ESS Modifications - ECC 6.0

Hi All,
We are currently in the Blueprint Phase of an ESS project (Working Time) using the latest and greatest Web Dynpro ESS service. There are several requirements that can only be met with modifications to the SAP Java code. I have read through several useful posts for doing these types of changes but would like to talk to a customer who has made these types of changes and has experience with SPs or Upgrades.
Please reply back if you would be willing to talk with us about that. You will get full points if you meet the criteria of a customer IT group supporting this at a company and you are willing to talk to us (no matter the outcome of the conversation).
Thank you,
Mark.

Hi,
i am woking as Webdynpro developer to customize and develop the new webdynpro for java application in ESS and MSS business package, i also participated in the SP level upgrade for the ess and mss components, and moving the webdynrpo coding form sp13 to sp14 tracks.
Cheers.
Apparao

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Or where I can find this documentation?
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Thanks
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Thanks Chris
Still confused.
Are you able to tell me what is the latest enhancement pack for ESS, the reason for asking is that I'm looking for more details on the new iViews as contained in Note 1048386 see below
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In the previous ESS Business Package (BP) version, the links for starting processes were provided in the workset Life and Work Events. With EhP2, the links for starting the processes are provided in the workset that the process belongs to thematically (for example, the process 'Change of Working Time' is provided in the workset 'Working Time'). The following list provides an overview over the processes available in the standard system and the worksets they are assigned to.
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[ESS modification + JDI] Activation of DC fails...

Hi all,
I try to modify ESS web dynpro. For this I use the JDI.
When I build my DCs locally on my PC I get no error, the ear file is generated and works fine.
The problem is when I want to check-in my activities and activate them, the activation request always fails. The build log says something like :
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     at com.sap.tc.buildcontroller.CBSBuildController.evalCmdLine(CBSBuildController.java:441)
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     at com.sap.tc.buildcontroller.CBSBuildController.mainLoop(CBSBuildController.java:206)
     at com.sap.tc.buildcontroller.CBSBuildController.main(CBSBuildController.java:167)
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java.lang.StringIndexOutOfBoundsException: String index out of range: -1
     at java.lang.String.substring(String.java:1444)
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     at com.sap.tc.buildcontroller.CBSBuildController.evalCmdLine(CBSBuildController.java:441)
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     at com.sap.tc.buildcontroller.CBSBuildController.mainLoop(CBSBuildController.java:206)
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Obviously this is not an error in my coding because the local build works fine.
Did anyone manage to make this JDI work correctly with ESS modification ?
Thank you in advance for you answer.
Regards,
Julien

When I check the list of "Broken by itself DCs", I get 12 answers :
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ess/cod
ess/lea
ess/org
ess/per
ess/rep
ess/skl
ess/tra
ess/tra/trr
ess/wiw
ess/wtcor
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Internet Services For ESS In ECC 6.0

