SAP Scripts - Standard Text

You can use standard texts in SAP to display the database stored value on the output document and this can be done using Transaction Code: SO10

Example

Let us say you want to print terms and conditions on every invoice and you want each invoice to contain these legal terms and conditions directly. You can create a Standard text and use that in the Invoice.

Step 1 − Run Transaction SO10

Transaction SO10

You have different text options. This can be checked using the find option.

Step 2 − Select Standard text and click Enter by clicking the green tick mark.

Standard Text

Step 3 − To select any Text, click on Execute. You will see a list of all standard texts.

Find Standard Text

Step 4 − Select any of the following from the list. Here we have selected FI_CASH_SI and click the Display option.

FI_CASH_SI

Display

You can see the following text appear by default.

Step 5 − You have to add this to your script.

                    Signed                                        
Enclosures
Prepared           Approved         Confirmed
Receipts    Expenditures 
&uline(130)&  

&rfcash-anzsb(Z)& &Rfcash-anzhb(Z)&

Display Standard

Step 6 − Select the form that you want to change. Select and click the change option at the bottom. Then click on Go to → Change Editor.

Change Editor

Step 7 − Enter the text name, object Id, language, etc.

Enter Details

In a similar way, you can insert text symbols, system symbols, documentation, hypertext using the insert option at the top of the screen.

Insert Symbols

Using SO10 Transaction, you can also create your own standard text and give it a name and later can use it in a script.

Using SO10

You can write something and save it as standard text.

Save it

You can directly include this in your form. Open the form and click the Change button. Click Go to → Change Editor.

Goto

Using control commands, you can insert standard text created previously in your script.

Control Commands

System Symbols

System symbols are system maintained and their value is provided by the system. Some examples of system symbols are time, date, hours, minutes, seconds, page, etc.

Standard Symbols

You can maintain standard symbols using Transaction SM30. Examples of standard symbols are thank you, sincerely, etc. They are stored in table TTDG.

Program Symbols

They are placeholders for database fields and also act as global program symbols in your Print program.

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