Shopping cart creation category dropdown selecting the most used category

[Former Member]

Hi SRM gurus,

While creating a shopping cart one of our most used category gets selected by default before we start doing anything.

Everytime we have to change the category.

Is there a way that will become blank and we can select from the dropdown or the find list.

Kindly suggest.

We are using SRM component version 4.0, SRM server 5.0, our patch level 0008.

Thx. & reg.,

Sridhar.

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Hi Sridhar,

Check you browser settings like autocomplete, sessions, cache..

Mostly the items other than ION do not automatically populate in Cart.

Regards

Rakesh

[dennis_bruder]

Hi,

in BAdI BBP_F4_READ_ON_EXIT method get_category you can find the internal table ET_CATEGORY_FAVOURITES. It should be sufficient to clear the table.

By the way, the user favourites are stored in table BBP_CATEGORY_FAV.

Regards

[Former Member]

Hi

<b>Yes.. This was happening with us when we used SRM 4.0 version.

We have used an BADI Implementation to resolve this issue.</b>

<u>The BADI name is <b> BBP_F4_READ_ON_EXIT </b></u>

For Product category -> Product category (attr. WGR, PRCAT) GET_CATEGORY Method, you need to go ahead.

<u>Read the documenation of this BADI and you will get the problem resolved after implementing the same.</u>

Here is the documentation

BBP_F4_READ_ON_EXIT
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Short Text
Restrict the Display in Input Helps and Search Helps

You can use the Business Add-In (BAdI) BBP_F4_READ_ON_EXIT to restrict (or augment) the list of values and favorites that are output in the input and search helps. You can only process data elements for which input helps exist on HTML templates. The following three BAdIs are also available:

BBP_F4_READ_ON_ENTRY
Use this BAdI if you do not just want to restrict the favorites and values list but also want to select this yourself.
BBP_F4_MEM_UPDATE
BBP_F4_SAVE_DB

The following three modules are used to process the values per data element:

BBP_GET_<data element>_F4
Supplies a list of all values and user-specific favorites. You can influence how this module works using BAdI BBP_F4_READ_ON_ENTRY and BBP_F4_READ_ON_EXIT.
BBP_UPD_<data element>_FAV
Updates the favorites in internal function group storage. You can influence how this module works using BAdI BBP_F4_MEM_UPDATE.
BBP_SET_<data element>_FAV
Writes the current favorites to the database. You can influence how this module behaves using BAdI BBP_F4_SAV_DB.
Use

Only implement this BAdI and only program the appropriate method if you want to restrict or augment the value set of standard selection.

If you determine favorites using a BAdI, the standard modules do not process the favorites further. Warning: If, deviating from standard selection, you determine the list of favorites yourself using a BAdI, you have to temporarily store the favorites in the methods of the BAdIs and carry out final saving to the database yourself.

Standard settings

If data is added via the methods, no check of this data occurs. The check has to occur in the methods themselves.

The interfaces of the methods of the BAdI are (almost) always the same:

IV_LANGUAGE
Language for determination of the texts
IV_USER
User for which the values are requested
ET_<data element>_LIST 
The list of valid values changed by you
EV_X_FAV_PROCESSED 
Use "X" to stipulate that you have filled the favorites list. Only present if favorites table exists for relevant data element.
ET_<data element>_FAVOURITES
Changed favorites list for user IV_USER. Only exists if favorites table exists for relevant data element.
The methods have to fill the structures of the transfer tables completely. Incompletely filled structures can cause followup errors and unforseen consequences.

Activities

Reading of value lists and favorites using function module BBP_GET_<data element>_F4 occurs as follows:

1. First the BAdI BBP_F4_READ_ON_ENTRY is called. It is possible to fill the input list (and favorites) with default values.
a) In the case of default values, exactly these values are returned to the initiator. No further processing or check occurs and the module is exited.
b) If no default values exist, the standard selection is carried out.
2. Before the values are transferred externally you can restrict or augment the number of hits using the BAdI BBP_F4_READ_ON_EXIT. You can therefore delete entries from or add entries to the input list or favorites list.
3. BAdI BBP_F4_READ_ON_EXIT provides an individual method for each data element for which an input help and/or favorites table exists. These are listed below.
If you use this method, you need to indicate processing using the parameter EV_X_LIST_PROCESSED or EV_X_FAV_PROCESSED. Otherwise the selection is lost.

