Procedure documentation Creating MapChar Sets Locate the document in its SAP Library structure

Use

You can use this command to create MapChar sets. See also: Structure linkLanguage Support (MapChar Sets)

You cannot use this command for Structure linkUnicode databases.

Procedure

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       1.      Choose Instance ® Configuration ® MapChar Sets.
You are shown the MapChar sets that are already available.

       2.      Choose MapChar Sets ® New.

Define the name of the new Structure linkMapChar set.

Select the code type used for the source files (ASCII code in accordance with ISO 8859/1.2 or EBCDIC code CCSID 500, code page 500).

Define the conversions for the characters required. Each one-byte character to be converted must be specified in its original form and in the target form with a maximum length of two bytes.

Name

Name of the MapChar set, a maximum of 18 bytes in length

Code type

The code underlying the MapChar set
Valid codes are ASCII code in accordance with ISO 8859/1.2 or EBCDIC code CCSID 500, codepage 500.

Internal

Original form in hexadecimal format

External Hex

Target form in hexadecimal format

Ext. ASCII

Target form as a printable character

       3.      Choose Save to save your entries.