Hierarchy Automation
Hi All,
This is in regard with the Automation of hierarchies in BPC, we have one dimension where in we are loading two infoobjects to automate that dimension with master data and hierarchies,
we are facing strange situation Already we were maintaining the dimension members and Hierarchies manually, we are in process of automation the dimension, when we load the master data from one Info object to the dimension that is fine but when we are loading hierarchies from one infoobject other hierarchies of other infoobject are vanishing. For example loading cost centers and project system to one dimension.
when we load costcenter hier proj system hier's are vanishing.....
Is there any note to be applied
Regards
Ram
Check whether you have maintained the right Hierarchy ID in the conversion file.
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[b]Tutorial:[/b] Simplify Developing OLE Automation Code Using VBA
INTRODUCTION
Automating Office applications from Oracle Forms can be a tedious, frustrating, and time-consuming process. Because the OLE2 and CLIENT_OLE2 built-ins do not validate the automation commands that they relay, code that compiles without errors often dies at runtime with a not-so-helpful error code. This tutorial will demonstrate how to simplify the development of automation code using a tool that ships with all Microsoft Office editions -- the Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) IDE.
The VBA IDE, a core Office component, is a full-fledged development environment featuring code completion, basic syntax highlighting, context-driven help and a runtime debugger. Its Object Browser provides a convenient means of browsing the Word object model, as well as searching by keyword.
For those who may not interested in following this tutorial in detail, I would like to stress the usefulness of the Object Browser as a tool for inspecting the functions supported by OLE server applications and, perhaps more importantly, valid values for function arguments. Whether/not anyone buys the assertion that starting with VBA prototypes is far more productive than pounding out OLE2 code from the very start, they will find the Object Browser invaluable as a reference -- I rely on it exclusively for this sort of documentation.
A BRIEF INTRODUCTION TO THE VBA IDE & THE OBJECT BROWSER UTILITY
Try this:
1. Open Word
2. Launch the VBA IDE by pressing <Alt><F11>
3. Open the Object Browser by pressing <F2>
The Object Browser allows you to visually navigate Word's class hierarchy. Its user interface is a bit crowded, so controls are unlabeled. Hovering the mouse cursor above a control will display a tooltip explaining that control's purpose. The browser's scope can be narrowed by using the Project/Library combo. Typing a keyword or substring in the Search Text combo and clicking on the Search button will cause all classes/members whose name contains the specified search text to be listed in the Search Results pane. Selecting an item from this list will update the two panes below it, showing the selected class, and its members. Beneath the Classes and Members panes is an untitled pane, gray in color, which displays details for the selected class/member, including hyperlinks to relevant information such as arguments, their types and allowable values. If Visual Basic Help is installed, pressing <F1> will display help on a selected class/member. (This feature can be installed from your Office install CD, if necessary.)
NOTE: While it is possible to cut-and-paste the code examples that follow, I highly recommend that they be typed in by hand. Doing so will provide a better understanding of how the IDE's code completion behaves. Use code completion most efficiently by not using the mouse or <Enter> key when selecting from completion lists. Instead, just type enough letters to select the desired list element, then continue along as if you had typed the entire element, typing the next operator in your statement. It really is slick!
HELLO WORLD - VBA-STYLE
1. Open Word
2. Launch the VBA IDE by pressing <Alt><F11>
3. Select Module from the Insert menu.
4. In the blank area that appears, enter the following code:
Public Sub HelloWorld()
Documents.Add
Selection.TypeText ("Hello, world!")
End Sub5. Press <F5> to run the code.
If you switch back to Word by pressing <Alt><F11>, there should appear a newly-created document containing the text Hello, world!.
A MORE AMBITIOUS EXAMPLE
In this example, we will launch Word, type some text, and alter its formatting. For the purposes of this tutorial, consider it the process we wish to automate from within Forms.
1. If Word is running, close it.
2. Open any Office application except Word, such as Excel, Outlook or PowerPoint
3. Launch the VBA IDE by pressing <Alt><F11>.
4. Select References from the Tools menu -- a dialog should pop up.
5. From within this dialog, locate and select Microsoft Word <version> Object Library, then click OK.
6. Select Module from the Insert menu.
7. In the blank area that appears, enter the following code:
Public Sub LaunchWord()
Dim app As Word.Application
Set app = CreateObject("Word.Application")
app.Visible = True '!!! IMPORTANT !!!
app.Documents.Add
With app.Selection
.TypeText "This is paragraph 1."
.TypeParagraph
.TypeText "This is paragraph 2."
.TypeParagraph
.TypeText "This is paragraph 3."
End With
With ActiveDocument
.Paragraphs(1).Range.Words(3).Bold = True
.Paragraphs(2).Range.Words(3).Italic = True
.Paragraphs(3).Range.Words(3).Underline = True
End With
End Sub8. Press <F5> to run the code.
A new Word session should have been launched. Switch to it, to view the results of our handiwork!
TAILORING VBA CODE INTENDED FOR OLE2 CONVERSION
Now, things get a bit uglier. The code listed above gives a good idea of how concise VBA code can be, but With blocks and chained object references do not translate readily into OLE2 code. Here's the same process, rewritten in a more OLE2-friendly style. Note the numerous intermediate object references that have been declared.
