SAP ABAP Data Element ISH_FORMX (IS-H: FORM Routine for Field Format Conversion)
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Basic Data
Data Element ISH_FORMX
Short Description IS-H: FORM Routine for Field Format Conversion  
Data Type
Category of Dictionary Type D   Domain
Type of Object Referenced     No Information
Domain / Name of Reference Type FORM    
Data Type CHAR   Character String 
Length 30    
Decimal Places 0    
Output Length 30    
Value Table      
Further Characteristics
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Change document    
No Input History    
Basic direction is set to LTR    
No BIDI Filtering    
Field Label
  Length  Field Label  
Short 10 FORM Rout. 
Medium 15 FORM Routine 
Long 20 FORM Routine 
Heading 55 FORM Routine 
Documentation

Definition

Using the FORM routine, you can reformat the data of the sequential dataset before transferring it to the batch input session.

This can be necessary if data exists in a format which is not a valid SAP input format, for example.

You are restricted to a specific structure when defining the FORM routine: only two formal parameters are required; the first one contains the current field, the second the record which was just imported.

Example

The following conversion routine replaces a decimal point by a comma:

*---------------------------------------------------------------------*
* FORM PUNKT2KOMMA *
*---------------------------------------------------------------------*
* replace decimal point by comma *
*---------------------------------------------------------------------*
* --> FWERT, field value *
* --> REC , imported record * *---------------------------------------------------------------------*
FORM PUNKT2KOMMA USING FWERT REC.
TRANSLATE FWERT USING '.,'.
ENDFORM.

Further conversion routines can be found in the report RNILSI20.

History
Last changed by/on SAP  20050224 
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