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[Fiori Elements] Custom Column in a Table is not visible

December 11, 2023 December 12, 2023

I had a generated Fiori Elements App (done by using @sap/generator-fiori), containing a List, where I needed to add a custom column containing a Button. I found this well explained in the official documentation:

https://sapui5.hana.ondemand.com/#/topic/d525522c1bf54672ae4e02d66b38e60c

I followed the instructions exactly, but it didn’t work. When comparing my manifest.json again with the example, I noticed one minor difference. In my generated App, there was an extra items/ in front of the @com.sap.vocabularies.UI.v1.LineItem.

After removing items/ the custom column was suddenly visible. When I noticed the difference, I thought that would never be the reason. Luckily, I tested it after all. That really is a big problem with Fiori Elements. These are problems that can no longer be solved by debugging or similar.

Here some more helpful links, when challenging with a custom column:

https://github.com/SAP-samples/fiori-elements-feature-showcase/blob/main/README.md#add-custom-column-extensibility

https://ui5.sap.com/test-resources/sap/fe/core/fpmExplorer/index.html#/customElements/customColumnContent

ABAP

[ABAP] SALV – Access column name

November 27, 2023 November 27, 2023

  TRY.
      cl_salv_table=>factory( IMPORTING r_salv_table = DATA(lo_alv)
                              CHANGING  t_table      = lt_output ).
    CATCH cx_salv_msg INTO DATA(lx_salv).
      WRITE: / lx_salv->get_text( ).
  ENDTRY.

  DATA(columns) = lo_alv->get_columns( ).
  DATA(lt_cols) = columns->get( ).

  LOOP AT lt_cols INTO DATA(ls_cols).
    DATA(lo_column) = ls_cols-r_column.
    CASE ls_cols-columnname.
      WHEN 'MANDT'
        lo_column->set_visible( abap_false ).
    ENDCASE.
  ENDLOOP.

CAP

[CAP] Fiori Elements – Add button in table toolbar to trigger action

November 8, 2023 November 8, 2023

A button for calling an action or function can be added to a table header with a single line in the annotations.cds file:

UI.LineItem : [
        { $Type: 'UI.DataFieldForAction', Action: 'myService.EntityContainer/myAction', Label: 'This is my button label' },
...
    ],

CAP

[CAP] Create value help with distinct values

October 24, 2023 October 24, 2023

using my.Model as db from '../db/data-model';

service myService @(requires: 'authenticated-user') {

    @readonly
    @cds.odata.valuelist
    entity uniqueValues as select from db.Table distinct {
        key field
    };
}

CAP

[CAP] Update standalone approuter

October 18, 2023 October 18, 2023

You can simply update your standalone approuter using cf push,

cd ~/projects/bookshop/app/approuter/
cf push bookshop-approuter # take your approuter name from the mta.yaml file
cd ~/projects/bookshop/

SAP

[SAP] Set default download path in SU01

October 10, 2023 October 10, 2023

SU01 -> Edit user -> Parameter -> Add Parameter GR8 and your preferred path -> Save

SAP, Transactions

[SAP] Reset different SAP buffers

October 5, 2023 October 5, 2023

https://wiki.scn.sap.com/wiki/display/Basis/How+to+Reset+different+SAP+buffers

    /$SYNC - Resets the buffers of the application server
    /$CUA - Resets the CUA buffer of the application server
    /$TAB - Resets the TABLE buffers of the application server
    /$NAM - Resets the nametab buffer of the application server
    /$DYN - Resets the screen buffer of the application server
    /$ESM - Resets the Exp./ Imp. Shared Memory Buffer of the application server
    /$PXA - Resets the Program (PXA) Buffer of the application server.
    /$OBJ - Resets the Shared Buffer of the application server.

ABAP, Classes

[ABAP] convert string to xstring and convert back

September 28, 2023 October 12, 2023

DATA(lv_string) = |My string I want to convert to xstring.|.

TRY.
    DATA(lv_xstring)        = cl_abap_codepage=>convert_to( lv_string ).
    DATA(lv_string_decoded) = cl_abap_codepage=>convert_from( lv_xstring ).

    WRITE: / lv_string,
           / lv_xstring,
           / lv_string_decoded.

  CATCH cx_root INTO DATA(e).
    WRITE: / e->get_text( ).
ENDTRY.

ABAP

[ABAP] Filter table using VALUE FOR

September 27, 2023 February 6, 2025

DATA(lt_result) = VALUE z_type( FOR line IN lt_table
                                WHERE ( value IN lr_values )
                                ( field = line-value ) ).

ABAP

[ABAP] Selection Screen Tabbed Block

September 20, 2023 September 19, 2023

SELECTION-SCREEN BEGIN OF BLOCK bl4 WITH FRAME TITLE TEXT-t01.
SELECTION-SCREEN BEGIN OF TABBED BLOCK tbl FOR 10 LINES.
SELECTION-SCREEN TAB (15) tbl_tab1 USER-COMMAND tab1 DEFAULT SCREEN 1001.
SELECTION-SCREEN TAB (15) tbl_tab2 USER-COMMAND tab2 DEFAULT SCREEN 1002.
SELECTION-SCREEN TAB (15) tbl_tab3 USER-COMMAND tab3 DEFAULT SCREEN 1003.
SELECTION-SCREEN END OF BLOCK tbl.
SELECTION-SCREEN END OF BLOCK bl4.

* Subscreen 1001 Tab1
SELECTION-SCREEN BEGIN OF SCREEN 1001 AS SUBSCREEN.
PARAMETERS p_bool1 TYPE abap_bool AS CHECKBOX.
SELECTION-SCREEN END OF SCREEN 1001.

* Subscreen 1002 Tab2
SELECTION-SCREEN BEGIN OF SCREEN 1002 AS SUBSCREEN.
PARAMETERS p_btp1 TYPE flag RADIOBUTTON GROUP rbg DEFAULT 'X'.
PARAMETERS p_btp2 TYPE flag RADIOBUTTON GROUP rbg.
PARAMETERS p_btp3 TYPE flag RADIOBUTTON GROUP rbg.
SELECTION-SCREEN END OF SCREEN 1002.

* Subscreen 1003 Tab3
SELECTION-SCREEN BEGIN OF SCREEN 1003 AS SUBSCREEN.
PARAMETERS p_bool2 TYPE flag AS CHECKBOX.
SELECTION-SCREEN END OF SCREEN 1003.

INITIALIZATION.

  " provide tab names
  tbl_tab1 = 'Tab1'.
  tbl_tab2 = 'Tab2'.
  tbl_tab3 = 'Tab3'.

  " set active tab (activetab value must be in uppercase)
  tbl-activetab = 'TAB2'.
  tbl-dynnr     = 1002.
  tbl-prog      = sy-repid.

AT SELECTION-SCREEN.

  " click on tabstrip event
  CASE sy-ucomm.
    WHEN 'TAB1'.
      MESSAGE 'TAB1' TYPE 'S'.
    WHEN 'TAB2'.
      MESSAGE 'TAB2' TYPE 'S'.
    WHEN 'TAB3'.
      MESSAGE 'TAB3' TYPE 'S'.
  ENDCASE.