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Customize Icons for the Homepage Framework
Christopher Solomon
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Posted on Mar. 01, 2007 01:07 PM in Business Solutions, Enterprise Portal (EP), Web Dynpro
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    Although there is excellent material around and even step-by-step guides for configuring and customizing the Homepage Framework (*see the document "XSS Homepage Framework for Employee Self-Service" by Sibylle Borhauerm-Product Manager, SAP AG), I have found nothing available that provides information about customizing the actual icons/images that are used within the framework. Therefore, I took the DIY (do-it-yourself) approach and decided to put together a document of my own to hopefully help others. The following is an explanation about how to customize and/or add new icons for the Homepage Framework. This is based on my experience with ECC5.0, but a similar approach should work for ECC6.0.
Background
    The Homepage Framework is a new feature as of ECC5.0 (mySAP ERP 2004 for those that want to be thoroughly confused.haha). It is basically a means to build very informative, aesthetically consistent web pages solely through configuration in the IMG (no web coding needed!). It allows you to organize information in a more user-friendly manner. For example, prior to this, ESS services were typically listed as links on a menu on the left of the browser window (like the detailed navigation area of the portal). The user would click the fairly non-descript link and be taken to a web application that contained even less helpful information or description and was more techy in appearance. This was not very friendly or intuitive to end users who may not have much familiarity with computers at all. Often times, I would have to build static web pages for clients that would serve to provide help information to the user about what the actual ESS links would do and so forth and to serve as a jumping off point. With the Homepage Framework, you can configure (againno coding!) a jumping off page that summarizes all the areas you offer in ESS (called the Area Group page in the Homepage Framework), and then configure more detailed information pages for each area as well (called Area pages in the Homepage Framework).
ESS Area Group Page
ESS Area Page for Benefits and Pay
Where is my Framework?
    With any framework, as the name implies, there is a fairly rigid layout. This insures consistency amongst the pages. For the Homepage Framework, each area is assigned an icon. The icon should visually convey the idea of the area. For example, for an area for Working Time, you might use a clock icon. The icons assigned to each Area appear on the Area Group page as well as the respective Area page. By default, there are only a small number of out of the box icons that are provided. I took the time to document the default images and their corresponding resource name in a spreadsheet. An image of this appears below:
Default Icons
The big question (and one I see asked over and over) is "where does all this stuff live?". This is one of the misconceptions and/or hurdles to overcome in understanding the newer ESS/MSS SAP offerings. With ECC5.0 and higher, most people incorrectly assume that by installing/deploying the ESS/MSS business package(s) that they suddenly have all of ESS/MSS available to them. Wrong. It's an easy mistake to make because "that's how it's always been before". The actual deployment of the overall solutions for ECC and onward requires two pieces. You still deploy the business package, but the business package only covers the portal objects. All you are doing is loading in the out-of-the-box iViews, worksets, pages ,roles, etc. Now what will your iViews talk too? The second part is the actual ESS/MSS/XSS services, ie. the applications that "do stuff". At the moment, these are Java Webdynpros and are part of the "Java XSS Components" installation. These components can be installed on any WAS/NWAS, but typically they are deployed on the same server as the Enterprise Portal...just more Java web applications running on the Java engine (again, they could be deployed to an entirely separate WAS/NWAS but we won't get into that). Part of the Java components installation is the Homepage Framework WebDynpro and the accompanying icon images as resource files. The images are not in the Business Package, and they are not not in the backend SAP system. Both are common misconceptions.
Make it your own!
    So now that we know what we are working with and where everything is, how do we change it? First, let me offer this advice. I would not modify and existing icon (replace clock.gif with a different image named clock.gif. I always create my own custom images. In that way, if all else fails, we still have the SAP delivered content. Better safe, than sorry! as my grandfather, an explosives specialist, used to always say. With my word of warning offered, onward we go now. Let's do this through an example. Say for instance, we want to change the icon used for "Working Time" in ESS. The default icon and Area page might appear as:
Working Time Area Page
If we look in configuration, we find that the icon used is actually assigned to two resources:
     EMPLOYEE_WORKTIME_PIC
     MSS_HCM_AREA_ATTENDANCE_PIC
Since we are changing the ESS one, its configuration appears as:
Default Configuration of Resource
Now, lets say we have our own image:
myCompany_clock.gif
First, we can change configuration of the resource to now use (look for) our custom image:
Customized Configuration of Resource
Now, we must actually put the image in the location where the Homepage Framework can find it. As I said before and want to make clear once more, the images are not in the Business Package. They are deployed as part of the Java XSS components. Therefore, we must place our custom image out in the same physical directory that the other resources were deployed to during the installation of the XSS Java components. Using our example, let's look at the "clock" image. I could go into detail telling you where and how this is found, but I prefer to show you the simple way. In your browser, navigate to the Working Time Area page as shown above. If you right-click on the default icon and then select Save Picture As from the context menu, a window will pop-up showing you the name of the image file as calendar_clock.gif (we also know the file name from the configuration of the resource shown above). Now that you know the actual name, you can simple do a View Source on the page and then search for the occurrence of calendar_clock.gif . Doing this, we see that it is deployed and linked to the path as follows:
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    ../../../resources/sap.com/pcui_gp~xssutils/Components/com.sap.xss.ser.xssmenu.vc.areagroup.VcXssMenuAreaGroup/
This may require additional help if you do not know where (what server) the Java components were installed on or you do not have direct access to those directories. With the file copied over and our configuration changes to the backend resource to use our custom image, our Working Time Area page now displays using our custom icon:
Cusotmized Working Time Area Page
Gotchas!
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     Make sure you have copied your configuration to the correct client that is in use. Typically, you will configure in one client and then test in another. You can use transaction SCC1 to copy client-to-client transports, if you have access to that function. The Homepage Framework config is client-dependent.
     If you do not see changes in the portal immediately, it is typically due to the cache not being refreshed. You can do this via the System Administration - >Support area of the portal for the PCD content. You can also set a parament to clear the buffer directly on the iView for the Area and Area Group iViews but this is not suggested for performance reasons.

