User-exit EXIT_SAPLSPOR_001 not executed (filter spool requests)

Question

Hi,
The default SAP functionality provided to control the output controller functions via auth. objects S_SPO_DEV, S_SPO_ACT & S_ADMI_FCD does not do what we would like to do.
There's a user-exit available to implement some additional code: SPOOAUTH / EXIT_SAPLSPOR_001.
I've activated SPOOAUTH via CMOD and added a record in table TSPOPTIONS (AUTHORITY, value CUSTOM) which was mentioned in the documentation of the function module.
No other changes were made.
However, this user-exit is not called when I start trx. SP01.In the selection screen I choose to show all spool request from all users for a specific time period. According to the documentation this should trigger the user-exit.
Now the funpart begins:
I've debugged SP01 and found that FM RSPO_CHECK_JOB_PERMISSION contains:
       IF INIT IS INITIAL.                   
         data: v like tspoptions-value.      
         call function 'RSPO_OPTION_GET'     
           exporting                         
             name                = SPOPT_AUTH
           IMPORTING                         
             VALUE               = v.        
         if not v is initial.                
return value of v should be CUSTOM. However it is empty -> skips the user-exit.
The check in FM RSPO_OPTION_GET contains:
ALL 'RSPO_CACHE_CONTROL' ID 'AREA' FIELD 'OPTION'           ID 'OP'      
FIELD 'GET'                
                         ID 'NAME'
FIELD NAME                 
                         ID 'VALUE'   
FIELD V.                   
if sy-subrc ne 0.            
   perform write_trace1 using 'RSPO_OPTION_GET %s failed\n'  name. "#EC NOTEXT                     
   select single value from tspoptions into v where spoption = name.
Field NAME = AUTHORITY
Field V    = empty
Return = 0 -> skips user-exit.
Have I overlooked something?
Any help would be welcome.
Kind regards,
Mark

Answer 1

Hi Mark,
Could be that the option value is being picked from cache/buffer (old value). You can restart the system and verify.
Also, after putting a break-point in FM RSPO_OPTION_GET, you can edit the value of 'v' in debugger and set it to CUSTOM, just to check whether the user-exit gets executed in this case.