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Long texts in SAP BW: ModelingEugene KhusainovBusiness Card

Posted on May. 27 2!!" #2:2" PM in BeginnerBusiness $ntelligen%e&B$'

The questions about representing in BW the texts longer than 60 symbols almost disappeared in BI forums. Ihope that my detailed posting with explanation of how to do it was not the least reason of it:

Lin to the posting

!owe"er# the questions about formatting worboos and representing long texts are still there. It was the mainmoti"e for writing this blog. I$m going to demonstrate how to show long texts in Business %xplorer &naly'er. &lsoit is to be an introdu(tion to formatting worboos in %x(el using )isual Basi( for &ppli(ations *)B&+ (ode. The(ode is based on the modeling s(heme for long texts that I proposed in my posting. That$s why I$ll explain thiss(heme again as a prerequisite for formatting with my )B& (ode.

&s a side e,e(t# it-ll be shown how to use a exible infosour(e for simultaneous upload of texts and attributes

*master data+.

/uppose# for simpli(ation# that we need to eep in /&1 BW the long text *des(ription+ with length of 230(hara(ters and show this text in Business &naly'er worboo.

I often en(ountered su(h an approa(h when this long des(ription has been (ut in four parts# 604symbol pea(esea(h *due to the well4nown limitation of /&1 BW+# and been ept as (hara(teristi( "alues of four infoob5e(ts#type of !&7 60.

I don$t lie this approa(h# be(ause:

it$s di8(ult to display this long text in queries and worboos as a whole

it$s impossible to ha"e su(h long des(riptions time or language dependent

it$s somewhat slower to retrie"e from the database long alphanumeri( eys.

there is no problems with lower(ase and upper(ase in reports.

&ll this is enough for me to (ome up with another approa(h.I also use four infoob5e(ts *hereinafter referred to as 9Is;+. But# the pea(es of the long text are ept in the longtexts of the Is# not in their (hara(teristi( "alues *eys+.

We will (reate three Is and assign them as attributes of the one# basi( *master+ infoob5e(t. The ad"antage ofthis 4 we don-t ha"e to pass to the infopro"ider all four Is. We load in there 5ust one# master infoob5e(t.

I will demonstrate it on the example of the long des(ription of foreign trade goods groups. The pi(ture below

shows an %x(el le prepared for data load.


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/o# here we go.=irst# we (reate an infoob5e(t for the 2nd part of the des(ription. There is no need to (reate it as !&7 60#be(ause we will eep the pea(es of the long des(ription *60 symbols ea(h+ in the long texts# totaling 230(hara(ters maximum length. It is e"en more (on"enient to determine ea(h I as ? 2 *the natural (ode ofthe goods group+.

/in(e we are not going to use the pea(es of the long des(ription for displaying separately# sorting or analy'ing@we de(lare them as A&ttribute nly-.>n(he( AWith master data- ag sin(e our attributes will not ha"e their own attributes. &nd you see also that ourtexts are going to be language4dependent.

reate the rd and 3th parts# CD7>1E and CD7>1E3 infoob5e(ts similarly.

=inally# (reate the masterFbasis infoob5e(t CD7>1EG whi(h will ha"e all the three (reated earlier infoob5e(ts asattributes.

The master I has the same type and features# ex(ept the following:

A&ttribute nly- ag un(he(ed AWith master data- ag is (he(ed

In the A&ttributes- tab of the infoob5e(t in(lude all the three (reated Is.


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&(ti"ate it.

reate an infosour(e with the shown below Is.&ssign the at le sour(e system.In (ase of at le sour(e system# the transfer stru(ture *hereinafter referred to as 9T/;+ and transfer rules aregenerated automati(ally by the system whi(h uses the (ommuni(ation stru(ture *hereinafter referred to as9/;+ as a template. !en(e# the sequen(e of elds in the / is important.

In order to load four pea(es of the long des(ription we need to ha"e four infoob5e(ts of !&7 60 type. We-ll notneed them after load. That-s why we are not (reating su(h Is. We use the system standard infoob5e(ts lie0&HH7ELI


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This (ode (uts the three pea(es from the long des(ription and put them into 0&HH7ELI


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7%/>LT J T7&T>7%4&HH7ELI7s for the attribute data target *CD7>1EG infoob5e(t+ based on the infosour(e we-"e been (reated.


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We see that rules for the attributes are grayed out. li( on either of grayed out (rosses.

hoose A"erwrite- as >pdate type# and A/our(e =ield- as >pdate ?ethod. /ele(t CD7>1EG infoob5e(t as thesour(e eld.

li( on the ANey =ields- tab to mae sure that the sour(e eld for the Ney =ield has an assignment as shownbelow.


