UDF in StockTaking?

Hi,
First of all, excuse my English. It's not my mother language.
We are developing some new functionalities about inventory management. In that sense, we need that users specify additional information when they are adjusting quantities with StockTaking.
We would need to add a new column in Form 840 for that funcionality. However, we cannot do it using UI API because its a system form and it has already loaded data.
On the other hand, I think that we cannot create UDF because StockTaking is not properly a table in database, but some fields in OITW. We have added some UDF in OITW, but they are not showed in StockTaking (form 840).
Has anyone an idea about this? How could we solve this?
Thanks in advance.
Regards,
Antonio Dorta

Hi Eddy,
Thank you very much for replying.
>
Edward Neveux wrote:
> The StockTaking object is available via the DI API and the object does allow for the addition via code of user defined fields.
>
I am afraid that it is not possible. I have tried via code, via SAP menu, via LoadBatchActions, with no success.
The matrix in form 840 does not use dbdatasources in databinding, but the fields in that matrix are processed and stored in OITW table.
You can create UDFs in OITW table, but they are not showed in form 840.
It will very helpful if anyone could share some code for creating UDF in StockTaking object.
>
Edward Neveux wrote:
> my suggestion would be that you create another form that contains your fields and is triggered when some event of your choosing happens on the system form.
That event should be triggered every time you write a quantity in that form (i.e. a Validate Event), so I think that a "special pop-up form for asking a note every time" will not very useful for final users.
Thank you anyway.
Regards,
Antonio
Edited by: Antonio Dorta on Jun 19, 2008 3:23 PM

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oracle.iam.configservice.api.ConfigManagerEJB.addAttributex(Unknown Source)
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[2012-01-26T11:28:14.447-05:00] [oim_server1] [NOTIFICATION] [IAM-1010010] [oracle.iam.platform.authz.impl] [tid: [ACTIVE].ExecuteThread: '3' for queue: 'weblogic.kernel.Default (self-tuning)'] [userId: xelsysadm] [ecid: 0000JKQq8vZ8dpC5nFk3yZ1Evvpt000LzY,0] [APP: oim#11.1.1.3.0] [dcid: c62f3a4b80d21e6f:ef93519:134587d39c4:-7ffd-0000000000022a3e] [arg: 1] [arg: null] [arg: USER_MANAGEMENT_CONFIG] [arg: CREATE_ATTRIBUTE] ********** Entering the Authorization Segment with parameters:: LoggedInUserId = 1, target resourceID = null, Feature = USER_MANAGEMENT_CONFIG, Action = CREATE_ATTRIBUTE **********
[2012-01-26T11:28:14.448-05:00] [oim_server1] [NOTIFICATION] [IAM-1010021] [oracle.iam.platform.authz.impl] [tid: [ACTIVE].ExecuteThread: '3' for queue: 'weblogic.kernel.Default (self-tuning)'] [userId: xelsysadm] [ecid: 0000JKQq8vZ8dpC5nFk3yZ1Evvpt000LzY,0] [APP: oim#11.1.1.3.0] [dcid: c62f3a4b80d21e6f:ef93519:134587d39c4:-7ffd-0000000000022a3e] [arg: [InternalObligation: name: noop, values: [true], convertToObligation: false, InternalObligation: name: noop, values: [true], convertToObligation: false]] Validating the Internal Obligations: [InternalObligation: name: noop, values: [true], convertToObligation: false, InternalObligation: name: noop, values: [true], convertToObligation: false]
[2012-01-26T11:28:14.448-05:00] [oim_server1] [NOTIFICATION] [IAM-1010022] [oracle.iam.platform.authz.impl] [tid: [ACTIVE].ExecuteThread: '3' for queue: 'weblogic.kernel.Default (self-tuning)'] [userId: xelsysadm] [ecid: 0000JKQq8vZ8dpC5nFk3yZ1Evvpt000LzY,0] [APP: oim#11.1.1.3.0] [dcid: c62f3a4b80d21e6f:ef93519:134587d39c4:-7ffd-0000000000022a3e] ---------- The list of Internal Obligation is satisfied, returning TRUE ----------
[2012-01-26T11:28:14.448-05:00] [oim_server1] [NOTIFICATION] [IAM-1010026] [oracle.iam.platform.authz.impl] [tid: [ACTIVE].ExecuteThread: '3' for queue: 'weblogic.kernel.Default (self-tuning)'] [userId: xelsysadm] [ecid: 0000JKQq8vZ8dpC5nFk3yZ1Evvpt000LzY,0] [APP: oim#11.1.1.3.0] [dcid: c62f3a4b80d21e6f:ef93519:134587d39c4:-7ffd-0000000000022a3e] [arg: Decision :PERMIT\nObligations from policy: ] ********** Exiting the Authorization Segment with result Decision :PERMIT[[
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Is there a reason why this is and how do I get by it.
ii. Can I just add the field directly within the MDS>file/user.xml? Would there be an issue with changing an existing attribute metadata using the user.xml?

