SAP Basis Tech Supports

Symptom
Unicode Information
Other terms
Unicode; Unicode Conversion
Reason and Prerequisites
This note collects important SAP notes related to Unicode. Due to the high number of notes dealing with this topic, in most cases we do not list “simple” bugs solved with the latest Support Package / Kernel.
Additional Information can be found in http://service.sap.com/unicode –> Unicode Media Library
If you have further questions, please send a mail to globalization@sap.com .
Solution
1. General Information
79991 Multi-Language Support / Unicode
540911 Unicode-conditioned release restrictions for SAP R/3?
2. Installation and Conversion
3992 Purpose of the table INDX
9385 What do you do with QCM tables (conversion tables)
427561 Transaction SPUMG
514967 Table logging following change in the code page
539404 FAQ: Answers to Questions about the Security Log Files
544623 Unicode Installation
543715 Projects for DB Migrations and System copies
Comment: (needed for System Copy of old BW systems, usually not relevant for Unicode conversions)
548016 Conversion to Unicode / Unicode System Copy
551344 MDMP Conversion to Unicode
552464 What is Big Endian/Little Endian ? What Endian do I have ??
617444 Separate SCHEMA ID for database schema and tablespace name
627764 Unicode Migration: Table pools inconsistent after conversion
653981 RADCUCNT: Objects that cannot be generated.
658095 R3load: Unicode conversion of cluster tables .
660873 Transporting Proposal Pools after WebAS release 6.20 SP 25
662215 SPUMG and SUMG in Basis Release 6.20 and 6.40
672835 Textflags could cause problems during Unicode conversion
673941 Unicode conversion for address tables (ADRC, ADRP)
674882 Upgrade: Syntax error in program RKE5XXXX
675395 Additional Textflag Information by UMGTXFLAG.DAT
679456 Reducing data volume before Unicode Conversion
682783 Default Unicode conversion codepage for HR tables
684332 Unicode system: Populating the TRDIR-RLOAD language key
688089 SYSLOG: unreadable characters after change to UNICODE
693168 Minimized Downtime Service and Incremental Migration
695196 Error in the export for Unicode migration
706528 Changing Unicode setting for connection type “L”
709019 Inconsistency with table types after Unicode migration
712958 Dumps when processing personal value list
729348 Unicode change for units of measure
737428 Converting ambiguous blended codepage system to Unicode
738858 R3load for Unicode conversion
740863 RADCUCNT: Objects that cannot be generated.
756534 Automatic Assignment of Languages with Character Statistics
756535 Special SAP vocabulary for maintainig the SPUMG vocabulary
765475 Unicode Conversion: Troubleshooting
766703 FAQ: Credit card encryption in R/3 systems
771209 NW04: System copy (supplementary note) Help
778209 Cluster records with missing PAGENO 0 in table CDCLS
778662 Check and correction report for table CDCLS
784118 System Copy Java Tools
785848 Hom./Het.System Copy SAP Web AS 6.40 SR1 Java
790099 R/3 Parameter Settings for Unicode Conversion
795267 System Copy for ‘SAP Web AS Java’ based systems
795871 Conversion of the enqueue key of the TLOCK* tables
813445 Documentation of the report UMG_POOL_TABLE
818374 Unicode Conversion of a Blended Code Page System
821971 Co-operation between RADCUCNT and R3load
827289 Generation of Unicode runtime objects
830502 Upgrade from MDMP or SAP blended code page 4.6C&D to ERP2005
832918 The SPUMG Exception List
833946 Splitting of STR files
837184 Report Writer and Unicode conversion
838402 Non-Unicode installations: drawbacks and shortcomings
837173 ?RADCUCNT in Unicode Conversion: Collective Note
856557 INDX-type table with UC data but non-UC code page info
855772 Distribution Monitor
857081 Unicode conversion: downtime estimate
858242 Upgrade to Unicode: Required actions for ITS 6.20
867193 ABAP and kernel patches for CU&UC in 46C
Comment: (very important for CU&UC conversions)
871541 Frequently used text patterns
881048 F4 Help: Unicode conversion for table DDSHPVAL50
881879 Unicode conversion for table O2HTMLATTR
885343 SAP System Landscape Copy
888210 NetWeaver 7.0/7.10: System copy (supplementary note)
Comment: (needed for BW part (system copy) of SAP Netweaver 7.0/7.1 based systems)
