Category: ABAP

Useful ABAP code snippets that can be used in real life projects.

Q&A – How to change code imported from different system

If you have imported your own developments from different SAP system, you may have run into issue that you are not able to edit your older programs.  This is the workaround how you can still access your programs in edit mode: Do you want to run your own SAP system locally even today?

Latest Job Interview Insights from Person Doing Job Interviews

Lately, I was having a call with one company representative working as a senior ABAP developer who is also in charge of running job interviews.  I asked him questions that are important for us since we are helping people to grow their careers as efficiently as possible. That’s why I’m in charge also of creating strategic connections to...

FREE ABAP Editor Online

Updated October 17th, 2023: FREE Online ABAP Editor is currently UNAVAILABLE! Or read further to learn more about this tool. Now, for ABAP beginners/explorers it’s again much easier to start with ABAP. Who is this for? This ABAP Editor is a great choice if you are just starting out getting into ABAP. You can do basic coding,...

Flash News: Web-Based ABAP Editor SOON!

Our ABAP Academy Community member is already working on a web-based ABAP Editor and will share it with us soon! This is how it looks like: In the background of this ABAP Editor is our Fully Pre-Installed Local SAP System for Practicing ABAP on our ABAP Academy coding projects. See his quick demonstration from our discussion:...

Coding Session: Join tables together and display in ALV

Last time I was asked by one of my coaching clients to demonstrate the way on how I am approaching such project + with coding best practices. Let me share that with you as well: Are you interested to get such coding sessions regularly? Join our Community by signing up our Personalized Roadmap for FREE…

For Beginners: Multiple Variations of Output on the Screen

Find out what are the most used approaches when it comes to creating output on the screen in the ABAP program. In this video, you will create your first Help Library Program as a future reference for your later ABAP programs. Learn more about Help Library Programs and ABAP Academy Teaching System.

How to Create a Left Join View in SE11? + Explain Inner Join and Left Outer Join with Example

Question How to create database view in SE11 with LEFT OUTER JOIN? Original Question: Can I create Search Help / VIEW with all the existing ICPNs + information about ORDER_ID from Ordered Items database table. Required output: ICPN MODEL STORE PRICE CURRENCY ORDER ID 978-0997082302 SEDAN BRATISLAVA 45.000,00 EUR 12 978-0997082303 SEDAN BRATISLAVA 50.000,00 EUR 12...

“DBTAB_NAME” must be a flat structure. Internal tables, strings, references, and structures cannot be used as components.

Analysis Why SAP treats the table as a structure? Why is this error displayed when “DBTAB_NAME” exists in Data Dictionaty as Database Table? In our case we are dealing with the database table called „ZLR_DDIC_MODEL“: Here is the syntax error: Explanation Lets take a look to the help. (Pressing F1 when cursor is on TABLES statement) In...

How to Create Function Group

What is Function Group? Function Group is a collection of Function Modules with similar characteristics. E.g. Function Modules with arithmetical logic can be stored into Function Group containing “Arithmetic” in its name. Each Function Module we create needs to be added into one Function Group. For that reason, Function Group is created earlier than Function Module....

How to Create a Database Table?

In this article, we are going to create a table to store records about cars step-by-step from scratch. Here is the information about cars that we are going to use in the table: Car ID Model: a model of a car such as Sedan, Hybrid, Hatchback, etc. Store: to which store the car belongs to Price Currency The...