Access to Export Data in a User-Defined File Layout (SAP Library

Access to Export Data in a User-Defined File Layout

Use

You can set up user exits in different areas (for example, structure, block) within the file layout. If the change validation functions provided do not meet your requirements, you can define customer user exits. In your user exits, you use the function modules included in the standard system to define your change validation function.

Features

You can use the function module within the file layout to enter data for the structures (NEW_ and OLD_ structures) that already exist in the export program for the change validation user exit. SAP recommends that you use this procedure in the following situations:

You want to access the values for the exported files during change validation, although the system has not identified any changes.

In the standard system, the change validation function uses the last exported payroll period for comparison. You also want to compare the values for a payroll period with the values for a different period.

If you have flagged the Layout conversion directly after export attribute in the interface format, the tables and field strings (NEW_ and OLD_ structures) still contain values. You can still use the function module to retrieve another comparison period for change validation or to run the conversion of the file layout.

The standard system contains the following function modules:

HR_INTF_INITIALIZE

This function module must be called once before all other function module. You must enter the current program name for the Interface Toolbox.

HR_INTF_IMPORT_L

This function module enters data in the OLD tables in the same way as the Import function (IMPRT with specification L).

HR_INTF_IMPORT_O

This function module enters data in the OLD tables in the same way as the Import function (IMPRT with specification O).

HR_INTF_IMPORT_CURRENT

This function module enters the current result in the NEW tables.