SAP ABAP Data Element ESELMSGFLG (Message Type for Missing Mandatory Report Symbol)
Hierarchy
☛ EA-APPL (Software Component) SAP Enterprise Extension PLM, SCM, Financials
   ⤷ EHS-SAF (Application Component) Product Safety
     ⤷ CBUI (Package) Company Environment Information System
Basic Data
Data Element ESELMSGFLG
Short Description Message Type for Missing Mandatory Report Symbol  
Data Type
Category of Dictionary Type D   Domain
Type of Object Referenced     No Information
Domain / Name of Reference Type ESDMSGFLG    
Data Type CHAR   Character String 
Length 1    
Decimal Places 0    
Output Length 1    
Value Table      
Further Characteristics
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Parameter ID   
Default Component name    
Change document    
No Input History    
Basic direction is set to LTR    
No BIDI Filtering    
Field Label
  Length  Field Label  
Short 10 Message 
Medium 17 Message 
Long 24 Message for Mandat. Sym. 
Heading 0   
Documentation

Definition

When you assign a message type, a check is run during generation to determine whether a value exists for the symbol.

If no value exists for the symbol:

  • A message of the selected message type is written to the application log in report generation
  • The report is set to the respective status (for a message of the type Warning, the report has the status Gen. warning)
  • The message appears on the report in place of the missing value

The log can be viewed in report management.

Dependencies

Alternatively you can enter a message type in the Message for Mandat. Sym. field on the Symbol tab page when you edit a symbol with the Windows Wordprocessor Integration (WWI) program During generation, the system then checks whether the value exists for the symbol at the relevant position. If the value does not exist, a message informing you of this appears on the report and in the report log as you defined in Customizing.

If you have not assigned a message type in Customizing or in the report template, no message appears on the report and in the log if the value does not exist.

Example

In the layout you can recognize that the function is active by a "/" followed by the message type, for example:

<01G1013001VA(;*/W)> defines a mandatory symbol for which a warning is written to the report log if the symbol is not filled at this position during generation.

History
Last changed by/on SAP  20030514 
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