Data Interfaces

Return Codes and System Fields
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Return codes:
Value Meaning
0 Successful
< 1000 Error in dialog program
> 1000 Error in batch input processing
(see system fields)
System fields:
Field name Meaning
SY-MSGID Message ID
SY-MSGTY Message type (E,I,W,S,A)
SY-MSGNO Message number
SY-MSGV1 Message variable 1
SY-MSGV2 Message variable 2
SY-MSGV3 Message variable 3
SY-MSGV4 Message variable 4
To find out whether the processing of the called transaction was successful or not, you can read the
return code value. There are also other system fields which contain the number, ID, type and variable of
the dialog message output by the called transaction. You can use this information to display the message
text (see following page).
If you want to see all the messages output by the transaction, you should use the MESSAGES INTO
option and then evaluate the contents of .