Data objects in the alert modeler.

Hi,
in the default alert modeler profile, there are some data objects.
Can we add more data objects to this profile..
As in ... i want to display the campaign information of the business partner in the alert..
also .. i want to display the last interaction record data like ... date.. description of the interaction record ..
How can i achieve this.
Regards
Vandana Gupta

hi vandana
i suppose that u cant add new data object to ur alert modeler,because alert modeler is linked to the meta model and these meta models includes the set of data object which u can use while using a default profile but what u can do is assign new function event as data objects are linked with the events ,that way u can easily incubate ur new data object which u want to use with the alert modeler profile and assign that profile to the IC profile,
for creating new function events u have to do some coding which is very easy ,if u don know u may ask the same in ur time who knows that.
guess it will help
best regards
ashish

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 nextYear = MILLIS_IN_LEAP_YEAR;
 year--;
 millisAfterYear = theseMillis * -1;
 this.year = year;
 *Just what it sounds like. Pass it the number of milliseconds past the epoch and it will calculate the date based on that.
 public void setTimeInMillis(long millis)
 this.millis = millis;
 if (millis >= 0)
 setYearAfter1970();
 else
 setYearBefore1970();
 *Returns the number of milliseconds from the epoch.
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 return this.millis;
 *Returns the current year.
 public int getYear()
 return this.year;
 *Sets the date to 00:00 of Jan 1 of the passed year.
 public void setYear(int year)
 this.year = year;
 long theseMillis = 0;
 if (year > 1970)
 //Kind of like setYearAfter1970 method, except it's adding instead of subtracting. So actually it's the opposite.
 for (int cntr = 1970; cntr < this.year; cntr++)
 if (isLeapYear(cntr))
 theseMillis = theseMillis + MILLIS_IN_LEAP_YEAR;
 else
 theseMillis = theseMillis + MILLIS_IN_YEAR;
 else
 for (int cntr = 1970; cntr > this.year; cntr--)
 if (isLeapYear(cntr))
 theseMillis = theseMillis - MILLIS_IN_LEAP_YEAR;
 else
 theseMillis = theseMillis - MILLIS_IN_YEAR;
 //On a leap year there are 29 days in February. If not, there's 28.
 if (isLeapYear(year))
 daysInMonth[1] = 29;
 else
 daysInMonth[1] = 28;
 //This variable helps me calculate denominations of time that are below year.
 millisAfterYear = 0;
 setTimeInMillis(theseMillis);
 *Sets the month to the one that you passed, 0 being January and 11 being December.
 public void setMonth(int month)
 if (month < 0 || month > 11)
 throw new ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException(month);
 long theseMillis = getTimeInMillis();
 int days = 0;
 setYear(this.year);
 if (getTimeInMillis() > 0)
 theseMillis = theseMillis - getTimeInMillis();
 else
 theseMillis = theseMillis + getTimeInMillis();
 for (int cntr = 0; cntr < month; cntr++)
 days = days + daysInMonth[cntr];
 millisAfterYear = days * MILLIS_IN_DAY + 1;
 setTimeInMillis(getTimeInMillis() + millisAfterYear);
 *Returns the month stored in this object. With this object 0 represents January and 11 represents December.
 public int getMonth()
 long theseMillis = millisAfterYear;
 int cntr = 0;
 while (theseMillis > (MILLIS_IN_DAY * daysInMonth[cntr]))
 theseMillis = theseMillis - MILLIS_IN_DAY * daysInMonth[cntr];
 cntr++;
 return cntr;
 *Set the day of month to the one passed.
 public void setDayOfMonth(int day)
 if (day < 1 || day > daysInMonth[getMonth()])
 throw new ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException(day);