Public Sub LaunchWord()
Dim app As Word.Application
Dim doc As Word.Document
Dim docs As Word.Documents
Dim pars As Word.Paragraphs
Dim par As Word.Paragraph
Dim wrds As Word.Words
Dim sel As Word.Selection
Dim rng As Word.Range
Set app = CreateObject("Word.Application")
app.Visible = True '!!! IMPORTANT !!!
Set doc = app.Documents.Add
Set sel = app.Selection
sel.TypeText "This is paragraph 1."
sel.TypeParagraph
sel.TypeText "This is paragraph 2."
sel.TypeParagraph
sel.TypeText "This is paragraph 3."
Set pars = doc.Paragraphs
'select third word of first paragraph and make it bold
Set par = pars.Item(1)
Set rng = par.Range
Set wrds = rng.Words
Set rng = wrds.Item(3)
rng.Bold = True
'select third word of second paragraph and italicize it
Set par = pars.Item(2)
Set rng = par.Range
Set wrds = rng.Words
Set rng = wrds.Item(3)
rng.Italic = True
'select third word of second paragraph and underline it
Set par = pars.Item(3)
Set rng = par.Range
Set wrds = rng.Words
Set rng = wrds.Item(3)
rng.Underline = True
End Sub
TRANSFORMATION: CONVERTING VBA CODE INTO PL/SQL
Here is the PL/SQL counterpart to our previous VBA routine. Compare printouts of the two and note their similarities. Notice the need for argument lists -- this causes the code to fluff up quite a bit, and really interferes with readability.
PROCEDURE LAUNCH_WORD IS
v_app OLE2.OBJ_TYPE; -- Application
v_doc OLE2.OBJ_TYPE; -- Document
v_docs OLE2.OBJ_TYPE; -- Documents collection
v_pars OLE2.OBJ_TYPE; -- Paragraphs collection
v_par OLE2.OBJ_TYPE; -- Paragraph
v_wrds OLE2.OBJ_TYPE; -- Words collection
v_sel OLE2.OBJ_TYPE; -- Selection
v_rng OLE2.OBJ_TYPE; -- Range
v_args OLE2.LIST_TYPE; -- OLE2 argument list
BEGIN
/* launch Word and MAKE IT VISIBLE!!! */
v_app := OLE2.CREATE_OBJ('Word.Application');
OLE2.SET_PROPERTY(v_app, 'Visible', TRUE);
/* initialize key object references */
v_docs := OLE2.GET_OBJ_PROPERTY(v_app, 'Documents');
v_doc := OLE2.INVOKE_OBJ(v_docs, 'Add');
v_sel := OLE2.GET_OBJ_PROPERTY(v_app, 'Selection');
/* type first paragraph */
v_args := OLE2.CREATE_ARGLIST;
OLE2.ADD_ARG(v_args, 'This is paragraph 1.');
OLE2.INVOKE(v_sel, 'TypeText', v_args);
OLE2.DESTROY_ARGLIST(v_args);
OLE2.INVOKE(v_sel, 'TypeParagraph');
/* type second paragraph */
v_args := OLE2.CREATE_ARGLIST;
OLE2.ADD_ARG(v_args, 'This is paragraph 2.');
OLE2.INVOKE(v_sel, 'TypeText', v_args);
OLE2.DESTROY_ARGLIST(v_args);
OLE2.INVOKE(v_sel, 'TypeParagraph');
/* type third paragraph */
v_args := OLE2.CREATE_ARGLIST;
OLE2.ADD_ARG(v_args, 'This is paragraph 3.');
OLE2.INVOKE(v_sel, 'TypeText', v_args);
OLE2.DESTROY_ARGLIST(v_args);
/* set reference to Paragraphs collection */
v_pars := OLE2.GET_OBJ_PROPERTY(v_doc, 'Paragraphs');
/* select third word of first paragraph and make it bold */
v_args := OLE2.CREATE_ARGLIST;
OLE2.ADD_ARG(v_args, 1);
v_par := OLE2.INVOKE_OBJ(v_pars, 'Item', v_args);
OLE2.DESTROY_ARGLIST(v_args);
v_rng := OLE2.GET_OBJ_PROPERTY(v_par, 'Range');
v_wrds := OLE2.GET_OBJ_PROPERTY(v_rng, 'Words');
v_args := OLE2.CREATE_ARGLIST;
OLE2.ADD_ARG(v_args, 3);
v_rng := OLE2.INVOKE_OBJ(v_wrds, 'Item', v_args);
OLE2.SET_PROPERTY(v_rng, 'Bold', TRUE);
/* select third word of second paragraph and italicize it */
v_args := OLE2.CREATE_ARGLIST;
OLE2.ADD_ARG(v_args, 2);
v_par := OLE2.INVOKE_OBJ(v_pars, 'Item', v_args);
OLE2.DESTROY_ARGLIST(v_args);
v_rng := OLE2.GET_OBJ_PROPERTY(v_par, 'Range');
v_wrds := OLE2.GET_OBJ_PROPERTY(v_rng, 'Words');
v_args := OLE2.CREATE_ARGLIST;
OLE2.ADD_ARG(v_args, 3);
v_rng := OLE2.INVOKE_OBJ(v_wrds, 'Item', v_args);
OLE2.SET_PROPERTY(v_rng, 'Italic', TRUE);
/* select third word of second paragraph and underline it */
v_args := OLE2.CREATE_ARGLIST;
OLE2.ADD_ARG(v_args, 3);
v_par := OLE2.INVOKE_OBJ(v_pars, 'Item', v_args);
OLE2.DESTROY_ARGLIST(v_args);
v_rng := OLE2.GET_OBJ_PROPERTY(v_par, 'Range');
v_wrds := OLE2.GET_OBJ_PROPERTY(v_rng, 'Words');
v_args := OLE2.CREATE_ARGLIST;
OLE2.ADD_ARG(v_args, 3);
v_rng := OLE2.INVOKE_OBJ(v_wrds, 'Item', v_args);
OLE2.SET_PROPERTY(v_rng, 'Underline', TRUE);
END;
REFACTORING FOR REUSABILITY AND READABILITY
While the previous procedure runs without errors, it suffers from poor readability which, in turn, makes it difficult to maintain. Here, we address those issues by moving repetetive low-level operations into separate procedures.
