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PF-Status Interview Question and Answers

Updated Jan 18, 2019

PF-Status FAQs

1. How to set pf-status
2. How to set pf-status excluding/including single menu items
3. How to set pf-status excluding/including several menu items
4. Setting PF status to the (SAP) system default
5. How to check for pf-status
6. Use of SY-PFKEY

1. How to set pf-status

Ans) set pf-status 'ZZBILSTA'.

2. How to set pf-status excluding/including single menu items

Ans) You can exclude menus by using exclude:

set pf-status 'ZZBILSTA' excluding 'PST'.

Note: Can also be used with include instead of exclude

3. How to set pf-status excluding/including several menu items

Ans) You have to use an internal table to store the status you wan't to ex- or include:

DATA: BEGIN OF I_PF_STATUS_TAB OCCURS 10,
FCODE(4),
END OF I_PF_STATUS_TAB.

FORM SET_PF_STATUS_POSTER.
REFRESH I_PF_STATUS_TAB.
MOVE 'PST' TO I_PF_STATUS_TAB.
APPEND I_PF_STATUS_TAB.
MOVE 'ART' TO I_PF_STATUS_TAB.

APPEND I_PF_STATUS_TAB.
SET PF-STATUS 'ZZBILSTA' EXCLUDING I_PF_STATUS_TAB.
ENDFORM.

4. Setting PF status to the (SAP) system default

Ans) set pf-status 'BASIC'.

5. How to check for pf-status

Ans) 

AT USER-COMMAND.
CASE SY-UCOMM.
WHEN 'ART'.
PERFORM STYR_ARTSKONTI.
WHEN 'PST'.
PERFORM STYR_POSTER.
WHEN 'BIL'.
PERFORM VIS_BILAG.
ENDCASE.

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6. Use of SY-PFKEY

Ans) You can use the system variable sy-pfkey to retrieve the name of the current pf status


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