When you define validations, you can also specify which message will appear on the user’s terminal when a check statement is not met. You can create a long text for each message.
Creating/Changing a Message
The screen Maintain Messages: Class <class ID> appears.
You can also access message maintenance when maintaining steps in a validation. If the Message node is marked, you can choose the corresponding pushbutton in the right-hand area of the screen to call up the Maintain messages function.
The screen Maintain Messages: Class <message class> appears. The messages are displayed in the logon language. If you want to create or change messages in another language, you must log off and then log on again in the language in which you want to enter messages.
a) Position the cursor on the first empty message line.
b) Choose Messages
® Individual maint.c) Enter a text for the message.
If you want to use a variable in the message, enter an ampersand (&) for the variable. You can enter a maximum of four variables in a message.
Cost center & cannot be posted with business area &
Two variables are used in this message: one for the cost center and one for the business area. You define the table/field name for the variable when you create the validation.
a) Position the cursor on the message you want to change.
b) Choose Messages
® Individual maint.c) Overwrite the current message text with your changes.
Additional Functions on Maintain Messages: Class <Message Class> Screen
Choose |
Function |
Messages ® Other message class |
Create/change/display messages in another message class. |
Messages ® Maintain all |
Change all messages |
Messages ® Individual maint. |
Change a particular message |
Messages ® Compact display |
Display only the messages that have been defined |
Messages ® Save |
Save the messages |
Messages ® Print |
Print the messages |
Edit ® Next free number |
Create message using next available message number |
Edit ® Next used |
Display next defined message number |
Edit ® Delete |
Delete a selected message |
Edit ® Select |
Select a message for further processing (to delete it, for example) |
Edit ® Find... |
Search for a particular message text |
Edit ® Continue search |
Search again for the message text last entered |
Edit ® Set as self-explanatory |
Mark a message as self-explanatory so that the message does not need to be documented |
Goto ® Documentation ® Long text |
Display or change the long text (documentation) for a message |
Goto ® Documentation ® Not to be documented |
Mark a message as self-explanatory so that the message does not need to be documented |
Goto ® Translation |
Translate the message text |
Goto ® Message class |
Display or change the message class for a message |
Goto ® Additional information |
Assign an object type (such as a table view) and subobject to the message, if desired |
Utilities ® Message class list |
Display list of defined message classes |
Utilities ® Change requests (Organizer) |
Call up the Workbench Organizer, for example to maintain and display transport requests |
Utilities ® Global search... |
Global search for message text as a string or word |
Utilities ® Global replace... |
Global search and replace for message text as a string or word |
Utilities ® Where-used list |
Display where a message is used |
The system saves the message you created or changed.
Displaying a Message
The screen Maintain Messages: Class <class ID> appears.
For validations messages, the standard version of the application component FI-SL contains message class
K2 .The screen Display Messages: Class <message class> appears. The messages are displayed in the logon language. If you want to display messages in another language, you must log off and then log on again in the language for which you want to display messages.
Deleting a Message
The screen Maintain Messages: Class <class ID> appears.
The screen Maintain Messages: Class <message class> appears.
A dialog box appears, asking if you want to delete the message.
You cannot delete a message that is used by another program (for example, in validations or substitutions).