PROCEDURE LAUNCH_WORD IS
v_app OLE2.OBJ_TYPE; -- Application
v_doc OLE2.OBJ_TYPE; -- Document
v_docs OLE2.OBJ_TYPE; -- Documents collection
v_sel OLE2.OBJ_TYPE; -- Selection
v_args OLE2.LIST_TYPE; -- OLE2 argument list
BEGIN
/* launch Word and MAKE IT VISIBLE!!! */
v_app := OLE2.CREATE_OBJ('Word.Application');
OLE2.SET_PROPERTY(v_app, 'Visible', TRUE);
/* create a new Word document */
v_docs := OLE2.GET_OBJ_PROPERTY(v_app, 'Documents');
v_doc := OLE2.INVOKE_OBJ(v_docs, 'Add');
v_sel := OLE2.GET_OBJ_PROPERTY(v_app, 'Selection');
/* add a few paragraphs */
PRINT_PARAGRAPH(v_sel, 'This is paragraph 1.');
PRINT_PARAGRAPH(v_sel, 'This is paragraph 2.');
PRINT_PARAGRAPH(v_sel, 'This is paragraph 3.');
/* apply formatting */
APPLY_FORMATTING(v_doc, 1, 3, 'Bold', TRUE);
APPLY_FORMATTING(v_doc, 2, 3, 'Italic', TRUE);
APPLY_FORMATTING(v_doc, 3, 3, 'Underline', TRUE);
END;
PROCEDURE APPLY_FORMATTING(
v_doc OLE2.OBJ_TYPE,
v_paragraph_num NUMBER,
v_word_num NUMBER,
v_attribute VARCHAR2,
v_value BOOLEAN) IS
v_pars OLE2.OBJ_TYPE; -- Paragraphs collection
v_par OLE2.OBJ_TYPE; -- Paragraph
v_wrds OLE2.OBJ_TYPE; -- Words collection
v_rng OLE2.OBJ_TYPE; -- Range
v_args OLE2.LIST_TYPE; -- OLE2 argument list
BEGIN
/* set reference to Paragraphs collection */
v_pars := OLE2.GET_OBJ_PROPERTY(v_doc, 'Paragraphs');
/* get specified paragraph */
v_args := OLE2.CREATE_ARGLIST;
OLE2.ADD_ARG(v_args, v_paragraph_num);
v_par := OLE2.INVOKE_OBJ(v_pars, 'Item', v_args);
OLE2.DESTROY_ARGLIST(v_args);
/* get words for specified paragraph */
v_rng := OLE2.GET_OBJ_PROPERTY(v_par, 'Range');
v_wrds := OLE2.GET_OBJ_PROPERTY(v_rng, 'Words');
/* apply formatting to word found at specified index */
v_args := OLE2.CREATE_ARGLIST;
OLE2.ADD_ARG(v_args, v_word_num);
v_rng := OLE2.INVOKE_OBJ(v_wrds, 'Item', v_args);
OLE2.SET_PROPERTY(v_rng, v_attribute, v_value);
END;
PROCEDURE PRINT_PARAGRAPH(v_sel OLE2.OBJ_TYPE, v_text VARCHAR2) IS
v_args OLE2.LIST_TYPE;
BEGIN
v_args := OLE2.CREATE_ARGLIST;
OLE2.ADD_ARG(v_args, v_text);
OLE2.INVOKE(v_sel, 'TypeText', v_args);
OLE2.DESTROY_ARGLIST(v_args);
OLE2.INVOKE(v_sel, 'TypeParagraph');
END;
CONCLUSION
It is my hope that this tutorial, despite it's introductory nature, has demonstrated the value of the VBA IDE, the ease with which automation processes can be prototyped using VBA, the noticeable similarity between VBA automation routines and their Forms PL/SQL counterparts, and the advantages of testing automation processes within the VBA IDE. Please feel free to follow up with any specific questions or concerns you may have.
Thanks,
Eric Adamson
Lansing, Michigan
FINAL NOTE: These examples use the OLE2 built-in, and will operate correctly when called from forms running in the Form Builder OC4J. Deploying them to an Oracle Application Server will launch Word on the server itself (if available), which is usually not the developer's intent! Automating Word client-side via web forms requires adding WebUtil support. Adapting the code for WebUtil is trivial -- just replace all instances of OLE2 with CLIENT_OLE2. Adapting forms for WebUtil and configuring OLE support into your Oracle Application Server, however, are beyond the scope of this tutorial.
REVISION HISTORY
This promises to be something of a 'living document'. I've snuck changes through without comment in the past, but in the future, I'll try to document significant changes here.
