Sap Sale Module: RE:[sap-log-sd] Customer master texts field as Mandatory

Posted by Typewriter
on Jun 20 at 5:00 AM

Hi alok,

There are multiple reasons that make using of Texts optimal (in these type of cases) -
1. With filling in texts in Text ID, these texts can be conveniently referenced & or copied in to many documents (both at header and item level).
2. Moreover, with Text Determination, there are many options + flexibility; e.g. multiple text ids for Central text, Sales & Distribution etc. At any time "mixing & matching" is possible - Delivery note header can "pickup" some text from Sales order, CMR, MMR etc.
3. For every Text ID, you have one page (i.e. lot of space) to fill in all your text content.

Do you think, if user fills in texts in some field in CMR or MMR, could deliver the above mentioned advantages/functionalities, within standard functionality?

By the way - In sales order, delivery, bills; user can setup the system (Text Determination) in such a way that certain Text IDs are mandatory. (This is inturn linked to Incompletion log.)
But this functionality is not given for Text IDs for CMR, Cust Material Info records.

Please explain how (and which) fields could be changed and used for validation. It would help my learning.

PS - I could not post the navigation & object details in ABAP forum. When I try to see the thread online, it takes me to SD Forum (instead of taking me to ABAP forum). Could you upload the relevant in ABAP Forum?

Regards,

---------------Original Message---------------
From: alok
Sent: Monday, June 20, 2011 4:15 AM
Subject: Customer master texts field as Mandatory

Typewriter

The trouble here is that in abap you can read the field data easily but not the text element.
the text elements are in their own cocoons /wraparounds, even though text data might be getting saved in database only. So we need some workaround. I am waiting for some leads. Let us see.

But if you ask me, there are so many fields that lie unused. The field labels (i.e stickers- or semantic elements ) can be changed and some of those unutilised fields can be used for validations. This is the usual practice no harm in exploring the unusual too. It is like asking for a swimming pool on rooftop while you could choose to have it in the courtyard.

Regards
alok

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