Hierarchy
SAP_BASIS (Software Component) SAP Basis Component⤷
BC-TWB-TST-CAT (Application Component) CATT Computer Aided Test Tool⤷
SCAT (Package) Computer Aided Test Tools
Basic Data
| Data Element | CATXVARI |
| Short Description | Use external transaction data |
Data Type
| Category of Dictionary Type | D | Domain |
| Type of Object Referenced | No Information | |
| Domain / Name of Reference Type | CHAR1 | |
| Data Type | CHAR | Character String |
| Length | 1 | |
| Decimal Places | 0 | |
| Output Length | 1 | |
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Further Characteristics
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| No Input History | ||
| Basic direction is set to LTR | ||
| No BIDI Filtering |
Field Label
| Length | Field Label | |
| Short | 10 | Ext. data |
| Medium | 15 | Ext. TCD data |
| Long | 29 | External transaction data |
| Heading | 1 | T |
Documentation
Definition
External transaction data:
The transaction field values are read from external text files, not from the CATT buffer.
The field contents are constant values in TCD records, not CATT parameters.
This procedure is a precursor of 'External variants' in which the CATT parameter values for a procedure are saved as data records.
It is still supported for compatibility, but should only be used by experienced users.
Functionality:
The transaction field values are read from external text files whose names are specifed by the procedure or test module. This name assignment means that only one transaction in a CATT module can have external TCD data.
The transaction is run up to 999 times under external control.
The screen sequence in the external data must be identical with the CATT example screen sequence.
The values for BDC_OKCODE and BDC_CURSOR always come from the CATT data.
The values for other screen input fields are generally read from the external files. An appropriate control can cause the CATT field contents to be used for specified screens.
The SPA/GPA parameter CTP provides the path; if this is empty, the standard system path is used.
Text file structure:
Control record WS_UPLOAD from file ABLAUFNR.000
is written back, possibly with changes
Transaction records WS_UPLOAD from file ABLAUFNR.nnn
are not written back
Control record:
Sequence of one line for the general control
and additional lines for the transaction control
First line for the general control:
character from Offset 0 Length 3
000... general control (1st line in set)
character from Offset 3 Length 1
000X... Productive execution of all variants,
is changed to 000R... after execution
000R... no further execution, already executed
productively, log Rcode=10
000T... Test mode, transaction records can be executed
repeatedly, control record not changed
Text from Offset 4 Length 30
000XText... general text, is not used internally
result field for productive runs from Offset 34 Length 80
000RText...run data (with SPACE separators):
System ID (3-character)
Procedure number (8-character)
Date (YYYYMMDD) (8-character)
Time (HHMMSS) (6-character)
Release (3-character)
Client (3-character)
Language (1-character)
User name (12-character)
Following transaction control lines :
TCD dataset ID from Offset 0 Length 3
nnn Transaction control; the TCD dataset nnn
has a transaction record under
ABLAUFNR.nnn (screens and fields).
TCD dataset ID in range 001 .. 999
character from Offset 3 Length 1
nnnX... Execute TCD dataset nnn, is changed after
productive execution to:
nnnS... Transaction TCD dataset ran successfully
nnnE... Transaction TCD dataset ran with errors
nnnA... Transaction TCD dataset termination
WS_UPLOAD error log Rcode=01..08
screen error in log Rcode=11..99
curr. screen number from Rcode - 10
Text from Offset 4 Length 30
nnnXText... TCD dataset text is passed to the log in <X
result field for productive runs from Offset 34 Length 80
nnnSText...Message: Last transaction message
Transaction records:
Sequence of screen lines and field lines
Screen lines from Offset 0 Length 12 or 13
ProgramScrno Program = Module pool (8-character)
scrno = Screen number (4-character)
X = CATT flag (1-character),
i.e. take original CATT field contents
Field lines begin with space, then from offset 1
LnLiNameCont Ln = Field name length (2-character)
Li = Field contents length (2-character)
Name = Field name (Length in Ln)
Cont = Feld contents (Length in Li)
Field lines always refer to the previous
screen line
History
| Last changed by/on | SAP | 20110908 |
| SAP Release Created in |