2006-08-21
* Prefaced boring subject line with text: 'Tutorial:' to clarify purpose
* Added emphasis on value of Object Browser as a referenceThanks James, for your kind words. I do hope this information will help folks out. I honestly believe that tinkering around in the VBA IDE will prove highly gratifying for automation developers. It can be assured that learning to make Word jump through hoops is much more straight-forward in this environment. I'm not one for mottos, but if I were pressed for a cheesy motto, I would say: First, make it work. Then, make it work in Oracle!
Once the idea has sunk in, that Visual Basic routines for automating Word are exact analogs to their OLE2 counterparts, we can remove keywords like Oracle and PL/SQL from our Google searches on Word automation which, at least in this context, are the proverbial kiss of death. Suddenly we find ourselves liberated by the possibility of steal-, ahem... borrowing ideas from the Visual Basic* community!
As for links, my link of choice is invariably http://groups.google.com -- if you don't already use it at least ten times a day, you must try it. This is the venerable USENET archive, including the holdings of now-extinct DejaNews. Another possible site of interest is http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/MacrosVBA, which may serve as a good starting point for those who wish to learn how to do fancy tricks with Word using VBA.
If these links don't prove immediately helpful, please feel free to give specifics on the sort of operations you are interested in automating, and I'll see if I can post an example that addresses it.
Regards,
Eric Adamson
Lansing, Michigan
PS: I do hope, as people read my posts, with every other acronym being VBA, that they are not mistakenly hearing a call to learn Visual Basic. I say this, not because I believe learning VB would be a Bad Thing, but because I assume that few of us feel we have the time to learn a new programming language. Despite having come to the Oracle camp already knowing VB/VBA, and having acquired a fair bit of experience with automating Office applications as an Access developer, I remain confident that what I am suggesting people attempt does not rise to the level of learning a language. What I am suggesting is that they learn enough of the language to get by.
*VB vs. VBA
Just a quick word on this, as readers may wonder why I seem to use these terms interchangeably. Visual Basic (VB) can refer to either a development platform or a programming language. Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) is a language -- more precisely, it is a subset of the Visual Basic language. One purchases VB, usually quite intentionally. VBA is included with Microsoft Office, as is VBA's development environment, the VBA IDE. The key distinction between VB and VBA is that VBA cannot be used to create self-contained executables. Rather, VBA relies on VBA-enabled applications, such as Microsoft Office applications, to serve as a container for VBA code, and to provide a runtime environment for that code. For the purposes of discussing OLE Automation, VB and VBA are quite interchangeable. -
Hello all,
I joined a test automation team in the middle of a large project and
inherited a huge set of VIs (over 700) and associated architecture for
this automation (not to mention the several thousand TestStand
sequences). Another part of the project is being developed by our
customer, who is using VB 6.0 to create ActiveX components which we
need to use in LabView to access their hardware. They've already
invested a large amount of time developing these ActiveX components,
and they are not finished -- meaning the ActiveX interfaces will be
changing. Every time they send updated ActiveX components, I have to
re-write many, many VIs including updating a couple strict typdefs.
This process takes way too much time and is mind-numbing and prone to
error or omission.
Unfortunately I can't post any of the VIs because of a NDA. But
perhaps a bit more detailed explanation would help. TestStand calls a
VI to open and get an ActiveX reference for automation (which it stores
in a variant). It will pass this reference into any VI it calls to
perform specific functions through this ActiveX interface. For
example, one VI that may be called passes this automation refnum into
another, which passes it to another, which passes it into another to
get the actual ActiveX reference stored in that variant (through a
Variant To Data call with a strict typedef of the ActiveX component
wired to the type input). [See the attached image of this sample VI
hierarchy: the far left icon would represent TestStand, and the far
right is the strict typedef.] Any of the VIs in the chain might use
ActiveX Property or Invoke nodes, and it can break at any one of those
when the ActiveX component changes. It's easy to fix each one, but
since there are so many VIs it takes a very long time.
Is there any way at all to do a massive search/replace or something to
make the ActiveX references update? I realise that even though
property or method names stay the same from one version to the next,
they are different references. Is there a way to update these based on
name if you give it the base ActiveX reference?
Thanks in advance for any help!
Tom Williams
Attachments:
hierarchy.GIF 6 KBBen,
Unfortunately I can't post any VIs that would demonstrate the problem
because the ActiveX components are confidential. I'll try to develop
my own ActiveX dll that will demonstrate it, but in the meantime, in
hopes that another picture will help, I've attached an image of a block
diagram (with some names changed to protect confidential information)
of one of the lower level VIs from the hierarchy I posted. In this
example, the "Automation Refnum IN" is an input with a type definition
linked to the strict typedef based on the ActiveX automation dll that
has changed. I updated that typedef, but as you can see the output to
the "Class1" indicator is broken. If I delete the "Class1" indicator
and select Create->Indicator from the Class1 property node, and then
wire the new "Class1" indicator to the connector pane, the VI is fixed
-- at least at compile time. In most cases there is also a runtime
problem where the reference obtained by one of the intermediate
property nodes is null, so the property or method node that uses it
fails (e.g. "_VNManager.Networks" property returned is 0, so the
"_Networks.Network1" property node fails). To fix this problem, I have
to delete the wires between the property nodes, and one by one select a
different property/method, then select the correct property/method and
re-wire. There seems to be a bit of "jiggling the handle" to get it to
work though.
I don't know if the ActiveX developer changed anything in this class,
but if he did, he didn't change the name of this class. I would like
to have to modify the VI only if a class, property or method has
changed name or been removed.
