Texts in master records and documents

For some requirements, texts from master records or documents are required. For example to put texts in forms or from one business process to another business process.

Very famous to get texts is function module READ_TEXT or something newer the class CL_MM_PUR_TEXT_FACTORY (Read hint in class).

Based on naming convention database table STXL

	Textname	Text-ID	Text-Object	Hints
request for quotation
Position: item text	EBELN + EBELP	A02	EKPO
Position: material purchase order text	EBELN + EBELP	A03	EKPO
sales order
Position: salestext	VBELN + POSNR	0001	VBBP
purchase order
Position: item text	EBELN + EBELP	F01	EKPO
Position: info purchase order text	EBELN + EBELP	F02	EKPO
Position: info record	INFNR(info record id)	AT	EINA
stock-/requirements list
Material memo	MATNR + WERKS	MDTXT	LTXT	Text name has a total of 45 characters. 40 characters of the material 1 space and 4 characters of the plant. If the material number does not have 40 characters, it must be filled with spaces
purchase requisition
Position: item text	BANF + BNFPO	B01	EBAN
Position: material purchase order text	BANF + BNFPO	B04	EBAN
production order
operation: longtext	MANDT + AUFPL + APLZL	AVOT	AUFK
component: longtext	MANDT + RSNUM + RSPOS	MATK	AUFK	With fm READ_TEXT the long text can only be read if the long text has more than one line. The first line is written into the 'BOM item text (line 1) [RESB-POTX1]' field.
material
Basic data text	MATNR	GRUN	MATERIAL
outline agreement
Position: info purchase text	EBELN + EBELP	K02	EKPO
billing document
Position: material sales text	VBELN + POSNR	0001	VBBP
condition contract
head text	GUID	Defined in customizing	Defined in customizing	With fm READ_TEXT the GUID must be taken as the name via the table WCOCOH / I_ConditionContract, see table an example entry in database table STXL.

Based on naming convention from CDS-Views

Mapping understanding

• ArchObjectNumber = text_objectid / text_name
• DocumentText = text_id
• TechnicalObjectType = text_object
• language = spras

	CDS-View	Hints
purchase requisition
header notes	C_PurchaseReqnHeaderNotes
item notes	C_PurchaseReqnItemText	For automatically copied texts that end up in purchase requisition, the text is only saved with the UUID. The same applies if a text has been edited and is still in draft.

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