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Simple transformation formatting

Posted on Jul 06, 2009 at 10:41 AM 521 Views

Dear Expert,

I would like to know how can I format my transformation result using simple transformation. I have an attribute that is supposed to display a date in the format YYYYMMDD. However, the default format is YYYY-MM-DD. How can I change this behavior in simple transformation? Thanks!

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Alex

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  • author's profile photo Christoph Schreiner
    Christoph Schreiner
    Posted on May 28, 2014 at 06:57 AM
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    Hey Alex,

    do you have a solution already? I have the same problem, the format of the date in the XML-File is "20140101" and I can´t transform it with Simple Transformation to the ABAP Type DATS which waits for "2014-01-01" or "2014.01.01".

    the Transformation looks like this in the moment:

    ...

    <DATE tt:value-ref="DATE"/>

    ...

    The ABAP type of the field DATE is DATS. And the XML looks at this part like this:

    <DATE>20131201</DATE>

    Regards,

    Christoph

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    • Christoph Schreiner Jerry Wang
      Jul 07, 2014 at 06:46 AM

      Thanks Jerry !!

      I think that will work for me, I will test it later, but this looks like the solution I searched for 😊

      I have not tested it yet, but I think, it will only work for the output of the XML file, or? If it should work for both (output/input of xml <=> itab), with same Transformation, the method "GET_NEW_DATE" should be extended a bit 😊

      But this sould be possible without problems.

      best regards,

      Christoph

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    Posted on Jul 06, 2009 at 10:45 AM
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    hi

    you may use EDITMASK.

    FOLLOW the link http://www.sap-basis-abap.com/sapab015.htm

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    Posted on Jul 06, 2009 at 10:45 AM
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    HI ,

    you split (keyword) the variable at '-' and collect iinto three different variable and make the required format.

    Thanks

    Shambhu

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    Posted on Jul 06, 2009 at 10:46 AM
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    HI ,

    you split (keyword) the variable at '-' and collect iinto three different variable and make the required format.

    Thanks

    Shambhu

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    Posted on Jul 06, 2009 at 10:46 AM
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    hi,

    you can use concatenate in that case :

    CONCATENATE: zdate+6(02)

    '-'

    zdate+4(02)

    '-'

    zdate(04) INTO date.

    hope this will surely help you!!!

    Thanks & Regards,

    Punit Raval.

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    Posted on Jul 06, 2009 at 10:48 AM
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    USE EDIT-MASK command in your program.

    EDIT-MASK 'YYYYMMDD'.

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    Anand Patil
    Posted on Jul 06, 2009 at 10:52 AM
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    Hi,

    data: gv_chars TYPE char100.

gv_chars = '2009-07-06'.

replace all occurrences of substring '-' in gv_chars with ''.

    Hope this helps.

    Regards,

    Anand Patil

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    Posted on Jul 06, 2009 at 12:21 PM
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    use edit-mask a EDIT-MASK - 'YYYYMMDD'.

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    Posted on Jul 07, 2009 at 01:42 AM
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    Dear Experts,

    Thanks for all the previous input. However, I think my title is not clear enough. "Simple transformation" is a SAP terminology that help developer to export / transform data in XML. The above suggestion cannot be applied in simple transformation.

    I am looking for way to apply date format in the XSLT used in simple transformation. Thanks!

    Regards,

    Alex

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  • author's profile photo Jerry Wang
    Jerry Wang
    Posted on Jun 28, 2014 at 08:45 AM
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    Hello Alex,

    in the simple transformation an external ABAP class could be used to do date format manually. See my solution in this document: http://scn.sap.com/docs/DOC-56211

    Best regards,

    Jerry

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