaBDCDATAstructure
WritethestructureouttoasessionorprocessitwithCALLTRANSACTIONUSINGandthen
CreateaBDCDATAstructureforthenexttransactionthatistobeprocessed.

WithinaBDCDATAstructure,organizethedataofscreensinatransaction.Eachscreenthatis
processedinthecourseofatransactionmustbeidentifiedwithaBDCDATArecord.Thisrecorduses
theProgram,Dynpro,andDynbeginfieldsofthestructure.

ThescreenidentifierrecordisfollowedbyaseparateBDCDATArecordforeachvalue,tobeentered
intoafield.TheserecordsusetheFNAMandFVALfieldsoftheBDCDATAstructure.Valuestobe
enteredinafieldcanbeanyofthefollowing:

Datathatisenteredintoscreenfields.
Functioncodesthatareenteredintothecommandfield.Suchfunctioncodesexecutefunctionsina
transaction,suchasSaveorEnter.

TheBDCDATAstructurecontainsthefollowingfields:

PROGRAM:Nameofmodulepoolprogramassociatedwiththescreen.Setthisfieldonlyforthefirst
recordforthescreen.
DYNPRO:ScreenNumber.Setthisfieldonlyinthefirstrecordforthescreen.
DYNBEGIN:Indicatesthefirstrecordforthescreen.SetthisfieldtoX,onlyforthefirstrecordforthe
screen.(Resetto(blank)forallotherrecords.)
FNAM:FieldName.TheFNAMfieldisnotcasesensitive.
FVAL:ValueforthefieldnamedinFNAM.TheFVALfieldiscasesensitive.Valuesassignedtothis
fieldarealwayspaddedontheright,iftheyarelessthan132characters.Valuesmustbeincharacter
format.

Transferringdatafromlocalfiletointernaltable

DataisuploadedtointernaltablebyUPLOADofWS_UPLOADfunction.

PopulationofBDCDATA

Foreachrecordofinternaltable,youneedtopopulateInternaltable,whichissimilartoBDCDATA
structure.

AllthesefiveinitialstepsarenecessaryforanytypeofBDCinterface.

DATATRANSFERprogramcancallSESSIONMETHODorCALLTRANSACTION.Theinitialstepsfor
boththemethodsaresame.

Firststepforboththemethodsistouploadthedatatointernaltable.FromInternalTable,thedatais
transferredtodatabasetablebytwowaysi.e.,SessionmethodandCalltransaction.

SESSIONMETHOD

AboutSessionmethod

Inthismethodyoutransferdatafrominternaltabletodatabasetablethroughsessions.

Inthismethod,anABAP/4programreadstheexternaldatathatistobeenteredintheSAPSystem
andstoresthedatainsession.Asessionstorestheactionsthatarerequiredtoenteryourdatausing
normalSAPtransactioni.e.,Dataistransferredtosessionwhichinturntransfersdatatodatabase
table.

Sessionisintermediatestepbetweeninternaltableanddatabasetable.Dataalongwithitsactionis
storedinsessioni.e.,dataforscreenfields,towhichscreenitispassed,theprogramnamebehindit,
andhowthenextscreenisprocessed.

Whentheprogramhasfinishedgeneratingthesession,youcanrunthesessiontoexecutetheSAP
transactionsinit.Youcaneitherexplicitlystartandmonitorasessionorhavethesessionruninthe
backgroundprocessingsystem.

Unlesssessionisprocessed,thedataisnottransferredtodatabasetable.

BDC_OPEN_GROUP

YoucreatethesessionthroughprogrambyBDC_OPEN_GROUPfunction.

Parameterstothisfunctionare:
UserName:Username
Group:Nameofthesession
LockDate:Thedateonwhichyouwanttoprocessthesession.
Keep:ThisparameterispassedasXwhenyouwanttoretainsessionafter
processingitortodeleteitafterprocessing.

BDC_INSERT

Thisfunctioncreatesthesession&dataistransferredtoSession.
Parameterstothisfunctionare:
Tcode:TransactionName
Dynprotab:BDCData

BDC_CLOSE_GROUP

ThisfunctionclosestheBDCGroup.NoParameters.

Someadditionalinformationforsessionprocessing

WhenthesessionisgeneratedusingtheKEEPoptionwithintheBDC_OPEN_GROUP,thesystem
alwayskeepsthesessionsinthequeue,whetherithasbeenprocessedsuccessfullyornot.

