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April14,2014 | 907Views |
MohsinSyed
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ThisblogexplainsHowtoAddorUsetheCustomerFieldsinESSLeave
Request.

Requirement:Icameacrosssomediscussionshowcanweadda
CustomerfieldtouseasaCheckboxorDropdownlistinESSLeave
Request,Soletmeexplainsomeofthisscenarios.

Solution:

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YoucandowithCustomizationofFPMcomponent

Step1:

GotoIMGpathinTx:SPRO

PersonnelManagement>EmployeeSelfService(WebDynproABAP)>
ServiceSpecificSettings>WorkingTime>LeaveRequests>
ProcessingProcesses>SpecifyProcessingProcessesforTypesof
Leave>DefineAbsences/ProcessingProcesses>Choose

ChoosetheLeavetypeforwhichyouneedtheCustomerField,forex:
SMCL(CasualLeave).

HereyoucanfindtheFieldSelectionforAdditionalDatayouneedto
selectoneofthevaluefromF4helpasshownbelow.

Step2:

GotoTx:SE80andselectWebdynproComponentas
FPM_FORM_UIBB

ExpandComponentConfigurationsandselect
HRESS_CC_GUIBBF_LEAVREQandStartConfigurator

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YouneedtocreateEnhancementbygoingtoOtherfunctionsbuttonas
shownbelow.

GivethenameasZ_HRESS_CC_GUIBBF_LEAVREQandSAVEit.

GotoZ_HRESS_CC_GUIBBF_LEAVREQandStartConfiguratorand
ClickonChangebuttonasshown

GotoGroupAdditionalData,Elements

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ChangetheAttributesasshownbelow

Step3:

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GotoTx:SE80andselectWebdynproComponentas
FPM_OVP_COMPONENT

ExpandComponentConfigurationsandselect
HRESS_CC_PTARQ_LEAVREQandStartConfigurator.

YouneedtocreateEnhancementbygoingtoOtherfunctionsbuttonas
shownbelow.

GivethenameasZ_HRESS_CC_PTARQ_LEAVREQandSAVEit.

GotoZ_HRESS_CC_PTARQ_LEAVREQandStartConfiguratorand
ClickonChangebuttonasshown

GotoPageLRFasshownbelow

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GotoSELECTION_FORMtabandClickonAttributesandchangethe
ConfigurationNameasZ_HRESS_CC_GUIBBF_LEAVREQ

ClickonSave,thatshouldlooklikebelow

Step4:

ExpandWebdynproApplicationsandselect
HRESS_A_PTARQ_LEAVREQ_APPL

ExpandHRESS_A_PTARQ_LEAVREQ_APPLgoto
HRESS_AC_PTARQ_LEAVREQandStartConfigurator

YouneedtocreateEnhancementbygoingtoOtherfunctionsbuttonas
shownbelow.

GivethenameasZ_HRESS_AC_PTARQ_LEAVREQandSAVEit.

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NowyouwillseethenewConfigurationComponentatApplic.
ConfigurationswiththeaboveZname.

GotoZ_HRESS_AC_PTARQ_LEAVREQandStartConfiguratorand
ClickonChangebuttonasshown.

ThenChangetheconfigurationtoZ_HRESS_CC_PTARQ_LEAVREQ
andclickonsaveasshownbelow.

Output:

LoginintoPortalandgotoCreateLeaverequestPageyouwillfindthe
AdditionalDataFieldHoursasCheckboxasshownbelow.

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TheAdditionalDataFieldwillappearonlyforCASUALLEAVEasyou
haveconfiguredforonlySMCLinStep1.

BusinessLogic/Validations:

ThebusinesslogicshouldbewrittenintheBADIPT_ABS_REQinthe
methodSIMULATE_VIA_BLOP

ThenyoucanvalidatebyseeingtheValueaschecked(X)for
Customer01fieldinthedebuggingmodeasshownbelow.

OpenIM_ATTABS_TABbydoubleclick,youcanseetheCustomer01
fieldValueasX.

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Youcanwriteyourownlogicforvalidationsfurtherforthisfield.

DropdownList

ForGettingthefieldasDropdown.

Instep2,forexampleselecttheCustomer02fieldandchangethe
displaytypeasDropDowninAttributesElement.

