Converting Display Data (SAP Library - The Form Editor (PT-EV-FO))

Converting Display Data

Use

In the Conversion field, you can determine how a specified field is formatted. For example, you can determine the date format, whether a long text is displayed for a field, or which quota statuses are displayed.

The form editor provides conversions for particular situations. Note that not all conversions are suited to all fields.

Examples

Date format:Single field SCHLW-CDATUM

Conversion	Text displayed	Meaning
DM	05	Day of date
13	09/05/2000	Date in full

Long text:Single field ZL-ANZHL, condition LGART EQ MM10

Conversion	Text displayed	Meaning
BLANK	0.30	Number field
LT	Overtime 25%	Long text for field

Absence quotas: Single field SCHLW-QUOTAA

Conversion	Text displayed		Meaning
ET	20.00	Employee’s total entitlement (for example, for each leave year)
DF	05.00	Quota from Absence Quotas infotype (2006) reduced by (= deducted and compensated)
OR	02.00	Quota from Absence Quotas infotype (2006) requested
RF	13.00	Future quota remainder (= total entitlement – deducted – compensated – requested)

Prerequisites

You have already added the fields you want to display to your form.

Activities

Double-click the field whose conversion you want to change.

Enter the required conversion in the Conversion field. In the possible entries help, you can view which special conversions you can use.

Note

Conversions beginning with the letter "T" are used to convert texts. For more information, see Text Conversions.