topic Re: ALV in Application Development and Automation Discussions

ALV

Former Member — Wed, 06 Jun 2007 09:36:11 GMT

HAI,

WHY WE ARE USING ALV INSTEAD OF REPORT.

WHAT IS THE SPECIAL IN ALV ?

THANK YOU

ASHOK

Re: ALV

Former Member — Wed, 06 Jun 2007 09:39:28 GMT

Hi,

in alv reports,

no need of doing code for down loading the internal table into excel sheets

and we can see as many fields as we want

we can see sub totals

no allignment problem will be there in alv reports...

you can filter the data after seeing the records in alv display

by using filter button

you can see print preview, and in excel sheet also u can see the output

graphical view is possible

reward points if helpful

regards,

venkatesh

Re: ALV

Former Member — Wed, 06 Jun 2007 09:39:29 GMT

hi ashok,

these are features of alv.

The common features are available in ALV by default

Alignment, sorting

Filtering

Subtotals & Totals

Displaying and Hiding Columns

Swapping Columns

etc

Coding made easy

Enhance the readability and functionality of any report output.

An efficient tool for dynamically sorting and arranging the columns from report output.

The report output can contain up to 90 columns in the display with the wide array of display options.

regards,

seshu.

Re: ALV

Former Member — Wed, 06 Jun 2007 09:40:57 GMT

chk the discussion in this thread

Re: ALV

Former Member — Wed, 06 Jun 2007 09:43:42 GMT

hi,

in report u can just display the data but u can't sort it or filter some coumns,u cant display that in graphs,u cant store that as a local file or cant store in excel sheet or word doc etc. for every extra funtionality u need to write ur own logic.

but where as in alv u can display the data as well as it can perform all the above mentioned funtionalies with out writing any extra logic.

Re: ALV

Former Member — Wed, 06 Jun 2007 09:49:13 GMT

good

ALV is Application List viewer. Sap provides a set of ALV (ABAP LIST VIEWER) function modules which can be put into use to embellish the output of a report. This set of ALV functions is used to enhance the readability and functionality of any report output. Cases arise in sap when the output of a report contains columns extending more than 255 characters in length. In such cases, this set of ALV functions can help choose selected columns and arrange the different columns from a report output and also save different variants for report display. This is a very efficient tool for dynamically sorting and arranging the columns from a report output. The report output can contain up to 90 columns in the display with the wide array of display options.

advantages.

Collapse multiple reports into one, drastically cutting down your report development time

Save many hours using built-in ALV sorting, subtotaling and filtering capabilities

Add conditional structures into your ALV report: No programming required!

Combine ALV with display variants to meet a wide range of reporting requirements more easily

Dynamically reorder column layouts and add/subtract fields

Enable users and analysts to save their own personalized variants

thanks

mrutyun^

Re: ALV

Former Member — Wed, 06 Jun 2007 09:51:28 GMT

Hi,

The common features of report are column alignment, sorting, filtering, subtotals, totals etc. To implement these, a lot of coding and logic is to be put when we use Classical reporting. To avoid that we can use a concept called ABAP List Viewer (ALV).

This helps us to implement all the features mentioned very effectively.

By default it provides those options.