However,ifthesessionisprocessed,youhavetodeleteitmanually.Whensessionprocessingis
completedsuccessfullywhileKEEPoptionwasnotset,itwillberemovedautomaticallyfromthe
sessionqueue.Logisnotremovedforthatsession.

Ifthebatchinputsessionisterminatedwitherrors,thenitappearsinthelistofINCORRECTsession
anditcanbeprocessedagain.Tocorrectincorrectsession,youcananalyzethesession.The
Analysisfunctionallowstodeterminewhichscreenandvaluehasproducedtheerror.Ifyoufindsmall
errorsindata,youcancorrecttheminteractively,otherwiseyouneedtomodifybatchinputprogram,
whichhasgeneratedthesessionormanytimeseventhedatafile.

CALLTRANSACTION

AboutCALLTRANSACTION

AtechniquesimilartoSESSIONmethod,whilebatchinputisatwostepprocedure,CallTransaction
doesbothstepsonline,oneaftertheother.Inthismethod,youcallatransactionfromyourprogramby

Calltransaction<tcode>using<BDCTAB>
Mode<A/N/E>
Update<S/A>
Messagesinto<MSGTAB>.

Parameter1istransactioncode.
Parameter2isnameofBDCTABtable.
Parameter3hereyouarespecifyingmodeinwhichyouexecutetransaction
Aisallscreenmode.Allthescreenoftransactionaredisplayed.
Nisnoscreenmode.Noscreenisdisplayedwhenyouexecutethetransaction.
Eiserrorscreen.Onlythosescreensaredisplayedwhereinyouhaveerrorrecord.
Parameter4hereyouarespecifyingupdatetypebywhichdatabasetableisupdated.
SisforSynchronousupdateinwhichifyouchangedataofonetablethenalltherelatedTablesgets
updated.Andsysubrcisreturnedi.e.,sysubrcisreturnedforonceandall.
AisforAsynchronousupdate.Whenyouchangedataofonetable,thesysubrcisreturned.Andthen
updatingofotheraffectedtablestakesplace.Soifsystemfailstoupdateothertables,stillsysubrc
returnedis0(i.e.,whenfirsttablegetsupdated).

Parameter5whenyouupdatedatabasetable,operationiseithersuccessfulorunsuccessfulor
operationissuccessfulwithsomewarning.Thesemessagesarestoredininternaltable,whichyou
specifyalongwithMESSAGEstatement.ThisinternaltableshouldbedeclaredlikeBDCMSGCOLL,a
structureavailableinABAP/4.Itcontainsthefollowingfields:

1.Tcode:Transactioncode
2.Dyname:Batchpointmodulename
3.Dynumb:BatchinputDynnumber
4.Msgtyp:Batchinputmessagetype(A/E/W/I/S)
5.Msgspra:BatchinputLang,idofmessage
6.Msgid:Messageid
7.MsgvN:Messagevariables(N=14)

Foreachentry,whichisupdatedindatabase,tablemessageisavailableinBDCMSGCOLL.As
BDCMSGCOLLisstructure,youneedtodeclareainternaltablewhichcancontainmultiplerecords
(unlikestructure).

StepsforCALLTRANSACTIONmethod

1.Internaltableforthedata(structuresimilartoyourlocalfile)
2.BDCTABlikeBDCDATA
3.UPLOADorWS_UPLOADfunctiontouploadthedatafromlocalfiletoitab.(Consideringfileis
localfile)
4.Loopatitab.
PopulateBDCTABtable.
Calltransaction<tcode>using<BDCTAB>
Mode<A/N/E>
Update<S/A>.
RefreshBDCTAB.
Endloop.

(TopopulateBDCTAB,Youneedtotransfereachandeveryfield)

ThemajordifferencesbetweenSessionmethodandCalltransactionareasfollows:

SESSIONMETHODCALLTRANSACTION
1.DataisnotupdatedindatabasetableunlessSessionisprocessed.Immediateupdationin
databasetable.
2.Nosysubrcisreturned.Sysubrcisreturned.
3.Errorlogiscreatedforerrorrecords.Errorsneedtobehandledexplicitly
4.UpdationindatabasetableisalwayssynchronousUpdationindatabasetablecanbesynchronous
OrAsynchronous.

