EVCOM

Hi,
I'm currently looking at the function EVCOM, but I haven't managed to get it to work - not even if I turn on "Excel pop up". Does anyone have an example in Excel to share?
Thanks,
Lars

Hi Lars,
You can use EVCOM but you need to make sure it is fully qualified ie it refers to all the dimensions in your application.
The syntax for the command is :
EVCOM(Cell Range to input comments in, Application Name, Dimension Member 1, Dimension Member 2, Dimension Member 3 etc)
So an example might be as follows NB - this is a cut and paste from one of our working EVDRE layouts:
=EVCOM(T7,B3,B4,B5,B6,B7,B8,B9,B10,B33,B12)
The formula is input in cell A37.
T7 is the cell the users type their comments in. B3 is the application name in the Page Key Range. The rest are all the dimensions. NB - these cell references point to dimension member values. It will also work with hierarchy nodes.
We have tested this and it works correctly. You can also look in the BW environment in the generated tables /1CPMB/* using a description of "Comment" and you can find the tables with the comments you have entered and the associated dimension members.
We are on BPC NW Sp5
Hope this helps.
Bradley Newcombe.

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"Submission status" error while posting comments using evcom

Hi friends,
I am getting "Submission status" error while posting comments using evcom. This error comes up even when we use "post comments" option in Action Pane.
The error text goes like this :
Error Message -
This cell can not be updated. Submission status must be modified to allow changes.
010_000|2009.TOTAL|INTERCO|NOPC
How can we get rid of this error?

That's means the status for that specific category, time entity is approved and you can not do any changes including
comments chnages.
You have to change first the work status for that entity and after that you will be able to submit your comments.
Regards
Sorin radulescu

EVCOM Function!!

Hi Experts,
I have a query regarding EVCOM function, In following EVCOM function syntax can we use only Base level members while posting comments or comments can be posted for parent level members also?
Syntax: EVCOM(CommentRange,AppName,Member1,Member2, and so on)
Thanks & Regards,
Rohit

Hi Jorg,
Thanks for you reply.
I have tried storing comment for parent members, the issue I am facing that each time I click on submit button (calling MNU_ESUBMIT_REFRESH) without any changes it creates another row of comment for same set of members in database.
Please Advice!!
Thanks & Regards,
Rohit

Evdre using EVCOM function

Hi Friends,
I am working on an EVDRE on BPC 7.5 , I would like to know how can i use the EVCOM function.i am running a report in Finance application to see the record i have added using Finance Input schedule. For reference i have given my comments and below are the parameters of my EVDRE.
PARAMETER     EXPANSION 1     EXPANSION 2     EXPANSION 3
ExpandIn          COL          ROW          ROW
MemberSet     BAS(2011.TOTAL)     60100          SELF
EVDRE looks as below. and i wanted to see the comments i have put in Input template for 60100 and 1002 cost center.I tried using EVCOM and data range i have selected a cell and app as finance and members as cost center and GL account.
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GEOGRAPHY     G_TOT_GEO
GLACCOUNT     60100
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TIME          2012.TOTAL
VERSION          WORKING_FORECAST
Regards,
Sanjeev

Probably you should double check if you have your intersections correct...

Issue with EVCOM / BPC 7.0 MS

Hello,
In the input cell (Next to EVCOM formula), I input a comment and I send data.
But when I refresh, I haven't my comments in my cell. It stay empty. My comment appears and disappears...
I checked this comment in the comment table in database and it's ok.
Moreover, when I use 'expand', I have a comment like '...(10)'
Have you an idea ?
Thanks,
Morgann

In general, does anyone know if this issue has been resolved in v7? I've been having two problems at my clients on v7 with comments. One is the refresh issue that's been discussed here. The other issue is that EVCGT's on input templates will cause the input templates to hang (calculating 1/4, for example) and not send. I've been forced to use macros to get around these issues. EVCOM's seem to work, but not EVCGT's.
That being said, I've used macros on new customers, but I have clients that are now needing to move forward to v7 to stay on support, but who have comments and I'm apt to wait until this bug is fixed before recommending their move. Any new info on this?
Thank you,
Grant

