Michal’s Tips: How to set up multiple selection index table in AIF – quick tip

AIF allows configuring multiple selection tables for indexing values which may appear in a single message more then once (for example material number in lines of a sales order). AIF cookbook however does not provide the info how to create such tables. In this short article I will quickly describe the procedure.

Step 1

Copy table – /AIF/STD_IDX_TBL to your custom table and insert one new field – Counter – after the field MESGUID. Make sure it has the same attributes as per screenshot below:

a) key field – checked

b) initial value  – checked

c) data type – int4

Now you can add your key fields to the table (this you can do in the same way as you’d when working with single index tables)

Step 2

Once you save and activate your multiple index table you can use for your AIF interface. To do this you need to go to – /AIF/CUST – Error Handling – Interface Specific Features, select the Key field name, Data element, Parameter, Field-name and you need to select “Multiple selection type” field as – Multiple selection.