ErrorHandlinginCALLTRANSACTION

WhenSessionMethodupdatestherecordsindatabasetable,errorrecordsarestoredinthelogfile.
InCalltransactionthereisnosuchlogfileavailableanderrorrecordislostunlesshandled.Usually
youneedtogivereportofalltheerrorrecordsi.e.,recordswhicharenotinsertedorupdatedinthe
databasetable.Thiscanbedonebythefollowingmethod:

StepsfortheerrorhandlinginCALLTRANSACTION

1.Internaltableforthedata(structuresimilartoyourlocalfile)
2.BDCTABlikeBDCDATA
3.InternaltableBDCMSGlikeBDCMSGCOLL
4.InternaltablesimilartoIstinternaltable
(Thirdandfourthstepsareforerrorhandling)
5.UPLOADorWS_UPLOADfunctiontouploadthedatafromthelocalfiletoitab.(Consideringfileis
localfile)
6.Loopatitab.
PopulateBDCTABtable.
Calltransaction<tr.code>using<Bdctab>
Mode<A/N/E>
Update<S/A>
Messages<BDCMSG>.
Performcheck.
RefreshBDCTAB.
Endloop.
7Formcheck.
IFsysubrc<>0.(Calltransactionreturnsthesysubrcifupdatingisnotsuccessful).
CallfunctionFormat_message.
(Thisfunctioniscalledtostorethemessagegivenbysystemandtodisplayitalongwithrecord)
Appenditab2.
Displaytherecordandmessage.

DIRECTINPUT

AboutDirectInput

Incontrasttobatchinput,thistechniquedoesnotcreatesessions,butstoresthedatadirectly.Itdoes
notsimulatetheonlinetransaction.Toenterthedataintothecorrespondingdatabasetablesdirectly,
thesystemcallsanumberoffunctionmodulesthatexecuteanynecessarychecks.Incaseoferrors,
thedirectinputtechniqueprovidesarestartmechanism.However,tobeabletoactivatetherestart
mechanism,directinputprogramsmustbeexecutedinthebackgroundonly.Directinputchecksthe
datathoroughlyandthenupdatesthedatabasedirectly.

YoucanstartaDirectInputprogramintwoways

Starttheprogramdirectly

Thisisthequickestwaytoseeiftheprogramworkswithyourflatfile.Thisoptionispossiblewithall
directinputprograms.Iftheprogramendsabnormally,youwillnothaveanylogstellingyouwhathas
orhasnotbeenposted.Tominimizethechanceofthishappening,alwaysusethecheckfileoption
forthefirstrunwithyourflatfile.Thisallowsyoutodetectformaterrorsbeforetransfer.

StartingtheprogramviatheDIadministrationtransaction

Thistransactionrestartstheprocessing,ifthedatatransferprogramaborts.SinceDIdocumentare
immediatelypostedintotheSAPD/B,therestartoptionpreventstheduplicatedocumentpostingthat
occursduringaprogramrestart(i.e.,withoutadjustingyourflatfile).

Directinputisusuallydoneforstandarddatalikematerialmaster,FIaccountingdocument,SDsales
orderandClassificationforwhichSAPhasprovidedstandardprograms.

FirsttimeyouworkwiththeDirectInputadministrationprogram,youwillneedtodosomepreparation
beforeyoucantransferdata:

Createvariant
Definejob
Startjob
Restartjob

Commonbatchinputerrors
ThebatchinputBDCDATAstructuretriestoassignvaluestofieldswhichdonotexistinthecurrent
transactionscreen.
ThescreenintheBDCDATAstructuredoesnotmatchtherightsequence,oranintermediatescreen
ismissing.
Onexceptionaloccasions,thelogicflowofbatchinputsessiondoesnotexactlymatchthatof
manualonlineprocessing.Testingthesessionsonlinecandiscoverbythis.
TheBDCDATAstructurecontainsfields,whicharelongerthantheactualdefinition.
Authorizationproblems.

RECORDINGABATCHINPUT

ABrecordingallowsyoutorecordaR/3transactionandgenerateaprogramthatcontainsallscreens
andfieldinformationintherequiredBDCDATAformat.

YoucaneitheruseSHDBtransactionforrecordingor

SYSTEM?SERVICES?BATCHINPUT?EDIT
Andfromhereclickrecording.

Enternamefortherecording.
(Datesareoptional)
Clickrecording.
Entertransactioncode.
Enter.
ClickSavebutton.

Youfinallycometoascreenwhere,youhavealltheinformationforeachscreenincluding
BDC_OKCODE.
ClickGetTransaction.
ReturntoBI.
Clickoverview.
Positionthecursoronthejustrecordedentryandclickgenerateprogram.
Enterprogramname.
Clickenter

Theprogramisgeneratedfortheparticulartransaction.

