ABAP Programming Overview

Module Objectives

• Describe the ABAP Development Workbench and

Object Navigator
• Define the ABAP Editor, settings and commands
• Describe program attributes and set-up procedures
• Define Packages
• Describe ABAP program naming standards
• Explain program structure and ABAP events
• Define ABAP utilities

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 ABAP Development Workbench

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 Key Workbench Transactions

• Object Navigator (SE80)

• ABAP Dictionary (SE11)
• ABAP Editor (SE38)
• Function Builder (SE37)
• Screen Painter (SE51)
• Menu Painter (SE41)

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 Object Navigator

Object Hierarchy Object Window

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 ABAP Editor

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 Attributes

ABAP Editor

Attributes

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 Packages

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 Program Naming Standards

ZSER01-99

SELECT . . .
WRITE . . .

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 Copying Program Code

Copy Program ZDEMO001

Source program ZDEMO001

Target program ZDEMO002
ABAP Editor
Copy

Copy Program ZDEMO001 to ZDEMO002

Source
Texts
Documentation
Variants
GUI Status
Screens
Includes

Copy Request(organizer)

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 Copying Sections of a Program

1 Select block of code to be copied

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 Copying Sections of a Program

2 Copy block to clipboard

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 Starting an ABAP Report

ABAP Editor

Test

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 Program Structure

REPORT name
or
PROGRAM name

*Declaration section

DATA: i_tab type i

TABLES: SBOOK

*Statement section

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 Pattern Pushbutton

ABAP Editor

Pattern

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 INCLUDE Programs

* INCLUDE ZCOST REPORT ZABAP.

INCLUDE ZCOST.
INITIALIZATION.
* INCLUDE ZSUB
.
.
.
INCLUDE ZSUB

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 Commenting Programs

Comment Entire Line Partial Line Comment

DATA: SUM TYPE P, "Totals field

COUNTER TYPE P.

* New account
* Initialize totals field

CLEAR SUM.

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 Exercise

Exercise 6 - Use the ABAP Editor, 35 minutes

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 Questions & Answers

Any questions?

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