Toassignthevaluesforthedropdownlistyouneedtoenhancethe
methodMODIFY_DEF_DEFAULT_LABEL(attheendofthismethod)of
classCL_HRESS_PTARQ_LEAVREQ_GUIBBFwriteyourlogic,for
exampleasbelow.

Examplecode:

data:lt_fixed_valuestype
WDR_CONTEXT_ATTR_VALUE_LIST,

ls_fixed_valuestypeWDR_CONTEXT_ATTR_VALUE.

READTABLEct_field_descriptionASSIGNING<field_descr>

WITHKEYname=CUSTOMER02.

IFsysubrcISINITIAL.

ls_fixed_valuesvalue=01.

ls_fixed_valuestext=MALE.

insertls_fixed_valuesintotablelt_fixed_values.

<field_descr>fixed_values=lt_fixed_values.

ENDIF.

TheremightbesomeotherwaystogetthisrequirementdonebutI
followedthisway.Ifanythingbestpleaseletmeknow.

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HopeThisbloghelpsallofyouAnycommentsorsuggestionsare
mostwelcome

Regards,

Mohsin.

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YugandharReddy

April14,2014at12:26pm

ThanksSyedforthedetails,itwillhelpthecommunity.
Keepitupandkeeppostingsuchusefulstuff.

MohsinSyed Postauthor

April15,2014at7:20am

ThanksYugandhar
Regards,
Mohsin

MALYADRIJWALAG

April14,2014at2:04pm

gudjob

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MohsinSyed Postauthor

April15,2014at7:21am

ThanksJWALA.
Regards,
Mohsin

LinkinPereira

April17,2014at6:17am

Veryhelpful.Anotheroneinourconsultanttoolbox

VinothKumar

April18,2014at5:06am

ThanksSyedforsharing.Havebelowquery.
FieldselectionforadditionaldataSAP_EDU.HowisthisSAP_EDUislinkedor
canwegiveanyothervalues?

MohsinSyed Postauthor

April23,2014at9:17am

HiVinoth,
SAP_EDUisstandardFieldSelectionprovidedbySAPwhereinyou
canfindadditionalFieldslikeCustomerFields.ifyouwanttogive
anyothervaluesyoucangivebutyouneedtocreatenewField
SelectiongoingthroughSPROIMGPathDefineFieldSelection.
Regards,
Mohsin.

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BharatVenkat

April30,2014at11:40pm

HiMohsin,
Goodblog.
CanyoutellifthisisEHP5orEHP6.
Regards,
Bharat

MohsinSyed Postauthor

May2,2014at9:12am

HiBharath,
Thanks,thisisEHP6.
Regards,
Mohsin.

BharatVenkat

May2,2014at1:56pm

HiMohsin,
Thanks.
CanyoutellmewhereIcanfindconfiguration
documentsforportalversionofESS/MSS!
InfactIamafunctionalconsultant.Whatallinportal
doIneedtoknowregardingESS/MSSfunctional.
Regards,
Bharat

SaiBalaji

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January3,2015at10:19pm

HiMoshin,
TheblogwashelpfultoaddtheCUSTOMERfieldstothestandardapplication.
IneedmakeoneofthecustomerfieldsasaDATEfield.Couldyoupleaseletme
knowhowcouldIachievethis?
Thanks,
Balajii
P.S:Ihavealsostartedthediscussionaroundthesamequeryatcustomfield
propertiesinESSLeaveRequest

ZhaohuaZhu

January2,2016at1:38pm

HiMoshin,
Thanksalotforyourpost.Itsveryhelpful.However,NowIamfacingaclient
requirementtoimplementalinktourlintheleaveapplicationscreen.Istherea
waytodothat?
IhavetakenalookatthecustomerfieldsattributesanditseemsthatIcanonly
selectlinktoaction.Iftheresnowaytoimplementlinktourl,isthereawayto
uselinktoactiontoactivatearedirectiontoawebsiteonclick?
Manythanks.
Isaac

NARENDERSINGH

February17,2017at5:27pm

HiMohsin,
WehaveimplementedtheleaverequestapplicationinbothESSandFioriwith
anadditionalfieldcalledNumberofDays.InESSthefieldisautopopulated
withzerobutinFioriitscomingblank.

DoyouknowanycustomizingspotorBADIwherewecansetthedefaultvalue
inthecustomfield.IcheckedtheconfigurationonSPROandalso

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BADIPT_ABS_REQwhereweaddthecustomfield,butiamnotabletodefault
thevalue.

Regards,
Narender

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