appending an InfoObject

[Former Member]

Hi,

We have ZCLIENT InfoObject which is used in many Datatargets. ZClient has a phone InfoObject which is char(16). Need to change this to Char(22)

If I change original phone InfoObject from Char(16) to Char(22) need to delete data from both ZCLIENT and Infoproviders using it.

By adding a new InfoObject to ZCLIENT, we don't need to dump the data either from ZCLIENT or other associated InfoProviders ?

We are loading data from a flatfile. Not R/3

Please confirm me. Thanks.

GSM.

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Hi,

What i understand is "Phone" is the attribute of ZCLIENT? If this is true you need not delete data from Infocube, because the phone numbers will be stored only in the Master data attribute table '/BIC/PZCLIENT'.

Hope this helps

Arun

[Former Member]

Hi,

you are extending the length of the attribute..so i think no need to delete data also..Just change the attribute and activate corresponding Infoobject..

[Former Member]

Hi,

if you only want to change the length this is possible without any problems if

a) you don't have a conversion routine assigned to the object (specially alpha conversion)

b) you only increase the length.

It is not possible to decrease the length or increase the length of a object with alpa conversion. In this case you need to delete alpha conversion first.

Siggi

[Former Member]

Thanks everyone for replying.

Seig,

Main InfoObject which is used in the transaction data i.e ZCLIENT is with alpha conversion enabled. But the attribute of ZCLIENT phone number is not alpha enabled.

SO this case does system raise any error or ?

Thanks in advance,

GSM.

[Former Member]

Hi GSM,

Since your ZCLIENT-PHONE attribute doent have any ALPHA Conversion routine, even if you increase its length it doesnt give you any error and you dont have to delete the data either. You got to activate it.

Its not posible to decrease the lenght even if you dont have any conversion routine for your infoobject.

Reward points if it helps yu..

Regards,

Bhma.

[Former Member]

in case you will change the phone number which is without alpha conversion, no error will appear, just a few warnings. So feel free to change.

Siggi

[Former Member]

Hi GSM,

If you add a new attribute to your IO then you don't need to delete data from your infoproviders. Just in TRs for master data of your IO add mapping for a new attribute, activate TRs and upload master data again.

Best regards,

Eugene