BPC v5 and evcom

Hello all,
Hoping you can help.....
I have recently completed an implementation of a budgeting/forecasting solution in BPC v5 and have a couple of recurring issues.
As this is my first implementation using SAP BPC these may simply be down to inexperience.
1) EVcom - I am successfully using the evcom function to send comments to the database but when the linked cell contents is amended and data resent I do not get the last comment retreived. I realise that more that one record is created in the comments table in the database, how can I get the evcom to display the last record or somehow display all comment records for that intersection of dimensions?
"my first comment" - 1 comment sent fine
"my second comment" - 1 comment sent fine but on refresh I get
"my ...(2)" reflecting that there are two records for that intersection
2) Intermittent error message when expanding/refreshing an input schedule, "EVDRE encountered an error retrieving data from the webserver" - sometimes it works sometimes not
I realise this could be down to a whole host of reasons but was wondering is there is a top 5 common reasons for this error?
Many thanks
Phil

Hello Phil,
I do not have a concrete solution to your first problem, but I have experienced the EVCOM issue as well. I am not 100% sure that this is exact issue, but when users of our application append an exisiting comment (on a input schedule w/ EVDRE), then send and expand/refresh the workbook, the previously appended comment text is pasted back into the input cell.
When this happens in our application, the cell that actually holds the EVCOM formula shows the latest comment text, while the input cell still contains the previously appended comment. If I expand/refresh the workbook a second time, the correct comment is then posted into the input cell.
From what I have been able to test, it appears that when EVCOM is used in conjunction with EVDRE, the order of the procedures that are run by BPC when the workbook is expanded/refreshed is incorrect. Apparently, the appended comment text is sent to the comment tables (database) correctly, but when the workbook is subsequently expanded/refreshed, the system first, copies the current EVCOM formula value (from the cache) into the EVCOM input cell, then retrieves the EVDRE values, and finally, refreshes the EVCOM formula values from the database (with latest comment text). The problem is that once the procedure is finished, the "latest" version of the appended comment is not pasted into the EVCOM input cell.
To check to see if this is your exact issue, the next time you duplicate the problem, check the EVCOM formula itself, and see if it shows the "latest" comment text.
One workaround is to refresh the workbook twice. I have another workaround that I use, but it is somewhat more complicated and involves VBA. If you would like to hear about it, just let me know.
I have not had a chance to open a ticket with SAP support on this issue yet, but you may wish to do so.
As for the second problem, the EVDRE web-error can result from a number of things. Check to make sure your EVDRE formula and criteria are setup correctly. Also, whenever my users experience that error, the user's security rights are usually not setup correctly to view certain data being retreived by the EVDRE function.
Hope this helps clarify the issue,
Jared Thornton

EVCOM does not actualize Linked Cell

When entering comments and sending it with EVCOM, i found a problem when changing the current view.
The linked cell (which is the clell controlled by the EVCOM function, where the comment is entered), the furher comment is still visible, if there is no new comment on the newly selected menbers.
EVCOM worked fine in our old version 7.5M SP3. Now we upgrated to 7.5M SP3, and we have this issue.
Does anybody know about this problem?
Best regadrs
Achim

I think it is a bug and you have to open a ticket on SAP Support.
I think the function was by design created to have this behaviour but I agree with you this is not what users are expected.
Many customers created VB Macro to correct this behaviour.
Regards
Sorin Radulescu

EVCOM problem

Hi experts,
I am trying to use EVCOM function. I define all evcom formula, using all reference member dimension, but when I send comment data, it seems data send right, but using refresh or expand function, any comment data appears.
Could you help me?
Thank you very much.

Hi,
EVCOM is bi-directional function. It will send as well as retrieve the comment from the database. Thats why your comment appears on expand/refresh. If you only want to send the comment, use EVSND. To retrieve, you can use EVCGT.
Hope this helps.
Regards,
Shoba

EvComment and Book Publication Wizard

Is it possible to include comments (evCom) in the reports generated by the Book Publication Wizard? I am in version 4.2 SP2. Is the answer different for version 5.1?
Best regards,
Greg

Greg,
Yes this should work in version 4.2sp2 (not with previous versions) as well as with version 5.1
The only thing with version 4.2sp2 is that you need to install the evcomment client software on the machines where you want to use the comments. From V5 the comment functionality is fully integrated within BPC.
Below some documentation from evcomment in V4 that tells me exactly what you ask for:
OutlookSoft u2013 New method available with WebExcel v4.2 SP2 (aka build 381). Using this method, OutlookSoft tells EVComment when it needs to refresh. This will allow for comments to be published using book publishing. The Client must have the appropriate supporting WebExcel code (v4.2 SP2 or later) or comments will not automatically be refreshed when the workbook opens, or current view changes.
Alwin

EVCOM: Character limitation of 256 characters?

