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what is open group

Former Member
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hello abap gurus,

i am naive to BDC progaming,

i was trying to understand a program created when recording a session,

the following line of standard sap program i could not understand,

i tried the F1 help but to no use,

can anyone kindly explain me the meaning of the lines.

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FORM OPEN_GROUP.

IF SESSION = 'X'.

SKIP.

WRITE: /(20) 'Create group'(I01), GROUP.

SKIP.

  • open batchinput group

CALL FUNCTION 'BDC_OPEN_GROUP'

EXPORTING CLIENT = SY-MANDT

GROUP = GROUP

USER = USER

KEEP = KEEP

HOLDDATE = HOLDDATE.

WRITE: /(30) 'BDC_OPEN_GROUP'(I02),

(12) 'returncode:'(I05),

SY-SUBRC.

ENDIF.

ENDFORM.

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ferry_lianto
Active Contributor
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Hi,

Please check this online document perhaps it may help.

http://help.sap.com/saphelp_40b/helpdata/en/fa/097126543b11d1898e0000e8322d00/content.htm

Regards,

Ferry Lianto

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ferry_lianto
Active Contributor
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Hi,

Please check this online document perhaps it may help.

http://help.sap.com/saphelp_40b/helpdata/en/fa/097126543b11d1898e0000e8322d00/content.htm

Regards,

Ferry Lianto

Former Member
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You can just double click on the FM name in the program. That will take you to the FM source code. In the upper right corner of that screen, there is a "Function module documentation" button. Press that.

Rob