Numbers after decimal point displayed differently- MDM iView

July 20, 2009 at 6:43 pm

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Symptom
Formatting of MDM Real, Measurement or Currency field types with 1 or more digits after the decimal point appear to be different when comparing these fields in Item Details Edit mode to Item Details View mode.
Other terms
MDM, Portal, iViews, Item Details, MDM 5.5, Real, Measurement, Currency
Reason and Prerequisites
You have created a MDM Standard Item Details iView and that includes either a Real, Measurement or Currency field. Field formatting in view mode is done according to the MDM Console settings (e.g. Decimal places, Dimension etc.) using the MDM Java API, while for edit mode, formatting is handled by generic portal formatting infrastructure.
Solution
Since the underlining MDM repository data is not affected by the formatting discrepancies, there is no risk of unintentional data modification. [...]

MDM Portal iViews display issue with Arabic language

July 20, 2009 at 6:42 pm

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Symptom
You have created an MDM Item details iView and trying to display it with Arabic as the display language. However, the iView is not displayed correctly.
Other terms
Arabic, Item Details, 649921
Solution
Check to see if the Portal theme you are using supports Arabic by changing the Portal theme to a different one and testing to see if the iView is displayed correctly.

Inability to open images and Pop-up windows – MDM iViews

July 15, 2009 at 2:00 am

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Symptom
There are 3 possible symptoms to this issue:
1. MDM Portal iViews image fields are not displaying image. Instead of the linked image, a red “X” is displayed. In addition, Portal DefaultTrace file will contain the following entry:
Access denied (Object:com.sap.portal.system/security/com.sap.pct.mdm.appl.masteriviews/low_safety).
2. When trying to open any Pop-up window in the MDM Item Details iView you get a “Portal Running environment error”. In the Portal DefaultTrace file you see the following entry:
com.sapportals.portal.prt.runtime.PortalRuntimeException: Access is
denied: com.sap.pct.mdm.appl.masteriviews.QualifierRowPopupViewer -
user:
com.sapportals.portal.prt.deployment.DeploymentManager.checkPermissions
Caused by: com.sapportals.portal.pcd.gl.PermissionControlException:
Access denied (Object(s): com.sap.portal.system/security/com.sap.pct.mdm.appl.masteriviews/low_safety).
3. When attempting to open a Pop-up, the Popup window opens up with a generic exception error message: “Portal runtime error. An exception occurred while processing your request……Refer to the log file for details about this exception”. The Default Trace log has no additional information”.
Other terms
MDM, [...]