Date formats in BEx selection screen

Can we set date formats to use the European format as a default (by person) in Bex? I don't see varialbes taht are set-up this way.

Hi laja,
BEx date format is based on the global settings made on each indiviual PC user.
to change the default USA date format in BEx to your required format,
Go to > Control Panel > Regional and Language options > customize (or) select your country from the list.
http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/156918-date-format-change.html

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Hi all,
I have a problem in a report when usign the selection screen of the query.
the system has been upgraded recently from a 3.5 to 7.0. when a query is run in the bex web the user can put in the selection date needer to run the query.
currently if u select a month using the selection screen next to the input form, the month will show up in the input field
as 006 09 (006space09) instead of 06.2009 for the selection of june.
does anyone know how to fix this? it was working good using the 3.5 version of the bex web.
Any help apriciated

Using the list cube transaction and using the selection sceen and selecting the month it does put the right selection in the input field. ive also just tested it using de bx excel plugin and using the selection screen the correct value is set in the input field. so i think it more of a bex we b problem but i dont know where to start the search for the solution.

How to use MM/YYYY Format in the selection Screen?

There is this program RMCB0300 where the date format in the selection screen has MM/YYYY Format.
I am working on a report which requires it "Period" Field in the selection screen to be in the same format.
However, i am trying to give the select option as " SL_SPMON FOR S031-SPMON MODIF ID PER." and declaring S031 table in the declaration part.
But still, its not been able to provide me F4 help in the inpur screen.
Can someone please provide me some guidance in this regard?

Hi,
the following works for me..
*& Report ZPMONAT                                                     *
report zpmonat                                 .
tables: s031.
selection-screen begin of block abc.
select-options: sl_spmon for s031-spmon.
selection-screen end of block abc.
at selection-screen on value-request for sl_spmon-low.
perform monat_f4.
at selection-screen on value-request for sl_spmon-high.
perform monat_f4.
start-of-selection.
end-of-selection.
*&      Form monat_f4
*       text
* --> p1        text
* <-- p2        text
form monat_f4 .
data: begin of mf_dynpfields occurs 1.
          include structure dynpread.
data: end   of mf_dynpfields.
data: mf_returncode   like sy-subrc,
        mf_monat        like isellist-month,
        mf_hlp_repid    like sy-repid.
field-symbols: <mf_feld>.
* Wert von Dynpro lesen
get cursor field mf_dynpfields-fieldname.
append mf_dynpfields.
mf_hlp_repid = sy-repid.
do 2 times.
    call function 'DYNP_VALUES_READ'
      exporting
        dyname               = mf_hlp_repid
        dynumb               = sy-dynnr
      tables
        dynpfields           = mf_dynpfields
      exceptions
        invalid_abapworkarea = 01
        invalid_dynprofield = 02
        invalid_dynproname   = 03
        invalid_dynpronummer = 04
        invalid_request      = 05
        no_fielddescription = 06
        undefind_error       = 07.
    if sy-subrc = 3.
*     Aktuelles Dynpro ist Wertemengenbild
      mf_hlp_repid = 'SAPLALDB'.
    else.
      read table mf_dynpfields index 1.
*     Unterstriche durch Blanks ersetzen
      translate mf_dynpfields-fieldvalue using '_ '.
      exit.
    endif.
enddo.
if sy-subrc = 0.
*   Konvertierung ins interne Format
    call function 'CONVERSION_EXIT_PERI_INPUT'
      exporting
        input         = mf_dynpfields-fieldvalue
      importing
        output        = mf_monat
      exceptions
        error_message = 1.
    if mf_monat is initial.
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      mf_monat = sy-datlo(6).
    endif.
    call function 'POPUP_TO_SELECT_MONTH'
      exporting
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      importing
        selected_month             = mf_monat
        return_code                = mf_returncode
      exceptions
        factory_calendar_not_found = 01
        holiday_calendar_not_found = 02
        month_not_found            = 03.
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*     ASSIGN (MF_DYNPFIELDS-FIELDNAME) TO <MF_FELD>. " ==>> note 148804
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        exporting
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          dynumb               = sy-dynnr
        tables
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          invalid_dynprofield = 02
          invalid_dynproname   = 03
          invalid_dynpronummer = 04
          invalid_request      = 05
          no_fielddescription = 06
          undefind_error       = 07.           "<<== note 148804
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endif.
endform.                                                    " monat_f4
Regards,
Suresh Datti

Change of variable text in BEx selection screen

Hi all,
in our BW system the key users are allowed to create queries and also create variables. In some cases, especially for often used info objects like 0DATE the number of variables is increasing very quickly. The reason for this is, that 0DATE is used for a big variety of meanings e.g. delivery date, order date, invoice date etc.
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Hi Stephan,
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BEx Selection screen Hierarchy display (text - key)

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We have a new query deployed that uses several hierarchies in the selection screen.
When running the reports, the drop down for the hierarchies on the variable selection screen displays the full text.
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Thanks!
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Edited by: Darryl Goveas on Nov 16, 2011 12:14 PM

Create a FM like below and a wrapper for it so you can call it as part of process chain; we load all of our hierarchies then call this:
FUNCTION ZBW_CHANGE_HIER_DISPLAYNAME.
""Local Interface:
*" EXPORTING
*"     VALUE(RETURN) TYPE BAPIRET2
data: hieid(25) type c,
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RETURN-TYPE = 'I'.
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select nhieid nhienm t~txtmd
into (hieid, hienm, lgtxt)
from rshiedir as n
join rshiedirt as t
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Hello,
We have a customer exit variable in Bex Query selection.it is mandatory,ready for input,interval which is on 0CALMONTH2.
In Bex selection screen i am not getting text of default/entered months.
for example: if default value is 2 to 4,then text would be FEB to APR.
what could be the reason?how to get teaxts of entered values?
(we have one more customer exit variable on 0CALMONTH2 which is single value and it shows text of enterd values in bex selection)
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Rakesh

Hi,
Try to create an another customer exit variable for 0CALMONTH2 with mandatory,ready for input,interval. refer the abap code of the another customer exit variable(single value variable) of 0CALMONTH2 which you have mentioned in the bracket and modify the abap code based on the selection - interval. hope it helps.
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How to get year format result on date format in Bex

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I have requirement to display only year and month in seperate rows as a result in Bex.
I have created on date field like MM/DD/YYYY and i have to display in two seperate rows as MM/YYYY and YYYY.
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Never seen it before but here is something to check..
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i have a rather simple but puzzling question on my mind regarding date format in BEx reporting.
here's the problem... in SU01 the date format for my users are MM/DD/YYYY.
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Hi SCHT,
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Get Months for the given date ranges on the Selection Screen

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Thanks in Advance
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Guys could you please help me out to achieve the desired output.
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Dear Michal,
Your Question:
Anybody can give me a hint how to get the selection screen diplayed? We are on BI 7.1, Bex SP 10, patch 1.
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Hi Basson,
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Hi
I am new to all this..so pls help me with this...
I need to validate my input field in the selection screen to have the format as YYYYMMDD i.e user is allowed to enter the date in this format only!!
Now how to validate this kind of a format??

Hi
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Problem in 7.0
I have Costcenter compounded with Plant and I am using Costcenter for Selections in the BEx varaible screen.
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The above issue is not there in 3.5, but.......
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