Customer Exit Variables in SAP BW/BI Reports - First Day of The Current/Previous Month

Customer Exit Variables in SAP
BW/BI Reports – First day of the

Current/Previous Month
Applies to:
SAP BW 7.0 and will also work on BW 3.5. For more information, visit the EDW homepage.
Summary
This article explains step by step process about how to use Customer Exit Variables in SAP BW/BI reports.
Author: Prakash Kumar Sahu

Company: Tata Technologies Limited (Pune/India)
Created on: 07 April 2011
Author Bio
Prakash Kumar Sahu is a SAP BI consultant with more than 2 years of SAP BI/BW experience and
currently working with Tata Technologies Limited (Pune/India). He has got rich experience and
worked on various BW/BI implementation/Support projects.
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Customer Exit Variables in SAP BW/BI Reports – First day of the Current/Previous Month
Table of Contents
Introduction: ........................................................................................................................................................ 3
Business Scenario: ............................................................................................................................................. 3
Steps:………….. ................................................................................................................................................. 3
Code:…………… ................................................................................................................................................ 6
Testing of Code: ................................................................................................................................................. 9
Report Designer: ............................................................................................................................................... 12
Execute the Report: .......................................................................................................................................... 13
See the Report Result: ..................................................................................................................................... 13
Related Content ................................................................................................................................................ 14
Disclaimer and Liability Notice .......................................................................................................................... 15
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Introduction:
This article explains requirement of Customer Exit Variables in BW/BI reports. We will learn how to use
characteristic Customer Exit variables in our BI reports.
Customer Exit Variable: In BI project, consultant often come across the situation when they need to use a
processing type other than manual entry / default value, replacement path, SAP exit, or authorization to fulfill
the requirement of the customer, then a customer exit gives you the option of setting up a processing type for
variables, tailor-made to your specific needs.
Business Scenario:
In many BI reports (For example Sales Report) user want to see the MTD (Month-To-Date) sales data. For
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example if user runs the sales report on 7 April, 2011 then report should give the sales data from 1 April,
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2011 to 6 April, 2011. Similarly if user runs the sales report on 1 day of any month then report should give
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the sales data of all the days of last month. For example, if user runs the report on 1 April, 2011 then report
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should give the sales data from 1 March, 2011 to 31 March, 2011.
In order to reflect the data in our BI report as per above requirement, we need to use the Customer Exit
Variable on Calendar Day (0CALDAY)
Steps:
1.Create Customer Exit Variable on Calendar Day (0CALDAY)
Create Z_FDCPM (First Day of Current\Previous Month). The properties of the variable are as below:-
Type of Variable : Characteristic
Variable Name : Z_FDCPM
Processing By : Customer Exit
Characteristic : Calendar Day
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Variable Represents: Single Value

Variable Entry : Mandatory
Do not check ready for input.
Below are some screenshots for better understanding:-
1.1 Double click on Calendar day InfoObject in your query or right click and select restrict.
1.2 Select Variables from drop-down box.
1.3 Select Characteristic Value Variable as a type from dropdown box.
1.4 Click on “Create New Variable”.
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1.5 Make the setting as below in General tab.
1.6 Make the settings as below in the Details Tab. Leave the other tabs in its default settings. Click OK.
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Code:
Go to T-Code CMOD in BW and then give your Project Name and click on Change button.
Click on Components.
Double Click on EXIT_SAPLRRS0_001.
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Double click on ZXRSRU01.
Write the following code in the ABAP Editor.
*---------------------------------------------------------- *
* INCLUDE ZXRSRU01 *
*---------------------------------------------------------- *
* *************** Data Type Declaration ****************** *
DATA : l_s_range TYPE RSR_S_RANGESID,
loc_var_range LIKE RRRANGEEXIT,
yyyy(4) TYPE n,
mm(2) TYPE n,
dd(2) TYPE n,
fst_date LIKE sy-datum,
begdt LIKE sy-datum.
CASE i_vnam.
* Below codes calculate first day of current/previous month
* (If Date is first day of the month then it gives first day
* of the previous month, If date is not the first date of the
* month then it gives first day of the current month)
WHEN 'Z_FDCPM'.
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IF i_step = 2.
REFRESH e_t_range.
dd = sy-datum+6(2).
mm = sy-datum+4(2).
yyyy = sy-datum+0(4).
IF dd = '01' AND mm = '01'.

