EasyInput global settings

After installation it is recommended to set the EasyInput global settings that will be used for every EasyInput workbook. This global settings can be accessed via

EasyInput ribbon menu > EasyInput Info > Settings button

Here the default regional settings as well as license management and other settings can be done.

Regional settings

One should set the data and number formats as they are on the SAP system side. By default (*) the Excel settings are used.

Setting	Default	Description
EI_Language	*	The EasyInput interface language can be selected here.
Date format	*	SAP user’s date format should be put here (by default -*- the Excel date format is assumed to be the same as on the SAP side)
Date without separators treated as YYYYMMDD	checked	When checked date given as 8 consecutive digits is treated like internal SAP format YYYYMMDD. When unchecked date given as 8 consecutive digits is treated as date in Date format without separators.
Adjustment	-1	For Islamic calendar additional option to set the date offset is given. To facilitate the setting, current date in Islamic calendar is shown below the offset.
Number format	*	SAP user’s number format should be put here (by default -*- the Excel number format is assumed to be the same as on the SAP side)

License management

Here the license information can be viewed, imported from Internet, uploaded to a license file or downloaded from a license file.

Checks

Here the settings for data correctness checking are maintained.

Setting	Default	Description
Data check writes messages in the test message column	unchecked	When unchecked data check stops on the first error and places cursor in the wrong cell. When checked the all errors are written in the relevant rows in the test messages column.
Data check changes color to cells with error	unchecked	Works only when Data check writes messages in the test message column is active. Allows changing color to background of cells with errors. The user can additionally select the color from one of 56 Excel standard colors. Color 0 means no cell background.
Max no of automatically checked data rows	5000	Sets the number of data lines up to which, if the script is started data check is performed. Normally for larger scripts data checking can take a long time and it is better to manage it manually. When this parameter is set to 0, than there is no limit and data check is always performed before running the script.

Other settings

Setting	Default	Description
Inner FM source	*	Here, if the administrators imported the EasyInput transport request to the SAP system (full version only), the user can switch globally to use EasyInput (BCC) own function modules instead of those SAP standard ones. This allows better security management and helps being independent from SAP changes. The selection given here, if other than *, overwrites the selection on EI_Config worksheet – StandardRunFunctionModule, ExtendedRunFunctionModule, GenericConversionFunctionModule.
Maximum number of empty lines between data	5	Sets the number of empty lines between data that will not be treated as the end of data.
Auto reconnection [seconds]	300	Maximum time after which the system does not require to repeat password submission. Setting longer period increases the user’s comfort but decreases the security.
SAP logon path	\SAP\FrontEnd\SAPgui\saplogon.exe	Either direct or indirect (from Program Files) path to SAP Logon program. Usually this setting should not be changed.
Hide advanced script configuration options [checkbox]	X	Decides whether additional buttons should appear on EI_Script_GS and EI_Script_TR worksheets, allowing to import script recorded in the SAP GUI application. Usually not needed when integrated recording from within EasyInput used.
Use help offline [checkbox]		Allows to switch between help accessible online (www) or local version of compressed help (chm). By default, the recomended solution is to use help online, but in case, there is no access to external www sites, then one can switch to local version of help.
Export settings[button]		Allows to export most important EasyInput global settings into XML file EasyInput.cfg Important! A file created with this option can be manually edited and added to installation files in order to automatically change some default global settings values – see readme.txt file within installation files.
Import settings[button]		Allows to import most important EasyInput global settings from an XML file (see “Export settings” button description). Important! Not all settings that can be exported must be imported. One can delete from the XML file the settings, they do not want to change and import to another computer only the settings needed.
Transfer texts for translation [button]		Transfer all EasyInput text in current language onto EI_Texts hidden worksheet (normally only texts used by Excel are copied there). One can use this button, unhide the EI_Texts worksheet, copy the texts found there to another Excel file, translate them and send to EasyInput support e-mail in order to add the translation to the EasyInput product.
Check update [button]		Checking for updates manually works differently form automatic update option. With manual update check, the companies that bought the maintenance option can check if there are upgrades accessible for them. Normally, if there are updates, they should be downloaded and unzipped, by the product administrator and then put to the shared installation folder, so that the automatic update could be done companywide.
Reset to defaults [button]		Pressing this button will reset all the global settings to their default values.