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7epeat the same pro(edure for all attributes.


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The ANey =ields- tab will ha"e two infoob5e(ts. Lea"e them as they are.

7epeat (reation of >7s for CD7>1E2# (hoosing 0&HH7ELI


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hoose CD7>1EG *not CD7>1E2O+ as a sour(e.

7epeat the same for the rest of the text data targets# sele(ting appropriate infoob5e(t for the sour(e eld of>pdate ?ethod and CD7>1EG as the sour(e for the Ney =ield.

reate an infopa(age. ?ae sure that you see in the AHata Targets- tab all "e targets# four for texts# and one for attributes.

Load data.In the Infoob5e(ts area of 7/&G# from the (ontext menu of CD7>1EG exe(ute A?anage ?aster Hata- option.

Pou-ll see that the long text has been trun(ated# and all attributes ha"e the same "alues as this infoob5e(t-s(hara(teristi( "alue.


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?aster data for the CD7>1E2 will show that its long text (ontains the se(ond part of the long des(ription. Theblan texts for some rows mean that the rst part of the long des(ription was less than 6G (hara(ter long.

The similar is true for the rd and 3th pea(es.

reate an infopro"ider. Load into it some transa(tion data (ontaining our CD7>1EG infoob5e(t.

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Long Texts in /&1 BW: Hisplaying in B%x &naly'er. Introdu(tion to %x(el Worboos =ormatting. 1art I.

Long Texts in /&1 BW: Hisplaying in B%x &naly'er. Introdu(tion to %x(el Worboos =ormatting. 1art II.

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200640642G 0S:3S:3 mohan rama"ath Business ardU7eplyV

!i#

(an you help me on this issue.

We re(ei"ing data from sour(e */&1 7?+ systems to /&1 BW# hara(teristi( des(ription is more then 00

Ahara(ters- we want to report this in B%R.

9Hes(ription of a (hara(tristi( from sour(e system to BW will (ome more then 600 and may be more then G000

(hara(ters it is not xed;.

ur problem is how to pull data into BW

!ow to tae 7eport on this pulled data

1lease suggest or gi"e me a solution for this ind issues how to resol"e.

7egards

?ohan

Why 60 hara(ters in the rst pla(e

200640S42X 03::2G &run )aradara5anBusiness ardU7eplyV

This blog raises some questions #

Why 60 (hara(ters in the rst pla(e

I too had to resol"e to splitting the (haraters into 60 ea(h and then using the table modier # displaying them

together # and also if you want to you (an (hange the long text length to 230 by using an /&1 a((ess ey and

then storing the same in the long text of the info ob5e(t but alas # reporting will not let you display more than

60...

&run

o Why 60 hara(ters in the rst pla(e

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7egards

?ohan

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!i &run#
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I didn$t (ompletely understand your question: YWhy 60 hara(ters in the rst pla(eY.

60 (hars as a BW limitation. /omething wrong with it

When you tal about table modier# I presume that you referred to web reporting# didn$t you

?eanwhile I emphasi'ed the B%x &naly'er worboos formatting.

/o...

Best regards#

%ugene

Why 60 hara(ters in the rst pla(e

200640S40 03:S6:G Hir !er'og Business ardU7eplyV

I guess that &run raised the question that e"ery se(ond (ustomer of mine ass. Why did /&1 limit the long text

to 60 (hara(ters I guess that nobody thought that the people needed more than 60 (hara(ters. If you do the

thing that BW was originally intended to do# namely reporting /&1 data# 60 (hara(ters is always enough. But BI

has grown beyond this.

&run#

(an you des(ribe the table exit in a blog Then we would ha"e the (omplete solution# data model# ex(el and web

in three blogs.

Best regards

Hir

=inally BI again

200640S42X 02:G:26 Hir !er'og Business ardU7eplyV

!ello %ugene#nally a good blog on a typi(al BI topi(. I$m really looing forward to reading more of it.

Best regards

Hir

o =inally BI again

200640S42X 0:S3:SS %ugene Nhusaino" Business ardU7eplyV

Than you# Hir. Trying to nd extra time to nish the 2nd part related to worboos formatting.

Best regards#

%ugene

=inally BI again

200640640X 2:3S:S6 Narthi /undaram Business ardU7eplyV

!i %ugene#

While this is a "ery interesting blog# Im quite een to now a non4worboo based solution. &s you would be

aware# BI deli"ery is heading towards a web based portal solution# away from the worboo F Bex Fex(el

en"ironment it would be ni(e to now of options in this front. WeZ"e had some instan(es where we used (rystal

reports as a mean of handling long texts out of BW. There seems to be a growing demand on being able to

represent long texts as part of the BI solution.

