Manually delete DRAD entries

[bjorn-henrik_zink]

Hi,

is it a problem to delete entries directly in table DRAD via transaction se16n (&sap_edit)? I know it is not recommended, but sometimes it would be helpful to do it in non-production environments.

Thanks!

/Elvez

[christoph_hopf · Accepted solution]

Dear Elvez,

from my point of view I cannot recommend it because you may create serious inconsistencies in your system.

So the table DRAD contains the link information between document info records and other SAP objects. Normally the link is only defined in table DRAD. But for example if you use object PORDER then there is also an entry created in table DRAD_PORDER. If you now delete the entry in table DRAD and the

one in DRAD_PORDER remains this will cause problems for example.

So I would recommend you to create maybe an own program where you can delete object links with help of some BAPI (e.g. BAPI_DOCUMENT_CHANGE2) or function module.

Best regards,

Christoph

[bjorn-henrik_zink · Accepted solution]

Hi Christoph,

eventually I did not go with the idea to delete records manually and choose to implement a program which uses BAPI_DOCUMENT_SAVEOBJECTLINK.

Thanks!

/Elvez