Mobile Sales: Volumes/Trade Spends planning (same as CRM_MKTPL transaction)

Question

Hello
I am using Mobile Application Studio 4.0SR1 with SP8
I have some trouble with the modification of the Volumes/Trade Spends Planning.
- The first thing I don't understand, running the project step by step, is how a DLL can call back functions in the program, when the object is created with a CreateObject().
In the Business Objects project (sfabol), class PLANNINGMANAGER, the dll PlanSrvc.dll is used (version from Aug. 2006) :
Private PlanningManagerDLL As Variant
(Private Sub Loaded)
Set PlanningManagerDLL = CreateObject("SAP.PlanningService")
(Public Function ForecastPrepare)
ForecastPrepare = PlanningManagerDLL.Forecast_prepare(time_array, html_view, html_data)
If ForecastPrepare = False Then GoTo ErrHandler
(note that time_array, html_view, html_data are empty when the function is called)
So, during the execution of "PlanningManagerDLL.Forecast_prepare", my next step should be the line just after (I put a breakpoint on it to be sure that it cannot resume the execution), instead it goes back to my original class BOTSPPromotionPlanning, and calls several functions in it, then resumes to the True/False test
I searched the entire project and couldn't find any calls to these functions elsewhere.
My first deduction was that this PlanSrvc.dll somehow called its parent (or parent's parent) function, by i've just thought that it may have declared an object of BOTSPPromotionPlanning, or the dll of sfabol, but as I cannot access its code (standard SAP dll, it seems) I can't tell what happens.
- This leads to my 2nd problem :
As of the latest SP08 and patches we are working with (though I don't know what was the latest patch), the Volumes/Trades Spends planning is displayed as follow :
Product Group          Material          Sales Unit
</b>
Total               #               ST
   P1               #               ST
      Product1          #               ST
      Product2          #               ST
and I would want it displayed as in the crm_mktpl transaction :
Total               # (or blank)          ST
   P1               # (or blank)          ST
      Product1          Id1               ST
      Product2          Id2               ST
But the only result I can get is  (by applying a modification in method PopularCharValues, similarly to note 787400)
Total               Id1               ST
               Id2               ST
   P1               Id1               ST
                    Id2               ST
      Product1          Id1               ST
      Product2          Id2               ST
(and here in Total and P1, the key figures are displayed for each product instead of being calculated in the 1 line case)
I tried to play with variables during runtime, but I could only put one of the IDs to '#' so I still got the 2 lines with a '#' and the other Id.
These lines seem to be set in the dll PlanSrvc, unless I missed something.
So >>> Is there a way I could access the code in the dll, or is it only private to SAP so I would have to ask them for a change ?
(create a note ?)
Or maybe someone can tell me where to modify so as I get the right values ?
Thanks and Regards,
François
-edit-
I thought I had found a way around that problem by displaying the Product1 / Id1</b> line, and leaving the <b>#</b> in the 2nd column. The values were well calculated ; but while saving, only one product (on the 1st line) is saved. I think it is because the savin process checks the
Material column for distinct values.However with my original solution, both the 2 products were saved.
Message was edited by:
        Francois Feugier

Answer 1

Hi !
Ok I managed to get this solution :
Total               #           ST
   P1               #           ST
      Id1/Product1     #          ST
      Id2/Product2     #          ST
My problem in the -edit- of the previous post came from a conversion function, as the products didn't have their reference loaded it didn't update well a counter, so the converted objects didn't have the same structures and one was discarded some functions later.
Now I have yet to see if it is ok when transferring the Campaign to the CRM Server (CRM_MKTPL transaction, which displays my original wanted solution), but as I only modified display variables and it seems that what is stored are the SQL Keys of the products, I think it will be OK.
I still didn't get the DLL thing but I should be able to continue without having to modify it.