You can link a logical path to any logical filename. The logical path provides a platform-specific physical path for any logical filename. To create a logical filename, choose Logical file path definition from the Navigation group box in Transaction FILE. On the screen, you can then define a new logical path as shown below:

Save the logical path.

In the Navigation group box, choose Assignment of physical paths to logical path. This allows you to link logical paths to physical paths and syntax groups. You can now either choose a logical path and maintain its link to a syntax group, or choose New entries to create new links. The physical path for the syntax group UNIX might be defined as follows:

You can display lists of possible entries for the Logical path and Syntax group fields. When you create the physical path, you can use reserved words (enclosed in angled brackets). These are replaced by the appropriate values at runtime. To display a list of reserved words, place the cursor on the input field and choose Help. The physical path must always contain the reserved word <FILENAME>. It is replaced at runtime by the logical filename used by the logical path. The value of the reserved word <PARAM_1>, used in the previous example, is an import parameter of the function module FILE_GET_NAME.