About ITS in SRM5.0

Hi, experts
I add a input field in the gui screen, i want to
display this field as checkbox in ITS web.
How to code in the internet service of se80?
How to use the input field value in the internet service?
Thanks you very much!

Hi
1. For VMC check the link http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw04s/helpdata/en/a9/26ae3c95164695accbf2483a14281e/frameset.htm
2. Logical system name should be same as RFC destination (recommended by SAP), one reason may be, because for posting of IDocs in the system which will require same naming convention for LS name and RFC destination.
3. I think, The local RFC is for creating the follow-on documents for SC in SRM system.
4. RFC user may be a dialog or a system/communication user. For search helps you can RFC as dialog uer and for other data transfers thru RFC, it should be made as communication/system user.
5. For Tcodes you can look at TSTC table. One alternative to find T-codes for an activity is (only some will work): SPRO - Menu options - Additional Information - Additional Information - Display Key - attributes.
Rgds
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mj25 wrote:
APPLE - clueless about its own software !!! Can anybody please give me a straight answer to this question - how do I zero out my Apple SSD ??
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Verizon doesn't care about its customers

I have been a customer of Verizons for a long time they used to be the best in customer service and meeting a persons needs, but this has gone away. They no longer care about there customers they only care about making more money off of us. My bill is currently around $250 per month I have 5 cell phones and 1 home phone connect on 1 plan, and I just added another line which they had me create a new account because I can only have 5 cell phones on 1 plan They said if I added more lines I would loose my unlimited data on 1 of my lines and my plan would increase as well. Nice way to gouge your longtime customers
my plan had
2500 nation wide family plan with unlimited texting
1 home phone connect for my house phone
2 smart phones
2 basic phones
1 basic phone with texting blocked due to being my mother inlaws phone
the end of February I called verizon about adding another line they said the best thing to do was take the basic phone off with no texting off of that plan and put it on its own plan and add the new line to the existing plan so I have the unlimited texting With these phones. So I said that sounds good and they did that I also asked the rep to make sure the phone that had no texting was still blocked. She said it was taken care of. I thought we were all good but I had a feeling it wouldn't be that easy because there's always a issue if you change something with verizon and this is there chance to stick it to you. The rep assure me my bill would be under $300 for both plans.
I Received my bill with them after this it was close to $1000 for adding a line and giving them more business. Wow great way to treat your loyal customers.
I Went to look at things on my Verizon account but I couldn't due to the rep who worked on my account messed my accounts up terribly I found out later
I called and asked to speak to a manager knowing that a regular rep wouldn't be able to handle this and I didn't want to explain this twice
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Does Verizon Wireless really care about its customers?

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EvanO,
I appreciate your response but I have talked on the phone with Customer
Support numerous times and neither they or I am willing to budge so
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But, the website told me I did need to change it. No one I talked to in
Customer support disputed that either. In fact, it was a customer rep
that informed me that I did not need to change plans and should have
been able to get the tablet as a stand alone contract. The website,
however, did not make that clear to me nor available to me. When I
confronted customer support about it, all I get is a bunch of apologies
and 50 dollars off the tablet if I want to buy it. I tried as nicely as
I could to tell them that I wanted the tablet at the Black Friday price
because /I tried to get it on Black Friday/ and the website said I had
to change plans, when in fact I didn't. In my mind, that is false
advertising and worthy of a report to the Better Business Bureau, which
I thought about but decided its not worth the hassle. I tried
explaining this whole situation to customer support three different
times (you are number 4), and they feel it is more important to lose my
business (which is more than the cost of that tablet every month) than
to find a way to complete a contract that I tried to initiate on the
appropriate day.
I have cancelled my hotspot already, two phones that are eligible for
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All of this has shown me how important long time (10+ years) loyalty
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more per month in my bill than to complete the contract I tried to
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business, they know what they can do to keep it.
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Does anyone at BT care about its customers?

