Online Text Repository (OTR)

Introduction

The Online Text Repository (OTR) is a central storage location for texts, and services for editing and administering these texts. It first appeared with Business Server Pages in SAP 6.10.

Texts are cross-client workbench objects.

They can be maintained via SOTR_EDIT transaction, and from transactions of workbench object using OTR, which comprise:

• BSP application
• ABAP Object Class (exception texts)
• Enhancement Framework elements (Implementation, Spot, etc.)
• ICF service
• Web Dynpro elements (Application, Component, etc.)
• Transformation

They can be translated via SE63_OTR transaction.

They are stored in tables SOTR_HEAD and SOTR_TEXT.

Here are a few function modules to access them:

• SOTR_GET_TEXTS_WITH_KEYS
• SOTR_GET_CONCEPT
• SOTR_DELETE_CONCEPT
• SOTR_OBJECT_GET_OBJECTS
• SOTR_OBJECT_GET_OBJECTS
• SOTR_CREATE_CONCEPT

Links

• sap library - BSP - OTR
• OTR maintenance tool