901004 Conversion of ABAP spool requests to Unicode.
922783 Rescue language files for DE / EN
928729 Combined Upgrade & Unicode Conversion FAQ
Comment: (Important Information for the combined Upgrade and Unicode conversion)
928909 Repair table data in SUMG in Unicode systems
932779 Unicode conversion – analysis of nametab problems
Comment: (Good description explaining the nametab handling during the Unicode conversion)
935239 Adjusting TMS RFC destination after Unicode conversions
938374 Additional tools for MDMP –> Unicode conversion preparation
938738 Syslog CP6: still using ambiguous blended code page
939691 SPUMG: INDX scan fails for client dependent INDX tables
952514 Pilot Projects for table splitting
959698 Twin Upgrade & Unicode Conversion
978244 CU&UC and nametab errors
987914 Adjusting variants, Unicode problem
989116 Distribution Monitor: Troubleshooting Guide
991481 Database is using UTF-8 and not UTF-16 ?
992956 Duplicate keys in table UMGPMDIT after Unicode conversion
996990 Exception List for SPUMG
1001383 Distribution Monitor – Known problems and fixes
1010237 Growth of DYNPSOURCE table after Unicode migration
1012025 MDMP to Unicode conversion: Restart of R3load export
1017064 Incorrect SAPscript transport
1017138 Correcting Customizing texts after Unicode Conversion
1019362 Long run times during SPUMG scans
1021586 Unicode conversion of non-Latin-1 Single Codepage
1023337 Unicode-Umstellung “CatManSuite”
1034188 SPUMG: Table fields for language determination
1037613 Concept of an MDMP -> Unicode conversion
1042842 Activity Logs: Unicode system converted from MDMP
1051576 Conversion of Single Code Page Systems to Unicode
1055820 Proposal Pool Conversion
1056170 Easy DMS 6.0 SP07 Patch1 Release Note
1066404 R3load, ORDER BY, Unicode conversion of cluster
1069209 SPUMG or SPUM4: Reprocess Log becomes too large
1078263 SPUM4 – Reprocess/INDX Log: Word too long
1096903 Tutorial: “Table splitting in SPUMG”
1100672 RADNTLANG as a tool for checking the text language
1119110 Language dependent tables in CU&UC procedure
1128457 Additional post conversion program UMG_SAVE_HISTORY
1129173 Special SPUMG vocabulary used in CU&UC procedure
1139642 Hardware Requirements in Unicode Systems
1141801 SBWP: Euro character disappears after Unicode conversion
1142572 Classification of notes of the Unicode conversion
1142573 Reuse of language assignments in SPUM4 and SPUMG
1149417 Unicode Conversion Experience Kit Documentation
1177899 Huge amount of R3load Log(XML files) during Unicode Conversion
1178671 Conversion of Views from non-Unicode to Unicode
1179067 Language dependent tables in CU&UC procedure
1244353 Authorization check in UM4_FINISH_PREPARATION
1247334 Performance of SUMG Repair Hints
1255556 Unicode conversion preparation: Container table
1275317 HR-RU: Incorrect characters in Russian HR tables
1295322 Nametab inconsistencies in table/view maintenance
1330256 LOAD_PROGRAM_NOT_FOUND Job RDDMASGL Program RDD21DAT
3. Upgrade to R/3 Enterprise or higher (Non-Unicode) Unicode / MDMP related issues
367676 Release Upgrade from 4.6 to 6.10 for customer programs
453182 Error in Unicode Program & Unicode Flag
493387 Potential effects of table- and structure extensions