I am using BPC 5.1 and Excel 2003 to send comments using EVCOM. It appears that the length of characters is limited to 256 characters. From my research, I believe that this is a limitation of either Excel or SQL Server 2005 or both. I believe Excel 2007 has a larger character limitation of 32kb but I have not been able to test this out. Is is possible to send more than 256 characters using my current set up and if so how? If not, is there any solution that will allow me to send more than 256 characters?

In BPC 5.1, yes it's limited to 256 characters.
Here's the schema, from ApShell. Note the COMMENT field in particular.
Keyword, which you could be interested in if you're submitting comments from the action pane, is only 50 characters.
CREATE TABLE [dbo].[CommentFinance](
     [RECORDID] [bigint] IDENTITY(1,1) NOT NULL,
     [USERID] [nvarchar](50) NOT NULL,
     [DATEWRITTEN] [smalldatetime] NOT NULL DEFAULT (getdate()),
     [KEYWORD] [nvarchar](50) NULL,
     [PRIORITY] [nvarchar](1) NOT NULL DEFAULT ((3)),
     [KPI] [bigint] NULL,
     [ACCOUNT] [nvarchar](20) NULL,
     [CATEGORY] [nvarchar](20) NULL,
     [DATASRC] [nvarchar](20) NULL,
     [ENTITY] [nvarchar](20) NULL,
     [INTCO] [nvarchar](20) NULL,
     [RPTCURRENCY] [nvarchar](20) NULL,
     [TIME] [nvarchar](20) NULL,
     [MEASURES] [nvarchar](20) NULL,
     [COMMENT] [nvarchar](256) NOT NULL,
CONSTRAINT [PK_CommentFinance] PRIMARY KEY CLUSTERED
     [RECORDID] ASC
)WITH (PAD_INDEX = OFF, STATISTICS_NORECOMPUTE = OFF, IGNORE_DUP_KEY = OFF, ALLOW_ROW_LOCKS = ON, ALLOW_PAGE_LOCKS = ON) ON [PRIMARY]
) ON [PRIMARY]

EvCom and BPC7.0 MS and Excel 2007

I recently upgraded an app from BPC5.1/Excel2003 to BPC7.0/Excel2007.
On the old platform evCOM worked correctly.
On the new platform evCOM still sends comments to the Comments table. Problem is on refresh/expand no comments get returned.
I have seen similar posts on problems with BPC7.0 on the forum. I haven't seen any solutions. Is this a known bug in BPC7.0?? Is there a patch available?
Thanks...Marv

Turns out this problem was related to special characters in the comment. My comment included an ampersand (&) and that trashed BPC. Other forbidden characters in comments include < and >.
Our version with the problem was BPC for Office Client 7.0.112 and BPC Server Support Pack 7.0.112. For the time being we are going to be careful what we type in our comments.
Marv

Remove count on EVCOM retrieval

Each time comments are updated and submitted to the database, the EVCOM displayed adds a count to the end of the initial EVCOM string.
For example:
When entering the word "CORE" into cell A1 and then submitting, upon REFRESH A1 displays "CORE".
But, if I change cell A1 to "CORE TOTAL" and submit, upon REFRESH A1 displays "CORE TOTAL ...(2)".
Then, if I change cell A1 to "CORE TOTAL EXEMPT" and submit, upon REFRESH A1 displays "CORE TOTAL EXEMPT ...(3)".
and so on...
How do you remove this count that is added to the end of a string each time a comment is updated? This creates problems when lookup tables are based on a comment list.
Thank you.

Hi Greg,
This setting is controlled in the AppSet Parameters (maintained via Administration in Web Admin Tasks), specifically it is the CLR_COMMENTS_HISTORY setting (if you don't have that listed in the KeyID column, you can add it at the bottom as a New setting). Options for this setting are 1 or 0. 1 clears the historical comments and only shows the most recent comment, while 0 will keep the history.
Regards,
Jim

Comment is not working properly when using list values - multiple rows

Hi
I am trying to send comments in drop down menu but it is not working.
I have a list field with the following values ( "Not Started";"In Progress";"Completed")
the default value should be "Not Started" but if I select "In Progress" at the top and click save, I get it in all the rows.
can't seem to figure out why is not working.
=IF($P22="Not Started";EVCOM($P22;$E$2;$M22;Parameter!$C$20;$E$5;"SCHED";Parameter!$C$23;Parameter!$C$25;$E$6;$E$8;$E$10;$E$11;$E$12);IF($P22="In Progress";EVCOM($P22;$E$2;$M22;Parameter!$C$20;$E$5;"SCHED";Parameter!$C$23;Parameter!$C$25;$E$6;$E$8;$E$10;$E$11;$E$12);IF($P22="Completed";EVCOM($P22;$E$2;$M22;Parameter!$C$20;$E$5;"SCHED";Parameter!$C$23;Parameter!$C$25;$E$6;$E$8;$E$10;$E$11;$E$12);"Not Started")))
I have tried to use plain EVCOM function but the result is same.
thanks

