Domain length

[Former Member]

Hi Experts,

What is the domain that i can use to hold a description of more than 300 -1000 chars? when i create zchar300 it is saying that max length is 1-255.

pls help.

[former_member181962]

HI dan,

There are data elements of lenght 1000 .

Eg:

CHAR1000SF

Regards,

Ravi

[Former Member]

Hi Dan

If you need a field longer than 255 char u can use a field of LCHR type (for example LCHAR1000) but you need to insert a new field for the length of type INT2.

So you can create a your data element using the domain LCHAR1000, so your table will have two fields:

ZLEN TYPE INT2

ZSTRING TYPE LCHAR1000

Max

[Former Member]

check dataelement CHAR1000SF which is of 1000 length

[Former Member]

Hi All,

Thanks! but it says that "CHAR1000SF is not active or does not exits"

if i give Text300<Field> is too long (Specify a length between 1 and 255)

Pls suggest.

[Former Member]

Hi Dan

Search a data element using a LCHR type, for example LCHAR1000

Max

[Former Member]

Hi All,

I am unable to activate the dataelement / table if i use CHARA1024 or LCHAR1000..etc.

"it generates warning occured during activation" and the log has

Field NOTES is too long (Specify a length between 1 and 255)

Output length (1024) larger than maximum output length (255) in screens

Pls suggest me experts. its urgent

[Former Member]

Hi Dan,

Why can't you use the FMs' that I indicated before instead of fields in the table?

Regards,

Gilberto Li

[Former Member]

Hi Gilberto Li,

But first i need to make an entry for the field description into my ztable & then i should read the data for that field from that table .

[Former Member]

Hi Dan,

No, you don't need to make an entry for the field description in your ztable.

The flow of the process would be something like this:

1. Save the data into the ztable, create and save the description with FM CREATE_TEXT, EDIT_TEXT and SAVE_TEXT:

        CALL FUNCTION 'CREATE_TEXT'
             EXPORTING
                  fid         = 'VBBK'
                  flanguage   = sy-langu
                  fname       = lv_name
                  fobject     = 'ZMAN'
                  save_direct = 'X'
                  fformat     = ' '
             TABLES
                  flines      = tlines
             EXCEPTIONS
                  no_init     = 1
                  no_save     = 2
                  OTHERS      = 3.
        v_header-tdobject   = id.
        v_header-tdname     = name.
        v_header-tdid       = 'TXT'.
        v_header-tdspras    = sy-langu.
        v_header-tdform     = 'SYSTEM'.
        v_header-tdlinesize = '072'.
        v_header-tdtxtlines = '00002'.

*       EDIT TEXT
        CALL FUNCTION 'EDIT_TEXT'
             EXPORTING
                  editor_title  = v_title
                  header        = v_header
                  save          = ' '
             IMPORTING
                  newheader     = v_header
                  result        = v_result
             TABLES
                  lines         = tlines
             EXCEPTIONS
                  id            = 1
                  language      = 2
                  linesize      = 3
                  name          = 4
                  object        = 5
                  textformat    = 6
                  communication = 7
                  OTHERS        = 8.


data : x_header TYPE thead.
to populate the data into SAVE_TEXT,you should know the values for the below fields.
  x_header-tdobject = 'VBBK'.  
  x_header-tdname   = lv_name . <--your material no
  x_header-tdid     = 'ZMAN'.
  x_header-tdspras  = 'E'.
 
 
LOOP AT IT_TEXT .
    IT_TLINES-TDFORMAT = '*'.
    IT_TLINES-TDLINE = IT_TEXT-LINE.
    APPEND IT_TLINES.
    CLEAR  IT_TLINES.
  ENDLOOP.
 
  CALL FUNCTION 'SAVE_TEXT'
    EXPORTING
      CLIENT                = SY-MANDT
      HEADER                = X_HEADER
*       INSERT                = ' '
      SAVEMODE_DIRECT       = 'X'
*       OWNER_SPECIFIED       = ' '
*       LOCAL_CAT             = ' '
*     IMPORTING
*       FUNCTION              =
*       NEWHEADER             =
    TABLES
      LINES                 = IT_TLINES
     EXCEPTIONS
       ID                    = 1
       LANGUAGE              = 2
       NAME                  = 3
       OBJECT                = 4
       OTHERS                = 5
            .
  IF SY-SUBRC <> 0.
*--ERROR.
  ELSE.
*--SUCCESS.
  ENDIF.

2. If you want to retrieve your text description, use the same key you used to save the description:

   CALL FUNCTION 'READ_TEXT'
         EXPORTING
              id                      = 'ZMAN'
              language                = sy-langu
              name                    = 'lv_name'
              object                  = 'VBBK'
         TABLES
              lines                   = tlines
         EXCEPTIONS
              id                      = 1
              language                = 2
              name                    = 3
              not_found               = 4
              object                  = 5
              reference_check         = 6
              wrong_access_to_archive = 7
              OTHERS                  = 8.

The idea is to use the key of the record as the name. So for example the name for a PO item would be:

PO number + PO item

Hope this gives you an idea.

Regards,

Gilberto Li

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Gilberto Li

[Former Member]

Hi Gilberto Li ,

Thanks a lot but i need to enter the descriotion of the field in SM30. This will be done by a func guys as & when required.

Could you pls help me in any other ways?

thanks

Dany

[Former Member]

Hi,

Check the domain CHARA1024.

Regards,

Sruthi

[Former Member]

Hi Dan,

To hold a description of 1000 chars you should use the FMs':

READ_TEXT

EDIT_TEXT

SAVE_TEXT

And use the key table so you can search for the description belonging to a specific row. This is usually a good practice, instead of creating a field of that size in the table.

Hope it helps.

Regards,

Gilberto Li

[ferry_lianto]

Hi Dan,

Have you looked domain STRING?

Regards,

Ferry Lianto

[Former Member]

Hi,

STRING is not allowed for maintenance (SM30).