Modify Standard Purchasing Report Output of ME2NBy Ansumesh Kumar Samal, IBMA very common requirement from customer is to modify the outputs of standard reports.Here I have tried to explain how to modify the standard reportME2Noutput.RequirementPurchase Orders by PO Number: T-code:ME2Nis a standard report that retrieves a purchase order details via a document number and other user-defined parameters.Minimum parameters in selection-screen we need to pass are validPO numberand theScope of List.Scope of List defines the format in which report will get display.

Report output look like below.

Here in this output we need to add one additional column which will display some information as per the requirement.Here lets add an extra field/column and display text SAP Technical in that.If in scope of list field ALVformat is not available then you can do the below SPRO configuration to bring the same. One customizing request will be generated for same.

For modifying above report output, we need to modify the underlying database structure of the report. And here the structure isMEREP_OUTTAB_PURCHDOC(view:basiclist). Then we can make use of any appropriateBADI/Enhancementavailable for population of value to the newly added field in the structure.Note:There are several other underlying applicable structures exists for this report which can be used in similar manner as explained below for other reporting and its modification. Here we are modifying the simple basic view of the purchasing report ME2NExamples of other structures:MEREP_OUTTAB_SCHEDLINES: Schedule Lines for List Displays in PurchasingMEREP_OUTTAB_ACCOUNTING: Account Assignment for List Display PurchasingOur scope for this example limits to structureMEREP_OUTTAB_PURCHDOC.Lets do a append structure for structureMEREP_OUTTAB_PURCHDOCin SE11

Add our new field for the report here, maintain enhancement category and then activate.

Ignore warning message during activation if any.

Now we are done with enhancement of underlying structure. Lets execute the report ME2N and see our newly added field. You need to choose the field fromLayout Option.

Now appropriateBADI/Enhancementneeds to be used for population of value to the newly added field in the structure.For this requirement we have BADI/Enhancement which varies from R3 system release to release.In releaseECC 6.0, we have below BADI but its only for SAPs internal use. It can not be used by customer, so in this version of R3 we need to search for some other alternatives or enhancement spot for this..

However inSAP ECCrelease withEHP4 FOR SAP ERP 6.0 / NW7.01we have the same BADI with a different name which is available for customer usage. The same is shown below

Since I have made this example in systemECC 6.0, I will be using one enhancement spot for population of value to the newly added field to the report.Note:There is no specific way where you can find the appropriate enhancementspot/point/section. I found it by debugging standard program for the report and with little search in SDN & Google.When we run the report ME2N, main program SAPLMEREP will run and the include LMEREPD02 in it. We can find different enhancement point in the include which can be analyzed.

Creating an enhancement spot and including our custom logic in it inside the methodBUILD_BASE_LISTwill solve our purpose.Double click on above method, click on ENHANCE button and then scroll down to the enhancement point which is present immediate before ENDMETHOD statement of above method.

Create an Enhancement here and include your custom logic. Thisplace/enhancementwill trigger for each PO and its Items.

In this enhancement point, structureRE_OUTTAB_PURCHDOCwill have all the report output fields including our new additional field. Code can be written here to manipulate values for other report fields. Write code as above Activate the enhancement .Then run the report to see the result.

In release SAP ECC release with EHP4 FOR SAP ERP 6.0 / NW7.01 as discussed above you can implement the BADI and inside the implementing class you can include your custom logic. At run time TableCH_OUTTABwill have all the final output records.SAP ECC release with EHP4 FOR SAP ERP 6.0 / NW7.01

Note:This is a real-time requirement and the solution is stated above. However for this requirement we did not follow any specific methodology or procedure to find the program name, enhacement point name or structure name that needs to be modified. Debugging and searching in different sites helped us to reach to the conclusion.