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What is the advantage of using Provide with infotype?

Published: 27 Jan 2005

What is the advantage of using Provide with infotype?

Provide is used because HR infotypes have time constraints -- so you may need to do a little loop to determine the record you wish to look at. You are often best served in using

RP-PROVIDE-FROM-LAST

RP-PROVIDE-FROM-FRST

They are available in TRMAC and easily used in all relevant programs. Those two macros are almost always going to cover your options in an HR program.

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BDCs still have their place in conversions I found this function: HR_MAINTAIN_MASTERDATA. (It probably uses BDC as well but I am not creating it. SAP is.) Is this my only alternative? I could not find a BAPI that will load all the infotypes I need. We are on a 4.7 system.

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