Sending dynamic mail in a workflow via a report

[manish_malakar0316]

Hi everyone,

I was going trying to create a report which would allow the user to enter a free text. On saving this text, a workflow would get triggered via this report and the text would be the body of the mail in tcode SBWP.

However, the entire text is not getting displayed in the body of the mail. I even made the workflow container as "multiline", but still I am getting some text missing.

Below are the complete steps :

1) I created a class ZCL_WF_TEST2. A standard attribute GS_OBJ type SIBFLPOR was created (even though I didnt need it in my class).

An event was created with a parameter .

2) A method was created with an importing parameter.

3) Below is the code written for the method:

  method UPDATE_PO.

DATA: lr_cont TYPE REF TO IF_SWF_IFS_PARAMETER_CONTAINER.
data:     lv_text TYPE char255.

CALL METHOD cl_swf_evt_event=>get_event_container
  EXPORTING
    im_objcateg  = 'CL'
    im_objtype   = 'ZCL_WF_TEST2'
    im_event     = 'START_WF'
  RECEIVING
    re_reference = lr_cont    .


TRY.
lr_cont->set(
  EXPORTING
    name       = 'EV_TEXT'
    value      = ev_TEXT ).
CATCH cx_swf_cnt_cont_access_denied. " Change Access to Container Not Allowed
CATCH cx_swf_cnt_elem_access_denied. " Element Must Not Be Changed
CATCH cx_swf_cnt_elem_not_found.     " Element Not Found
CATCH cx_swf_cnt_elem_type_conflict. " Type Conflict Between Value and Current Parameter
CATCH cx_swf_cnt_unit_type_conflict. " Type Conflict Between Unit and Current Parameter
CATCH cx_swf_cnt_elem_def_invalid.   " Element Definition (For Example, Type Name) Is Invalid
CATCH cx_swf_cnt_container.          " Exception in the Container Service
ENDTRY.

 TRY.
  CALL METHOD cl_swf_evt_event=>raise
    EXPORTING
      im_objcateg        =  'CL'
      im_objtype         =  'ZCL_WF_TEST2'
      im_event           = 'START_WF'
      im_objkey          = gs_obj-instid
      im_event_container = lr_cont      .
  COMMIT WORK.
   CATCH cx_swf_evt_invalid_objtype .
   CATCH cx_swf_evt_invalid_event .
  ENDTRY.

  endmethod.

4) Then in SWDD, I created a container element for an instance (with importing parameter) of type ZCL_WF_TEST2 and a long text (with importing parameter) of char255.

5) The binding looks like this:

6) I created a mail step and put the text as the body of the mail which will be the text entered by the user.

7) Then I created a report and called a screen 100 where I created a custom control in the layout. Below is the complete code of the report.

REPORT zlong_text.

DATA: line_length      TYPE i VALUE 254,
      editor_container TYPE REF TO cl_gui_custom_container,
      text_editor      TYPE REF TO cl_gui_textedit.

DATA: text TYPE string.


START-OF-SELECTION.
  CALL SCREEN '100'.
*&---------------------------------------------------------------------*
*&      Module  STATUS_0100  OUTPUT
*&---------------------------------------------------------------------*
*       text
*----------------------------------------------------------------------*
MODULE status_0100 OUTPUT.

  SET PF-STATUS 'STATUS_100'.

  IF text_editor IS INITIAL.
    CREATE OBJECT editor_container
      EXPORTING
        container_name              = 'TEXTEDITOR'
      EXCEPTIONS
        cntl_error                  = 1
        cntl_system_error           = 2
        create_error                = 3
        lifetime_error              = 4
        lifetime_dynpro_dynpro_link = 5.

    CREATE OBJECT text_editor
      EXPORTING
        parent                     = editor_container
        wordwrap_mode              = cl_gui_textedit=>wordwrap_at_fixed_position
        wordwrap_position          = line_length
        wordwrap_to_linebreak_mode = cl_gui_textedit=>true.

    CALL METHOD text_editor->set_toolbar_mode
      EXPORTING
        toolbar_mode = cl_gui_textedit=>false.

    CALL METHOD text_editor->set_statusbar_mode
      EXPORTING
        statusbar_mode = cl_gui_textedit=>false.

  ENDIF.
*  SET TITLEBAR 'xxx'.
ENDMODULE.
*&---------------------------------------------------------------------*
*&      Module  USER_COMMAND_0100  INPUT
*&---------------------------------------------------------------------*
*       text
*----------------------------------------------------------------------*
MODULE user_command_0100 INPUT.

  DATA: l_ref TYPE REF TO zcl_wf_test2.

  CASE sy-ucomm.
    WHEN 'EXIT'.
      LEAVE PROGRAM.
    WHEN 'BACK'.
      LEAVE TO SCREEN 0.
    WHEN 'SAVE'.
      CALL METHOD text_editor->get_textstream
*         EXPORTING
*             ONLY_WHEN_MODIFIED     = CL_GUI_TEXTEDIT=>TRUE
        IMPORTING
          text                   = text
*         IS_MODIFIED            =
        EXCEPTIONS
          error_cntl_call_method = 1
          not_supported_by_gui   = 2
          OTHERS                 = 3.



      IF sy-subrc <> 0.
        MESSAGE ID sy-msgid TYPE sy-msgty NUMBER sy-msgno
                   WITH sy-msgv1 sy-msgv2 sy-msgv3 sy-msgv4.
      ENDIF.

      CALL METHOD cl_gui_cfw=>flush
        EXCEPTIONS
          cntl_system_error = 1
          cntl_error        = 2
          OTHERS            = 3.
      MESSAGE 'Text saved successfully' TYPE 'I'.

         CREATE OBJECT l_ref.
        l_ref->update_po( EXPORTING ev_text = text ).
      IF sy-subrc = 0.
        WRITE 'WF triggered'.
      ENDIF.
  ENDCASE.
ENDMODULE.

😎 I execute the report, enter some free text and save it. I get the below output as per the logic I wrote.

9) But when I open my inbox, I can see that my surname didnt get displayed in the mail body. I entered another long text and I saw that only a part of the text was getting displayed.

So why is the entire text not getting displayed ? Is there a constraint somewhere that I am missing ?

Regards,

Manish

[Sandra_Rossi]

Thank you for taking time to explain the whole case.

Did you debug the value of variable TEXT right after calling the method GET_TEXTSTREAM. Is the text complete?

[manish_malakar0316]

sandra.rossi I debugged the value of TEXT after the method call GET_TEXTSTREAM. I am getting the value of the text after the method flush is called. The text obtained is complete (with my surname).

[Sandra_Rossi]

I can't see anything dubious in your screenshots. Maybe the attribute TEXT in the email task container is defined with incorrect length. But probably the issue is not there.

[anjan_paul]

Hi,

Can you try to declare container element as 'TEXT' not 'text'.

Thanks

[manish_malakar0316]

anjan.paul

Hi, I changed the container element as 'TEXT', but still the mail body is coming as incomplete.