Sort field in maintenance order

Question

Hello;
I want to make sort field in maintenance order as a mandatory field. But if I make it as a mandatory field, system still allows me to save the order as long as I have not clicked 'Location' tab. So there is no positive control over this field. May I know, how do I achieve this? I have even tried to put order type as the influencing field but it does not help.
Points assured.
Regards
Hemant

Answer 1

Hello Hemant,
access to the SAP service marketplace via www.service.sap.com to create an OSS message. Choose link "product errors". Therefore you need an OSS user and you have to be authorized to create OSS messages.
To create an user-exit, you have to go to transaction CMOD. There you have to create a project and assign the enhancement you want to use (I'm not really sure, but I think IWO10009 is the correct one in your case - you can search the user-exits via transaction SMOD - search for IWO*).
After this you have to implement your coding and then you have to activate the project.
The implementation of the user-exit should be done by an ABAP developer.
By the way - I've had a look at the OSS. There's note 768576.
Reason and Prerequisites
The problem is caused by a missing function.
Influences set via field selection will only become effective if a screen with the corresponding fields is processed. You must also refer to the documentation defined in the corresponding Customizing area. For the location & account assignment data, no additional check is (such as with the general order header data) is realised during the saving.
Prerequisite
Via field selection you declared fields of the location & account assignment data as mandatory field, and no screen that contains these fields was passed.
Solution
By means of the example code, you must implement a corresponding mandatory field check via customer enhancement IWO10009 at the time of the order backup.
1. Create subroutine Z_IWO10009_GET_DATA_FOR_FAW in program SAPMILA0. It would be best if you create an own include ZMILA0F1 for this so that you will not have any unnecessary expenditure for future Support Packages (via Transaction SE80).
FORM Z_IWO10009_GET_DATA_FOR_FAW.
  CALL FUNCTION 'CO_IH_GET_HEADER'
       IMPORTING
                 CAUFVD_IMP = CAUFVD.
  CALL FUNCTION 'CO_IH_GET_ILOA'
       EXPORTING
                 CAUFVD_IMP = CAUFVD
       IMPORTING
                ILOA_WA    = ILOA.
ENDFORM.                    "Z_IWO10009_GET_DATA_FOR_FAW
2. Create the following source code in customer enhancement IWO10009:
STATICS: XTFAWF LIKE TFAWF OCCURS 0 WITH HEADER LINE.
tables:  tfawf.
DATA: wa_screen    LIKE screen.
FIELD-SYMBOLS:  'A'.
  perform Z_IWO10009_GET_DATA_FOR_FAW(SAPMILA0).
  if xtfawf[] is initial.
    SELECT * FROM TFAWF INTO TABLE XTFAWF
             WHERE PROG = 'SAPMILA0'.
  endif.
  LOOP AT XTFAWF WHERE CUST_M = 'X'.
    CALL FUNCTION 'FIELD_SELECTION_INFLUENCE'
         EXPORTING
              dynprogruppe = '7   '
              mode        = 'C'
              modulpool    = 'SAPMILA0'
              fieldname    =  XTFAWF-MFELD
         IMPORTING
              input        = wa_screen-input
              output      = wa_screen-output
              active      = wa_screen-active
              required    = wa_screen-required
              intensified  = wa_screen-intensified
              invisible    = wa_screen-invisible
         EXCEPTIONS
              OTHERS      = 1.
    if wa_screen-required = 1.
      clear lv_mfeld.
      lv_mfeld = 'CAUFVD_IMP-'.
      case XTFAWF-MFELD.
        when 'ILOA-AUFNR'.
          lv_mfeld+11 = 'IAUFNR'.
        when 'ILOA-KOKRS'.
          lv_mfeld+11 = 'IKOKRS'.
        when 'ILOA-BUKRS'.
          lv_mfeld+11 = 'IBUKRS'.
        when 'ILOA-GSBER'.
          lv_mfeld+11 = 'IGSBER'.
        when 'RILA0-ARBPL'.
          lv_mfeld11 = xtfawf-mfeld6.
        when others.
          lv_mfeld11 = xtfawf-mfeld5.
      endcase.
      ASSIGN (lv_mfeld) TO  IS INITIAL.
        Message E461(IW)
        with 'Mussfelder der Standort&Kontierungsdaten füllen'.
        EXIT.
      ENDIF.
    endif.
  endloop.
endif.
3. Activate the changes
Correspondingly you can implement this solution also for the order release, for example, via customer enhancement IWO10002.
Bear in mind that this is a source code proposal. It might be useful or necessary to adjust this source code to special applications.
Best regards
Stephan
Edited by: Stephan Theis on Jan 5, 2008 11:20 AM