Using Wildcard characters in tables in S_TABU_DIS

Hi,
I wanted to know if there is any way to assign authorization groups in se54 to a wide range of tables with similar namespace?
Example:
SAP is generating tables in one transaction which all starts with /BIC/APR000 - /BIC/APR999
The three numbers at the end are random, so the generic format for the tables are /BIC/APRnnn or /BIC/APR*.
I want to restrict users for these tables in SM30.
Any suggestions?
Thanks

When assigning authorizations you can assign (for each authorization field) a (list of)
- single values,
- a value interval, or
- a prefixed value (with tailing *), or
- any combination of them
When using a value interval kindly make sure that the interval boundaries are of the same type; do not mix boundaries of different types. Here some examples:
good: 0-9, A-Z
bad: 0-Z, §-&
You have already mentioned an example for a prefixed value: /BIC/APR*
In contrast to the value interval (/BIC/APR000 - /BIC/APR999) that one would also match /BIC/APRABC or /BIC/APR012345.
So, actually the value interval (/BIC/APR000 - /BIC/APR999) is the best choice
Regards, Wolfgang

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news:[email protected]...
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How to search for files using wildcards * and ?.

Hi All,
I've been searching the forum for a couple of hours now and have been unable to find a good example of how to search a directory (Windows OS) for a file using wildcards * and/or ?. Does anyone out there have a good example that they can share with me?
Thanks

Hi All,
First of all I want to thank everyone for taking the time to respond to my question. All of your responses where greatly appreciated.
I took the example code that was posted by rkconner, thanks rkconner, and modified it to allow me to search for files in a directory that contain * and/or ?. Yes, I said and/or! Meaning that you can use them both in the same file name, example: r??d*.t* would find readme.txt.
I've posed my complete and thoroughly document code below. I hope it is very helpful to other as I have searched many forums and spent many hours today trying to resolve this problem.
Enjoy
* File Name: WildcardSearch.java
* Date: Jan 9, 2004
* This class will search all files in a directory using the
* asterisk (*) and/or question mark (?) as wildcards which may be
* used together in the same file name. A File [] is returned containing
* an array of all files found that match the wildcard specifications.
* Command line example:
* c:\>java WildcardSearch c:\windows s??t*.ini
* New sWild: s.{1}.{1}t.*.ini
* system.ini
* Command line break down: Java Program = java WildcardSearch
* Search Directory (arg[0]) = C:\Windows
* Files To Search (arg[1]) = s??t*.ini
* Note: Some commands will not work from the command line for arg[1]
* such as *.*, however, this will work if you if it is passed
* within Java (hard coded)
* @author kmportner
import java.io.File;
import java.io.FilenameFilter;
public class WildcardSearch
 private static String sWild = "";
 * @param args - arg[0] = directory to search, arg[1] = wildcard name
 public static void main(String[] args)
 String sExtDir = args[0]; // directory to search
 sWild = args[1]; // wild card to use - example: s??t*.ini
 sWild = replaceWildcards(sWild);
 System.out.println("New sWild: " + sWild);
 File fileDir = new File(sExtDir);
 File[] arrFile = fileDir.listFiles(new FilenameFilter()
 public boolean accept(File dir, String name)
 return (name.toLowerCase().matches(sWild));
 for (int i = 0; i < arrFile.length; ++i)
 System.out.println(arrFile.getName());
 } // end main
 * Checks for * and ? in the wildcard variable and replaces them correct
 * pattern characters.
 * @param wild - Wildcard name containing * and ?
 * @return - String containing modified wildcard name
 private static String replaceWildcards(String wild)
 StringBuffer buffer = new StringBuffer();
 char [] chars = wild.toCharArray();
 for (int i = 0; i < chars.length; ++i)
 if (chars[i] == '*')
 buffer.append(".*");
 else if (chars[i] == '?')
 buffer.append(".{1}");
 else
 buffer.append(chars[i]);
 return buffer.toString();
 } // end replaceWildcards method
} // end class

Vague error message when using wildcards in a numeric search field

Dear forum readers,
When a user submits a search string containing a wildcard (e.g. 64%) in a numeric search field of a JHeadstart generated search section, the application returns with an error message like "For input string: %2".
I'd like to show a more user-friendly message e.g. "Wildcard characters are not allowed in search field blablabla".
Any suggestions on how this can be achieved would be most welcome.
Regards,
Ibrahim

Well, I believe JHeadstart does not really have this functionality.
One way is use a Query Operator 'startsWith', but then you always query like LIKE '<entered search value>%'
This is probably not what you want...
But you could hack it into advancedSearch in YourApplicationModuleImpl
try {
if (viewCriterium.getQueryValue() != null) { //This is where exception JHS-00116 is raised...
value = viewCriterium.getQueryValue().toString();
} else {
value = null;
catch (NumberFormatException ex) {
//insert check for wildcard
value = viewCriterium.getValue().toString();
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sLog.debug("Ja, een wildcard!!!");
operator = "LIKE";
} else {//original exceptionhandling code here...
...and a bit later, add test for "LIKE":
if (viewCriterium.isDate() || viewCriterium.isString() || "LIKE".equals(operator)) {
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very nasty code, and does not raise an exception for searches like '%xxx'
Good luck,
HJH
Edited by: HJHorst on Mar 5, 2009 12:03 AM

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