Does that all make sense? Thanks for any pointers or help!
Tom
Attachments:
Class1_Path.GIF 7 KB -
BPC 7.5NW: Hierarchy Upload from BW - Sort Order
Hi,
we are currently updating from BPC 7.0NW to 7.5 NW SP10. (BW has been upgraded to 7.02 SP09)
As master data and hierarchies had been uploaded using the coding from 'HowTo Upload automated...' so far, we now have to use standard Data Manger packages.
Maintaining packages and package links was successful. Everything works fine so far.
The only problem are Hierarchies, better the sort order of hierarchie nodes. At the moment they are always sorted in an alphabetical order.
We introduced property MBR_SEQ to all dimension using program UJA_MIGRATE_MBR_SEQ.
We loaded hierarchies with different settings.
Searching SDN and SAP Notes lead to notes 1603352 or 1581331.
But manually changing hierarchies each time, new members are assigned, is not an option!
Do I miss any option in the selection screen of the Data Manager package?
Are there any options in transformation or conversion file?
Thanks and regards
SteveFor your Information...
We were now adviced to include parameter DM_KEEP_SRC_SEQ with value Y in AppSet parameters (Web-Administration).
Please have a look at note '1626929 - Keep hierarchy sequence for Load Hierarchy from BW package'.
It works!
For the first hierarchy to be uploaded...
If there are more than one hierarchy defined for upload, only the first hierarchy is sorted correctly, all following ones are sorted alphabetically again.
Regards
Steve -
Hi Friends,
I have created a Hierarchial ALV report using OOP concept (Class Builder). The output is OK but it is displaying the unwanted columns in the header part.
The code written is as follows.
=====================================================
REPORT ZMMSTKH.
DATA: G_ALV_TREE TYPE REF TO CL_GUI_ALV_TREE,
G_CUSTOM_CONTAINER TYPE REF TO CL_GUI_CUSTOM_CONTAINER.
DATA: GT_ZSD_BILLINFO TYPE ZSD_BILLINFO OCCURS 0, "Output-Table
OK_CODE LIKE SY-UCOMM,
SAVE_OK LIKE SY-UCOMM, "OK-Code
G_MAX TYPE I VALUE 255.
DATA CCONTAINER1.
DATA LS_FIELDCAT TYPE LVC_S_FCAT.
DATA GT_FIELDCAT_LVC TYPE LVC_S_FCAT OCCURS 0.
DATA IT_FIELDCATALOG TYPE LVC_S_FCAT OCCURS 0.
END-OF-SELECTION.
CALL SCREEN 100.
*& Module PBO OUTPUT
process before output
MODULE PBO OUTPUT.
SET PF-STATUS 'MAIN100'.
SET TITLEBAR 'MAINTITLE'.
IF G_ALV_TREE IS INITIAL.
PERFORM INIT_TREE.
CALL METHOD CL_GUI_CFW=>FLUSH
EXCEPTIONS
CNTL_SYSTEM_ERROR = 1
CNTL_ERROR = 2.
IF SY-SUBRC NE 0.
CALL FUNCTION 'POPUP_TO_INFORM'
EXPORTING
TITEL = 'Automation Queue failure'(801)
TXT1 = 'Internal error:'(802)
TXT2 = 'A method in the automation queue'(803)
TXT3 = 'caused a failure.'(804).
ENDIF.
ENDIF.
ENDMODULE. " PBO OUTPUT
*& Module PAI INPUT
process after input
MODULE PAI INPUT.
SAVE_OK = OK_CODE.
CLEAR OK_CODE.
CASE SAVE_OK.
WHEN 'EXIT' OR 'BACK' OR 'CANC'.
PERFORM EXIT_PROGRAM.
WHEN OTHERS.
CALL METHOD CL_GUI_CFW=>DISPATCH.
ENDCASE.
CALL METHOD CL_GUI_CFW=>FLUSH.
ENDMODULE. " PAI INPUT
*& Form init_tree
text
--> p1 text
<-- p2 text
FORM INIT_TREE.
DATA: L_TREE_CONTAINER_NAME(30) TYPE C.
L_TREE_CONTAINER_NAME = 'CCONTAINER1'(001).
CREATE OBJECT G_CUSTOM_CONTAINER
EXPORTING
CONTAINER_NAME = L_TREE_CONTAINER_NAME
EXCEPTIONS
CNTL_ERROR = 1
CNTL_SYSTEM_ERROR = 2
CREATE_ERROR = 3
LIFETIME_ERROR = 4
LIFETIME_DYNPRO_DYNPRO_LINK = 5.
IF SY-SUBRC <> 0.
MESSAGE X208(00) WITH 'ERROR'(100).
ENDIF.
CREATE OBJECT G_ALV_TREE
EXPORTING
PARENT = G_CUSTOM_CONTAINER
NODE_SELECTION_MODE = CL_GUI_COLUMN_TREE=>NODE_SEL_MODE_SINGLE
ITEM_SELECTION = 'X'
NO_HTML_HEADER = 'X'
NO_TOOLBAR = ''
EXCEPTIONS
CNTL_ERROR = 1
CNTL_SYSTEM_ERROR = 2
CREATE_ERROR = 3
LIFETIME_ERROR = 4
ILLEGAL_NODE_SELECTION_MODE = 5
FAILED = 6
ILLEGAL_COLUMN_NAME = 7.
IF SY-SUBRC <> 0.