BACKGROUNDPROCESSING

NeedforBackgroundprocessing

Whenalargevolumeofdataisinvolved,usuallyallbatchinputsaredoneinbackground.

TheR/3systemincludesfunctionsthatallowuserstoworknoninteractivelyoroffline.The
backgroundprocessingsystemshandlethesefunctions.

NoninteractivelymeansthatinsteadofexecutingtheABAP/4programsandwaitingforananswer,
usercansubmitthoseprogramsforexecutionatamoreconvenientplannedtime.

Thereareseveralreasonstosubmitprogramsforbackgroundexecution.

Themaximumtimeallowedforonlineexecutionshouldnotexceed300seconds.Usergets
TIMEOUTerrorandanabortedtransaction,iftimeforexecutionexceeds300seconds.Toavoidthese
typesoferror,youcansubmitjobsforbackgroundprocessing.
Youcanusethesystemwhileyourprogramisexecuting.

Thisdoesnotmeanthatinteractiveoronlineworkisnotuseful.Bothtypeofprocessinghavetheir
ownpurposes.Onlineworkisthemostcommononeenteringbusinessdata,displayinginformation,
printingsmallreports,managingthesystemandsoon.Backgroundjobsaremainlyusedforthe
followingtaskstoprocesslargeamountofdata,toexecuteperiodicjobswithouthumanintervention,
torunprogramatamoreconvenient,plannedtimeotherthanduringnormalworkinghoursi.e.,
Nightsorweekends.

ThetransactionforbackgroundprocessingisSM36.
Or
Tools?Administration?Jobs?Definejobs
Or
System?services?Jobs

Componentsofthebackgroundjobs

AjobinBackgroundprocessingisaseriesofstepsthatcanbescheduledandstepisaprogramfor
backgroundprocessing.

Jobname.Definethenameofassignedtothejob.Itidentifiesthejob.Youcanspecifyupto32
charactersforthename.
Jobclass.Indicatesthetypeofbackgroundprocessingpriorityassignedtothejob.
Thejobclassdeterminesthepriorityofajob.Thebackgroundsystemadmitsthreetypesofjob
classes:AB&C,whichcorrespondtojobpriority.
Jobsteps.Parameterstobepassedforthisscreenareasfollows:
Programname.
Variantifitisreportprogram
Startcriteriaforthejob:Optionavailableforthisareasfollows:
Immediateallowsyoutostartajobimmediately.
Date/Timeallowsyoutostartajobataspecificname.
Afterjobyoucanstartajobafteraparticularjob.
Aftereventallowsyoutostartajobafteraparticularevent.
Atoperationmodeallowsyoutostartajobwhenthesystemswitchestoaparticularoperationmode.

DefiningBackgroundjobs

Itistwostepprocess:Firstly,youdefinethejobandthenreleaseit.

Whenusersdefineajobandsaveit,theyareactuallyschedulingthereporti.e.,specifyingthejob
components,thesteps,thestarttime.

Whenusersscheduleprogramforbackgroundprocessing,theyareinstructingthesystemtoexecute
anABAP/4reportoranexternalprograminthebackground.Scheduledjobsarenotexecuteduntil
theyarereleased.Whenjobsarereleased,theyaresentforexecutiontothebackgroundprocessing
systematthespecifiedstarttime.Bothschedulingandreleasingofjobsrequireauthorizations.

HANDLINGOFPOPUPSCREENINBDC

Manytimesintransactionpopupscreenappearsandforthisscreenyoudontpassanyrecordbut
someindicationtosystemtellingittoproceedfurther.Forexample:Thefollowingscreen

Tohandlesuchscreen,systemhasprovidedavariablecalledBDC_CURSOR.Youpassthisvariable
toBDCDATAandprocessthescreen.

Usuallysuchscreenappearsinmanytransactions,inthiscaseyouarejustpassinginformation,that
YESyouwanttosavetheinformation,thatmeansYESshouldbeclicked.Soyouaretransferringthis
informationtoBDCDATAi.e.,fieldnameofYESwhichisusuallySPOT_OPTION.Insteadof
BDC_OKCODE,youarepassingBDC_CURSOR.

BDC_CURSORisalsousedtoplacecursoronparticularfield.

ANEXAMPLEWITHSESSIONMETHOD

FollowingprogramdemonstrateshowdataispassedfromflatfiletoSAPtransactionandfurtherto
databasetablebyusingSESSIONmethod.

ThetransactionisTFBA(tochangecustomer).

