"Hidden" SAP feature to display Change Documents in consise and user-friendly way

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Change Document Display

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Change Document Display
Note that:
• Selection is not narrowed
• At the root tree is „Unassigned Attribute”
• Item ID’s are a set of numbers
• There’s no label of documents on output list

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Change Documents Display: Customizing
Configuration allows to display object keys (and more) in the user-friendly way
Customizing (SM34):
• Basic Definition
VC_TBANK_CD_LP (IMG act. _GTF_CHD_RANGE_ATTR)
• Change Document Tool: Settings by the Application Developer
VC_TBANK_CD_DV (IMG act. _GTF_CHD_DEFINE_OBJ)
IMG activities:
• Contain documentation
• Can be used in own customizing tree

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Developer Customizing: Sales Document
1. Define FM to create text for current
object ID
Hint: code tempate for generic text in SCN blog
Start developer customizing: SM34  VC_TBANK_CD_DV
2. Define FM to create text for object key
Hint: code template for generic parsing of object
key (e.g. 8000000014384000030  Sales
Document 14384 Item 30)
3. Advanced options
Replace Field Texts, Group Fields, etc.
Not needed in most applications.

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Example: How to use
To run Change Document Display:
CALL FUNCTION 'BANK_API_CHDOC_DISPLAY'
EXPORTING
i_tab_objectid = lt_objectid
i_applicationid = sy-repid
EXCEPTIONS
not_qualified = 1
no_change_document_found = 2
internal_error = 3
system_error = 4
OTHERS = 5
.
IF sy-subrc <> 0.
* Handle exception
ENDIF.
And… that’s all
APPEND INITIAL LINE TO lt_objectid ASSIGNING <ls_objectid>.
<ls_objectid>-objectclas = 'VERKBELEG'.
<ls_objectid>-objectid = <lv_vbeln>.

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Thank you
Radosław Gref
Radoslaw.gref@hicron.com