BC400 Lesson: Data ModeIing and Descriptive EIements in the ABAP Dictionary

Exercise 4: Using GIobaI Structures for

Data Objects and DiaIogs
Exercise Objectives
AIter completing this exercise, you will be able to:
Establish the technical names oI data types ( descriptions) and data objects
( variables) that are used in user dialogs.
Run where-used lists within an ABAP program.
Business ExampIe
You have to examine a speciIied ABAP program to see whether global data types
( descriptions deIined in the Dictionary) are used in it, and iI so, which ones.
Hint: The main purpose oI this unit is to get inIormation Ior a speciIied
program and not its syntax. Hence you should not try to understand the
entire syntax oI the program. This especially applies to the statements
TABLES and MOVE-CORRESPONDING. Their meaning and Iunctionality
will be discussed later on in this course.
Task 1:
Search for program and execute it
1. Display the object list Ior package BC400 in the Obfect Navigator. Find the
program SAPBC400WBT_GETTING_STARTED and display its object
list. Throughout the exercise, make sure that you remain in display mode.
2. Run the program to Iind out how it works.
Task 2:
Analyze selection screen
1. What inIormation must you provide to the program on the selection screen?
(Use the Iield help F1.)
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2. What values can you enter? (Use the input help F4.)
3. What is the technical name oI the input Iield (deIinition name in the
program)?
Find this inIormation in the deIinition in the source code and then try Iinding
the same inIormation in the technical information on the F1 Iield help.
Which inIormation there also contains the technical name oI the input Iield?
Task 3:
Analyze screen
1. What is the number oI the displayed screen? (For this, choose the Status
entry oI the System menu on the screen.)
2. Which inIormation is output on the screen? (Use the Iield help F1.)
3. What are the technical names oI the screen Iields?
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Do the Iields belong to a structure with a type deIined in the ABAP
Dictionary? (Use the technical information on Iield help F1 as well as the
navigation by double-clicking.)
Task 4:
Analyze the program source code (using the object list oI the program)
1. Which data objects (variables) are deIined in the program (see the object list
oI the program)? Where in the program are they deIined?
2. Where in the program are they used? (Use the Where-Usea List in the
ABAP-Eaitor.)
3. Under which name is the input Iield deIined on the selection screen oI the
program? Can you also Iind the name in the object list oI the program?
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SoIution 4: Using GIobaI Structures for
Data Objects and DiaIogs
Task 1:
Search for program and execute it
1. Display the object list Ior package BC400 in the Obfect Navigator. Find the
program SAPBC400WBT_GETTING_STARTED and display its object
list. Throughout the exercise, make sure that you remain in display mode.
a) Carry out this step as usual.
2. Run the program to Iind out how it works.
a) Carry out this step as usual.
Task 2:
Analyze selection screen
1. What inIormation must you provide to the program on the selection screen?
(Use the Iield help F1.)
Answer: Short description oI an airline
2. What values can you enter? (Use the input help F4.)
Answer: With F4, a list oI available, usable airline codes appears: AA, LH
and so on.
3. What is the technical name oI the input Iield (deIinition name in the
program)?
Find this inIormation in the deIinition in the source code and then try Iinding
the same inIormation in the technical information on the F1 Iield help.
Which inIormation there also contains the technical name oI the input Iield?
Answer: PACAR
The inIormation on the screen fiela.
Task 3:
Analyze screen
1. What is the number oI the displayed screen? (For this, choose the Status
entry oI the System menu on the screen.)
Answer: 100
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2. Which inIormation is output on the screen? (Use the Iield help F1.)
Answer: The short description, long name, and local currency oI the
requested airline.
3. What are the technical names oI the screen Iields?
Do the Iields belong to a structure with a type deIined in the ABAP
Dictionary? (Use the technical information on Iield help F1 as well as the
navigation by double-clicking.)
Answer: SBC400CARRIER-CARRID and SBC400CARRIER-
CURRCODE.
Yes, these are the components oI the structure SBC400CARRIER, as
visible under Fiela Data. You can display this by double-clicking the
speciIied structure.
Task 4:
Analyze the program source code (using the object list oI the program)
1. Which data objects (variables) are deIined in the program (see the object list
oI the program)? Where in the program are they deIined?
Answer: In the object list oI the program, open the Fielas node and
display the corresponding statement in the program by double-clicking the
appropriate variable.
2. Where in the program are they used? (Use the Where-Usea List in the
ABAP-Eaitor.)
Answer: You can run the where-used list oI a data object in the program
either Irom the object list via the context menu oI the data object in question
or Irom the ABAP Eaitor aIter selecting the data object in question and
pressing the where-used list button. This results in a list oI locations Iound.
You can navigate to the program part in question by double-clicking.
3. Under which name is the input Iield deIined on the selection screen oI the
program? Can you also Iind the name in the object list oI the program?
Answer: PACAR
In the object list oI the program, you will Iind the name under the Fielas node.
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