The world's coming to an end. Serious? The Mayan calendar ended there meaning world ending on that day or their finance fiscal calendar ends on that period? :) Anyway, if SAP even existed that time, I guess they forget to maintain their factory calendar, SCAL, and let's hope we are able to celebrate 2012 Christmas.
Working with ABAP has always been challenging since my training days (8 years ago!), no doubt about it. Early 2012, I had been focusing on modifying Sales Screens especially Shipping and line item's shipping tab. Based on shipment route (VBAP-ROUTE), to determine the Loading Date, Material Availability Date, Delivery Date, Goods Movement Date and few more dates. My solution to these fixes was modifying in program SAPMV45A at screen 4552 (PBO Module). You can do some manipulation to the screen value too. Okay, enough said and you can go along and play with it.
On another hand, I have NOT used SDN since it, well, became SCN. I find it complicated and the original forum's topic has been moved and changed to somewhere unknown. Why did you guys, SAP, have to move it?? The original design was way much better to navigate and easier to find stuffs than the new one, duh! SCN just makes it complicated and the hopelessness hung there whenever you have to go to the guide to see where the ABAP forum has been changed to which page. The wholesome of using SDN as a forum is no longer as great as it used to be. Can the guys who are responsible for this SCN project give something better? I can neither ditch SCN nor ignore it because it is every SAP professionals life stream! Looking for ABAP resources was fun with the good old SDN until it became SCN... it is sucks, all the way...
Okay, enough ranting of SCN. Back to some of my current assignments which involve heavy modification of MV45AFZZ's routine (USEREXIT_SAVED_DOCUMENT) and IDOC outbound process (IDOC_OUTPUT_ORDRSP) was the longest enhancement of all projects. Not to say it is difficult but it requires the functional to spend hours of testing in order to get a thumbs up. The nature of the change was complex as it requires to listen to the slightest change in VA01 and VA02 screens e.g. change of order quantity, change of first date, or even change of header's info will trigger an IDOC Order Response. Of course, it is taken care now but the amount of energy and time spent in that room with two functionals to verify all the functionality is working and non original process is affected - is humungous!. Anyway, all is done and ended well.
Now my next task is to determine why there is an error pop up when one line item gets firmed for consignment order. Talk about errors and bugs, Christmas is coming and I hope things goes well when I am not around. Merry Christmas to all readers who have come here to get some ideas and I thank you very much. Have a good Christmas and may the end of the world is just another merry day to you!
williamwilstroth... SCAL, IDOC, MV45AFZZ and end of world???
