Unicode conversion, is it required if not strictly needed?

[Former Member]

Strange question, isn't it?

But the issue is: our company is only operating in UK, Germany, Spain and Portugal. And it is not likelyu to go beyond in the next few years, due to some particularities of the market. We are now running on 4.6C but soon on ECC.

Does it make sense at all to convert all our abaps to unicode?

Thanks to all.

Ray

[former_member185954 · Accepted solution]

Hi Ray,

It depends on the vision of your company, Unicode systems are larger and require more resources.

However these systems are fully compliant with world standards and provide easy interoperability and connectivity with the Web and Non-Sap systems.

So the choice is yours:

The benefits of Unicode-based mySAP solutions:

• Global business processes require IT systems to support multilingual data without any restrictions - Unicode represents the first technology capable of meeting these requirements.

• Web interfaces open the door to a global customer base, and IT systems must consequently be able to support multiple local languages simultaneously.

• With J2EE integration, the mySAP.com e-business platform fully supports web standards, and with Unicode, it now can take full advantage of XML and Java.

• Only Unicode makes it possible to seamlessly integrate inhomogeneous SAP and non-SAP system landscapes, enabling truly collaborative business.

Source: https://service.sap.com/unicode

Regards,

Siddhesh