mm = '12'.
yyyy = yyyy - 1.
ELSEIF dd = '01' AND mm <> '01'.
mm = mm - 1.
ELSEIF dd <> '01'.
mm = mm.
ENDIF.
CLEAR : fst_date.
CONCATENATE yyyy mm '01' INTO fst_date.
begdt = fst_date.
CALL FUNCTION 'DATE_TO_PERIOD_CONVERT'

EXPORTING
i_date = begdt
* I_MONMIT = 00
i_periv = 'V3'
IMPORTING
e_buper = mmm
e_gjahr = yyyy.
CALL FUNCTION 'FIRST_DAY_IN_PERIOD_GET'

EXPORTING
i_gjahr = yyyy
* I_MONMIT = 00
i_periv = 'V3'
i_poper = mmm
IMPORTING
e_date = firdt.
CLEAR: ls_ra_sid.
ls_ra_sid-sign = 'I'.
ls_ra_sid-opt = 'EQ'.
ls_ra_sid-low = firdt.
CLEAR: ls_ra_sid-high.
APPEND ls_ra_sid TO e_t_range.
ENDIF.
* Above codes calculate first day of current/previous month
ENDCASE.
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Testing of Code:
We will test our codes to check if our customer exit variable works as per the given requirement or not. We
will provide the date manually and will check for its return value. Following are some test cases.
Input Date Expected output date
01.01.2011 ( 20110101 ) 01.12.2010 ( 20101201 )
01.02.2011 ( 20110201 ) 01.01.2011 ( 20110101 )
07.02.2011 ( 20110207 ) 01.02.2011 ( 20110201 )
In data type declaration declare temporary variable curdt as below.

curdt LIKE sy-datum,
For testing purpose only, temporarily modify your codes as below.
Set the External Breakpoint as below.
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Enter the t-code RSRT in BW, give the query name and press enter. After this, click on Execute + Debug.
Following are some function Keys for debugging.

F5 Single Step
F6 Execute
F7 Return
F8 Continue
Press F5 one by one till cursor points to ENDFUNCTION. When cursor points to ENDFUNCTION then click
F8 to continue.
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Double click on the variable during the debugging to get the current value of the variable at that instant. After
debugging is complete we get the values of variables as below.
We can see that, we are getting the output date as expected.

Following are screenshots for other two cases after debugging.
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Report Designer:
In Report Rows: Drag and Drop Calendar Day and Factory Characteristics.
In Report Columns: Drag and Drop Quantity key figure.
In Report Fitter: Restrict the 0CALDAY(Calendar day) with a range whose lower limit is Customer Exit
Variable Z_FDCPM(First Day of Current\Previous month) and upper limit is 0DAT (Current Calendar Day)
with offset -1. Please note that 0DAT gives today’s date so 0DAT-1 will give yesterday’s date.
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Execute the Report:

See the Report Result:
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⁭See the date ranges in the report. Report was executed on 7 April, 2011 so it is giving data from 1 April,
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2011 to 6 April, 2011.
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Related Content
https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/index
Implementing Customer Exit Reporting Variables as Methods
SAP Library - Customer Exits
SAP Library - BI Suite - Reporting Variables-Customer Exits
For more information, visit the EDW homepage
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Variable Represents: Single Value

1.2 Select Variables from drop-down box.

1.3 Select Characteristic Value Variable as a type from dropdown box.

1.4 Click on “Create New Variable”.

1.5 Make the setting as below in General tab.

Double Click on EXIT_SAPLRRS0_001.

Double click on ZXRSRU01.

Write the following code in the ABAP Editor.

* *************** Data Type Declaration ****************** *

DATA : l_s_range TYPE RSR_S_RANGESID,

loc_var_range LIKE RRRANGEEXIT,

fst_date LIKE sy-datum,

begdt LIKE sy-datum.

* Below codes calculate first day of current/previous month

* of the previous month, If date is not the first date of the

* month then it gives first day of the current month)

IF dd = '01' AND mm = '01'.

CALL FUNCTION 'DATE_TO_PERIOD_CONVERT'

CALL FUNCTION 'FIRST_DAY_IN_PERIOD_GET'

* Above codes calculate first day of current/previous month

01.01.2011 ( 20110101 ) 01.12.2010 ( 20101201 )

01.02.2011 ( 20110201 ) 01.01.2011 ( 20110101 )

07.02.2011 ( 20110207 ) 01.02.2011 ( 20110201 )

In data type declaration declare temporary variable curdt as below.

Set the External Breakpoint as below.

Following are some function Keys for debugging.

We can see that, we are getting the output date as expected.

Execute the Report:

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