List of available methods per data element in BBP_F4_READ_ON_EXIT:

Field/Data element  Method 
Currency    GET_CURRENCY 
Region    GET_REGION 
Country    GET_COUNTRY 
Language    GET_LANGUAGE 
Industry     GET_INDUSTRY 
Academic title    GET_ACADEMIC 
Time zones    GET_TIMEZONE 
Procurement cards   GET_PCARD 
Legal forms     GET_LEGAL 
Format for name format    GET_NAMEFORM 
Quality management systems    GET_QMSYSTEM 
Fixed values    GET_DOMVALUE 
Form of address texts    GET_TITLEKEY 
Units of measure   GET_UNIT 
Bank data    GET_BANKINFO 
Tax number types   GET_TAXNUMT 
Tax numbers per country    GET_TAXTYPE 
Tax groups per tax type    GET_TAXGROUP 
Terms of payment    GET_PAYMTERM 
RFC destinations   GET_RFC_LOGS 
Logical systems   GET_LOGSYS 
Tax codes     GET_TAXCODE 
Catalogs (attribute CAT)   GET_CATALOG 
Roles (attribute ROLE)   GET_ROLE 
Account assignment categories (attribute KNT) GET_KNT_ATTR 
Purchasing organizations (from PdOrg)  GET_PURCHORG 
Purchasing organizations (per company)   GET_PORGCOMP 
Purchasing group (from PdOrg)  GET_PURCHGRP 
Purchasing group (per company)  GET_PGRPCOMP 
Product category (attr. WGR, PRCAT)  GET_CATEGORY 
Products    GET_PRODUCT 
Goods recipient plant (attr. REQUESTER)  GET_GRCPLANT 
Goods recipient user (attr. REQUESTER)  GET_GRCUSER 
Requester (attribute REQUESTER)  GET_BOBUSER 
Cost centers (attribute CNT)   GET_COSTCENT 
Asset classes (attribute ANK)   GET_ASSETCL 
Assets (attribute AN1)   GET_ASSETNO 
Asset subnumbers (attribute AN2)  ET_ASSETSUB 
Network (attribute NET)   GET_NETWORK 
WBS element (attribute PRO)  GET_WBSELEM 
Order (attribute ANR)   GET_ORDERNO 
Customer order (attribute AUN)  GET_SDDOC 
Customer order item (attribute APO)  GET_SDDOCPOS 
Document type (attribute BSA)  GET_DOCTYPE 
Transaction type (attribute TEND_TYPE)  GET_TENDTYPE

<i>Incase you face any problems, do let me know.</i>

Hope this will help.

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Regards

- Atul

[Former Member]

HI Atul,

Thanks a lot for nice reply. We will try this out and let you know.

Thanx. & reg.,

Sridhar.

[Former Member]

Hi

Any updates. I hope the problem is resolved.

<u>If not, Please refer to the OSS notes as well.</u>

<b>Note 922206 - Product category: Buffering with 'own favorites'

Note 1003269 - Deativated Prod.Categories are available for user 'Settings'</b>

Hope this will help.

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Regards

- Atul

[dean_hinson2]

Hello Atul,

I have been searching to find out how I can blank out the product category that a user had selected in 'Extended Details' on new shopping cart. We are afraid that they will set and forget. Thus causing issues down stream. You seem to have provided alot of detail dealing with the favorites and so I hope you might insight on this as well.

Please let me know.

Regards, Dean.

[Former Member]

Hi

Which SRM version are you using ? What's your detailed business requirements ?

Anyways, as suggested earlier, better to read the standard documentation of the BADI - BBP_F4_READ_ON_ENTRY / BBP_f4_READ_ON_EXIT using SE18 Transaction in SRM.

Do let me know.

I will try to guide you further.

Regards

- Atul

[Former Member]

Hello Atul,

I did read the documentation, but you see I looked at BBP_CATEGORY_FAV and the guid listed for me is NOT the one that keeps showing up in the extended details. I have checked ( at least to what I understand) PPOMA_BBP and do not see any categories checked as default for me.

I did some debugging and I got down to the user_attributes_get perform in BBP_READ_ATTRIBUTES function module. When it comes out of HR_GENAT_READ_ATTRIBUTES there are no 'X' values in DEFAULTVAL. Then later it call method cl_bbp_attr_scenario=>convert_hr_values_to_bbp with set_auto_dft = 'X'. I am not as familar with methods in SAP as I should but this is where I believe my issue lies. I am still debugging thought this might help you see where I am at with this issues.

Thank you for your continuing support.

[Former Member]

Hi Sridhar,

Rajesh is right.

I have never seen this behaviour.

Rather people use BBP_DOC_CHANGE_BADI to populate default category.

Pl. check yr browser settings or any BADIs if you have activated any.

BR

Dinesh

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