Hi,
Here is a blog for your reference:
"The collection has not been initialized. It has not been requested ..." in SharePoint 2010 ECMAScript Client Object Model.
http://youdhbir.blogspot.com/2012/06/collection-has-not-been-initialized-it.html
In SharePoint 2010, we can also use REST Interface(listdata.svc) to achieve your requirement.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff798339.aspx
http://www.dotnetmafia.com/blogs/dotnettipoftheday/archive/2010/01/21/introduction-to-querying-lists-with-rest-and-listdata-svc-in-sharepoint-2010.aspx
http://akurniaga.wordpress.com/2012/09/27/using-listdata-service-in-sharepoint-2010/
More information:
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/18936908/retrieve-parameter-from-executequeryasync-javascript
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EVCGP - does it work? if so, how?

I am trying to use EVCGP. From the hep:
"EvCGP (Get Partial Comment) retrieves returns comments based on a partially-qualified current view. Any members not specified in the function are ignored. The comments returned were added to the database using each one of the specified members, [ALL], or [None]."
I have the following data in my comment table (commentCapEx):
RECORDID USERID DATEWRITTEN KEYWORD PRIORITY KPI CATEGORY DATASRC ENTITY TIME MEASURES COMMENT DEPARTMENT PROJECT CAPEXACCOUNT CATCODE TYPE
47 GVLAN\brandon.akili 3/25/2008 EVCOM 3 BUDGET MATERIAL P0100 XXXX.INP PERIODIC B002480701 24 BGP_PROJECT1 PROJECTCOMMENT C07 B
I would expect to see the comment "B002480701" when I use the following formula. I assume that it will pull comments for all dimension members where I do not specify a dimension:
=EVCGP("CAPEX","BGP_PROJECT1","PROJECTCOMMENT".
I get no result when using this formula.
Has anyone had success using EVCGP? Are my expectations incorrect?
Thank you,
Craig Tennant

I have done a little testing and found a soultion to your issue. There is not a big in the code, but the help section does not explain this process very well.
Comments are stored by dimension. Any comment sent from excel will include the members you have selected to send in the EVCOM, but if you leave off any dimension, it will fill the section with the current view member. So, if you wish to use EVCGP, the process looks for any members that are filled with [All] or NONE. SInce the data you entered is fully qualified, it does not have any [ALL] or [NONE] reference point. Instead, the comment may only be retrieved as a fully qualified data point using EVCGT.
Should you wish to have more flexibility, then one of the members sent should include the [ALL] position in the dimension(s) selected for use with EVCPG. But these values must be sent via the Action Pane to get the [ALL] qualifier to work. The
The problem is that from an EVCOM process, you cannot use ALL in the statements. It appears that excel will only accept fully qualified statements, or values from the current view. So, this may be an enhancement request for the comments and you should request that functionality if desired. Otherwise, stick to fully qualified or use the Parent in the current view of an EVCOM to get better results.

Comments on 2 different intersections

Hello,
I have a requirement on a report to include comments on 2 different intersections of the same record but I'm struggling to get both comments captured properly when sending them in at the same time. Here is an example:
The report pulls data for actuals and budget for current month and YTD. Users want to be able to enter separate comments for the current month variance and comments on the YTD variance. I inserted 2 columns to capture the 2 different comments, using EVCOM. However if users enter comments in both columns, and when they send the data in, only comments on one column is captured. If they enter comments on one column, send that one in then enter commnets on the other column then send those in, the comments are captured properly. Has anyone run across this scenario before and what is the best way to go about so we can enter commnets on both columns and send them in at the same time.
Thanks,
David

Hi David,
I tested it on my environment and faced the same problem.
For checking the comments, you can follow the below steps:
1. go to SE38
2. execute the program UJ0_GET_GEN_TABNAME
3. copy the name of the table of the comments
4. open the table in SE16
I think this is how the product is, currently. I was checking it in SP05. May be it has been addressed in later SP levels.

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