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Status Future consideration
Created by Guest
Created on Nov 17, 2017

In managing variants sap from IWS extend the length of the fields from 45 to 132 characters to allow complex formulas that re

In managing variants sap from IWS extend the length of the fields from 45 to 132 characters to allow complex formulas that require a length of over 45 cha.

Idea priority Urgent
RFE ID 113176
RFE URL
RFE Product IBM Workload Scheduler (IWS)
  • Guest
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    Nov 6, 2019

    Due to processing by IBM, this request was reassigned to have the following updated attributes:
    Brand - Cloud
    Product family - Workload Automation and Control Desk
    Product - IBM Workload Scheduler (IWS)

    For recording keeping, the previous attributes were:
    Brand - WebSphere
    Product family - ITSM Automation and Control Desk
    Product - IBM Workload Scheduler (IWS)

  • Guest
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    Nov 21, 2018

    The length of 132 seems a bit restrictive, seeing as SAP introduced much longer lengths for this in 2014?

  • Guest
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    Mar 8, 2018

    Attachment (Description): n the table SELINFO, you can pass values for a temporary variant to the function BAPI_XBP_JOB_ADD_ABAP_STEP. The maximum field 45 length has been removed and the new value is 255. Check original document at https://launchpad.support.sap.com/#/notes/ 2035929