Private File 

If you are using the version of SAP Query supplied by SAP, you do not have this function. However, the delivery system includes an enhancement (SQUE0001) which allows all customers to add their own interactive functions. The Private file function appears on your screen only if you take advantage of this enhancement option. To do this, you (or your system administrator) must take the necessary steps and activate the enhancement. For further information, see Enhancement SQUE0001: Private Files).

Generally, this function works in the same way as the other standard interactive functions. It gathers the data from your query together in a table and then passes it to a function module written in the course of the enhancement. What actually happens to the data is up the customer.

The Private file function has largely been made obsolete with the introduction of the Additional function pool (see Additional Function Pool). SAP will continue to support the Private file function for reasons of compatibility. It is, however, recommended that you gradually re-define those functions that you have in the Private file so that you can add them to the Additional function pool.

Be aware that additional function pool functions can only be processed online in the foreground and thus CANNOT be called during background processing. In contrast, contents of the private file CAN be called during background processing.