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Hi Experts,
I have the 'Form' step type in my workflow and it will displays some values at the Run time. In this form I have one IO field called 'Comments'. So at the runtime manager can Enter the comments on it.
Now my need is I need to get the 'Comments' data from that form. How can I get this value?
Thanks in Advance,
Helps will be Appreciated..

I got the solution.
Thanks All..

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1.Keep the Result Set Small
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In every Open SQL statement, data is transferred between the application server and the database system. Furthermore, the database system has to construct or reopen the appropriate administration data for each database access. You can therefore minimize the load on the network and the database system by minimizing the number of times you access the database.
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Avoid Repeated Access
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Avoid Nested SELECT Loops
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ABAP Dictionary Views
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Using Internal Tables
It is also possible to avoid nested SELECT loops by placing the selection from the outer loop in an internal table and then running the inner selection once only using the FOR ALL ENTRIES addition. This technique stems from the time before joins were allowed in the FROM clause. On the other hand, it does prevent redundant data from being transferred from the database.
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Database Indexes
Indexes speed up data selection from the database. They consist of selected fields of a table, of which a copy is then made in sorted order. If you specify the index fields correctly in a condition in the WHERE or HAVING clause, the system only searches part of the index (index range scan).
The primary index is always created automatically in the R/3 System. It consists of the primary key fields of the database table. This means that for each combination of fields in the index, there is a maximum of one line in the table. This kind of index is also known as UNIQUE.
If you cannot use the primary index to determine the result set because, for example, none of the primary index fields occur in the WHERE or HAVING clause, the system searches through the entire table (full table scan). For this case, you can create secondary indexes, which can restrict the number of table entries searched to form the result set.
You specify the fields of secondary indexes using the ABAP Dictionary. You can also determine whether the index is unique or not. However, you should not create secondary indexes to cover all possible combinations of fields.
Only create one if you select data by fields that are not contained in another index, and the performance is very poor. Furthermore, you should only create secondary indexes for database tables from which you mainly read, since indexes have to be updated each time the database table is changed. As a rule, secondary indexes should not contain more than four fields, and you should not have more than five indexes for a single database table.
If a table has more than five indexes, you run the risk of the optimizer choosing the wrong one for a particular operation. For this reason, you should avoid indexes with overlapping contents.
Secondary indexes should contain columns that you use frequently in a selection, and that are as highly selective as possible. The fewer table entries that can be selected by a certain column, the higher that columns selectivity. Place the most selective fields at the beginning of the index. Your secondary index should be so selective that each index entry corresponds to at most five percent of the table entries. If this is not the case, it is not worth creating the index. You should also avoid creating indexes for fields that are not always filled, where their value is initial for most entries in the table.
If all of the columns in the SELECT clause are contained in the index, the system does not have to search the actual table data after reading from the index. If you have a SELECT clause with very few columns, you can improve performance dramatically by including these columns in a secondary index.
Formulating Conditions for Indexes
You should bear in mind the following when formulating conditions for the WHERE and HAVING clauses so that the system can use a database index and does not have to use a full table scan.
Check for Equality and Link Using AND
The database index search is particularly efficient if you check all index fields for equality (= or EQ) and link the expressions using AND.
Use Positive Conditions
The database system only supports queries that describe the result in positive terms, for example, EQ or LIKE. It does not support negative expressions like NE or NOT LIKE.
If possible, avoid using the NOT operator in the WHERE clause, because it is not supported by database indexes; invert the logical expression instead.
Using OR
The optimizer usually stops working when an OR expression occurs in the condition. This means that the columns checked using OR are not included in the index search. An exception to this are OR expressions at the outside of conditions. You should try to reformulate conditions that apply OR expressions to columns relevant to the index, for example, into an IN condition.
Using Part of the Index
If you construct an index from several columns, the system can still use it even if you only specify a few of the columns in a condition. However, in this case, the sequence of the columns in the index is important. A column can only be used in the index search if all of the columns before it in the index definition have also been specified in the condition.
Checking for Null Values
The IS NULL condition can cause problems with indexes. Some database systems do not store null values in the index structure. Consequently, this field cannot be used in the index.