553110 User Exits: Behaviour within non-Unicode R/3 Enterprise
828554 Incorrect BW MDMP check when upgrading to Basis 6.40
4. ABAP Unicode Enabling – UCCHECK
549143 Searching for User-Exits which need Unicode-enabling
563417 Unicode indicator for BOR object type programs
583546 Unicode demo programs
594356 Function modules ws_upload and ws_download
665142 Reducing the check quantity in UCCHECK
721477 UCCHECK does not check any ZX* customer Includes
1056105 Using UCCHECK for 3rd party programs
1139325 Procedures and tools to enable ABAP programs for Unicode
1269873 ABAP programs continue to be generated
5. SAP Business Warehouse specific
563975 BW and MDMP/BW and blended code pages not supported
588480 Release restrictions for BW 3.1 Content/Unicode
589701 Known errors in BW 3.1 Content Unicode
643813 Composite SAP note – BW Unicode
674371 Replicating application components in Unicode BW
673533 Alignmnt problem during extraction into/from Unicode
717776 Text transformation between Unicode and non-Unicode
765543 SAP BW Unicode and Staging BAPI – release
853569 Problems with allowed characters in 0UNIT (for example ?
885441 Common Migration Errors
925170 Web Application Designer NW2004s und Non-Unicode Systeme
6. CRM and SRM specific
611232 System copy for BBP/CRM, CRM, EBP/CRM, EBP
686898 Data exchange with R/3 Backend with several code pages
691585 CRM Unicode / R3 MDMP Connection: User Exits
718324 New MDMP implementation not supported for mySAP CRM
765439 Collection Note for Unicode – CRM Middleware
793546 CRM Server Unicode Migration: Mobile Client Text
801949 MDMP implementation not supported for mySAP SRM
819426 Mobile Clients Sync Performance – Unicode servers
846194 OCI/OPI: Code pages and system language
873789 Non XML processing on Unicode CRM servers
902083 CRM Unicode Collection Note for CRM 4.0
948563 E-mail for notification in Unicode systems
7. SCM / APO specific
632357 Backing up liveCache data for SCM 4.0
875712 Unicode conversion and planning logs
882865 CCR: Incorrect results when you use the parallel processing
1055588 SCM 5.X upgrade and Unicode conversion
1063794 Heterogeneous System Copy
8. SAP ERP specific for MDMP customers
741821 Release limitations concerning SAP ERP 2004
747036 mySAP ERP 2004 Upgrade for R/3 MDMP Customers
852235 Release Limitations for mySAP ERP 2005
896144 mySAP ERP 2005 Upgrade for R/3 or ERP MDMP Customers
9. Interfacing: Non-Unicode, MDMP and Unicode
314676 Tips for processing data (UTF-8, Japanese)
413708 RFC Library that is current at this time
483715 Unicode support in DART
547444 RFC Enhancement for Unicode ./. MDMP Connections
600560 CPICSDK restrictions with Unicode
613389 ALE SAP system group with Unicode systems
615864 Excel output: Umlauts are not displayed correctly
647495 RFC for Unicode ./. MDMP Connections
651497 Code page problems during Unicode->nonUnicode communication
656350 Master Data Transfer UNICODE <==> MDMP Systems with ALE
663089 RFC bit options in SM59
697625 ALE: Transport problems for Customizing data
722193 RFC legacy non-Unicode clients and Unicode servers
745030 MDMP – Unicode Interfaces: Solution Overview
Comment: (Good overview – very important for mixed landscapes)
