HR ABAP function module

[Former Member]

Hi,

What is the difference between RP_PROVIDE_FROM_LAST and RP_PROVIDE_FROM_FIRST ?

Regards,

Nimisha

[Former Member]

Generally we will have mutiple records for an employee in HR.

These 2 macros will get the latest and oldest records for the employee in whole list.

Thanks

eswar

[Former Member]

hi Nimisha,

The macro RP-PROVIDE-FROM-FRST retrieves the first(start) data record which is valid in the data selection period.

o The macro RP-PROVIDE-FROM-LAST retrieves the last(latest) data record which is valid in the data selection period.

o The macro RP-READ-INFOTYPE retrieves the data record(s) which is valid in the data selection period.

Refer

Regards,

Santosh

[Former Member]

Hi Nimisha,

The entries that occur in the Infortyope are date delimited, so if you add a new entry it will , stop the previous entry at that date and start the new entry from that date, so if you want the most current entry (i.e the last ) then you use RP_PROVIDE_FROM_LAST, but if you want the first entry then use RP_PROVIDE_FROM_FIRST.

depends on what you want from the data and how your processing etc...

Hope this helps.

Gary

[Former Member]

rp-provide-from-frst

places first entry for a specified period in the table header entry from an internal infotype table

rp-provide-from-last

places last entry for a specified period in the table header entry from an internal infotype table