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Data formats

In TRANSACTION, when you are creating a script from a DIRECT template, consider these data format requirements.

Date formats in DIRECT templates: TRANSACTION scripts created using DIRECT templates can use date fields in the format yyyymmdd. This date format is needed for date data in Excel files that will upload data into SAP.

Regional date settings: When a TRANSACTION script is created by using a DIRECT template, the date format is converted to that of the computer that runs the script. Therefore, the date format needs to be specified in the regional setting of the desktop or server.

For Excel and Access, date format is as specified by the regional setting of your system.
For Forms, the regional setting of the form submitter’s computer is used.
For a Winshuttle SERVER run, the date format should be based on the regional settings of the server.

Case formats in DIRECT: For some input fields, character data must be entered in uppercase. For example, to provide line items information for a sales order, the material number should always be entered in uppercase characters, such as DPC-110. Failing to use uppercase characters results in an error message saying that the material number could not be located.

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