 setMonth(getMonth());
 //Internally, this actually works starting at zero, however to anyone using this class it appears to start at 1. Therefore
 //i must subtract one here.
 long addMillis = MILLIS_IN_DAY * (day - 1);
 millisAfterYear = millisAfterYear + addMillis;
 setTimeInMillis(getTimeInMillis() + addMillis + 1);
 *Returns the day of month.
 public int getDayOfMonth()
 int days = (int)(millisAfterYear / MILLIS_IN_DAY);
 int cntr = 0;
 while (days >= daysInMonth[cntr])
 days = days - daysInMonth[cntr];
 cntr++;
 //Internally this class stores dates starting at zero, but i want it to look like it starts at 1.
 return days + 1;
 *Sets the time to the currently selected day at the passed hour on the hour. uses 24 hour clock.
 public void setHour(int hour)
 if (hour < 0 || hour > 23)
 throw new ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException(hour);
 setDayOfMonth(getDayOfMonth());
 long addMillis = MILLIS_IN_HOUR * hour;
 millisAfterYear = millisAfterYear + addMillis;
 setTimeInMillis(getTimeInMillis() + addMillis);
 *Returns the hour (but not how many minutes past the hour).
 public int getHour()
 long millisAfterDay = millisAfterYear % MILLIS_IN_DAY;
 return (int)(millisAfterDay / MILLIS_IN_HOUR);
 *Set the minutes past the hour. Works 0-59.
 public void setMinute(int minute)
 if (minute < 0 || minute > 59)
 throw new ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException(minute);
 setHour(getHour());
 long addMillis = MILLIS_IN_MINUTE * minute;
 millisAfterYear = millisAfterYear + addMillis;
 setTimeInMillis(getTimeInMillis() + addMillis);
 *Returns the minutes past the hour, 0-59.
 public int getMinute()
 long millisAfterHour = millisAfterYear % MILLIS_IN_HOUR;
 return (int)(millisAfterHour / MILLIS_IN_MINUTE);
 *Sets the seconds past the minute, 0-59.
 public void setSecond(int second)
 if (second < 0 || second > 59)
 throw new ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException(second);
 setMinute(getMinute());
 long addMillis = MILLIS_IN_SECOND * second;
 millisAfterYear = millisAfterYear + addMillis;
 setTimeInMillis(getTimeInMillis() + addMillis);
 *Returns the seconds past the minute, 0-59.
 public int getSecond()
 long millisAfterMinute = millisAfterYear % MILLIS_IN_MINUTE;
 return (int)(millisAfterMinute / MILLIS_IN_SECOND);
 *The more commonly seen set method of other date objects. Sets the date/time to 00:00 of the year/month/day passed. Convenience method
 *for setDate(int year, int month, int day, int hour, int minute, int second).
 public void setDate(int year, int month, int day)
 setDate(year, month, day, 0 , 0 , 0);
 *Sets every date/time field.
 public void setDate(int year, int month, int day, int hour, int minute, int second)
 setYear(year);
 setMonth(month);
 setDayOfMonth(day);
 setHour(hour);
 setMinute(minute);
 setSecond(second);
 *Returns yes if the stored date is a leap year. A leap year is every year that is divisible by four unless it is divisible by 100
 *unless it is also divisible by 400.
 public boolean isLeapYear()
 return isLeapYear(this.year);
 *For internal use. Returns if the passed year meets the criteria for a leap year.
 private boolean isLeapYear(int year)
 boolean leapYear = false;
 if (year % 4 == 0)
 if (year % 100 != 0)
 leapYear = true;
 else if (year % 400 == 0)
 leapYear = true;
 return leapYear;
 *Returns the difference in milliseconds between the time stored in this object and the millis passed to this method.
 public long getDifferenceInMillis(long millis)
 return getTimeInMillis() - millis;
 *Returns the difference in milliseconds between this date and the date passed to this method.
