IC won't update with simple ABAP statements

Question

Hi,
I am trying to analyze an update rule. The standard rule has all the IF and ELSE statements, so I took them out. I then put only theses statement
      RESULT = COMM_STRUCTURE-DLV_QTY.
      RETURNCODE = 0.
  ABORT = 0.
For some reason the IC will not update. I check the PSA and RSA3, and there are values for this field DLV_QTY.
What else should I do to check why the IC wouldn't update?
Thanks

Answer 1

Hi,
in the request monitor, select a datapackage, right click on it and select simulate update. In the following popup you can select what to debug, UR or TR as well as the no. of records to be used for debugging.
Just Try by Hard Coding in your Update Routine with BREAK-POINT.
1. Find the Activated Program which you can in the Update rules -> Extras -> Activated Program will give you the activated program. Go to SE38 and display the program and place a soft break-point in the program from where you want to Debug.
2. Go to the monitor, load the data using the psa. Once Loaded go into the details tab of the monitor (Right Hand Side) and right click on the Datapackage and click on Simulate update.
3. In the new screen, click on the update rules and activate debugging in update rules and click on simulation which ill take u into the program press F8 until u get the Break-point which you would have placed.
There are two methods of debugging update routines.
1. Debugging with Soft break point
2. Debugging with Hard break points
1. If you are in production envirnoment and client is not modifiable, it is not possible to hard code 'Break-Point' statement in the update routine. So you need to load data in PSA and from monitor need to go to processing of data package and then you can select routine which is to be debugged from the debuge window 'overview' tab.
2. Debugging with Hard break points is insertion of break-point statement in the code prior to the statement where debugging is to be started. Rest procedure remains same as explain above.
It is important to remove break point statement once debugging is over . Else it will give short dumps while loading data in foreground.
Regards,
Hareesh