7egards
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=inally BI again

20064064G3 G:36:0S /urya ?u""ala Business ardU7eplyV

Web:

This (an be a(hie"ed with the help of some 5a"a s(ripting in Web Templates. In one of the pro5e(ts we did this. I

thin# this is woring ne.

%x(el:

In our pro5e(t we adopted the same method for displaying long texts in wor boos for 7? data. But# this type

of solution is N# if the length of the text is predened may be around 200400. This solution (annot be used for

situations to display the system logsFs(ripts or e4mail (ontents sin(e the length of text is not pre4dened and

also length may go beyond 000.

Thans

/urya ?u""ala

=inally BI again

20064064GG 0G:23:S3 %ugene Nhusaino" Business ardU7eplyV

!i Narthi#

I guess that your (omment should ha"e gone to my other two blogs (on(erning worboos formatting.

I was surprised that no (omments was published to them. &nd I thought that was mistaen when proposed that

the issue would be interesting.

7egarding your question about long texts presentation in web reporting 4 one day I$ll try to (o"er this issue also.

Best regards#

%ugene

hara(teristi( des(ription is more then 00 Ahara(ters- we want to

report this in B%R.

200640642G 0S:3:2 mohan rama"ath Business ardU7eplyV

!i#









7egards

?ohan

hara(teristi( des(ription is more then 00 Ahara(ters- we

want to report this in B%R.

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Long texts in SAP BW: Modeling + ,ollo) -%ugene Nhusaino"Business ard1osted on [un. 0# 2006 0:G2 1? in Beginner# Business Intelligen(e *BI+

Though# I ha"e stated in my rst blog that questions about long texts in /&1 BW almost disappeared#

Long texts in /&1 BW: ?odeling

one more appeared 5ust re(ently. This time the load of long text was (ondu(ted from 7F system. !ow to dealwith this issue is explained here. What will be said is applied to all sour(e systems *in(luding HB onne(t+ex(ept at les.

In (ase of loading long des(ription with 2304(hara(ter length we ha"e four elds in the datasour(e of the sour(esystem. The rst one bears the whole long des(ription *&& BBB# and HHH abbre"iations designate theparts of the long des(ription# 604(hara(ters length ea(h+. The other three# with 604(hara(ter length# may (ontainany information *shown as RRR# PPP and CCC+. ontent of these elds is not important# they are simplypla(eholders. What is important is the length of the elds.

&fter uploading data from the datasour(e# in BW information goes to transfer stru(ture. 1hysi(ally# it is so (alled1/& table. Information is (opied without any (hanges# G:G.

Huring further load from 1/& table to data target# the start routine in transfer rules wors out rst. In our (ase it(uts out the long des(ription in pea(es of 604symbol ea(h and pla(es them into (orresponding elds*infoob5e(ts+ of the (ommuni(ation stru(ture. &(tually# in(oming from 1/& table RRR# PPP and CCC information isrepla(ed by BBB# and HHH on the y.

>pdate rules of data targets tae these pea(es of the long des(ription and pla(e them in their long texts.

/o# in general# the datasour(e should supply a eld with the original long text and se"eral elds with 60(hara(ters length *pla(eholders+. If you ha"e su(h a datasour(e# then dealing with it is ob"ious. If you ha"e not#

(reate it. The easiest way to do it is to (reate a generi( datasour(e with a table or "iew.

/$EW Creation &SE## t0%ode'

/ubs(ribe

1rint

1ermali

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=or demonstration purposes I found a table &\DT\ with 2SS4symbol T%RT eld. =or a pla(eholder I used the M04symbol T%RT eld of &\DT/ table. It doesn-t matter that the length of this eld is not 60 (hara(ters. Whatmatters is the fa(t that this length is greater than SX (hara(ters. =or simpli(ation I (ut out the long des(riptionin two pea(es# not four.

I (hoose mentioned abo"e two elds during a "iew (reation and named them as T%RTG and T%RT2 in the "iew

denition.

In order to de(rease the number re(ords to be extra(ted from 7F# I 5oined the tables with the (ommon eyI


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/in(e our CD7>1Ex infoob5e(ts ha"e ? 2 type# this sele(tion will allow me to restri(t the re(ords to betransferred to BW by their ey.

,urther Stes

I generated the datasour(e in 7F.7epli(ated it in BW.=ound the infosour(e I used for load long des(ription from at les.&ssigned to it my 7F system as a sour(e system and (hose the datasour(e I 5ust (reated.

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Transfer rules for the last two elds remained unassigned. It doesn-t matter.

In the start routine in transfer rules I pla(ed the following (ode.


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The rest is absolutely the same as in (ase of load from a at le and has been des(ribed in the rst blog.

