So for your own sake, Be Careful! Or at least make sure your Resume is up to date.Īnd finally – Start small – Do something simple before you take on something crazy, like scripting system refreshes. I cringe whenever someone asks me to run a script in production because it can be very dangerous. So be careful! Make sure to test your script on a sandbox before you decide to run it in Production. Automation gives you the ability to make mistakes.
Scripting is dangerous! – Everyone makes mistakes. Some programmers say that good comments are more important than the actual code! I can’t remember the specifics of what I was working on at the time so good comments help you understand what you were doing at the time. These two minutes saved me an hour of work a few months later.ĭo a good job with the comments – I routinely come back to scripts that I wrote one or two years ago. Two extra minutes of coding and it also could unlock them. Example – I once wrote a script to lock users. Spending an extra 5 min writing in an extra feature can end up saving you an hour or two down the road when you might need it. Make it reusable – Think about other possibilities for your scripts. Keep a few things in mind when you write your scripts.
Once you’ve gathered the proper documentation you can start to develop scripts! You can find documentation for the SAP Gui API here: SAP Gui Scripting API In order for your VBscripts to access the SAP GUI and manipulate data you’ll need to use an API provided by SAP. Of course you’ll also need to know about SAP Gui Scripting. Remember the sky is the limit with scripting so if you can imagine it, it can be done. Microsoft’s VBScript User’s Guide can be found here: įor more complicated tasks I’ve wrote front ends in Visual Basic and then built and run a VBScript on the fly.
It has been included in Windows since Windows 98 so it’s fairly well documented. This Scripting language is easy to learn is able to handle most simple tasks. So go ahead – Think like a lazy person and you might end up more productive! Starting Outįirst you will need a primer on VBScripting – SAP GUI Scripting is written in Microsoft’s VBScript language. However remember two things when you do write a script for something, you have that script forever and you’re sharpening your scripting skills with every script you write. Your script can be faster and more accurate than you! So you have to ask yourself: Should I spend a few hours getting a script to work? If you’re only going to do something once then it’s probably not worth the time. It takes some time and dedication to write a script but in the end your investment can really pay off. Scripting can be used to make repetitive time consuming tasks quick and easy. As Bill Gates once said: “I will always choose a lazy person to do a difficult job… because, he will find an easy way to do it”
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