Great news: Container elements as structure in 6.20

[Becker, Stephan]

Thanks Tomasz,
 
Actually, I have never used this casting, and you're right, the maintenance
implication doesn't make it particularly appealing, as it could be tricky to
analyse why the workflow suddenly fails as the MOVE is fairly opaque..
 
It looks from THE BOOK (page 203) that with 4.6D you can use simple
structure-based container elements (not multiline, though), 6.1 will allow
you single line complex (embedded, hierarchical) structures, and 6.2 the
whole shebang.. ah well, what a joy to work on 4.6C :-)
 
Thanks again,
Stephan
 
-----Mensaje original-----
De: Zmudzin,Tomasz,FRANKFURT,Extern LG-DM
[mailto:Tomasz.Zmudzin at de.nestle.com]
Enviado el: 14 October 2003 12:59
Para: SAP-WUG at MITVMA.MIT.EDU
Asunto: AW: Great news: Container elements as structure in 6.20
 
Stephan,
 
you probably know this already -- but you can pass "flat" character fields
instead of your structure, then cast them into your structure by a MOVE
statement.  That's a technique misused heavily e.g. for storing IDoc data in
the system, known at least in the good-old COBOL times. Has some maintenance
drawbacks, but it's the probably best you can have with an earlier release
of the system.
 
Best regards,
Tomasz
 
-----Ursprungliche Nachricht-----
Von: Becker, Stephan [mailto:stephan_becker.ext at siemens.com]
Gesendet: Dienstag, 14. Oktober 2003 12:39
An: SAP-WUG at MITVMA.MIT.EDU
Betreff: Re: Great news: Container elements as structure in 6.20
 
 
Hi everyone :-)
 
Has anyone tried to take this up with SAP for releases lower than 6.20, and
maybe received a solution I cannot find?
 
I am particularly interested in 4.6C, as I am trying to transfer an extended
structure (e.g. RSEG plus an XFELD) from the event to the workflow.
 
How are you getting around this "feature"?
 
I don't particularly want to hand over several structures; I need to
transfer the complete RSEG (invoice line item) plus one marker per line
item, and I do not really want to abuse an RSEG field, either..
 
Thanks,
Stephan
 
-----Mensaje original-----
De: Zmudzin,Tomasz,VEVEY,GL-IS/IT [mailto:Tomasz.Zmudzin at nestle.com]
Enviado el: 25 March 2003 09:21
Para: SAP-WUG at MITVMA.MIT.EDU
Asunto: Great news: Container elements as structure in 6.20
 
Dear all,
 
I'm so happy to have found it now that I need to share it with you:
 
In Enterprise (Basis 6.20), you can define container elements with reference
to business object types, table elements -- but also: **DDIC**STRUCTURES**!
 
Makes my life now much easier, and I believe solves several issues posted to
this forum within the last 4-6 months (e.g. you can have a multiline
container element with some predefined structure -- a clean and nice way to
pass your data).
 
Best regards,
Tomasz