SAP Note 15348 - New Countries: how to modify RFFODOWN

Symptom:

Report RFFODOWN aborts with error 302 or 303.

Cause and prerequisites

There exists hard-coded information for each country using RFFODOWN. A program modification has to be made to enable new countries to use the report.
Why country-specific information ?
Banks of different countries require different file-formats. The report checks whether the first record read contains a country-specific pattern. This is done to make sure, that a file for country A will not be sent to a bank in country B.
When deleting a file the same check is done. Only files with typical patterns can be deleted. This is done to avoid the deletion of arbitrary files on the file-system.
Most of the banks require, that the DME file has to have a specific name, e.g. DTAUSxxx for German data medium exchange. A check for a correct name is done before generating a new file on the PC.

Solution

What's to do now ?
The first step should be to contact SAP to find out, whether a modification for the country in question is planned.
If not, the report has to be modified as following:

• Copy the report to a name of your own, e.g. ZFFODOWN

• Edit the report:

• 1) Modify name-check of the new file, e.g. ETEBAC for France:

• 
  

• Find 302:

• IF PAR_FILE(6) NE 'DTAUS0' AND

• ...

• PAR_FILE(6) NE 'ETEBAC' AND "<-- Insert your name requirements

• ...

• PAR_FILE(3) NE 'PBS'.

• SET CURSOR FIELD 'PAR_FILE'.

• MESSAGE E302.

• 
  

• 2) Modify the pattern-check:

• Example: The first record of a French file contains one the following

• patterns: record+0(4) = '0302' OR

• record+0(4) = '0308'

• If the first record contains the bank key of the house bank,

• this key is to be copied to HLP_BLZ - otherwise the field has

• to be SPACE !

• Find 303:

• IF PAR_COPY NE SPACE.

• IF HLP_RECORD(5) EQ '0128A' AND PAR_FILE(6) EQ 'DTAUS0'.

• HLP_BLZ = HLP_RECORD+7(8).

• ...

• 
  

• * begin of insertion

• ELSEIF HLP_RECORD+0(4) EQ '0302' AND PAR_FILE(6) EQ 'ETEBAC'.

• HLP_BLZ = SPACE.

• ELSEIF HLP_RECORD+0(4) EQ '0308' AND PAR_FILE(6) EQ 'ETEBAC'.

• HLP_BLZ = SPACE.

• *end of insertion

• 
  

• ...

• ELSE.

• MESSAGE E303 WITH PAR_PATH.

• ENDIF.

• 
  

• Find 303:

• IF PAR_DELE NE SPACE.

• IF PAR_COPY EQ SPACE

• AND HLP_RECORD(5) NE '0128A'

• ...

• AND HLP_RECORD+(4) NE '0302' "insert pattern check

• AND HLP_RECORD+(4) NE '0308' "insert pattern check

• ...

• AND HLP_RECORD(5) NE 'BS002'.

• MESSAGE E303 WITH PAR_PATH.

• ENDIF.

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