 public long getDifferenceInMillis(AwesomeDate otherDate)
 return getDifferenceInMillis(otherDate.getTimeInMillis());
 *Designed to be a wrapper method for the getDifferenceInMillis method. This method changes millis into years/days/whatever. Pass
 *the number of milliseconds you have to convert in the first parameter. The second parameter should be the type of denomination you
 *want (year, day, whatever). Use the MILLIS_IN_* fields associated with this object. Also bear in mind when workin with years that
 *some years are leap years, so in extreme cases of differences of 365+ years you may gain/lose a year.
 public static int toGreaterDenom(long millis, long denom)
 return (int)(millis / denom);
 * The first argument is how many of whatever (days, months, years, etc.) to add (use negative numbers to subtract). For the second
 * argument pass one of the MILLIS_IN_* fields. Thus, to add two hours would be
 * <code>
 * AwesomeDate.adjustDate(2, AwesomeDate.MILLIS_IN_HOUR);
 * </code>
 public void adjustDate(int amount, long typeMillis)
 setTimeInMillis(this.millis + amount * typeMillis);
 *Returns an object of type java.util.Date set to the date/time stored here.
 public java.util.Date toUtilDate()
 long offset = TimeZone.getDefault().getRawOffset();
 return new java.util.Date(getTimeInMillis() + -1 * offset);
// return new java.util.Date(getTimeInMillis());
 *Returns an object of type GregorianCalendar set to the date/time stored here.
 public GregorianCalendar toGregorianCalendar()
 long offset = TimeZone.getDefault().getRawOffset();
 GregorianCalendar cal = new GregorianCalendar();
 cal.setTimeInMillis(getTimeInMillis() - offset);
 return cal;
 *Returns an object of type java.sql.Date set to the date/time stored here.
 public java.sql.Date toSQLDate()
 long offset = TimeZone.getDefault().getRawOffset();
 return new java.sql.Date(getTimeInMillis() - offset);
 /** Format the date using the string that you pass. Works just like the SimpleDateFormat object. Infact, it uses one! Heres
 *how it works:
 *Letter Date or Time Component Presentation Examples 
 *G Era designator Text AD 
 *y Year Year 1996; 96 
 *M Month in year Month July; Jul; 07 
 *w Week in year Number 27 
 *W Week in month Number 2 
 *D Day in year Number 189 
 *d Day in month Number 10 
 *F Day of week in month Number 2 
 *E Day in week Text Tuesday; Tue 
 *a Am/pm marker Text PM 
 *H Hour in day (0-23) Number 0 
 *k Hour in day (1-24) Number 24 
 *K Hour in am/pm (0-11) Number 0 
 *h Hour in am/pm (1-12) Number 12 
 *m Minute in hour Number 30 
 *s Second in minute Number 55 
 *S Millisecond Number 978 
 *z Time zone General time zone Pacific Standard Time; PST; GMT-08:00 
 *Z Time zone RFC 822 time zone -0800 
 public String toFormattedString(String format)
 SimpleDateFormat formattage = new SimpleDateFormat(format);
 return formattage.format(toUtilDate());
 *I overrode the toString method. Now it tells everyone how awesome my AwesomeDate is.
 public String toString()
 String output = "John's Awesome Date!";
 output = output + " Millis: " + getTimeInMillis();
 output = output + " Year: " + getYear();
 output = output + " Month: " + getMonth();
 output = output + " Date: " + getDayOfMonth();
 output = output + " Time: ";
 if (getHour() < 10)
 output = output + "0" + getHour();
 else
 output = output + getHour();
 if (getMinute() < 10)
 output = output + "0" + getMinute();
 else
 output = output + getMinute();
 output = output + " Seconds: " + getSecond();
 return output;
 public static void main(String[] psvm)
 AwesomeDate blah = new AwesomeDate();
 GregorianCalendar blah1 = new GregorianCalendar();
 GregorianCalendar blah2 = new GregorianCalendar();
}

