Description

This command will show the result of a formula, just like a calculator. Formulas can contain a number of different variables that are derived from system settings and properties.

Syntax

calc <formula>
= <formula>

Supported Variables

The calc command supports the following variables:

Variable	Description
YEAR, MONTH, DAY	Current year, month, day (based on system date)
HOUR, MINUTE, SECOND	Current hour, minute, second (based on system time)
DB, DB_RELEASE, DB_PATCH	Database version (full string), release, patch
DBSL_RELEASE, DBSL_PATCH	DBSL release, patch
HANA, HANA_RELEASE, HANA_SP, HANA_REVISION, HANA_PATCH	SAP HANA version (full string), release, support package, revision, patch
SPAM_RELEASE, SPAM_VERSION	SPAM release, version
KERNEL, KERNEL_RELEASE, KERNEL_PATCH, KERNEL_BITS	SAP Kernel version (full string), release, patch, bits (32/64)
UNICODE	Unicode (1), non-Unicode (0)
SYST-<field>, SY-<field>	Value of System Field
<component>	Release of Software Component
<component>_SP	Support Package of Software Component
<profile_parameter>	Value of System Profile Parameter*

Variable names are not case sensitive.

* If you want to use a profile parameter in a formula beyond just querying its value, then you must replace any slash ‘/’ in the parameter name with an underscore ‘_’.

Examples

• Calculate 7 * 11 * 13:
  calc 7*11*13
• Display current date:
  = sy-datum
• Show version of SAP HANA:
  = HANA
• Display number of dialog processes:
  = rdisp/wp_no_dia
• Show setting for transport directory:
  = DIR_TRANS
• Get the support package for SAP_BW:
  = SAP_BW_SP

Technical Details

The command determines the result using the following logic:

1. If the formula consists of a single system variable and property, its value is displayed immediately.
   Note: With the exception of SYST fields, the variables and properties listed above are determined by Marc Bernard Tools.
2. If the formula consists of a boolean expression, standard function module EVAL_FORMULA is called returning either TRUE or FALSE.
3. Otherwise, standard function module EVAL_FORMULA is called to calculate the result of the formula.

For more details, see the documentation of function module EVAL_FORMULA in transaction SE37.