&bout worboos formatting see the blogs:



Eugene Khusainov




Titles nly ?ain Topi(s ldest =irst Thans OOO

2006406403 2:0M:26 /anar Numar Business ardU7eplyV

!ello :+ %ugene Nhusaino"#

!ow r u

We are fa(ing this issue# lie in the ?/ /\L some elds are "ar(har*600+ e"en "ar(har*2000+. But the data is not

so long as the length assigned. /ay# X hars is the ?ax for the eld )ar(har*600+# what do u suggest in this

s(enario

Thans and 7egards....

/anar Numar

KXG XM30 3G3G

sanar]aar.in

www.aar.in

o Thans OOO

2006406403 2:23:3M %ugene Nhusaino" Business ardU7eplyV

!i /anar#

In your (ase the datasour(e to be brought to BW is to be based on a "iew. If you are (ertain about maximum
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number < of (hara(ters used# in the sr(ipt le (reating the "iew use a fun(tion lie L%=T *depends on the

parti(ular /\L "ersion+ to bring 5ust the left < symbols.

Best regards#

%ugene

Thans OOO200640640S 03:20:S0 /anar Numar Business ardU7eplyV

n(e again Thans OOO for the idea# we (ould (reate multiple "iew elds for one table eld. /ay if its

"ar(har*230+ then G st (al(ulate the L%


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&nyway# you$d better (onta(t the /H< Team: sdn]sap.(om with this question.

Best regards#

%ugene

1/. I don$t get your question: Y=rom whi(h sour(e systems we will fa(e this problemY.

Thans OOO

2006406406 0G:2S:SM /anar Numar Business ardU7eplyV

!i %ugene#

Pes# you are (orre(t. We are woring on ?/ /\L with HB onne(t.

!ere it is.... what i ha"e planned to do

(reating an appli(ation using webdynpro to (he( the ?/ /\L table for the "ar(har elds and identify the eld*s+

length ex(eeding 60 hars. Then it will automati(ally (reate the "iew for the table or tables# splitting the elds

whi(h are abo"e 60 (hars into "iew elds. /o the )iew in ?/ /\L will mat(h with BW requirement.

!ope i am (lear.... any suggessions

/anar

Thans OOO

2006406406 03:30:GS %ugene Nhusaino" Business ardU7eplyV

/anar#

In general# it loos N ex(ept one (lari(ation.

&re going to (reate "iews for &LL long elds or 5ust for some sele(ted ones

Best regards#

%ugene

Thans OOO200640640M 2:22:G0 /anar Numar Business ardU7eplyV

!ello :+ %ugene#

!ow r u Belie"e i am a bit late.

I ha"e ased our webdynpro people to (reate an appli(ation whi(h will automati(ally (he( the table and (reate

the "iews a((ordingly for all the elds.

Let me explain with an example#

If the ?/ /\L table (ontains and length as below

matEno Q matEname Q matEdes( Q matEusageG0 2S G00 230
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then the "iew generated will be lie this

?&TE/&D%2 Q ?&TE>/&D% Q ?&TE>/&D%3

60 60 60 60

Is this ne

Best 7egards....

/anar Numar

Thans OOO

200640640X 02:3:0M %ugene Nhusaino" Business ardU7eplyV

!i /anar#

It$s N with your late reply. It$s not really late.

Pour "iew is "ery good.

[ust rememebr that you is to (reate two sets of infoob5e(ts: for des(ription and usage.

?odify a (omm stru(ture a((ordingly. I thin as pla(eholders in the (omm stru( you (an use 0&HH7ELIse either a start routine or routines in transfer rules.
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2. 1la(eholders are absent or don$t ha"e the length required. 4 Pou may use routines in T7s only.

Best regards#

%ugene



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Long 5exts in SAP BW: islaying in BEx Analy6er.

$ntrodu%tion to Ex%el Wor*oos ,or(atting. Part $.%ugene Nhusaino"Business ard1osted on [un. 0S# 2006 0:6 &? in Beginner# Business Intelligen(e *BI+

/uppose# we implemented the long texts s(heme as has been shown in my blog:

Long Texts in /&1 BW: ?odeling

We (reated an infopro"ider# loaded data into it and want to (reate our rst report.=or this we need to (reate a query rst.

Creating a 8uery

Laun(h /&1 B%x &naly'er. >sing either menu or i(ons open a query.

Lo(ate and expand your infoarea looing for your (ube. /in(e the (ube has no queries built on it yet# it has notbeen shown in the infoarea. To see it (li( on a A


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/uppose# we want to see the simplied report showing my goods groups (odes and their long des(riptions inrows and some ey gures and formulas in (olumns.