Minimal requeriments for ESS in ECC 6.0 ?

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ESS Modification. Check-in/Activate -- Request INIT_COMPARTMENT hangs

Hi all,
We have made some modifications on the ESS code to solve some problems regarding the Dutch Postal Code. The code changes are described by SAP and are actually quite easy to implement. We created a new project for ess/nl/addr and started editing.
After build and deploy we saw no problems. When we check in and want to activate the mods, the troubles begin. I got an error that there was a compartment being initialized:
Retrieving pending activities failed: CBS server error: The compartment for given software component is being initialized (internal code: BS_SC_META_DATA_NOT_AVAILABLE)
What can be done about this? I can not find my changes in my CMS to transport them through the landscape.
Any help is highly appreciated and points will be awarded.
Best regards,
Jan Laros
Edited by: Jan Laros on Jan 29, 2008 8:53 AM

Hi Veena,
Sorry for my late reply. Sorry that I doesn't answer to your private email you sendt me. But, would you you answer to something that you doesn't know? Especially if the mail was marked with high priority? (every spam mail about viagra or whatever else is send with high priority).
To your question, I don't know if this is solved. As long as the thread is open I think it's not.
Now I now you you, and I so I will also answer to your private mails. But at first, please post your problem at SDN and not to members, who are so friendly to give their email address in there profile. Everyone wants to here about you're problem (the one you posted ) and everyone should be able to get the solution.
So understand me that I don't answer to your mail!
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ESS on ECC 6.0

Hi Friends,
I am a bit confused about ESS. It is under many submodules in HCM.
does the concept itself shows up in different places!
Is there no specific information for it like recruitment, time management!
Regards,
Bharat
Edited by: Bharat on Jul 18, 2008 11:38 PM

The below resources shld solve ur questions related to ESS..and has much more info.
http://www.appsconsulting.co.za/SAP_PDF/BP_ESS_672_EN_2005.pdf (ESS documentation)
https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/wiki?path=/display/erphcm/employeeSelfService& (this link has further links in it which maybe useful)
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_erp2005/helpdata/en/38/e8584c2a664547b60442646bee23b6/frameset.htm
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_erp2005/helpdata/en/f6/263359f8c14ef98384ae7a2becd156/frameset.htm

ESS Security ( ECC 6.0 - EP 7.0)

Hi Folks,
In Portal ESS.. Is there a particular authorization setup to allow an employee to update their email address but not their first name , Last
name, etc.
with the SAPJSF communication user we have assigned the predeliveredSAP_BC_JSF_COMMUNICATION_RO role , but when this is assigned the user can't add their email address.(greyed out)
When the full(write) role is added SAP_BC_JSF_COMMUNICATION
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Enhancement Pack 2 impact on ESS for ECC 6.0

