Step 2: Activating SAPGUI scripting

Hate manual data entry work? How about a typing in a few hundred line items in purchase orders with descriptions like "BOWMA-TORQ HX HD CAP SCR 1/2-13X1-1/2"? If the items do not exist as material numbers, you have no choice but to type their description by hand ... Except, of course, if you automate it with a smart SAPGUI script. Veteran Basis guru Giovanni Davila walks you through the process in this handy step-by-step guide. This is step 2.

Published: 12 Aug 2005

SAPGUI scripting can be activated by setting the profile parameter sapgui/user_scripting to TRUE. You can activate...

it dynamically via RZ11 if your system features a 6.20 kernel or above. For systems with 4.6D kernel, you need patch 972.

Here are the steps:
1. Run transaction RZ11.
2. Enter sapgui/user_scripting and click Display.
3. Click Change value.
4. Enter TRUE (uppercase) in New value and click Save.

To activate this parameter permanently you need to add it to the instance profile via RZ10 and re-start the SAP instance.


AUTOMATING LINE-ITEM DATA ENTRY VIA SAPGUI

 Home: Introduction
 Step 1: Setting the stage
  Step 2: Activating SAPGUI scripting
 Step 3: Preparing the input data file
 Step 4: Recording the data entry
 Step 5: Analyzing the VBS script
 Step 6: Automating the VBS script creation
 Step 7: Running the VBS script program generator
 Step 8: Playing the VBS script to enter the line items
 Step 9: Troubleshooting
 Review: Conclusion and more resources

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