SAP Analysis for Office Insert Product Image

In the comments of this blogpost on blogs.sap.com, Stephen Hobbs showed his idea of insert a product Image besides the crosstab in combination with the new Customize User Interface function. So I make my own thoughts how I can realize a thing like this.

My first thought was, where can I store the pictures and how can I get a product number and the picture together. The solution is very easy, I created a folder on my hard drive and put the pictures in it. The name of the pictures are the same like the product numbers.

The next step is to write the corresponding VBA code, so that the pictures are insert into a cell. Open the Visual Basic Editor (ALT + F11) and insert a new module. After we have to define serveral variables.

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Dim material As String
Dim i As Integer
Dim picturePath As String
Dim rowMax As Long
Dim picture As Object
Dim t As Double
Dim l As Double
Dim w As Double
Dim h As Double

Now we have to find out, how many rows our crosstab has.

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'Number of rows
rowMax = Range("SAPCrosstab1").Rows.Count

Now we can add our pictures.

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For i = 5 To rowMax

  'Set height for each row
  Rows(i & ":" & i).RowHeight = 100
  'Material
  material = Sheet3.Cells(i, 3).Value
  'Define Picture Path
  picturePath = "U:\040 Analysis Office Workbooks\pics\" & material & ".jpg" 
  
  Set picture = ActiveSheet.Pictures.Insert(picturePath)
  'Get size of the Picture Cell
  With Range("B" & i & ":" & "B" & i)
    t = .Top
    l = .Left
    w = .Offset(0, .Columns.Count).Left - .Left
    h = .Offset(.Rows.Count, 0).Top - .Top
  End With

  'Format Picture into the right size
  With picture
    .Top = t
    .Left = l
    .Width = w
    .Height = h
  End With
  Set p = Nothing

Next

The pictures are added on the left side of the crosstab. If you want to add your pictures automatically you can use the callback AfterRedisplay.

It is just an example what you can do. So If you have any suggestions for other examples, post them into the comments.

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