We are planning to upgrade one of our systems (evaluation system) from EA-HR 600 to EA-HR 602 (Enhancement Pack 2 SP2)
There's some ongoing ESS configurations (just ESS) on this evaluation system.
What is the impact of an Enhancement Pack 2 import/upgrade towards the existing ESS configurations ?
Has anyone experienced extensive 'overwriting of existing ESS configuration' or does the EnhP 2 introduces new functionalities leaving the existing configurations untouched ?
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Thanks Chris
Still confused.
Are you able to tell me what is the latest enhancement pack for ESS, the reason for asking is that I'm looking for more details on the new iViews as contained in Note 1048386 see below
Thanks
WB
In the previous ESS Business Package (BP) version, the links for starting processes were provided in the workset Life and Work Events. With EhP2, the links for starting the processes are provided in the workset that the process belongs to thematically (for example, the process 'Change of Working Time' is provided in the workset 'Working Time'). The following list provides an overview over the processes available in the standard system and the worksets they are assigned to.
Benefits and Payment
o Company Loans
o Membership Fees Sports Club
o Status Overview
Working Time
o Change of Working Time
o Status Overview
Own Data
o Change of Address
o Personnel File
o Status Overview
Life and Work Events
o Maternity Leave
o Birth of a Child
o Termination
o Status Overview
The available processes are integrated in the navigation of the ESS Homepage Framework.

Error in ESS Modification

ESS leave
when i want to create a link in the ESS
i modifying the CCAppl Component
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          CAPItem capItemReqList = new CAPItem("4", wdThis.wdGetAPI().getComponent().getTextAccessor().getText("CAPReqList"), vacReqList);
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CAPItem capItemTeam = new CAPItem("6", wdThis.wdGetAPI().getComponent().getTextAccessor().getText("CAPTeamCale"), vacTeamCale);
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               cap = new CAPItem[] {capItemTeamCale, capItemEECale, capItemAccList, capItemReqList };
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com.sap.tc.webdynpro.services.exceptions.WDRuntimeException: duplicate usage of view com.sap.xss.hr.lea.teamview.VcTeamViewUsage.IVACWindowInterfaceView
pls help
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Hi yzme,
check this threads.
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Duplicate usage of view
Regards,
Mithu

ESS Timesheet ECC

Hi,
We are upgrading our system to ECC6.
We are upgrading portal also.
Client is asking for changes inTimesheet.
Time sheet is displaying Absences as 'Annual leave(0900)',They want it as 'Annual Leave' and some test changes.
Is there any place to do these changes.
Thanks,
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Dear Friend
Really need ur help as we are upgrading from 4.7 to ECC6.
Our client want to implement tiem sheet. Request you to provide gudiance wheher CATS i.e CATSRegular orESS timesheet would be useful.
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ESS implementation posibility with ECC 6.0 and EP 6.0

Hi ,
To implement ESS with ECC 6.0 and EP 6.0
Any body can suggest for this implementation feasibility and possibility.
What are the Business packages has to down load and where can we get those BPs.?
After importing into EP 6.0 , what are the configurations and settings required to get SAP HR screens/ivews (preview when we create after systems in EP),
What are the prerequisites and hardware and software requirements for 8000 users (apprx) ?
Any version upgradations are required for implementing this or
can we use this ECC 6.0 as backend and EP 6.0
and please help required for all those things.
Thanks
Kumar.

For ESS/MSS based on ECC 6.0 (ERP 2005), you can download the XSS business packages from
service.sap.com/download --> Support patches and packages --> Entry By application Group --> SAP Application Components --> SAP ERP -->
SAP ERP 2005 --> Entry By Component --> SAP XSS --> (SAP ESS 600, SAP MSS 600 and SAP PCUI_GP 600).
You can use JSPM to apply these business packages on to the portal. To use JSPM, you have to login to the portal server using <SID>adm to be able to use the JSPM tool.
Business Packages and components in it: you BP consists of the 2 following parts
1) BP_ERP5ESS / BP_ERP5MSS is Portal Business package which consist of iview, pages and roles.. while SAP_ESS / SAP_MSS. is WebDynpro part of it.
These iviews will direct to some WD application which are part of SAP_ESS / SAP_MSS. and they are deployed on server.
2) you have to simple go to
service.sap.com/downloadSupport patches and packagesEntry By application GroupSAP Application ComponentsSAP ERPSAP ERP 2004/2005--Entry By ComponentSAP XSS
pick the correct version and download. You get full package not incremental. Old ones will be overwritten when you deploy them. try to download them again if it failed first time.
3) Refer note 761266 for package compatibility.

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