The (olumn stru(ture (ontains sele(tions with my sales ey gure restri(ted by a reporting or pre"ious month*entered through the user entry "ariable and an o,set for the pre"ious month+ and an exportFimport ag. Therealso two formulas (al(ulated as ratios.In rows I pla(ed my CD7>1EG infoob5e(t and sele(ted its three attributes (ontaining the three parts of the longdes(ription. The rst pea(e of the des(ription will be also shown as a long text of the infoob5e(t itself. To see notonly groups des(ription but also a groups (ode I (hose AHisplay &s- option as ANey and Text- in CD7>1EGproperties.

5he 8uery outut

&fter sa"ing the query and running it# I got this ugly looing report with pea(es of long des(ription shownseparately and a header and (olors that doesn-t (omply with my requirements *I de(reased the (olumns width


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for more "i"id apparition+:

If this report is to be a one of many in the reporting pa(age I must submit to any go"ernmentF(ontrollingbodies# I ha"e to mae some manual manipulations# su(h as remo"ing na"igation blo(# setting up proper(olors# redrawing header and footer et(.I hate to do this manually. To a"oid it I wrote a )isual Basi( (ode formatting my report.

Modi9ying the )or*oo

I ha"e worsheets in my worboo. I renamed them as follows.

The rst# B%x worsheet# (ontains output of B%x query# as shown earlier.

The se(ond sheet (ontains the formatted report template. &nd the last one formatted report itself.

5he 9or(atted reort te(late


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Template (onsists of three areas: a header# a format row and footer.!eader starts from the rst row. The last row of it is designated in the template. The footer-s start and end rowsare also spe(ied. Huring (reation of the formatted report# both# the header and the footer are (opied into theoutput worsheet without (hanges# with all formatting done. Pou (an pla(e in the header area all the featuresyou need *proper des(riptions# borders# fonts# merged (ells et(.+. /ignatures of a (hief a((ountant and amanager may be pla(ed in the footer. !ere you (an add some (omments# remars et(.

5he ,or(at 3o)

The format row (ontains all the formatting we want to see in the report-s result area *ex(ept header and footer+.

/in(e a Doods Droup Hes(ription is to ha"e the long text# we set up the property of this (ell in the format rowwith AWrap text- ag. It also has the Itali( font style.

&lso for demonstration purposes we set up the font for the %xport reported month (olumn with red (olor and the

next (olumn for pre"ious month with the shown below borders.


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Adding a *utton

There is a spe(ial /&1B%Ron7efresh subroutine in B%x worboos. We (an pla(e our formatting (ode in there.Though# I don-t lie this. I prefer the worboo doesn-t get refreshed during the opening. =or I may want to seethe results of the last run *for the pre"ious reporting period+. It-s suitable for me to get the formatted report ondemand# i.e. by pressing a button.

/o# we-ll add a button *a ommandButton standard %x(elF)B ob5e(t+. =irst of all# mae sure that your ontrolToolbox toolbar is shown:

=ind a ommandButton i(on in the toolbar.

li( on it# position (ursor in the AB%x- worsheet to the pla(e we want the button be. 1ressing the mouse ey

draw a re(tangular and then release the mouse.

%dit the appeared button


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gi"ing the meaningful des(ription.

li( somewhere out of the button lea"ing the edit ob5e(t mode# and then double (li( on the button.Pou-ll be brought to the )isual Basi( editor s(reen.

?ae sure that you see the /&1B%R module.If you don-t see it# follow the next se(tion.

&s a "ariant# one (an a((ess the %x(el )B& (ode using the following menu path.


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Setting u Ex%el se%urity

=rom the %x(el menu path: Tools 4 ptions

(hoose A/e(urity- tab and press A?a(ro /e(urity_- button.

In the next s(reen# on the A/e(urity Le"el- tab mae sure that the se(urity le"el is set no higher than to ?ediumle"el.


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n the ATrusted 1ublishers- tab mae sure that the ATrust a((ess to )isual Basi( 1ro5e(t- ag is set.

We are ready to implement the (ode. /ee the part II:


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Long 5exts in SAP BW: islaying in BEx Analy6er.$ntrodu%tion to Ex%el Wor*oos ,or(atting. Part $$.%ugene Nhusaino"Business ard1osted on [un. 0S# 2006 0:6 &? in Beginner# Business Intelligen(e *BI+

&t last# we arri"ed to the )B& (ode.

/ee the rst part here:


SAPBEon3e9resh su*routine %ode

Houble (li( in )B& 1ro5e(t area on /&1B%R module. Pou see the /&1B%Ron7efresh subroutine. It-s empty.

7epla(e the (ode# so the whole subroutine loos lie the following.

