Persisting SET/GET Parameter valuesPersisting SET/GET Parameter values in User Profile

In my previous posts on SET/GET Parameters, Using SET/GET Parameter ID in SAP & Associating SET/GET Parameters to Screen elements, I kept mentioning that SET/GET parameters are stored in the SAP memory which is specific to one user/terminal session and shared accross all the main/external sessions within the particular user/terminal session. This implies that as soon as the user/terminal session ends i.e. user logs out of the system, the contents of the attached SAP memory is lost. This also means that all the values of SET/GET parameters in the SAP memory is wiped off.

So, how would the user be able to see his screens defaulted to his last used field values when he logs on next time?

The solution is through making use of ‘Parameters’ tab in User profile (Transaction: SU01/SU02/SU03). Here, you can set the default values of various parameter ids for the particular user. When this user logs on to the system next time, the SET/GET parameters will be automatically filled with the values defined in the user profile and set in the SAP memory. Rest is simple. Now, when the user opens his screens, the screen fields if attached to a parameter id will be automatically filled with the values in SAP memory.

Setting the values of parameter ids in user profile can be done manually using the transaction SU02.

Maintaining SET/GET Parameters in User Profile (Transaction SU02)

You can do this programatically as well by making new entries/modifying entries in the table USR05 as mentioned below. This table stores the values of various parameter ids for different users.

DATA wa_usr05 TYPE usr05.

wa_usr05-mandt = [client].

wa_usr05-bname = [user].

wa_usr05-parid = [parameter id].

SELECT SINGLE parva INTO wa_usr05-parva FROM usr05

WHERE bname = wa_usr05-bname

AND   parid = wa_usr05-parid.

IF sy-subrc <> 0.

wa_usr05-parva = [parameter value].

INSERT usr05 FROM wa_usr05.

ELSE.

wa_usr05-parva = [parameter value].

MODIFY usr05 FROM wa_usr05.

ENDIF.

CALL FUNCTION ‘DB_COMMIT’.