Hierarchy
SAP_HRRXX (Software Component) Sub component SAP_HRRXX of SAP_HR⤷
PY-XX-TL (Application Component) Tools⤷
PC_PU12 (Package) Development of Interface Toolbox
Basic Data
| Data Element | PPU12_IMPORT_MAKRO |
| Short Description | Import macro |
Data Type
| Category of Dictionary Type | D | Domain |
| Type of Object Referenced | No Information | |
| Domain / Name of Reference Type | SYCHAR20 | |
| Data Type | CHAR | Character String |
| Length | 20 | |
| Decimal Places | 0 | |
| Output Length | 20 | |
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Further Characteristics
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| Basic direction is set to LTR | ||
| No BIDI Filtering |
Field Label
| Length | Field Label | |
| Short | 9 | Imp.macro |
| Medium | 12 | Import macro |
| Long | 12 | Import macro |
| Heading | 0 |
Documentation
Definition
Special programs in payroll that process cluster data (for example, RX) do not access the cluster independently. The data in a cluster is accessed using a defined interface. This interface is created using macros.
- Import macros read data from a cluster.
- Export macros write data to a cluster.
The use of macros within the interface toolbox guarantees that the same conditions are always used for accessing the cluster data.
Use
When processing cluster data, the interface toolbox retrieves the available existing import macros in the SAP system. If the table objects for data import have been changed in the import macros (for example, if a table object has been deleted, or inserted) this change is automatically passed on to the interface toolbox without the need for manual intervention.
The interface toolbox checks whether the import macro is valid. You may use macros that meet the following conditions:
- Reading the data from a cluster
- The import macro uses the IMPORT ABAP command.
- Accessing the cluster in the database object
Naming conventions for export and import macros
The structure of the name is as follows:
RP-aaa-bb-cc
Where
- aaa is the type of macro
- IMP import macro
- EXP export macro
- bb specifies the database table where the data is saved
- C1 database object PCL1
- C2 database object PCL2
- C3 database object PCL3
- C4 database object PCL4
- cc names the cluster object
- RX cluster object RX
- RD cluster object RD
- B2 cluster object B2, and so on.
History
| Last changed by/on | SAP | 19990412 |
| SAP Release Created in |