Avoid Complex Conditions
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Reduce the Database Load
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Buffer Tables on the Application Server
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Whether a table can be buffered or not depends its technical attributes in the ABAP Dictionary. There are three buffering types:
Resident buffering (100%) The first time the table is accessed, its entire contents are loaded in the table buffer.
Generic buffering In this case, you need to specify a generic key (some of the key fields) in the technical settings of the table in the ABAP Dictionary. The table contents are then divided into generic areas. When you access data with one of the generic keys, the whole generic area is loaded into the table buffer. Client-specific tables are often buffered generically by client.
Partial buffering (single entry) Only single entries are read from the database and stored in the table buffer.
When you read from buffered tables, the following happens:
1. An ABAP program requests data from a buffered table.
2. The ABAP processor interprets the Open SQL statement. If the table is defined as a buffered table in the ABAP Dictionary, the ABAP processor checks in the local buffer on the application server to see if the table (or part of it) has already been buffered.
3. If the table has not yet been buffered, the request is passed on to the database. If the data exists in the buffer, it is sent to the program.
4. The database server passes the data to the application server, which places it in the table buffer.
5. The data is passed to the program.
When you change a buffered table, the following happens:
1. The database table is changed and the buffer on the application server is updated. The database interface logs the update statement in the table DDLOG. If the system has more than one application server, the buffer on the other servers is not updated at once.
2. All application servers periodically read the contents of table DDLOG, and delete the corresponding contents from their buffers where necessary. The granularity depends on the buffering type. The table buffers in a distributed system are generally synchronized every 60 seconds (parameter: rsdisp/bufreftime).
3. Within this period, users on non-synchronized application servers will read old data. The data is not recognized as obsolete until the next buffer synchronization. The next time it is accessed, it is re-read from the database.
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Tables that are read very frequently
Tables that are changed very infrequently
Relatively small tables (few lines, few columns, or short columns)
Tables where delayed update is acceptable.
Once you have buffered a table, take care not to use any Open SQL statements that bypass the buffer.
The SELECT statement bypasses the buffer when you use any of the following:
The BYPASSING BUFFER addition in the FROM clause
The DISTINCT addition in the SELECT clause
Aggregate expressions in the SELECT clause
Joins in the FROM clause
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Subqueries in the WHERE clause
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Avoid Reading Data Repeatedly
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Sort Data in Your ABAP Programs
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Use Logical Databases
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Work Processes
An application server contains work processes, which are components that can run an application. Work processes are components that are able to execute an application (that is, one dialog step each). Each work process is linked to a memory area containing the context of the application being run. The context contains the current data for the application program. This needs to be available in each dialog step. Further information about the different types of work process is contained later on in this documentation.
Dispatcher
Each application server contains a dispatcher. The dispatcher is the link between the work processes and the users logged onto the application server. Its task is to receive requests for dialog steps from the SAP GUI and direct them to a free work process. In the same way, it directs screen output resulting from the dialog step back to the appropriate user.
Gateway
Each application server contains a gateway. This is the interface for the R/3 communication protocols (RFC, CPI/C). It can communicate with other application servers in the same R/3 System, with other R/3 Systems, with R/2 Systems, or with non-SAP systems.
The application server structure as described here aids the performance and scalability of the entire R/3 System. The fixed number of work processes and dispatching of dialog steps leads to optimal memory use, since it means that certain components and the memory areas of a work process are application-independent and reusable. The fact that the individual work processes work independently makes them suitable for a multi-processor architecture. The methods used in the dispatcher to distribute tasks to work processes are discussed more closely in the section Dispatching Dialog Steps.
Shared Memory
All of the work processes on an application server use a common main memory area called shared memory to save contexts or to buffer constant data locally.
The resources that all work processes use (such as programs and table contents) are contained in shared memory. Memory management in the R/3 System ensures that the work processes always address the correct context, that is the data relevant to the current state of the program that is running. A mapping process projects the required context for a dialog step from shared memory into the address of the relevant work process. This reduces the actual copying to a minimum.