Hopefully someone from BT reads this forum because they don't seem able to read any e-mails sent to them. I reported a phone line fault on weds 10 Nov. Had Broadband but no phone. Reported a line fault on Weds 10 Nov.
07.00 Thurs 11 Nov received e-mail from BT ...line problem fixed. Was it? Well my phone still wasn't working
Went through all the online checks...all was ok on BT line...BT conclusion......my equipment was not working
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Reported the same fault again.....thurs evening...Have heard nothing from them since except from fault tracking.....says its ongoing.
How can it be ongoing? You have said that it was fixed!!!!!!!
I'm well prepared to air this in public with BT. I have bought a new phone because you said my line was fixed. Your web site said my equipment was faulty. Since telling me my line was fixed I have also had to use my mobile phone in the evenings and this weekend.
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Reading this forum it seems other people have had the same problem.
Maybe someone with nuts from BT will give me (and others here) an e-mail address so that this type of problem can be resolved faster than it is at the moment. Of course we are only your customers who pay the bills. Think about it BT!!!
I would ask for someone's contaqct details at BT that can take action to resolve this. But my BT line doesn't work and to call you would cost me on my mobile. I would only get through to your call centre in India anyway. Sorry BT but my understanding of Indian/English isn't that good nor is your call centre in India.
THIS MESSAGE IS INTENDED ONLY FOR SOMEONE FROM BRITISH TELECOM. Please do not make this a discussion thread.
Thank you

Hi Scoobz,
Thanks for the post and welcome to the forum. I am sorry that your phone line is still down. I can help you with this.
Please drop me an email to the email address in my profile (click on my name, you will find the email address under “about me” section. Include your BT account details and the link to this thread.
Once I receive your details I will find out what is going on.
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Verizon does not care about its customers

I have had verizon fios for quite a while now, the service itself is great but... I am a litle tired of the hackers, not sure if they are outside hackes or if this is an inside job....
ovh.net is constanly in my logs
94.23.4.33
94.23.42.81
and after I blocked these address' they moved to canada
192.99.193.56.
I changed the ip on my computer every couple of days or so, but within 15 to 20 min my logs start to fill. I contacted the FCC and complained to my state, I get a call back from the great folks at verizon, but I end up with tech advising me that it is impossitble to hack into my computer, and maybe I have malware and I need to purchase their antivirus. I have found numerous articles about how to hack the verizon router, and a friend of mine has proved that they work. Folks I would suggest if you have the knowledge or a friend that does make a passive internet tap, and sit back and watch the traffic that comes through. After doing this I was no longer stunned when my logs would suddenly reset by themselves.

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The applications that come preinstalled on your device that you mentioned have no affect on your phone or its battery life, unless you have clicked and installed them to your device.
MasterResett: Allows to reset device back to factory settings.
Factory Reset option 1
From the main screen, touch menu tab
Touch Settings
Touch Privacy
Touch Factory Data reset
Touch Reset Phone
Warning: This will erase all data from your phone, including:
Your Google account
System and application data and settings
Downloaded Applications
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Mavericks; is Apple never going to do something about its many problems? I've about had it with Mac.

Mavericks:
Is Apple never going to do something about Mavericks many problems? I've about had it with Mac and when today's Mavericks update appeared, I declined.
I updated to Mavericks 6 months ago on my new Macbook Pro and have had nothing but trouble ever since -- despite numerous trips to the Genius Bar. They all act as though It's only my machine yet I'm reading literally hundreds of similar complaints on the Internet. To start:
1) My machine now "runs" very slow (as in 1980).
2) Search and Spotlight yield jumbled information.
3) MAIL and CCONTACTS are near useless with a spinning beachball the norm.
My Apple store had my machine for 5 days with no loaner! They did a manual rebuild and shrugged their sholders when it still didn't work after all that.
I have the distinct impression that Time Machine is at the bottom of some of my problems. I've used it to migrate data from my last three machines and I'm seeing some odd stuff from my other machines. In particular, I used an exact Macbook Pro loaned by a client after my last Mac crashed (I was backed up) and I'm seeing their grayed out login ID autoentered when I try to update Imovie and so I cannot log into my apple account.
I've used Mac since 1995 when the first SE came out and I'm very tech oriented. I can only wonder how frustrated the lay used might be. Any thoughts out there?