Asimpletransactionwhereyouareenteringcustomernumberonfirstscreenandonnextscreendata
isdisplayedfortheparticularcustomernumber.Field,whichwearechanginghere,arenameand
city.Whenyouclickonsave,thechangedrecordgetssaved.

PrerequisitetowritethisBDCinterfaceasindicatedearlieris:
1.Tofindscreennumber
2.Tofindscreenfieldnames,typeofthefieldandlengthofthefield.
3.TofindBDC_OKCODEforeachscreen
4.Createflatfile.

Flatfilecanbecreatedinyourharddiskasfollows:

1VinodKrishnaHyderabad
2KavithaSecunderabad
3KishoreHyderabad

(Where1stcharacterfieldisCustomernumber,2ndfieldisCustomernameand3rdfieldisCity.)

TotransferthisdatatodatabasetableSCUSTOMfollowinginterfacecanbeused.

REPORTDEMO1.
Followinginternaltableistouploadflatfile.
DATA:BEGINOFITABOCCURS0,
ID(10),
NAME(25),
CITY(25),
ENDOFITAB.
*FollowinginternaltableBDCDATAistopassdatefrominternaltabletosession.
DATA:BDCTABLIKEBDCDATAOCCURS0WITHHEADERLINE.
Variables
DATA:DATE1LIKESYDATUM.DATE1=SYDATUM1.ThisisforHoldDate
Touploadflatfiletointernaltable.
CALLFUNCTIONUPLOAD
EXPORTING
FILENAME=C:\FF.TXT
FILETYPE=ASC
TABLES
DATA_TAB=ITAB
EXCEPTIONS
CONVERSION_ERROR=1
INVALID_TABLE_WIDTH=2
INVALID_TYPE=3
NO_BATCH=4
UNKNOWN_ERROR=5
OTHERS=6.
Ifsysubrc=0.
CallingFunctiontoCreateaSession
CALLFUNCTIONBDC_OPEN_GROUP
EXPORTING
CLIENT=SYMANDT
GROUP=POTHURI
HOLDDATE=DATE1
KEEP=X
USER=SYUNAME
EXCEPTIONS
CLIENT_INVALID=1
DESTINATION_INVALID=2
GROUP_INVALID=3
GROUP_IS_LOCKED=4
HOLDDATE_INVALID=5
INTERNAL_ERROR=6
QUEUE_ERROR=7
RUNNING=8
SYSTEM_LOCK_ERROR=9
USER_INVALID=10
OTHERS=11.
Ifsysubrc=0.
*

MAINLogic

LOOPATITAB
PERFORMGENERATE_DATA.PopulatingBDCDATATable
CALLFUNCTIONBDC_INSERT
EXPORTING
 TCODE=TFBA
TABLES
DYNPROTAB=BDCTAB
EXCEPTIONS
INTERNAL_ERROR=1
NOT_OPEN=2
QUEUE_ERROR=3
TCODE_INVALID=4
PRINTING_INVALID=5
POSTING_INVALID=6
OTHERS=7.
REFRESHBDCTAB
ENDLOOP.
Callingfunctiontoclosethesession
CALLFUNCTIONBDC_CLOSE_GROUP
EXCEPTIONS
NOT_OPEN=1
QUEUE_ERROR=2
OTHERS=3.
Endif.
Endif.
&

*&FormGENERATE_DATA
&

CreateBDCData
&

FORMGENERATE_DATA
Passinginformationfor1stscreenonBDCDATA
BDCTABPROGRAM=SAPMTFBA.
BDCTAXDYNPRO=100.
BDCTAPDYNBEGIN=X.
APPENDBCDTAB.CLEARBDCTAB.
PassingfieldinformationtoBDCDATA
BDCTABFNAM=SCUSTOMID
BDCTABFVAL=ITABID.
APPENDBDCTAB.CLEARBDCTAB.
PassingBDC_OKCODEtoBDCDATA
BDCTABFNAM=BDC_OKCODE.
BDCTABFVAL=/5.
APPENDBDCTAB.CLEARBDCTAB.
PassingscreeninformationfornextscreentoBDCDATA
BDCTABPROGRAM=SAPMTFBA.
BDCTABDYNPRO=200.
BDCTABDYNBEGIN=X.
APPENDBDCTAB.CLEARBDCTAB.
PassingscreeninformationtoBDCDATA
BDCTABFNAM=SCUSTOMNAME.
BDCTABFVAL=ITABNAME.
APPENDBDCTAB.CLEARBDCTAB.
PassingscreeninformationtoBDCDATA
BDCTABFNAM=SCUSTOMCITY.
BDCTABFVAL=ITABCITY.
APPENDBDCTAB.CLEARBDCTAB.
PassingBDC_OKCODEtoBDCDATA
BDCTABFNAM=BDC_OKCODE.
BDCTABFVAL=SAVE.
APPENDBDCTAB.CLEARBDCTAB.
ENDFORM.GENERATE_DATA