Pradeep thank you for your response. it was helpful. However, I also found the responses to both my questions.
i. The null pointer exception was due to using a complex query I was using in the LOV query. I tried a simple query and that worked fine.
ii. For modifying the user defined attributes one can consult the following forum post:
OIM 11g - Change UDF Field Type form String to LOV
Thanks

How to mapp in UDF column of MasterData & Master Data Rows UDO add time?

Hi   all ,
I have one MasterData(A) & 3 MasterData Rows(B&C) table
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    B(Code ,Name ,U_SKU,U_BName,U_BID)        Child table
    C(Code ,Name ,U_SKU,U_CName,U_CID)        Child table
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   please help how to mapp MasterData(A) and 3 MasterData Rows(B&C) table with UDF Column
Thanks in Advance
    Surajit kundu

in the start routine of transformation from 0MAT_SALES_ATTR to znewmat do the following:
select materials from /BIC/PZNEWMAT into i_mat
for all entries in source_package where material eq source_package-material.
loop at source_package.
p_ind = sy-tabix.
read table i_mat with key material = source_package-material.
if sy-subrc ne 0.
delete i_mat index p_ind.
endif.
this way you'll only update records that have previously been loaded by 0MATERIAL_ATTR DS
loading sequence:
first load ZNEWMAT from 0MATERIAL_ATTR. then activate ZNEWMAT. then load 0MAT_SALES_ATTR to ZNEWMAT.
M.

Message Mapping activation error-Source code has syntax errors in UDF

Hi all,
I wrote a small UDF for sum of 2 numbers:
import
udf.*
public String getsum(String a, String b, Container container) throws StreamTransformationException{
int c = Integer.parseInt(a);
int d = Integer.parseInt(b);
int e = packageDemo.getSum(c,d);
return e+"";}
In imported archives, i imported pack.jar
In D:\udf , I have packageDemo.java, packageDemo.class, aii_map_api.jar, pack.jar(has the other 3)
packageDemo.java :-
package udf;
public class packageDemo{
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Did i miss anything?? Icant activate message mapping for 2 errors:-
1.package udf does not exist
2.Function getsum, Line 3:
cannot find symbol symbol : variable packageDemo location: class com.sap.xi.tf._xml_mm_int e = packageDemo.getSum(c,d); ^Note: /usr/sap/P7R/DVEBMGS00/j2ee/cluster/server0/./temp/classpath_resolver/Mapd4214d3099dc11dd9470001d090e4bbe/source/com/sap/xi/tf/_xml_mm_.java uses or overrides a deprecated API.Note: Recompile with -Xlint:deprecation for details.Note: /usr/sap/P7R/DVEBMGS00/j2ee/cluster/server0/./temp/classpath_resolver/Mapd4214d3099dc11dd9470001d090e4bbe/source/com/sap/xi/tf/_xml_mm_.java uses unchecked or unsafe operations.Note: Recompile with -Xlint:unchecked for details.2 errors
Edited by: NagaDurga Nannapaneni on Oct 16, 2008 1:07 PM

Hi ,
Think the error is coming because the content in imported archive is not being taken into message mapping at all...so package, class, method ..nothing is identified.
Can anyone suggest the solution..
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Durga