Supply information about your Mac (guessing is no use)
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Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but the iPhone 3GS can only be updated as far as 4.2.1
Requirements for WhatsApp are iOS 4.3 or later. This app is optimized for iPhone 5.
As noted here > WhatsApp Messenger for iPhone on the iTunes App Store
So that app cannot run on the iPhone 3GS.
I stand corrected but apparently you may not be able to update the device regardless.
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I have tried every solution offered on this forum to get adobe reader to open and read pdf's again.
Funny - but i started having problems shortly after i recieved an email on dec 6 from adobe about the october hacking incident - in that email they said they had previously sent an email abiout the incident - but i never received it.
People on the forums in the US, France and Germany seem to be having the same trouble as me - reader opens, freezes and crashes.
i have uninstalled, reinstalled, restarted - etc. even using the adobe cleanup and full install solution offered by mike -
nothing works. i use windows 7.
There is no helpful information on the site - my settings are correct - in short - nothing on my computer changed from the day it was working - last week - to monday - when not a single pdf can open.
this is very frustrating, and adobe seems very unconcerned.

The "hack" had nothing to do with any applications or whether they work or not so, that's not it. Just thought I'd toss that out there first before you go and panic a bunch of people unnecessarily.
Now, try this:
Download the Adobe Cleaner here: http://labs.adobe.com/downloads/acrobatcleaner.html
Download the FULL installer here: http://get.adobe.com/reader/enterprise/
Save the files.
Close your browser.
Run the Cleaner to completely remove Reader.
Then run the full installer to replace it.

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Well, i found a dubious place in my EntityBean.
I wrote an ItemBean with some simple getter and setter methods.
It has 3 instance variables:
- String id, (primary key)
- String productId,
- String name
Here is the code of my application client:
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Object ref = init.lookup("java:comp/env/ejb/ItemBean");
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i traced the method invoking and checked the server log.
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ejbLoad() is called, so all the bean's instance variables are refreshed
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I think that the primary key is taken from the entity context instead of the bean.
but when did the entity context get the primary key?
I never tell the bean that its primary key is its id.
Stange, isnt it?

I never tell the bean that its primary key is its id.You should be returning the primary key from the ejbCreate method. The container picks that up and pops it into the EJB context.

Does Nokia care about its customers..seems like no...

i posted my sentiments on a number of the posts on Nokia website...and immediately got a warning email saying that Nokia read all the messages and there is no need to post my message on many posts....
Well a month later....here is me thinking that if NOKIA does read the post why hasn't NOKIA DONE ANYTHING ABOUT IT......
Well read this.....go back to making paper cos making phones you WERE good at...but your customer service stinks....there are 400 avg views on this topic which means that if you would just fix 400 phones then the problem would be gone..chances of me ever buying a Nokia product ever again.....greater than 400/1......
IF you want to contact me...please do so but only if you are offering to fix the design problem free...
The last time i posted this is what i got.....
Hi iPhoneAnyday,
Your posts from the thread "Re: Lumia broken usb connector, phone won't charge" were removed because you already have posted the same messages on the same thread. Note that posting once in the appropriate board is sufficient to get an answer or help from our community.
Thank you for your understanding.

This is a user-to-user forum. That reponse you got is from a moderator. If you want an answer directly from Nokia, you need to contact them via the official support channels. They are on the Nokia website in the country you are in.
400 views are views from other users, it does not mean anything other than that. I have viewed you post but I do not have the same concern.

Please tell me about its Specifications

Hello everyone !Hope you all are well.
can anyone tell me about hp probook 450 G1 15.6" i5 4th gen 4200m with 2gb amd graphics notebook's audio ports ?
Does it have separate ports or combo jack port ?
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Hi,
There are few models of the series:
http://www.hp.com/hpinfo/newsroom/press_kits/2013/CommercialPPSFall2013/HPProbook450G1NotebookPC_dat...
For ports, it has:
2 USB 3.0 ports, 2 USB 2.0 ports, 1 HDMI 1.4a, 1 VGA, 1 stereo microphone input, 1 headphone/line out, 1 RJ-45 (Ethernet), 1 power connector
Nothing called combo jack port.
Regards.
BH
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SDO_DISTANCE - About its performance