1ubli( g7es&rea &s 7ange

/ub /&1B%Ron7efresh*queryIH &s /tring# result&rea &s 7ange+

Him WorsheetG &s Worsheet

/et WorsheetG J ThisWorboo.Worsheets*YB%RY+

WorsheetG.ells*2# G+.)alue J result&rea.


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/et g7es&rea J result&rea

/et g7es&rea.1arent J result&rea.1arent

%nd /ub

,or(atting %ode

The following is a (ode I pla(ed into the ommandButtonGEli( subroutine.

1ri"ate /ub ommandButtonGEli(*+

$ Last >pdate 0.06.2006

$ %ugene Nhusaino"# /&1 I/

Him ws &s Worsheet# 7angeG &s 7ange# ob5 &s b5e(t

Him i7&=irst7ow &s Integer# i7&=irstol &s Integer

Him i7&Last7ow &s Integer# i7&Lastol &s Integer

Him WorsheetG &s Worsheet# Worsheet2 &s Worsheet# Worsheet &s Worsheet

Him Hest7ange &s /tring# /r(7ange &s /tring

Him i=ooter=irst7ow &s Integer# i=ooterLast7ow &s Integer# i=ormat7ow &s Integer

Him iLongTextG &s Integer# iLongText2 &s Integer

Him sLongText &s /tring

Him i7pt=irstHata7ow &s Integer# i7ptLastHata7ow &s Integer

$number of (olumns with long des(ription to be (on(atenated 4 G

$the output (olumns will be less on this amount

Him iolsTo/ip &s Integer

$```````````````````````````````````````````````````

$ 1&7&?%T%7/ T B% !&


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i=ormat7ow J 6 $ =ormat 7ow T1>TY+

n %rror 7esume


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$ lear the formatted report$s output area

/r(7ange J Det7ange*G# G+ K Y:Y K Det7ange*i7&Lastol K 3# i7ptLastHata7ow K i=ooterLast7ow 4i=ooter=irst7ow K G+

Worsheet.7ange*/r(7ange+.lear

$ Helete shapes

While Worsheet./hapes.ount 0

Worsheet./hapes*G+.Helete

Wend

$ opy olumns width

=or [ J G To i7&Lastol

/r(7ange J Det7ange*[# G+

Worsheet.7ange*/r(7ange+.olumnWidth J Worsheet2.7ange*/r(7ange+.olumnWidth


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all opy=ontBorder7ange*Worsheet2# Worsheet# G# i7&Lastol# i=ooter=irst7ow# i=ooterLast7ow#i7ptLastHata7ow 4 i=ooter=irst7ow K G+

$ opy entire result area *without header ^ xed header (olumns+

If iLongTextG J 0 Then

$ Texts without pea(es of long des(ription

all opy&rea*i7&=irst7ow# i7&Last7ow# G# i7&Lastol# G# i7pt=irstHata7ow+

%lse

$ Texts with pea(es of long des(ription

all opy&rea*i7&=irst7ow# i7&Last7ow# G# iLongTextG 4 G# G# i7pt=irstHata7ow+

all opy&rea*i7&=irst7ow# i7&Last7ow# iLongText2 K G# i7&Lastol# iLongTextG K G# i7pt=irstHata7ow+

$ on(atenate pea(es of long des(ription

I J i7pt=irstHata7ow

=or [ J i7&=irst7ow To i7&Last7ow

sLongText J WorsheetG.ells*[# iLongTextG+

=or J iLongTextG K G To iLongText2

sLongText J sLongText K WorsheetG.ells*[# +


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/r(7ange J Det7ange*sr(=irstol# sr(=irst7ow+ K Y:Y K Det7ange*sr(Lastol# sr(Last7ow+

Hest7ange J Det7ange*dst=irstol# dst=irst7ow+ K Y:Y K Det7ange*dst=irstol K sr(Lastol 4 sr(=irstol K G#dst=irst7ow K sr(Last7ow 4 sr(Last7ow K G+

/heetG.7ange*/r(7ange+.opy Hestination:J/heet.7ange*Hest7ange+

%nd /ub

=un(tion Det7ange*By)al (ol &s Integer# By)al row &s Integer+ &s /tring

Him 77 &s /tring

77 J hr*(ol K &s(*Y&Y+ 4 G+

Det7ange J Trim*77+ K Trim*/tr*row++

%nd =un(tion

/ub opy=ontBorder7ange*By7ef /heet2 &s Worsheet# By7ef /heet &s Worsheet# By)al /r(olG &s Integer#By)al /r(ol2 &s Integer# By)al /r(7owG &s Integer# By)al /r(7ow2 &s Integer# 7ow/hift &s Integer+