Mail attachment generated in UDF in SAP PI 7.1 - Issue with line feed

Hello,
Situation is:
Implemented a scenario in SAP PI 7.1 with a mail receiver following this thread:
/people/samuel.chandrasekaran2/blog/2008/10/06/xi-mail-adapter-dynamically-building-attachment-and-message-body-content-using-a-simple-udf
which is about moving message lines from sender into an attachment forn the receiver mail.
It is working great!
The receiver gets the mail including the attachment with all added lines.
But when opening this mail there is an issue depending on the program we are using to open the attachment
which is defined as txt file
- Using MS Editor 5.1 (Windows XP 2007, SP3) the Carriage returns and line feeds (added with
in the UDF) to separate the message lines are not recognized. In the Editor each
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- Using MS Notepad 5.1 (Windows XP 2007, SP3)   situation is the same but
    is NOT shown as □ , it simply seems to be unvisible. Word wrap (flag set in the editor) is different to the carriage return/line feeds set in the file.
- Using Word 2007 the carriage returns are recognized and used in a correct way to display the file content. But now mutated vowels (äüö) are not recognized. They are displayed as
So I followed this thread:
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw04/helpdata/en/96/f04142099eb76be10000000a155106/content.htm
Nice....
In the editors there is no change, but when opening the file in Word it asks now how to convert the file content
(proposing UTF-8) and Word recognizes mutual vowels.
But there seems to be a side effect....
Following the second link, PI recognizes an error.
This is the error message.
MP: exception caught with message Null as XI message received (PrincipalData in ModulData is null)
Adapter Framework caught exception: Null as XI message received (PrincipalData in ModulData is null)
Delivering the message to the application using connection Mail_http://sap.com/xi/XI/System failed, due to: com.sap.engine.interfaces.messaging.api.exception.MessagingException: java.lang.Exception: Null as XI message received (PrincipalData in ModulData is null).
But the message is sent to the mail recipient which could be ok if PI would not repeat the mail sending now for several times.
So we will receive not one but a number of mails.
So we removed the modul recommended in this help link from the channel.
Result: Behaviour in Word changed now to the described one. But the errors are no longer coming up in channel monitoring incl. message send repetition. So this is a first success. But the partner wants to process the files first with one of the named editors. So we are looking for another solution now to fix the last issue!
Your ideas are really welcome!
Best regards
Dirk

Hi,
as I found this in wikipedia:
Another common problem is the use of '\n' when communicating using an Internet protocol that mandates the use of ASCII CR+LF for ending lines. Writing '\n' to a text mode stream works correctly on Windows systems, but produces only LF on Unix, and something completely different on more exotic systems. Using "\r\n" in binary mode is slightly better, as it works on many ASCII-compatible systems, but still fails in the general case. One approach is to use binary mode and specify the numeric values of the control sequence directly, "\x0D\x0A".
Back to my issue:
In the UDF I am adding "\r\n" but only the "\n" seems to survive!
In Mapping test line feeds are available and the lines are shown as expected.
Using Notepad ++ to open the created txt file from the mail shows that LF is in the file at each end of line but CR is missing.
CR is only at the end of the last line in the file and is not from the UDF that creates the mail or the UDF that creates the attachment lines. Seems that this is added somewhere else behind the mapping.
This is what I found in galileo computing
(http://www.galileocomputing.de/glossar/gp/anzeige-11241/FirstLetter-Z, SORRY, only available in german language!):
In Parsing of XML-Documents the XML-Parser changes the end of line delimiter internally in general to a simple line feed (LF, #0A) as usual in UNIX. ..... In Windows this could result in problems with readability of source texts (e.g. in Notepad) which can be solved by choosing the right editor.
My target application is on Windows and not able to "choose" the right editor (PI system is on windoes OS too) !
But Im wondering where the CR at the end of the text comes from when all the \r\n will be replaced with \n as described.
Ideas are really welcome!
Best regards
Dirk
Edited by: Meinhard Dirk on May 31, 2011 2:45 PM

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