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created by Mohammed Khurshed on Sep 19, 2013 1:25 PM, last modified by Mohammed Khurshed on Sep 26, 2013 4:26 PM

1. Introduction

1.1 Document Purpose

This is the document helps you to create custom routine for sales order for

below specific requirement:

Functional description:

In case of sale order with the SD document category ‘K’ or ‘L’ or ‘H’ related to an invoice, we need to fill the

fixed value date (VBKD_VALDT) with the billing reference date (VBRK_FKDAT).

For example:

Invoice 90001111, the billing date is 22.07.2013

Creating VOFM custom routine,functionality same as SAP standard routine103 with Additional Functionality

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If we create a sale order related to this invoice, we want the fixed value date equal to the billing reference

date.

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Sap standard routine ‘103’ has the functionality of copying the billing document header data and billing

document line item data into the sales order header data, whenever sales order is being created using

reference document.

Note: To achieve this requirement we can also enhance the SAP standard routine 103 but here they need the

custom routine because it will be configured on demand basis by client whenever they need it.

About VOFM Transaction:

Transaction VOFM is a tool that was developed in R/3 to facilitate the definition of both SAP delivered as

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well as customer defined routines/rules used in the system during various business processes. VOFM

routines are ABAP code written in Forms. VOFM provides the user with the benefit of choosing from one of

the standard delivered R/3 routines or writing their own. VOFM is intended for the implementation team

when configuring the system. It is not intended for the end user.

Here we have four important menus:

i) Copying requirements

ii) Data transferiii) Requirements

iv) Formulas

Steps to create the custom routine:

1) Go to transaction VOFMàData transferà Orders

2) Provide a custom routine name

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Naming Convention:

VOFM routines are organized using the Group Indicator Code. The VOFM program uses

the group indicator to determine the program include and subroutine names when it

dynamically creates these objects. The assignment of these names is hard coded in the p rogram.

The valid group indicator codes are defined in data base domain GRPZE using a value range.

Go to transaction ‘VOFN’ place the cursor on class input and press ‘F1’ key.



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Now double click on data element and see the domain values as:



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All the fixe d val ues a re Group Indicator Code .

Standard SAP routine name starts from 1 to 599.

So all custom name starts from 600 to 999.

Now provide the custom routine name and press enter, it will ask for access key:



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Once the access key provided a include program get generated with transport request as:



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All include program generated from Routine has an entry in table TFRM (Form Routines for

Requirements/Formulas/Data Transports) and TFRMT (FORM Routines for Reqs./Formulae/Data

Transports: Texts).

1) Double click on the cust om routine 901

A modification message appears as:



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Then mentioned icon in the above screen shot needs to be used for modification of the custom routine.

Now place the cursor at the end of the ENDFORM and click on the insert button to write our own code as

shown below:

On clicking insert button we have the area for writing our code with *(INSERT,, *) INSERT as:



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Now as per requirement above we have written following code:

Along with code for standard routine 103, the code marked in red is the additional for this specific scenario

has been used.

The billing date has been copied also in VBRK value date which also gets copied into VBKD.

The standard SAP program for creating the sales order using reference document checks for all values and if

found any difference between CVBRK and VBKD, it creates an additional entry for VBKD. For that reason in

his scenario fixed value date is also copied into CVBRK.

Once the coding is over we need to activate the custom routine 901 and include program generated.

For confirming the same we need to check the entries in TFRM table as:



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Even if any error occurs then we need to run the SAP standard program “RV80HGEN” to regenerate all VOFM

routines.

Testing:

The Billing Document ’90000112’ has been used to create the Sales order :



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Reference document has been taken as billing document(9000112) as mentioned above.

After clic king on the c opy option, a s creen will open having the information of the sales order.



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Transporting

he custom routine to different system:

Program RV80HGEN can be used to re-generate all VOFM routines. Whenever VOFM

routines are transported this program should be executed in all target systems. It is

possible to include an automatic execution of the program in the transport request by

applying OSS note 598475.

It can be added to the transport request of the custom routine include as:

Double click on the transport request

Open it in change mode and provide input as shown below:

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And press enter and save.

So when this transport is sent to target system then it gets executed automatically.

Even if it does not work then we need to run SAP standard program ‘RV80HGEN’ manually in the target

system.

