Use placeholder file name sap

In this post, I illustrate the schedule placeholder variables in details. These variables help us manage report scheduling easier and with less effort, especially when we schedule report to a file system, and we configure email notification for success or failure.

More from this Author. Warning: Values are case sensitive. For example: If you want to parameterize the target SID of the system, replace all target SID occurrences in the template with a declared placeholder name.

This should be done for each value that needs to be changed in future template executions. You can now import and execute the template. Figure 1: Dialog prompting the user to enter the actual values for the placeholders before template execution Execution via WebServices You can also specify placeholder values when executing templates via WebServices. Name of the placeholder which replaces the parameterized values in the template XML file.

Optional The description is used by the person who edits the template. We recommend you use these templates as the basis for the file transfer e-mail text you want to create. The e-mail text templates use a special structure for the e-mail texts. The templates use placeholders for the parameters of the e-mail text, such as the user name. Adhere to the following rules:. If you want to change the position of a placeholder you must use the line editor of the SAPscript editor.

If you want to change the position of the placeholders for view name and link, you must make sure that you keep the two placeholders in the same line of the line editor.

Currently there are 3 different placeholder that can be used when using dynamic recipients area when setting up publication. When scheduling this publication to a specific destination, you can use these placeholders to get the values from the source report that is used in the dynamic recipient tab in the correct format in the specific field.

Note that there are more than the above shown 3 placeholders, but this page is specifically about the ones that can be setup in the dynamic recipients area of a publication. The following shows an example on how you can use the dynamic recipients source report and use specific fields with the 3 placeholders that can be used in the destination tab when scheduling a publication.

The above snapshot shows how the source report brings in 3 columns F1, F2 and F3 that can be used to populate the placeholders. You can select the name of the column that you want to use to the specific placeholder.