EVENTS in table maintenance generator - ABAP

Posted Date: 08 Feb 2009 Resource Type: Articles/Knowledge Sharing

Category: Education
Author: Rajkumar P Member Level: Gold
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While creating the tables, sometimes we may need to update the table fields in t
he background.
Lets take an example, if create a table with 10 fields in those 10 fields there
are 2 fields which are User name and the Date, these 2 fields should update auto
matically when a record Inserted/Updated in the table.
For this, we need to create a table maintenance generator for that table. There
in the table maintenance generator we have an option to create EVENTS.
In the table maintenance generator,
Environment --> Modifications --> Events
then a screen will be appear here,we need to create the Events, for updating the
fields create 05(Creating a new entry) and 21(Fill hidden fields) .
In the EVENTS screen, press new Entries, there give 05 and give a name(This will
become a PERFORM), then click the Editor pushbutton, this will be there at the r
ight side of the entry, then a popup will be appear, you can create an include p
rogram,there inside of the include program write the below code
form CREATE_ENTRY.
TABLE-USERNAME = sy-uname.
TABLE-CHANGED_ON = sy-datum.
endform.
Then in the events screen enter 21 and give the form name as HIDDEN_FIELDS, then
press the editor button, then in the editor
form HIDDEN_FIELDS.
TABLE-USERNAME = sy-uname.
TABLE-CHANGED_ON = sy-datum.
update TABLE.
endform.
This CREATE_ENTRY Perform will be triggered for every new entry and the
HIDDEN_FIELDS fields will be triggered for every changed value in the table, so
the
Fields USERNAME and the CHANGED_ON fields will be updated automatically when a
new record inserted into the table or an existed record changes through the tabl
e maintenance generator.
If you want any more functions, and then look at the events, you can press the F
4 and look at the description of the event, then you come to know how to use and
where to use.