Hierarchy
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Basic Data
| Data Element | ESEWWIBBCGRP |
| Short Description | Building Block Group |
Data Type
| Category of Dictionary Type | Direct Type Entry | |
| Type of Object Referenced | No Information | |
| Domain / Name of Reference Type | ||
| Data Type | CHAR | Character String |
| Length | 8 | |
| Decimal Places | 0 | |
| Output Length | 8 | |
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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 | BldBlckGrp |
| Medium | 20 | Building Block Group |
| Long | 30 | Building Block Group |
| Heading | 35 | Building Block Group |
Documentation
Use
You can save building block groups and the assigned building blocks by choosing Copy Data for Building Block or Export Block.
Activities
Creating Building Block Groups and Building Blocks
- For example, insert the report symbols, graphics, or output blocks that are to be combined with each other in a building block, into the report template.
- Create a building block group with the key for the building block group and the language-dependent description.
- Create a building block with the building block key and the language-dependent description.
- Select all inserted report symbols, graphics, or output blocks, and choose Copy Data for Building Block.
The building block is assigned to the building block group. The WWI coding of the building block is saved as a report template (INC_*) in the document management system.
If you choose Export Block, you store the building block as an XML transfer file to a directory of your choice. You can use the transfer file to distribute the building block to different systems. You and other users from different systems can then access the building block by choosing Import Block.
Inserting Building Blocks Into the Report Template
If you want to insert a building block into a report template, specify the key of a valid building block group and the key of a valid building block and choose Insert Building Block as Ref. or Insert Bldg Block.
- If you choose Insert Building Block as Ref., a reference (INCLUDE statement) is inserted into the report template for the building block.
- You make changes to the WWI coding of the building block in the report template for the building block.
- Any changes to the building block affect all report templates that contain the corresponding INCLUDE statement. You can use the where-used list to determine in which report templates this applies.
- If you choose Insert Bldg Block, the content of the building block or a copy of the WWI coding is inserted into the template. You can change this data in the opened report template.
When you choose Import Block, you load a building block that was exported as an XML transfer file into the building block group:
- When you enter the key for the building block group and the key for the building block, the imported building block is created based on the keys entered for the building block group and building block.
- If you do not enter a key for the building block group and a key for the building block, and you select the XML transfer file from the directory, the building block is created based on the building block key and building block group key specified in the XML file.
Changes that you have since made to the building block by choosing Copy Data for Building Block are overwritten during the import process.
Example
History
| Last changed by/on | SAP | 20130529 |
| SAP Release Created in | 607 |
