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3746501 - Pasting values from excel does not fill multiple fields, only the first field is populated - SAP GUI for Windows

Symptom

Unpredictable behaviors when using copy and paste inside SAP GUI:

  • Pasting cells from Excel is not working for multiple fields in SAP GUI.
    After copying values from an Excel column and pasting it to a column of fields, only the first field gets populated.
  • Text copied and pasted is split in two fields.
    For example when pasting a long text into one field part of the text is split into the next field.


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Environment

  • SAP enhancement package for SAP ERP
  • SAP GUI for Windows
  • ABAP PLATFORM - Application Server ABAP

Product

ABAP platform all versions ; SAP enhancement package for SAP ERP all versions

Keywords

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