LSMW : Issue with Symbols in the Load File ( Display Convert Data Step)
Issue :
Found this issue while loading data for General Tasklist through LSMW (Direct/Batch Input) .
Convert Data step is showing the correct record count , but at Display Convert Data Step , system is showing only few records.
(Reference for Tasklist Creation using LSMW , please refer LSMWLSMW – Task List Creation with 5 level input file using Batch Input )
Using Example that I have used.
The input load file is having 187 records i.e., total of 16 transactions
Step : Read Data
All the 187 records were read and correct count has been displayed on the screen.
Step : Convert Data
Even after Convert Data step , system is showing correct
Step : Display Converted Data
Here only few records are displayed . Though there are 187 records converted , but at the display level only 61 records are displayed and remaining are skipped.
After lot of R & D , came to know the root cause for this is the presence of a symbol in the load file.
Here , in the above image , a special symbol is being passed to the SAP , which it is unable to identify.
System is unable to identify that symbol.. so it is failing to read from there and it is not reading further .
Because of this , the system is reading till the symbol only .i.e., 'TX42 Ensure the operator' .
If anyone faces this kind of issue , please make sure to cleanse data in the load file .
Though the symbol is simple , it created a lot of problem. :-)
Hope this might be helpful...!
Thanks
V Prasanth Kumar Reddy