Him /r(7ange &s /tring# Hest7ange &s /tring

Him I &s Integer# [ &s Integer

=or I J /r(7owG To /r(7ow2

=or [ J /r(olG To /r(ol2

/r(7ange J Det7ange*[# I+

Hest7ange J Det7ange*[# I K 7ow/hift+

/heet.7ange*Hest7ange+.=ont.=ont/tyle J /heet2.7ange*/r(7ange+.=ont.=ont/tyle

/heet.7ange*Hest7ange+.=ont./i'e J /heet2.7ange*/r(7ange+.=ont./i'e

/heet.7ange*Hest7ange+.=ont.olor J /heet2.7ange*/r(7ange+.=ont.olor

/heet.7ange*Hest7ange+.=ont.Ba(ground J /heet2.7ange*/r(7ange+.=ont.Ba(ground

/heet.7ange*Hest7ange+.Borders.Line/tyle J /heet2.7ange*/r(7ange+.Borders.Line/tyle

/heet.7ange*Hest7ange+.Borders*xl%dgeTop+.Line/tyle J/heet2.7ange*/r(7ange+.Borders*xl%dgeTop+.Line/tyle

/heet.7ange*Hest7ange+.Borders*xl%dgeBottom+.Line/tyle J/heet2.7ange*/r(7ange+.Borders*xl%dgeBottom+.Line/tyle

/heet.7ange*Hest7ange+.Borders*xl%dgeLeft+.Line/tyle J/heet2.7ange*/r(7ange+.Borders*xl%dgeLeft+.Line/tyle

/heet.7ange*Hest7ange+.Borders*xl%dge7ight+.Line/tyle J/heet2.7ange*/r(7ange+.Borders*xl%dge7ight+.Line/tyle


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/heet.7ange*Hest7ange+.WrapText J /heet2.7ange*/r(7ange+.WrapText

/heet.7ange*Hest7ange+.Interior.1attern J /heet2.7ange*/r(7ange+.Interior.1attern

/heet.7ange*Hest7ange+.Interior.olor J /heet2.7ange*/r(7ange+.Interior.olor

TY+

/r(7ange J Det7ange*G# =ormat7ow+ K Y:Y K Det7ange*Lastolumn# =ormat7ow+

/et rng J 7ange*/r(7ange+

=or I J G To rng.olumns.ount

/r(7ange J Det7ange*I# =ormat7ow+

Hest7ange J Det7ange*I# Hest7owG+ K Y:Y K Det7ange*I# Hest7ow2+

With /heet2.7ange*/r(7ange+.=ont

/heet.7ange*Hest7ange+.=ont.=ont/tyle J .=ont/tyle

/heet.7ange*Hest7ange+.=ont./i'e J ./i'e

/heet.7ange*Hest7ange+.=ont.olor J .olor

/heet.7ange*Hest7ange+.=ont.Ba(ground J .Ba(ground

/heet.7ange*Hest7ange+.=ont.Bold J .Bold

/heet.7ange*Hest7ange+.=ont.Itali( J .Itali(

/heet.7ange*Hest7ange+.=ont./triethrough J ./triethrough

/heet.7ange*Hest7ange+.=ont./ubs(ript J ./ubs(ript

/heet.7ange*Hest7ange+.=ont./upers(ript J ./upers(ript


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/heet.7ange*Hest7ange+.=ont.>nderline J .>nderline

%nd With

With /heet2.7ange*/r(7ange+

/heet.7ange*Hest7ange+.Interior.1attern J .Interior.1attern

/heet.7ange*Hest7ange+.Interior.1atternolor J .Interior.1atternolor

If I J on(utol Then

/heet.7ange*Hest7ange+.Borders.Line/tyle J .Borders.Line/tyle

/heet.7ange*Hest7ange+.Borders.Weight J .Borders.Weight

/heet.7ange*Hest7ange+.Borders.olorIndex J .Borders.olorIndex

%lse

/heet.7ange*Hest7ange+.Borders*xl%dgeBottom+.Line/tyle J .Borders*xl%dgeBottom+.Line/tyle

/heet.7ange*Hest7ange+.Borders*xl%dgeBottom+.Weight J .Borders*xl%dgeBottom+.Weight

/heet.7ange*Hest7ange+.Borders*xl%dgeBottom+.olorIndex J .Borders*xl%dgeBottom+.olorIndex

/heet.7ange*Hest7ange+.Borders*xl%dgeLeft+.Line/tyle J .Borders*xl%dgeLeft+.Line/tyle