The reason Callendar is so complicated is that it is trying to solve a very complicated problem.
You don't appear to support leap seconds (of which there can be upto 2 in any time interval)
http://www.timeanddate.com/time/leapseconds.html
Some of your code will not work for large dates very well (seems to iterate over the years). Try using your date class for astronomical or geological calculations. them big numbers will make your code slow at the moment.
You don't seem to support timezones or transitory offsets (BST vs GMT). You most definately don't handle changes to timezone offsets that have occured in the past or historical daylight savings time offsets (they have not always been the same)
The difference between two calendars is a "duration" a duration means nothing unless it is applied to a caledar/date (although you may be able to get away with it if the duration is always stored in millis)

Difference b/w DATA TYPE and DATA OBJECT & differences b/w TYPE and LIKE

hai
can any one say the differences between Data type and Data Object.
And also differences between TYPE and LIKE
thanks
Gani

hi,
_Data Types and Data Objects_
      Programs work with local program data that is, with byte sequences in the working memory. Byte sequences that belong together are called fields and are characterized by a length, an identity (name), and as a further attribute by a data type. All programming languages have a concept that describes how the contents of a field are interpreted according to the data type.
      In the ABAP type concept, fields are called data objects. Each data object is thus an instance of an abstract data type. There are separate name spaces for data objects and data types. This means that a name can be the name of a data object as well as the name of a data type simultaneously.
Data Types
   As well as occurring as attributes of a data object, data types can also be defined independently. You can then use them later on in conjunction with a data object. The definition of a user-defined data type is based on a set of predefined elementary data types. You can define data types either locally in the declaration part of a program using the TYPESstatement) or globally in the ABAP Dictionary. You can use your own data types to declare data objects or to check the types of parameters in generic operations.
     All programming languages distinguish between various types of data with various uses, such as .. type data for storing or displaying values and numerical data for calculations. The attributes in question are described using data types. You can define, for example, how data is stored in the repository, and how the ABAP statements work with the data.
Data types can be divided into elementary, reference, and complex types.
a. Elementary Types
These are data types of fixed or variable length that are not made up of other types.
The difference between variable length data types and fixed length data types is that the length and the memory space required by data objects of variable length data types can change dynamically during runtime, and that these data types cannot be defined irreversibly while the data object is being declared.
Predefined and User-Defined Elementary Data Types
You can also define your own elementary data types in ABAP using the TYPES statement. You base these on the predefined data types. This determines all of the technical attributes of the new data type. For example, you could define a data type P_2 with two decimal places, based on the predefined data type P. You could then use this new type in your data declarations.
b. Reference Types
Reference types are deep data types that describe reference variables, that is, data objects that contain references. A reference variable can be defined as a component of a complex data object such as a structure or internal table as well as a single field.
c. Complex Data Types
Complex data types are made up of other data types. A distinction is made here between structured types and table types.
Data Objects
      Data objects are the physical units with which ABAP statements work at runtime. The contents of a data object occupy memory space in the program. ABAP statements access these contents by addressing the name of the data object and interpret them according to the data type.. For example, statements can write the contents of data objects in lists or in the database, they can pass them to and receive them from routines, they can change them by assigning new values, and they can compare them in logical expressions.
       Each ABAP data object has a set of technical attributes, which are fully defined at all times when an ABAP program is running (field length, number of decimal places, and data type). You declare data objects either statically in the declaration part of an ABAP program (the most important statement for this is DATA), or dynamically at runtime (for example, when you call procedures). As well as fields in the memory area of the program, the program also treats literals like data objects.
        A data object is a part of the repository whose content can be addressed and interpreted by the program. All data objects must be declared in the ABAP program and are not persistent, meaning that they only exist while the program is being executed. Before you can process persistent data (such as data from a database table or from a sequential file), you must read it into data objects first. Conversely, if you want to retain the contents of a data object beyond the end of the program, you must save it in a persistent form.
Declaring Data Objects
      Apart from the interface parameters of procedures, you declare all of the data objects in an ABAP program or procedure in its declaration part. These declarative statements establish the data type of the object, along with any missing technical attributes. This takes place before the program is actually executed. The technical attributes can then be queried while the program is running.
     The interface parameters of procedures are generated as local data objects, but only when the procedure is actually called. You can define the technical attributes of the interface parameters in the procedure itself. If you do not, they adopt the attributes of the parameters from which they receive their values.
ABAP contains the following kinds of data objects:
a. Literals
Literals are not created by declarative statements. Instead, they exist in the program source code. Like all data objects, they have fixed technical attributes (field length, number of decimal places, data type), but no name. They are therefore referred to as unnamed data objects.
b. Named Data Objects
Data objects that have a name that you can use to address the ABAP program are known as named objects. These can be objects of various types, including text symbols, variables and constants.
Text symbols are pointers to texts in the text pool of the ABAP program. When the program starts, the corresponding data objects are generated from the texts stored in the text pool. They can be addressed using the name of the text symbol.
Variables are data objects whose contents can be changed using ABAP statements. You declare variables using the DATA, CLASS-DATA, STATICS, PARAMETERS, SELECT-OPTIONS, and RANGESstatements.
Constants are data objects whose contents cannot be changed. You declare constants using the CONSTANTSstatement.
c. Anonymous Data Objects
Data objects that cannot be addressed using a name are known as anonymous data objects. They are created using the CREATE DATAstatement and can be addressed using reference variables.
d. System-Defined Data Objects
System-defined data objects do not have to be declared explicitly - they are always available at runtime.
e. Interface Work Areas
Interface work areas are special variables that serve as interfaces between programs, screens, and logical databases. You declare interface work areas using the TABLES and NODESstatements.
What is the difference between Type and Like?
Answer1:
TYPE, you assign datatype directly to the data object while declaring.
LIKE,you assign the datatype of another object to the declaring data object. The datatype is referenced indirectly.
Answer2:
Type is a keyword used to refer to a data type whereas Like is a keyword used to copy the existing properties of already existing data object.
Answer3:
type refers the existing data type
like refers the existing data object
reward if useful
thanks and regards
suma sailaja pvn

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