MESSAGE X208(00) WITH 'ERROR'. "#EC NOTEXT
ENDIF.
DATA L_HIERARCHY_HEADER TYPE TREEV_HHDR.
PERFORM BUILD_HIERARCHY_HEADER CHANGING L_HIERARCHY_HEADER.
PERFORM ZF_CREATE_FIELDCAT.
CALL METHOD G_ALV_TREE->SET_TABLE_FOR_FIRST_DISPLAY
EXPORTING
I_STRUCTURE_NAME = 'zsd_billinfo'
IS_HIERARCHY_HEADER = L_HIERARCHY_HEADER
CHANGING
IT_OUTTAB = GT_ZSD_BILLINFO. "table must be empty !
IT_FIELDCATALOG = GT_FIELDCAT_LVC[].
PERFORM CREATE_HIERARCHY.
CALL METHOD G_ALV_TREE->FRONTEND_UPDATE.
ENDFORM. " init_tree
*& Form build_hierarchy_header
FORM BUILD_HIERARCHY_HEADER CHANGING
P_HIERARCHY_HEADER TYPE TREEV_HHDR.
P_HIERARCHY_HEADER-HEADING = 'Region / Material'(300).
p_hierarchy_header-tooltip = 'PO No'(400).
P_HIERARCHY_HEADER-WIDTH = 30.
P_HIERARCHY_HEADER-WIDTH_PIX = ' '.
ENDFORM. " build_hierarchy_header
*& Form exit_program
free object and leave program
FORM EXIT_PROGRAM.
CALL METHOD G_CUSTOM_CONTAINER->FREE.
LEAVE PROGRAM.
ENDFORM. " exit_program
*& Form create_hierarchy
text
--> p1 text
<-- p2 text
FORM CREATE_HIERARCHY.
DATA: LS_ZSD_BILLINFO TYPE ZSD_BILLINFO,
LT_ZSD_BILLINFO TYPE ZSD_BILLINFO OCCURS 0,
l_bukrs like zsd_billinfo-bukrs,
l_vbeln like zsd_billinfo-vbeln,
l_fkdat like zsd_billinfo-fkdat,
l_fkart like zsd_billinfo-fkart,
l_vkorg like zsd_billinfo-vkorg,
l_spart like zsd_billinfo-spart,
L_BZIRK LIKE ZSD_BILLINFO-BZIRK,
L_BZIRK_LAST LIKE ZSD_BILLINFO-BZIRK,
l_vkbur like zsd_billinfo-vkbur,
L_WERKS LIKE ZSD_BILLINFO-WERKS,
L_WERKS_LAST LIKE ZSD_BILLINFO-WERKS,
L_MATNR LIKE ZSD_BILLINFO-MATNR,
L_MATNR_LAST LIKE ZSD_BILLINFO-MATNR,
L_FKIMG LIKE ZSD_BILLINFO-FKIMG,
L_NETWR LIKE ZSD_BILLINFO-NETWR.
DATA: L_BUKRS_KEY TYPE LVC_NKEY,
L_BZIRK_KEY TYPE LVC_NKEY,
L_WERKS_KEY TYPE LVC_NKEY,
L_MATNR_KEY TYPE LVC_NKEY,
l_vbeln_key type lvc_nkey,
L_LAST_KEY TYPE LVC_NKEY.
SELECT BUKRS BZIRK WERKS MATNR FKIMG FROM ZSD_BILLINFO
INTO CORRESPONDING FIELDS OF
TABLE LT_ZSD_BILLINFO
WHERE SPART = 'CT' AND
FKART = 'ZVAT'.
select * from zsd_billinfo into table lt_zsd_billinfo
where spart = 'CT' and
fkart = 'ZVAT'.
SORT LT_ZSD_BILLINFO BY BZIRK WERKS MATNR.
LOOP AT LT_ZSD_BILLINFO INTO LS_ZSD_BILLINFO.
L_BZIRK = LS_ZSD_BILLINFO-BZIRK.
L_WERKS = LS_ZSD_BILLINFO-WERKS.
L_MATNR = LS_ZSD_BILLINFO-MATNR.
IF L_BZIRK <> L_BZIRK_LAST.
L_BZIRK_LAST = L_BZIRK.
PERFORM ADD_BZIRK USING L_BZIRK
CHANGING L_BZIRK_KEY.
CLEAR L_WERKS_LAST.
ENDIF.
IF L_WERKS <> L_WERKS_LAST.
L_WERKS_LAST = L_WERKS.
PERFORM ADD_WERKS_LINE USING LS_ZSD_BILLINFO
L_WERKS_KEY
CHANGING L_WERKS_KEY.
IF L_MATNR <> L_MATNR_LAST.
L_MATNR_LAST = L_MATNR.
PERFORM ADD_MATNR_LINE USING LS_ZSD_BILLINFO
L_MATNR_KEY
CHANGING L_MATNR_KEY.
ENDIF.
PERFORM ADD_COMPLETE_LINE USING LS_ZSD_BILLINFO
L_MATNR_KEY
CHANGING L_LAST_KEY.
ENDIF.
*if l_matnr <> l_matnr_last.
l_matnr_last = l_matnr.
perform add_matnr_line using ls_zsd_billinfo
l_matnr_key
changing l_matnr_key.
endif.
perform add_complete_line using ls_zsd_billinfo
l_matnr_key
changing l_last_key.
ENDLOOP.