752835 Usage of the file interfaces in Unicode systems
788239 Which language is used to run an RFC on the target
790485 RFC Problem Single Code Page, non-Unicode to Unicode System
793847 ALE SAP system group (Unicode) with subsystem
794411 Supported codepages of SAP Java Connector 2.1 and 6.x
809279 RFC non-Unicode to Unicode with unknown text language
814707 Troubleshooting for RFC connections
827999 Error during transfer to MDMP tables with tRFC
871945 Fallback Code Page for Zn Languages in Unicode/nonU RFC
879479 IDoc file interface in Unicode system
881781 Unicode/non-Unicode RFC language and code page
886571 RFC non-Unicode ./. Unicode with illegal text language
911190 PMW: Entering the code page when writing and downloading
920831 RFC with inactive text language
926816 ITS Up/Download: ascii files in UTF-8 after up/download
931856 Spreadsheet download in a Unicode system
985296 Sending multiple address versions from MDMP to other systems
991572 Code page settings for external RFC programs
991763 Idoc communication between Unicode and MDMP systems
1017101 Encoding Problems with ABAP XML Processing
1021459 Conversion behavior of the RFC library
1036341 Unicode executables and corrupt UTF-8 in input files
1040014 Importing Unicode CSV from XMII into Microsoft Excel 2003
1057289 Reasons for CX_SY_CONVERSION_CODEPAGE / CONVT_CODEPAGE
1062237 Transliteration of characters with SCP_REPLACE_STRANGE_CHARS
1066323 RFC add Parameter to refuse mdmp with RFC-Library
1066952 Working with Legacy data files in LSMW (Unicode, BOM, FTP)
1095975 SCU3 Restriction: # character in List Display of logs
1112206 Converting the workflow destination to Unicode
1114037 SAPGOF in Unicode: Problems with missing font metrics
1141788 Useful fonts for Unicode PDF conversion (PDFUC/ZPDFUC)
1141769 Reading old DART extract with the corresponding code
1145203 RFC connections MDMP R/3 system 4.5B or lower
1150217 Showcase ENCODING: Editor bug – or – Codepage issue?
1151258 Error when sending Excel attachments
1176806 Language key for external IDoc processing using
1269686 Reading DART extracts with different code pages
1294663 RTF upload in Unicode systems
10. Frontend related
147519 Maintenance strategy / deadlines ‘SAP GUI’
316903 SAPGUI: How to use I18N mode
508854 GUI Unicode Mode: Usage and restrictions
Comment: (Main SAPGui for Windows restrictions note)
513435 Windows code page setup for text files
544942 OCX controls: Connection to Unicode backend
562427 GUI code page for Unicode systems
578944 Expected release dates for SAP GUI for Windows & ITS
615746 Incorrect HTML data at front end against Unicode R/3
673244 SAPGUI: Recent corrections for Unicode support.
710720 SAP GUI for Windows 6.40: Delivery and new functions
742662 MS Word as Editor in SAPscript and Smart Forms
754311 National special characters are not displayed
764480 SAP WinGUI I18N Trouble Shooting
765763 Setting the Upload/Download codepage for a SAPGUI connection
771333 Encoding isn’t recognized in HTML control
817010 FB03/FBV3/FB01/JavaGUI/WebGUI: Problems with documt overview
837327 SAP GUI for Windows: Side-effects of “Unicode OFF”
862693 OFFI:Umlauts getting displayed as “#” in unicode
880231 OFFI:Problem when unicode schema is used in TemplateDesigner
908948 OFFI:garbled data with CopyLinkItemToClipboard
910300 GridView:Truncation of text in Unicode systems
926840 OFFI:Insert table inserts garbled characters in document
929300 SAP GUI for Windows 6.20: Limited support
1022548 Graphics with restricted Unicode support
1002845 Graphic Layout Editor in Unicode systems (II)
1088209 Help for troubleshooting: Code page display problems
1324301 Bar chart / net chart: Unicode support
11. Global Trade Services (GTS)
823110 GTS: UNICODE and Multi Display Multi Processing
12. Printing
83502 Printing Support for Native Languages
129581 Euro sign: printing
215015 Unicode UTF-8 printing with a Lexmark printer
323736 Restrictions with “PDF print” through spooler
564142 Composite Unicode SAP note (Smart Forms and SAPScript)
710994 Layout of lists printed with LEXUT8 Unicode printer
750219 Unicode UTF-8 printing with HP printers
791199 Default editor changed to MSWord in SAPscript and SmartForms
809034 Support for Arabic with SAPWIN
812821 Cascading font settings
842767 Problems with old spool requests after Unicode conversion
844760 UCCP f黵 Smart Forms
873239 Support for Cascading Unicode fonts when printing
906031 Information about cascading fonts device types
940429 Language independent printing in Smart Forms
999712 PDF conversion for Unicode
1027088 Incorrect SAPscript output after Unicode conversion
1038413 Unicode SAPWIN device type for CJK font
1130255 East Asian Character Width in the Unicode PUA
