Static help files for webGUI transactions

[Former Member]

Hi,

In an ESS environment we want to use static help files, which should be maintained via the R/3 SE80.

In the case of existing interent services the solution is obvious, it's simply adding a language specific MIME file.

But there are transactions, for which an internet service doesn't exist, as they are executed and rendered on the fly via the webgui.

Is there any simple way to maintain static help files via the R/3 for transactions without an explicit internet service ?

Regards,

Christoph Baehr

IBM Germany

[Former Member]

But maintaining files directly on the ITS server is exactly what I want to avoid. I would like to maintain these help files on the R/3 where I have version cotrol etc.

Judging from our discussion, there seems to be no way to maintain MIME files for EWT within R/3 without dedicated internet service.

Regards,

Christoph.

[athavanraja]

i guess that there is no other option other than to have dedicated service for these transactions, if you want to achieve what you are looking for.

But may be we are wrong, lets see whether anybody else has another idea.

Regards

Raja

[former_member228142]

Hi Christoph,

you could i.e. create a service ZPZ02 in SE80 and set ~transaction to pz02 and ~EWT_statichelp in the service definition. Now you can add the mime files for the custom help to the service in SE80. This would allow you to use all the goodies that you get from having services store in the SAP system.

Best regards,

Klaus

[athavanraja]

i have not worked with ESS. so i dont know how the help file will be called.

If the transaction has <b>object services</b>(its the drop down button on the top left corner where you will see attachments, notes, etc), then you can attach documents for the object from transaction OAOR.

Regards

Raja

[Former Member]

The static help file is not an attached object, but a language dependent MIME object to an internet service. Generally it is added to an existing internet service using SE80.

In case of EWTs like PZ02, PZ04, PZ05 etc. there is no internet service as these are easy web transaction rendered on the fly using the standard webgui only.

I am looking for a way to maintain static help files for these transactions in R/3, which are located after publishing to the ITS at .../mimes/<EWT name>/99/en/info/docu_<EWT name>.html

Regards,

Christoph.

[athavanraja]

sorry for the delay in the response.

how these help files will be called from these transactions?

Regards

Raja

[Former Member]

If the service parameter ewt_statichelp is set to 1, the help link in the webgui header points to the static URL .../sap/its/mimes/<service>/<theme>/<language>/info/docu_<service>.html

Regards,

Christoph.

Message was edited by: Christoph Baehr

[athavanraja]

i dont know of a standard way, but can you manually create this static file in the its/mimes/<service>/<theme>/<language>/info/ folder with the correcr naming convention and pass the parameter ewt_statichelp = 1 as a URL parameter.

I guess this way it should work, though not the right approach.

Regards

Raja