Local buffering of data in the shared memory of the application server reduces the number of database reads required. This reduces access times for application programs considerably. For optimal use of the buffer, you can concentrate individual applications (financial accounting, logistics, human resources) into separate application server groups.
Database Connection
When you start up an R/3 System, each application server registers its work processes with the database layer, and receives a single dedicated channel for each. While the system is running, each work process is a user (client) of the database system (server). You cannot change the work process registration while the system is running. Neither can you reassign a database channel from one work process to another. For this reason, a work process can only make database changes within a single database logical unit of work (LUW). A database LUW is an inseparable sequence of database operations. This has important consequences for the programming model explained below.
Dispatching Dialog Steps
The number of users logged onto an application server is often many times greater than the number of available work processes. Furthermore, it is not restricted by the R/3 system architecture. Furthermore, each user can run several applications at once. The dispatcher has the important task of distributing all dialog steps among the work processes on the application server.
The following diagram is an example of how this might happen:
1. The dispatcher receives the request to execute a dialog step from user 1 and directs it to work process 1, which happens to be free. The work process addresses the context of the application program (in shared memory) and executes the dialog step. It then becomes free again.
2. The dispatcher receives the request to execute a dialog step from user 2 and directs it to work process 1, which is now free again. The work process executes the dialog step as in step 1.
3. While work process 1 is still working, the dispatcher receives a further request from user 1 and directs it to work process 2, which is free.
4. After work processes 1 and 2 have finished processing their dialog steps, the dispatcher receives another request from user 1 and directs it to work process 1, which is free again.
5. While work process 1 is still working, the dispatcher receives a further request from user 2 and directs it to work process 2, which is free.
From this example, we can see that:
A dialog step from a program is assigned to a single work process for execution.
The individual dialog steps of a program can be executed on different work processes, and the program context must be addressed for each new work process.
A work process can execute dialog steps of different programs from different users.
The example does not show that the dispatcher tries to distribute the requests to the work processes such that the same work process is used as often as possible for the successive dialog steps in an application. This is useful, since it saves the program context having to be addressed each time a dialog step is executed.
Dispatching and the Programming Model
The separation of application and presentation layer made it necessary to split up application programs into dialog steps. This, and the fact that dialog steps are dispatched to individual work processes, has had important consequences for the programming model.
As mentioned above, a work process can only make database changes within a single database logical unit of work (LUW). A database LUW is an inseparable sequence of database operations. The contents of the database must be consistent at its beginning and end. The beginning and end of a database LUW are defined by a commit command to the database system (database commit). During a database LUW, that is, between two database commits, the database system itself ensures consistency within the database. In other words, it takes over tasks such as locking database entries while they are being edited, or restoring the old data (rollback) if a step terminates in an error.
A typical SAP application program extends over several screens and the corresponding dialog steps. The user requests database changes on the individual screens that should lead to the database being consistent once the screens have all been processed. However, the individual dialog steps run on different work processes, and a single work process can process dialog steps from other applications. It is clear that two or more independent applications whose dialog steps happen to be processed on the same work process cannot be allowed to work with the same database LUW.
Consequently, a work process must open a separate database LUW for each dialog step. The work process sends a commit command (database commit) to the database at the end of each dialog step in which it makes database changes. These commit commands are called implicit database commits, since they are not explicitly written into the application program.
These implicit database commits mean that a database LUW can be kept open for a maximum of one dialog step. This leads to a considerable reduction in database load, serialization, and deadlocks, and enables a large number of users to use the same system.
However, the question now arises of how this method (1 dialog step = 1 database LUW) can be reconciled with the demand to make commits and rollbacks dependent on the logical flow of the application program instead of the technical distribution of dialog steps. Database update requests that depend on one another form logical units in the program that extend over more than one dialog step. The database changes associated with these logical units must be executed together and must also be able to be undone together.
The SAP programming model contains a series of bundling techniques that allow you to group database updates together in logical units. The section of an R/3 application program that bundles a set of logically-associated database operations is called an SAP LUW. Unlike a database LUW, a SAP LUW includes all of the dialog steps in a logical unit, including the database update.
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The container element is of the type EKKO and action type is CHANGE.
