Hi MDG/DQM folks,

Master Data business rules, such as validation, are defined in the central repository of SAP MDG DQM. The rules are also applied in MDG Central Governance. I have been asked quite often whether it is possible to include a long text and even a hyperlink (e.g. to an internal company webpage for further explanation) in the DQM validation message.

The answer is: YES.. and this short blog explains the configuration. At the end it also shows an extra feature: How to pass values during runtime via variables to the error message.

Before

If you configure a DQM validation rule with a special configuration the DQM error message will look like this:

Simple DQM error message

After

If you configure a message class and number in the DQM Validation rule and that error message has a long text including a hyperlink your message will look like this:

DQM error message with long text and hyperlink

To maintain a error message with long text and a link in your DQM validation you need to do 2 steps:

SE91 – Create error message

1. Start tcode se91 in your MDG/S4Hana system
2. Enter/ Create your custom message class
3. Create a new message number
4. Make sure that the checkbox “Self-Explanatory” is not checked
   
   Settings in SE91: Define error message (1)
   
5. Click on “Long Text”
   Settings in SE91: Define error message (2)
6. Enter a similar text as in the screenshot:
   
   Settings in SE91: Define  Long Text
   

Use newly created error message/class in the DQM rule

1. Navigate into your DQM Rule
2. Change the settings of the error message:
   Settings in DQM Validation App: Refer to the se91 error message
3. Save your changes and test it.
4. Extra Feature:
   You can also pass information from the MDG process to the SE91 error message via “Message Variables”. One example in the following screenshot: It passes the BP_ID from the Change request into the message.
   Settings in DQM Validation app: Pass BRF+ context variableSettings in SE91 error message: Placeholder for variable
   The result looks like:
   DQM Error message including runtime variable 

Hope this helps you sometimes….

Cheers

Steffen