Activation OR D eactivation Of Custom Routine:

Sometimes while transporting the entries in table TFRM or TFRMT does not exists in target system. In this

case we need to run the standard SAP program RV80HGEN first and then Standard SAP program

SDINVOFM used to identify and repair missing table entries in the VOFM control tables TFRM and TFRMT.

e can also activate and deactivate our custom routine from VOFM as:

Depending upon the action the TRFM or TRFMT entries gets updated automatically as:



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Pradeep Mani Dec 11, 2013 7:56 AM

Good work,thanks for posting this.

What will be the use of having fixed value date equal to billing date.

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Ravin NK Dec 12, 2013 12:50 AM (in response to Pradeep Mani)

That way we are just controlling that the customer's due date to pay the invoice starts on the

day he was billed.

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Debopriya Ghosh Oct 4, 2013 3:07 PM

Helpful document.....

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Mahe jyothi Oct 5, 2013 7:30 AM

good work.. really helpful

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Vijay Simha Dec 11, 2013 7:05 AM

Very good.Can you p lease let me me know more abo ut this VOFM's if you have any do cument please

share it with me .

Eduardo Hinojosa Dec 19, 2013 3:37 PM (in response to Vijay Simha)

Hi

I can suggest you these notes

SAP Note 156230 - Requirements: What is permitted, what is not?

SAP Note 22808 - Transferring formulas

SAP Note 326560 - Various problems when using VOFM functions

SAP Note 356737 - Customer name range for VOFM routines

SAP Note 381348 - Using user exit, customer exit, VOFM in SD

SAP Note 327220 - VOFM function and its obj ects

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Regards

Eduardo

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madhu kumar Mar 19, 2014 7:06 AM (in response to Eduardo Hinojosa)

Thank you very much your suggession and it is really he lpful ....

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Deep K Dec 19, 2013 2:20 PM

Hi Mohammed,

Very useful document for those are not worked wi th copying routine.

Thanks,

Deep.

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Eduardo Hinojosa Dec 19, 2013 2:43 PM

Good job, but your document needs a comment. The range for VOFM according Note 327220 - VOFM

function and its objects in "2.2 Namespaces" is for FOFU (this case from 900 to 999), in detail:

Subsequent functions from 900 to 999 (FOFU this case)

Group key routines from 50 to 99

Data transfer routines f. texts from 50 to 99

all other indicators from 600 to 999

Regards

Eduardo

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varun yadav Dec 30, 2013 4:31 PM

Nice.

Helpful.

Rampe V Feb 6, 2014 4:45 AM

Hello Mohammed Khurshed,

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Useful document.

Thank You.

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Siva Prasad Vasireddy Mar 7, 2014 10:16 AM

This is Very Helpful Document

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madhu kumar Mar 19, 2014 7:02 AM

Hello Mohammed Khurshed,

Your Explanation is very clear and easily understandable and Document is very helpful.

Continue the good work.....

Thanks and Best Regards,

Madhukumar

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Fazhlay Elahi Apr 7, 2014 5:45 PM

very useful document

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Syed Mehtab Jan 8, 2015 6:06 AM

Hi, very helpful document.

i loo k forward to other scenarios based VOFM

Thanks

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George Ressos Jan 8, 2015 8:20 AM

Very good and helpfull document.

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SANJIT BHATTACHARYA Jan 8, 2015 12:02 PM

Very good document waiting for more such kind of do cuments.

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ABAP-SOFOS S0012820640 Apr 21, 2015 3:44 PM

Very good document, thanks for sharing, it was usefull.

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Anbuselvan SD May 5, 2015 1:53 AM

Hi Mohammed,

Thank you for the well illustrated document. It would b e helpful for newbie's like myself. But I am

unable to understand the business need to fill the fixed value date (VBKD_VALDT) with thebilling reference date (VBRK_FKDAT). In what scenario, the business would like to have this kind of requirement.. since we have a field

called service rendered date..

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Tanmay Verma Aug 3, 2015 12:26 PM

Very well documented. Thanks a lot.

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VENKATA RAMIREDDY KONDURI Aug 3, 2015 1:10 PM

Hi , very usfull document . thanks alot for sharing ..

Regards

venkata rami reddy konduri

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Aspire WF Jan 27, 2016 3:36 PM

Mohammed,

Extremely helpful. Great post! Thanks a lot for sharing. BR,

Aspire

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Santhanakrishnan Arumugam Apr 29, 2016 8:40 AM

Hi,

Great post keep going, Good Luck
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