Program Types

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Each ABAP program has a type, which

is defined in the program attributes

The program types determine :
 Which processing blocks a program can
contain
 How the program is handled and
executed by the runtime environment
 Whether it can work with its own screen

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Program Types
Executable Programs

Module Pools

Function Groups

Class Pools

Interface Pools

Subroutine pools

Type groups

Include programs

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Executable Programs

Executable programs are introduced with the

REPORT statement
They can contain their own screens
Are executed via the SUBMIT statement or
transaction codes.
Executable programs can contain all the
various processing blocks in ABAP, except for
Function Modules, and any number of local
classes
They can be created directly with the ABAP
editor tool
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Module Pools
Module Pools are introduced with the
PROGRAM statement

They can work with their own screens and
should have at least one screen linked to the
program and can only be executed through
transaction codes

Module pools can contain all the various
processing blocks in ABAP, except for
reporting event blocks and Function Modules,
and any number of local classes

They can be created directly with the ABAP
editor tool

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Function Groups

Function Groups or Pools are introduced with the

FUNCTION-POOL statement
Normally Function groups are not executed directly
They are loaded by calling their Function Modules
They can contain all the processing blocks in ABAP,
except for reporting event blocks, and any number of
local classes
They are the only programs that can contain function
modules and are created with the function builder tool
They can have their own screens

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Class pools

Class pools are introduced with the CLASSPOOL statement

They cannot contain their own screens and no
other processing blocks than Methods
They cannot be executed directly
They are loaded by using their global classes
They are created with the class builder tool

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Subroutine pools

Subroutine pools are introduced with the

PROGRAM statement
They cannot contain their own screens
Apart from LOAD-OF-PROGRAM event block,
can have only subroutines or methods of local
classes as processing blocks
They are not executed directly
They are loaded by calling their procedures
externally
They are created with ABAP editor
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Type groups
Type groups or pools are introduced with the
TYPE-POOL statement

They cannot contain their own screens or
processing blocks

They contain the definitions of global data
types, which can be made visible in any ABAP
program by the TYPE-POOLS statement

They are created with the ABAP dictionary tool

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Include Programs
Include programs have no introductory
program statement and, unlike all other
program types, they do not represent
independent compilation units with their own
memory space

Include programs provide a library function for
ABAP source code and can be embeded at
any location in other ABAP programs using the
INCLUDE statement

EG : TOP include etc

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