When i execute the WF by giving a PO number and make any changes in the output and click on save and exit, the changes that are made are not getting reflected in the EKKO table.
Do i need a separate code for updating the table?
Thanks in advance.
Regards
Balu

Thanks for the suggestion Arghadip.
I was going thru a blog on WF step-types, in which it was mentioned that after pressing SAVE AND EXIT button , the data gets saved in the required table from which the container element is created. Hence i thought that additional code is not necessary.
Could u plz tel wher exactly the code needs to be written.
Regards
Balu

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software, as navigating PDF forms is still currently very difficult
for most of the screen readers to navigate. I was wondering if
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when they hit a print button it would extract the data from the
form and open an Adobe PDF form and populate the data they entered
into specific fields within the PDF form which would allow them to
print an official copy of the form they used the web version to
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Code for reading particular fields from the file placed in application

hi,
code for reading particular fields from the file placed in application server in to the internal table.

Hi,
Use the GUI_UPLOAD FM to upload the File into ur Internal Table.
DATA : FILE_TABLE TYPE FILE_TABLE OCCURS 0,
         fwa TYPE FILE_TABLE,
         FILENAME TYPE STRING,
         RC TYPE I.
CALL METHOD CL_GUI_FRONTEND_SERVICES=>FILE_OPEN_DIALOG
EXPORTING
    WINDOW_TITLE            = 'Open File'
   DEFAULT_EXTENSION       =
   DEFAULT_FILENAME        =
   FILE_FILTER             =
   INITIAL_DIRECTORY       =
   MULTISELECTION          =
   WITH_ENCODING           =
CHANGING
    FILE_TABLE              = FILE_TABLE
    RC                      = RC
   USER_ACTION             =
   FILE_ENCODING           =
EXCEPTIONS
    FILE_OPEN_DIALOG_FAILED = 1
    CNTL_ERROR              = 2
    ERROR_NO_GUI            = 3
    NOT_SUPPORTED_BY_GUI    = 4
    others                  = 5
IF SY-SUBRC <> 0.
MESSAGE ID SY-MSGID TYPE SY-MSGTY NUMBER SY-MSGNO
            WITH SY-MSGV1 SY-MSGV2 SY-MSGV3 SY-MSGV4.
ENDIF.
READ TABLE FILE_TABLE INDEX 1 into fwa.
FILENAME = fwa-FILENAME.
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         EXPORTING
              filename                = filename
              FILETYPE                = 'DAT'
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            FILELENGTH              =
         TABLES
              data_tab                = itab
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              file_open_error         = 1
              file_read_error         = 2
              no_batch                = 3
              gui_refuse_filetransfer = 4
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I have written an iView that receives an event using EPCF and extracts data from the client data bag.
I need this iView to pass the data back from the jsp page to the java code.
I am trying to do this using a hidden input field, but I cannot get the code to work.
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EPCM.subscribeEvent("urn:com.peter", "namedata", window, "eventReceiver");
function eventReceiver(eventObj) {
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package com.sap.training.portal;
import com.sapportals.htmlb.InputField;
import com.sapportals.htmlb.page.DynPage;
import com.sapportals.htmlb.page.PageException;
import com.sapportals.portal.htmlb.page.JSPDynPage;
import com.sapportals.portal.htmlb.page.PageProcessorComponent;
public class ListSalesOrder extends PageProcessorComponent {
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public static class ListSalesOrderDynPage extends JSPDynPage{
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
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<application-config>
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</application-config>
<components>
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After receive event, then call java script function "eventReceiver" and call "form.submit()".
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Hi Arnold,
you should not do a form.submit yourself. Instead you can put a component called ExternalSubmit to your page:
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regards,
Martin

Where does the info from the forms go?

Hi Sidney,
Sorry to bother you again, but I am really perplexed as to where the information that is collected from the forms is going. Please coould you explain?
I have used the Tribuca template for my first online shop.
The account registration page only caputers the first/last name email adress and postcode, even though it asks for the address and phone numbers in the customer tab in the admin panel. I cannot find any of the information gathered at all.
The order doesn't seen to capture the address details and therefore there isn't anyway of prepopulating the address for subsequent orders.
