Understanding SE32 - ABAP Text Element MaintenanceBy Maavee Solutions

This document details about the features provided by the transaction SE32 (ABAP Text Element Maintenance)

For our demo purpose, we have created the following program without adding any Text Symbols.

Now let us go to transaction SE32, enter the program name and click on Analysis.

You would get the following report:

Let us understand the three options in detail:

1.       “Text symbols that can be deleted from the text pool”. This is highlighted when there are any unused text symbols in the program.

2.       “Text symbols that need to be added to the text pool”. This is highlighted if there are any text symbols mentioned in the program but are not maintained as text symbols.

3.       “Text symbols defined repeatedly / differently in program”. This is highlighted when there is a mismatch of the text symbol with the one maintained in the code.

Since there aren’t any text symbols maintained in our program, it is obvious that the above tests would be passed.

Now let us modify our program by including text symbols with some differences as shown below (to be highlighted in the tool):

Maintain the Text Symbols as below:

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