Symptom
- Long texts are not getting displayed in PM transactions
- The icon to display the long text is deactivated
Environment
- SAP ERP Plant Maintenance (PM)
- SAP SAP ERP Customer Service (CS)
- SAP R/3
- SAP R/3 Enterprise
- SAP ERP Central Component
- SAP ERP
- SAP Enhancement package for SAP ERP
- SAP Enhancement package for SAP ERP, version for SAP HANA
- SAP S/4HANA, on-premise
Reproducing the Issue
- Create a long text with function module SAVE_TEXT for a PM object:
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- Orders/operations/components
- Confirmations
- Notifications
- Maintenance plan
- Technical objects (equipments, functional locations)
- Task list
- Go to the corresponding transaction and try to display it
- The icon “Long text” is not active although the long text exists
Cause
SAP functions modules SAVE_TEXT/READ_TEXT only create/read long texts. These functions don’t update the long text indicator in PM transactions.
Resolution
Long text indicators must be updated. Every object is using its own field
- Orders : field AUFK-LTEXT
- Operations : field AFVC-TXTSP = sy-langu
- Confirmations : field AFRU-TXTSP
- Notifications : field QMEL-INDTX
- Notifications tasks : field QMFE-INDTX
- Notifications activities: QMMA-INDTX
- Maintenance plan: MPLA-LTKNZ
- Maintenance item : MPOS-LTKNZ
- Equipment : EQKT-KZLTX
- Functional locations : IFLO-KZLTX
- Task list : PLKO-TXTSP
- Operation task lists : PLPO-TXTSP
- Maintenance Order: RESB-LTXSP = sy-langu and RESB-POTX1 = first longtext line
Where possible you should use the corresponding application BAPIs instead of function SAVE_TEXT (for example BAPI_ALM_ORDER_MAINTAIN with import parameter IT_TEXT for order long texts).
If there are no BAPIs available and you are using function SAVE_TEXT, you need to update the long text indicators by a program of your own.