1299738 Various problems with spool requests in Unicode
13. Transport system
45548 Transporting language-specific objects
80727 Transporting non-LATIN-1 texts
136649 R3trans: Selective language import
330267 Transports between Basis Releases 4.6* and 6.*
620253 Problems when you transport Customizing addresses (6.20)
638357 Transport between Unicode and Non-Unicode systems
775114 Problems during transport into a Unicode system
14. DB specific
a) Oracle
355771 Oracle: Explanation of the new tablespace layout
558746 Better Oracle Data Dictionary BW Performance
606359 FAQ: Oracle National Language Support (NLS)
793113 FAQ: Oracle I/O configuration
806554 FAQ: I/O-intensive database operations (Oracle specific)
858869 Desupport of multibyte character sets as of Oracle 10g
857734 System Copy of SAP Systems based on 6.20 and 6.40
936441 Oracle settings for R3load based system copy
954268 Optimization of export: Unsorted unload
960280 R3LOAD EXPORT TUNING FOR SPLITTED TABLES WITH ORACLE
1043380 Efficient Table Splitting for Oracle Databases
Comment: (in pilot release)
1045847 ORACLE DIRECT PATH LOAD SUPPORT IN R3LOAD
b) Other Databases
567048 INST: Unicode SAP R/3 Enterprise on IBM eServer
728743 zSeries: Release of DB2 V8 for SAP Components
811431 Informix: dbcodepage and Unicode conversion
914966 Database enlargement due to Unicode migration:
926450 Short dump with error -4025 during connect to ASCII database
986907 SQL Server settings for R3load based system copy
1040674 R3ta in combination with unsorted unload
1054852 Recommendations for migrations to MS SQL Server
1062976 DB2-z/OS: fast load
15. General?Descriptions and Restrictions
24860 Conversion: Physical MC ID -> Transparent MC ID
42305 RSCPINST (NLS installation tool)
73606 Supported Languages and Code Pages
89384 Checking cluster tables with R3check
112065 Use of customer language ‘Z1′
211521 Understanding the R3check output
308138 Truncated double byte characters in pop-up screens
379940 Unicode based mySAP availability
447519 Kernel patches for code pages, languages and locales
447596 Euro sign/Trademark sign: processing
449918 Reading archived data in Unicode systems
480671 The Text Language Flag of LANG Fields
497850 Condition maintenance reports and Unicode
503242 Supported languages
509898 BAPI enhancement concept and Unicode?
510882 Alignment Corrections for structured data in containers
520991 Release strategy for the SAP CORE CEE add-on
531617 ITS 6.20 Release Notes
541299 Incorrect column layout on lists in Unicode systems
587150 Arabic Support
617472 Unicode system + EH&S + permitted languages
621740 Updating the TCPUC and TCPUCATTR tables
624498 Downloading of lists in Unicode Systems
634839 Text language for address versions
638844 SAP Query: EIS on Unicode systems
651229 MDMP Restrictions
669902 Oracle9i: Setting the National Character Set to UTF8
671730 Tables with obsolete SAP entries in R/3 Enterprise
679821 Check of kernel compilation mode
691407 No enhancements in SAPoffice
705447 Size of archive files
726954 Private Use Areas in Unicode Systems
733416 EH&S WWI and Unicode
734325 Table Comparison: MDMP and Unicode
742662 MS Word as Editor in SAPscript and Smart Forms
747615 Tool for converting files from one code page to
752835 Usage of the file interface in UC systems
752859 sapiconv – a tool for converting the encoding of
753334 Unicode Conversion: Problem in Japanese device types
753381 Classification of character damage
758870 Account statement: Character set when the file is
783299 Problems with new language keys in the TR SMLT
785091 SAPConsole: Language Support for Unicode Systems
799639 ? IDES – General Information about the usage of IDES
831959 Integrated ITS, problems with character conversion
837748 RFASLDPC: Incorrect processing under Unicode
887654 Unicode conversion KEA0
895560 Restrictions for languages only available in Unicode system
899376 EH&S WWI and Unicode for mySAP ERP
918614 ICU functions
923012 IPC standalone and unicode
956921 IDES ERP 2005 ECC 6.0
975768 Deprecation of Java features with non-Unicode
991481 Database is using utf-8 and not utf-16 ?
1021395 Restrictions of language activation on SAP Unicode
1059413 Data archived under MDMP is displayed incorrectly in Unicode
1071731 Unicode C-Programs and access to OS environment
1078295 Incomplete to upper cases in old code Pages
1088362 Deleted table T002T in Unicode systems
1146910 Hong Kong Chinese in Unicode Systems
1270827 Control Codes not filtered during input
1280236 RTL languages not known to the SAP system
1294430 How SAP handles unusual cases in UTF-8
1310720 Collection Note for Unicode Systems with different endianess
1322715 Unicode FAQs