2015-02-02 - 16879 -Spec - Material Creation Program Changes to Remove Hidden-Special Charcters #ABAP #ABAPLSMW #materialmaster

SPECIFICATIONS

16879.100 - Remove Hidden/Special Characters from Material Description during creation of Materials through Material Creation Programs.

Purpose

Removing special/hidden characters from the Material Description

Admin Info

Purpose	Remove Hidden/Special Chars from Material Description
Requested By	Babu Vanamali
Spec Created By	Venkat
Spec Created Date	02/02/2015
Spec QA by	Damodar
Environment	NECNED to NECNEQ
Object(s) tested by	Adithya
Objects	ZMMGBL ZMMENGG_MAT ZMMAPP_CREATE ZRPP_FGEN
Document Status	Completed

Estimates

Sl.No	Activity	Estimation in Hours
1	Research
2	Documentation	4
3	Development/ Config	12
4	Unit test in DEV	8
5	Unit test in QUA	8
6	Other activity
	TOTAL	32

Functional Requirement

Purpose/WHY:

New Era uses many new materials daily. Most of the Materials are created through Flat Files. The Material details are entered by Users in flat Files and some times the users enter some special characters in material description, also sometimes hidden characters are unintentionally inserted into the Material Description.

The hidden/special characters create problems when the material is used in some programs. ( IDOCS, BW system etc ). So, Remove special characters from the Material Description while creating materials by material creation programs,

Some examples for hidden/special characters are,",#,& etc.

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Out of Scope:

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Solution Summary

The following programs are used by New Era to create materials using flat files.
1.ZMMGBL
2.ZMMENGG_Mat
3.ZMMAPP_CREATE
4.ZRPP_Fgen

Develop a Function Module to remove hidden/special characters from Material Creation Programs.This Function Module will be used in all the material creation programs.

Allowed Characters in Material Description:
1) 0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9
2) All alphabets
3)/,-,%

Test Notes

System : NECNED300

S No	Program	Test Scenario
MM0001	ZRPP_FGEN	Create a Material Usign ZRPP_FGEN with special characters as material description in it

System : NECNED100

Test ID	Test Scenario	Expected Results
MM0001	Create a Material using ZRPP_FGEN with special characters as the Material Description.	Material should be created with correct description avoiding the special hidden characters like (/,-%) Attached is the file which is used for testing with the special characters in material description
MM0002	Create a Material using ZMMGBL with special characters as the Material Description.	Material should be created with correct description avoiding the special hidden characters like (/,-%) Attached is the file which is used for testing with the special characters in material description
MM0003	Create a Material using ZMMENGG_MAT with special characters as the Material Description.	Material should be created with correct description avoiding the special hidden characters like (/,-%) Attached is the file which is used for testing with the special characters in material description
MM0004	Create a Material using ZMMAPP_CREATE with special characters as the Material Description.

Solution Details

Developed a Function Module - ZFM_MAT_DESC_CLEANSING, which will remove all the special / hidden characters
- Input Parameter : Material Description
- Output Parameter: Material Description (without special / hidden characters)

Used the above function module (ZFM_MAT_DESC_CLEANSING) in the below programs to remove the special/hidden characters in material description:
1.ZMMGBL
2.ZMMENGG_Mat
3.ZMMAPP_CREATE
4.ZRPP_Fgen

Issues

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