ENDFORM. " create_hierarchy
*& Form add_month
*& Form add_ebeln
FORM ADD_BZIRK USING P_BZIRK TYPE C
P_RELAT_KEY TYPE LVC_NKEY
CHANGING P_NODE_KEY TYPE LVC_NKEY.
DATA: L_NODE_TEXT TYPE LVC_VALUE,
LS_ZSD_BILLINFO TYPE ZSD_BILLINFO,
L_BZIRK(12) TYPE C. "output string for month
CALL METHOD G_ALV_TREE->ADD_NODE
EXPORTING
I_RELAT_NODE_KEY = P_RELAT_KEY
I_RELATIONSHIP = CL_GUI_COLUMN_TREE=>RELAT_LAST_CHILD
I_NODE_TEXT = L_NODE_TEXT
IS_OUTTAB_LINE = LS_ZSD_BILLINFO
IMPORTING
E_NEW_NODE_KEY = P_NODE_KEY.
ENDFORM. " add_month
FORM ADD_WERKS_LINE USING PS_ZSD_BILLINFO TYPE ZSD_BILLINFO
P_RELAT_KEY TYPE LVC_NKEY
CHANGING P_NODE_KEY TYPE LVC_NKEY.
DATA: L_NODE_TEXT TYPE LVC_VALUE,
LS_ZSD_BILLINFO TYPE ZSD_BILLINFO.
L_NODE_TEXT = PS_ZSD_BILLINFO-WERKS.
CALL METHOD G_ALV_TREE->ADD_NODE
EXPORTING
I_RELAT_NODE_KEY = P_RELAT_KEY
I_RELATIONSHIP = CL_GUI_COLUMN_TREE=>RELAT_LAST_CHILD
I_NODE_TEXT = L_NODE_TEXT
IS_OUTTAB_LINE = LS_ZSD_BILLINFO
IMPORTING
E_NEW_NODE_KEY = P_NODE_KEY.
ENDFORM. " add_carrid_line
FORM ADD_MATNR_LINE USING PS_ZSD_BILLINFO TYPE ZSD_BILLINFO
P_RELAT_KEY TYPE LVC_NKEY
CHANGING P_NODE_KEY TYPE LVC_NKEY.
DATA: L_NODE_TEXT TYPE LVC_VALUE,
LS_ZSD_BILLINFO TYPE ZSD_BILLINFO.
L_NODE_TEXT = PS_ZSD_BILLINFO-MATNR.
CALL METHOD G_ALV_TREE->ADD_NODE
EXPORTING
I_RELAT_NODE_KEY = P_RELAT_KEY
I_RELATIONSHIP = CL_GUI_COLUMN_TREE=>RELAT_LAST_CHILD
I_NODE_TEXT = L_NODE_TEXT
IS_OUTTAB_LINE = LS_ZSD_BILLINFO
IMPORTING
E_NEW_NODE_KEY = P_NODE_KEY.
ENDFORM. " add_carrid_line
**& Form add_complete_line
FORM ADD_COMPLETE_LINE USING PS_ZSD_BILLINFO TYPE ZSD_BILLINFO
P_RELAT_KEY TYPE LVC_NKEY
CHANGING P_NODE_KEY TYPE LVC_NKEY.
DATA: L_NODE_TEXT TYPE LVC_VALUE.
WRITE PS_ZSD_BILLINFO-BZIRK TO L_NODE_TEXT.
CALL METHOD G_ALV_TREE->ADD_NODE
EXPORTING
I_RELAT_NODE_KEY = P_RELAT_KEY
I_RELATIONSHIP = CL_GUI_COLUMN_TREE=>RELAT_LAST_CHILD
IS_OUTTAB_LINE = PS_ZSD_BILLINFO
I_NODE_TEXT = L_NODE_TEXT
IMPORTING
E_NEW_NODE_KEY = P_NODE_KEY.
ENDFORM. " add_complete_line
*& Form zf_create_fieldcat
text
FORM ZF_CREATE_FIELDCAT.
CLEAR LS_FIELDCAT.
LS_FIELDCAT-FIELDNAME = 'FKIMG'.
LS_FIELDCAT-REF_TABLE = 'zsd_billinfo'.
LS_FIELDCAT-NO_OUT = 'X'.
LS_FIELDCAT-KEY = ''.
APPEND LS_FIELDCAT TO GT_FIELDCAT_LVC.
ENDFORM. " ZF_CREATE_FIELDCAT
=================================================
Kindly look into the code and guide me the solution.
TIA.
Regards,
Mark Khi
good
i tried your ALV report but it is giving some error due to some ztable you have used in your progam,
you can go to se38 and give there BCALV* and press f4, you ll find lots of ALV example related to OOP concept, you can test them and use them as per your requirement.
thnaks
mrutyun^ -
Hi ,
I have automated master data which pushes member data from BW infoobject to BPC member sheet. Now i have a requirement to add 300 rows which are constants or fixed members and the constant valuess are available only in first 3 columns ie
ID EVEDESCRIPTION PARENTH1
My issue here is , I have few transformations in transf file which adds a prefix to the company code say for ex :US01 to be added as G_US01 in member sheet. I have constant values at the end of other dimension members and the G_ is shown up in the respective company code column, I wanted to know if we can hardcode in transformation file so that i dont need to manually add these members to master data dimension manually.
I am using IMPORT_IOBJ_MASTER & HIER for loading master data and hierarchy data.
Awaiting your early response. thanks in advance.
Regards,
SanjeevThanks for your response. I think my question confused you.