/heet.7ange*Hest7ange+.Borders*xl%dgeLeft+.Weight J .Borders*xl%dgeLeft+.Weight

/heet.7ange*Hest7ange+.Borders*xl%dgeLeft+.olorIndex J .Borders*xl%dgeLeft+.olorIndex

/heet.7ange*Hest7ange+.Borders*xl%dge7ight+.Line/tyle J .Borders*xl%dge7ight+.Line/tyle

/heet.7ange*Hest7ange+.Borders*xl%dge7ight+.Weight J .Borders*xl%dge7ight+.Weight

/heet.7ange*Hest7ange+.Borders*xl%dge7ight+.olorIndex J .Borders*xl%dge7ight+.olorIndex

/heet.7ange*Hest7ange+.Borders*xl%dgeTop+.Line/tyle J .Borders*xl%dgeTop+.Line/tyle

/heet.7ange*Hest7ange+.Borders*xl%dgeTop+.Weight J .Borders*xl%dgeTop+.Weight

/heet.7ange*Hest7ange+.Borders*xl%dgeTop+.olorIndex J .Borders*xl%dgeTop+.olorIndex

%nd If

/heet.7ange*Hest7ange+.WrapText J .WrapText

%nd With


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worsheet are used.

The whole (ode# I belie"e# is rather uni"ersal. It might be not perfe(t but it wors.If your report-s output is not (omplex *similar to that shown here+ you (an use the (ode. &ll you ha"e to do is to(hange the report-s header and footer in ATemplate- worsheet and (hange parameters en(losed by asterissand with the (omment 9 1&7&?%T%7/ T B% !&


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,or(atted outut

The output of our formatted report is ni(ely looing. The header a little di,ers from the template sin(e I had tode(rease the (olumns width in the template after report formatting for better "isuali'ation in the blog.

1ay attention to the fa(t that this is a stati( report# as needed for print. Hrilldown of the B%x output and theappropriate (hanges of the formatted report are not supported. =or this you must write mu(h more

sophisti(ated (ode.

In the output we ha"e both# lower(ase and upper(ase letters# though we didn-t set any ALower(ase Letters- agin any of our infoob5e(ts for long texts. It-s another ad"antage in using the long texts modeling s(hemedes(ribed in the rst blog.

There is a "ery (ommon delusion that if the text to be loaded (ontains lower(ase letters# one either should useupper(ase letters only or apply this lower(ase letters ag in infoob5e(t maintenan(e. That-s not true. Texts ofinfoob5e(ts may be shown in lower(ase letters regardless of any settings. Though# that might be a theme foranother blog.

Eugene Khusainov



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Titles nly ?ain Topi(s ldest =irst ?ultiple pages and long texts inputs

20064GG4GS GG:SS:M )i(tor =igueroa Business ardU7eplyV

!i# %ugeneO

i am use )B& (ode for maing the formated reports# now i ha"e big problems.
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With regards#

444 Naspars

Bex ma(ros

20064064G 22:26:32 %ugene Nhusaino" Business ardU7eplyV

!i Naspars#

Hidn$t wor with B%x 2003s yet.

Try to insert /&1B%R7efresh sub and see if it wors during refresh.

/ee also some additional info gere:

https:FFwww.sdn.sap.(omFir5FsdnFthreadforumIHJGS3^threadIHJGSGX3^messageIHJGGM2X

https:FFwww.sdn.sap.(omFir5FsdnFthreadforumIHJG3^threadIHJGS2XXS^messageIHJGGSG3

ome ba( with feedba(.

Best regards#

%ugene

Bex ma(ros

20064064G3 02:0M:32 Naspars sisBusiness ardU7eplyV

!i %ugene#

/&1B%R7efresh didn$t do any di,eren(e either@

!owe"er your rst referen(e had the solution *part of it+O It seems that the issue was that I had to swit(h to

Hesign ?ode@ 4 then sele(t Worboo /ettings@ and then in the tab %xits had to enter a name of the ma(ros

*i.e. /&1B%Ron7efresh+.

/e(ond part was that in the same Worboo /ettings windows in the tab Deneral had to (he( Y7efresh

Worboo on penY ag. n(e done that# then it indeed showed the result of test (ode on open *otherwise only

on refresh+.

/o# thans a lot for your helpO

With regards#

444 Naspars

1./. I$"e ne"er ha"e gi"en points in /H< yet@ didn$t seem to be "ery ob"ious how to do it. ?aybe you (ould gi"e

me a hint ... thxO

Bex ma(ros

20064064G3 20:3:S3 %ugene Nhusaino" Business ardU7eplyV

!i Naspars#

I$m glad that was of a somewhat help to you.
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Pou (an reward points to the answers to your questions posted in forums. Blogs are somewhat di,erent.

Dood lu( in your worO

Best regards#%ugene

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