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GuestFeb29,201211:03AM (inresponsetoPrasadAkole)

Re:CreatingBDC

Hi

Purpose
BDCstandforBATCHDATACOMMUNICATION
ThroughthisconceptwetransferthedataintoSAPR/3System

LegacySystemR/3System

1)Batchinputisusedtotransferlargeamountsofdataintothe
SAPsystem.Inthistopic,wewilllearnthebasicsofbatchinput.
2)Thereare2typesoftransfersConversionsandinterfaces.
3)Conversions:ThistypeoftransferreferstoaonetimetransferfromalegacysystemtotheSAP
system.Inthiscase,thelegacysystemistheoldsystemthatisbeingreplacedbytheSAPsystem.
4)Interfaces:Thistypeoftransferreferstoanongoingtransferfromacomplementarysystemtothe
SAPsystem.Inthiscase,thecomplementarysystemisasystemthatwillrunalongsidetheSAP
system.

Use
Thisisusedforuploadingthemasterdataanddifferenttypeofapplicationdatafromlegacy
systemtoSAPR/3systemlikeas:

CreateVendorusingtransaction(FK01),

ChangeVendorusingtransaction(FK02)

Readingdatafromapplicationserverorpresentationserver

DialogProgram

Adialogprogramconductsadialogwiththeuser.Asaresultofuserinputtheprogramexecutes
whichinturndisplaysanoutputorchangesthedatabaseinaconsistentway.

Atransactioncodecanbeconnectedtodialogprogramwhichcallsthecorrespondingprogram

Structureofadialogprogram

Proceduralstepsindatamigration

1)Dataanalysis
2)GenarateSAPstructure
3)Developtransferprogram
4)Creatsequentialfile
5)Creatbatchinputprogram
6)Processbatchinputdata
7)Analyzeresults
8)Analyzeerrorsession

BDCDATAStructure
Tosimulateuserdialogue,youmustknowthefollowinginformation:
1.Onlineprogramname,
2.Screennumbers,
3.Fieldnames
4.Fieldvalues
TheBDCDATAABAPDictionarystructureisusedinabatchinputprogramtocollectthisinformation
foranentiretransaction.

BDCDATA
PROGRAM
DYNPRO
DYNBEGIN
FNAM
FVAL

ExampleChangeVendor
Forourexample,wewillusetheChangeVendortransaction(FK02)toaddastreetaddresstoan
alreadyexistingvendor.

ResearchingTransaction2ndScreen

Step#1
UseSystemStatusmenupathtodetermineonlineprogramname(SAPMF02K),screennumber
(0110)

Step#2
UseF1keyandTechnicalInfopushbuttonineachscreenfieldtobefilledtodeterminethefield
name.

Step#3
Determinehowtoproceedinthetransaction
(savetherecordbyclickingontheSavepushbuttonorpressingtheF11key).

BDCTableContents

AfterresearchingthetransactionwecandeterminethecontentsoftheBDCtable.

BatchInputMethods

METHOD#1
CALLTRANSACTIONUSING
STATEMENT

METHOD#2BATCHINPUTSESSION

METHOD#3DIRECTINPUT

Calltransactionfordatatransfer
ProcessingbatchinputdatawithCALLTRANSACTIONUSINGisthefasterofthetworecommended
datatransfermethods.Inthismethod,legacydataisprocessedinlineinyourdatatransferprogram.
Syntax:
CALLTRANSACTION0.
WRITE:/ERROR.
ENDIF.
ENDDO.

Errorhandling
Tostoreerrormessages(CALLTRANSACTION)
data:beginofTab_Messoccurs0.
includestructurebdcmsgcoll.
 data:endofTab_Mess,

CALLTRANSACTIONFK02USINGBDC_TABMODENUPDATES
MESSAGESINTOTAB_MESS.
IFSYSUBRCNE0.
WRITE:/Tab_MESSTCODE,Tab_MESSDYNUMB,Tab_MESSMSGTYP,
Tab_MESSMSGID.
ENDIF.


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