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Direct Input Mrthod

Former Member

‎04-20-2007 1:21 AM

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Hi Experts,

When we use standard progam for BDC using direct input mehtod, how do we handel errors.is there any way to find how the flat file fields shd look like??

Plz do reply, would reward points for the answers that solves the problem

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Former Member

‎04-20-2007 7:17 AM

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Hi,

In case of errors, the direct input technique provides a restart mechanism. However, to be able to activate the restart mechanism, direct input programs must be executed in the background only.

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Krishna K.

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‎04-20-2007 7:23 AM

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Hi Sudha,

<b>Common batch input errors</b>

- The batch input BDCDATA structure tries to assign values to fields which do not exist in the current transaction screen.

- The screen in the BDCDATA structure does not match the right sequence, or an intermediate screen is missing.

- On exceptional occasions, the logic flow of batch input session does not exactly match that of manual online processing. Testing the sessions online can discover by this.

- The BDCDATA structure contains fields, which are longer than the actual definition.

- Authorization problems.

When these errors occur, in DIRECTINPUT Method, a restart mechanism is there, which requires processing in background. So when restarted, the background processing is started.

Need for Background processing

When a large volume of data is involved, usually all batch inputs are done in background.

The R/3 system includes functions that allow users to work non-interactively or offline. The background processing systems handle these functions.

Non-interactively means that instead of executing the ABAP/4 programs and waiting for an answer, user can submit those programs for execution at a more convenient planned time.

There are several reasons to submit programs for background execution.

• The maximum time allowed for online execution should not exceed 300 seconds. User gets TIMEOUT error and an aborted transaction, if time for execution exceeds 300 seconds. To avoid these types of error, you can submit jobs for background processing.

• You can use the system while your program is executing.

This does not mean that interactive or online work is not useful. Both type of processing have their own purposes. Online work is the most common one entering business data, displaying information, printing small reports, managing the system and so on. Background jobs are mainly used for the following tasks; to process large amount of data, to execute periodic jobs without human intervention, to run program at a more convenient, planned time other than during normal working hours i.e., Nights or weekends.

The transaction for background processing is SM36.

Or

Define jobs> Jobs> Administration &#61614;Tools

Or

>System Jobs>services

Hope this resolves your query.

Reward all the helpful answers.

Regards