Even the update details page is not caputring the address details, please could you help?
The test address for my site is lazypatch.gorgeousconcepts.co.uk
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For some reason my edit profile page is not sending the information to the Customer CRM in either UI.
Once the form has been submitted, a box pops up saying something like "your form is being sent" when I click on OK the box goes and the form doesn't change.
It sounds like some of my code is wrong somewhere, does anyone know what should be in the code please? I think it is something to do with the JS down the bottom.
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            </tr>
            <tr>
                <td> </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                <td><label for="Username">Username</label><br />
                <input type="text" name="Username" id="Username" value="{module_username}" class="cat_textbox" maxlength="255" /></td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                <td><label for="Password">Password</label><br />
                <input type="password" name="Password" id="Password" value="{module_password}" class="cat_textbox" maxlength="255" /></td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                <td><label for="PasswordConfirm">Confirm Password</label><br />
                <input type="password" name="PasswordConfirm" id="PasswordConfirm" value="{module_password}" class="cat_textbox" maxlength="255" /></td>
            </tr>
        </tbody>
    </table>
    </div>
    <div class="fieldset">
    <h2 class="legend">
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    </h2>
    <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" border="0" class="webform">
        <tbody>
            <tr>
                <td><label for="HomePhone">Home Phone Number</label><br />
                <input type="text" name="HomePhone" id="HomePhone" value="{module_homephone}" class="cat_textbox" maxlength="255" /></td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                <td><label for="CellPhone">Mobile Number</label><br />
                <input type="text" name="CellPhone" id="CellPhone" value="{module_cellphone}" class="cat_textbox" maxlength="255" /></td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                <td> </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                <td><label for="BillingAddress">Address</label><br />
                <input type="text" name="BillingAddress" id="BillingAddress" value="{module_billingaddress}" class="cat_textbox" maxlength="500" /></td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                <td><label for="BillingCity">City</label><br />
                <input type="text" name="BillingCity" id="BillingCity" value="{module_billingcity}" class="cat_textbox" maxlength="255" /></td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                <td><label for="BillingState">County</label><br />
                <input type="text" name="BillingState" id="BillingState" value="{module_billingstate}" class="cat_textbox" maxlength="255" /></td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                <td><label for="BillingZip">Postcode</label><br />
                <input type="text" name="BillingZip" id="BillingZip" value="{module_billingzip}" class="cat_textbox" maxlength="255" /></td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                <td><label for="BillingCountry">Country</label><br />
                <select name="BillingCountry" id="HomeCountry" class="cat_dropdown">
                <option value=" ">-- Select Country --</option>
                <option value="GB">UNITED KINGDOM</option>
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            </tr>
            <tr>
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            </tr>
        </tbody>
    </table>
    </div>
    <script type="text/javascript" src="/CatalystScripts/ValidationFunctions.js"></script>
    <script type="text/javascript" src="/CatalystScripts/Java_DatePicker.js"></script>
    <script type="text/javascript">
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document.getElementById('Title').value = '{module_title}'; document.getElementById('BillingCountry').value = '{module_billingcountry}'; document.getElementById('BillingCountry').value = '{module_billingcountry}'; var submitcount3349 = 0;function checkWholeForm3349(theForm){var why = "";if (theForm.FirstName) why += isEmpty(theForm.FirstName.value, "First Name");if (theForm.LastName) why += isEmpty(theForm.LastName.value, "Last Name"); if (theForm.EmailAddress) why += checkEmail(theForm.EmailAddress.value); if (theForm.Password && theForm.PasswordConfirm) { if (theForm.Password.value.length > 0 || theForm.PasswordConfirm.value.length > 0) { if (theForm.Password.value != theForm.PasswordConfirm.value) why += appendBreak("- Password and its confirmation do not match."); if (theForm.Password.value.length < 6) why += appendBreak("- Password must be 6 characters or longer."); }} if(why != ""){alert(why);return false;}if(submitcount3349 == 0){submitcount3349++;theForm.submit();return false;}else{alert("Form submission is in progress.");return false;}}
//]]>
</script>
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    </p>
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    </div>
</form>
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