I did get the prefix members correctly, Apart from the BW info object data i do have few rows of constants which we used to manually add during the file prep process.
Now my question is i have to add few members say 200 rows for the first 3 columns ID , EVEDESCRIPTION and PARENTH1.
for these members i do not want the transformation to be applied. i have maintained these 200 rows in a table and i am calling using a select statement and inserting at the end of the member sheet(after the info object data).
In simple terms i have constants added in the BW info object .
Currently my company code is mentioned in transformation file as below and it works fine for all the members.
HIER_PARENT=*STR(G_)+0COMP_CODE
Fo the last 200 members in the member sheet i dont want to apply this transformation, i want the company code to be left as blank.Please let me know if it is possible.
Regards,
Sanjeev
Edited by: sanjeev.s on Nov 9, 2011 11:55 AM
Edited by: sanjeev.s on Nov 9, 2011 12:42 PM -
Sort Order as per HFM Hierarchy
Hi,
I am in a situation, where I need to generate/export a hierarchy from DRM, ensuring members are in the exact order as they are in the upstream HFM application.
Is there a way to generate a sort order, or assign the sort order property values of members after loading them to the hierarchy.
Meaning, I want to manually change the order of the members in the hierarchy, and then have the sort order property take values based on the order of the member in the hierarchy.
Can anyone tell me how i can achieve this, or even create a derived sort order property which can employ such a logic?
Thanks in Advance.
Regards,
AnindyoGo to hierarchy properties for which you want node to have sort order.
give the property value for StandardHierSort as SortOrder.
Now run the automator to change the property SortOrder for each nodes.
You can set value as 1 for nodes you want first in extract then 2,3, so on.
Instead of running automator for each node, you can also create a derived property of type sort and use that in hier level property
Hope this helps
Thanks -
A very simple task, which I have attempted to figure out many times over the last few months; but my repeated attempts haven't been successful. This should be easy for someone to resolve…
I would like to strip out all the files of a certain extension (.txt) from an hierarchy of nested folders, & move them to the Trash. (Told you it was easy!)
Here's what I think ought to work:
• Create an Automator Workflow
• 'Ask for Finder Items' to select the topmost folder
• 'Get Folder Contents' with 'Repeat for each subfolder found' — (the results successfully include all the relevant files)
• 'Filter Finder Items': "find files where any of the following are true: file extension is .txt" — (I tried "txt" as well as ".txt")
• 'Move Finder Items to Trash'.
The files turn up (alongside loads of other junk) in the 'Get Folder Contents' step, & they are reported in the results; but when I try to filter out everything apart from the .txt files, so that only the .txt files remain, the filter reports no results.
So the 'Filter Finder Items' action completes with no results, & with a warning that: The action “Move Finder Items to Trash” was not supplied with the required data.
I think it must be something obvious, but I can't figure it out, & although I've searched extensively online, everyone else with similar problems has other complications which get resolved… so they lose interest just at the point where I think they're going to reveal the solution.You need to understand the issues here. Automator was released with 10.4 (Tiger), and many of the core automator actions date from that time. This introduces forward-compatability problems: things that should work (and maybe did work) in 10.4 might not work as specified in 10.6, depending on if/how the underlying cocoa APIs have changed. Now, in the best of all possible worlds, Apple would update automator actions with each new upgrade, but it's probably not needed for the bulk of the actions, and Apple may not be aware of problems that do exist with given actions (that depends on whether people filed meaningful bug reports on them).
Don't be confused by the seeming simplicity of what I did: the Move Finder Items to Trash action probably uses cocoa file system APIs directly, whereas my applescript leverages the developed programmatic underpinnings of the Finder - the Finder has a built-in system for moving files in bulk, whereas the action is obviously moving files one at a time (which is where things are getting congested).
Filter Finder Items seems to be a simple metadata search (just another use of the spotlight framework, which hasn't changed much since its inception) so I can't see any way in which it would fail. it is, of course, limited by the same things that spotlight is limited by - it won't find material that's not indexed and may not do exactly what one always expects (e.g., may not recognize an extension as an extension unless the extension belongs to an app registered with the system) but other than that there's very little it can do wrong. As a general rule, actions that deal only with manipulating automator data (e.g. modifying references passed from one action to the next) won't break. You'll only see breakage with actions that need to access exterior frameworks that have changed significantly since the actions were created.
That's the best answer you're going to get: one can't prove a negative, so there's no way to demonstrate that FFI isn't broken. it's easy enough to check for a given task, though - just run the workflow you have on a test folder without the deleting action, check the results window, and compare it to the results you expect (which you can gather by eye in a Finder search window, through an applescript, through an app that will report the number of files of given types in a folder…). -
Error while creating Hierarchy
Hi,
I am trying to create a Dimensional Hierarchy for Dim_w_Day_D. I can successfully create parent levels up to CAL_QTR without any error. When I create CAL_YEAR and check for consistancy, it gives me the below error:
BUSINESS MODEL OBIEE:
[nQSError: 15001] Could not load navigation space for subject area OBIEE.
[nQSError: 15019] Table Dim_W_Day_D is functionally dependent upon level CAL_YEAR, but a more detailed child level has associated columns from that same table or a more detailed table.
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Yoginiya that would definately cause problems at each level if you dont set no of elements.
Firstly how did you create a dimension,creating a dimension hierarchy has 2 process to implement.one is manually done and the other method is automating process.
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specific description 20
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