Hi, I'm using SDO_DISTANCE in order to obtain the minimum distance between the geometries (polygons) stored in some table. The results are OK but the performance isn't: it takes up to 3 minutes to compute the minimum distance between two of the geometries... while the equivalent PostGIS function with the same data takes only 3 or 4 seconds.
This is the query I'm running:
SELECT
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FROM
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     mytable t2
WHERE
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Dante777,
I looked at your original posting and decided I wouldn't waste the time trying to respond as there just wasn't anything in your posting that I could use to solve your problem.
Follow this:
Hi, I'm using SDO_DISTANCE in order to obtain the minimum distance between the geometries (polygons) stored in some table.You then provide a SQL statement:
SELECT
     SDO_GEOM.SDO_DISTANCE(t1.geom, t2.geom, 0.05) as distance
FROM
     mytable t1,
     mytable t2
WHERE
     t1.id = 1 AND
     t2.id = 2;And then:
Am I doing something wrong?Well, yes you are but it is not what you think.
You simply don't supply any decent information to the hard working people who want to try to help you.
Firstly you forgot to ask:
ID columns have an index right?To whit you answer:
That table has only a spatial index,
How many records do the tables have?To whit you answer:
with only 17 records I don't think it needs more than that.So, you don't answer a direct question about an attribute index rather we have to infer it from the new fact that it has a spatial index (which most users know is irrelevant to sdo_distance's operation) and only 17 records. That is, if it has only "17 records" why do I need an attribute index?
Then you give us some good information that should have been provided up front:
The geometries are quite complex (they have thousands of vertices), but still...OK, so Dante777, "how complex?". This is a potentially critical piece of information. Do you know how to describe that complexity? Perhaps something as easy as:
SELECT
     t1.ID,
     SDO_UTIL.GETNUMVERTICES(t1.geom) as numVertices
FROM
     mytable t1;As an "up front piece of information" it would be very helpful.
Finally, there is an assumption because vital information was not provided up front:
I assume that your geometries are geodetic.To whit you reply:
The data is projected, not geodetic.
I send you an email with the layer in SHP.But could you have provided TWO sdo_geometry objects in the original post obviating the need for emailing shapefiles?
SELECT
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FROM
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Other forums for other Oracle and non-Oracle products ask for information up front - so should we.
In your case:
1. Whether or not the data is geodetic (SRID will do);
2. Two example geometries in an example SQL statement repliers can run to replicate the problem.
We can't replicate SQL execution on data - mytable - we don't have!
3. Information in indexing, number of rows and geometry complexity.
4. What version of the Oracle database you are running on (not mentioned in this article).
5. Perhaps what Operating System.
6. What client tool are you using? TOAD, SQuirreL, SQL Developer, SQLPlus?
Please everybody who creates a new posting: try and help us to help you.
Simon

CompuTrace - Question about its function?!

Hello @ all,
i just bought a new Lenovo T500 and while configuring the BIOS Settings I was thinking about the CompuTrace Options. I know that CompuTrace is a hidden service which sends the Serial and IP to the the Company who creates this progam when the notebook is connected to the internet. In case of theft i can ask them where my notebook is, or?? But i saw that in the BIOS of my T500 is an option to "permantly disable Computrace" and it warns me that i cannot activate it anymore when i click OK. I think that this option is very dangerous, because if someone steals the notebook, he will simply go into bios, disables it permantly and so the notebook is away forever.... Am i right? Why is there a possiblity to disable that?
Regards,
Paul

Basically you will be able to trace the computer if stolen when connected to internet as you already knew. You can find a lot of answers/details and see a demo how it works at this website: http://www.absolute.com/
You don't need to call anyone since you can trace the computer on your own. The information on this website should give you all the answers.
If you are going to use computrace you should add a BIOS password to prevent someone from going into the BIOS and disable computrace. Unless you use a BIOS password there is a chance that the thief will disable computrace and then it's pretty useless. Why the "disable permanently" is an available option i don't know, but it could be that some customers require an option to disable such a feature.
It's not a free service and some vendors like Lenovo support computrace so it's built into the BIOS. It's also possible to install some software to use computrace if you don't have a computer where it's built into the BIOS, but then it's easy to just wipe the harddisk and reinstall the OS. All Lenovo have done is to add computrace support and do not include any kind of membership/free use or anything like that.
Message Edited by gan on 03-18-2009 05:20 PM

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