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Performance Problems Caused by Nonlinear Coding

Imagine the following situation: An important customer had been using your program without complaints until last week, when he had to process a very large contract with 20.000 positions. The customer was very disappointed, because this contract took ...

Something's Coming

From the preface: "This book is the sequel to ABAP Objects: An Introduction to Programming SAP Applications from the SAP PRESS series. Instead of producing a reworked third edition of the Introduction, we have written a new book ... In this book, ...

Performance - what will kill you and what will leave you with only a flesh wound

In the Performance of Nested Loops, I showed that nested loops can give far worse performance than a poorly constructed SELECT statement. In Using an Index When You Don't Have all of the Fields, I showed some tricks that will allow you to use an inde...

Code Inspector - How to create a new check

IntroductionI always felt excited when I read about new ABAP related tools. One of the first such tool I fell in love was the Code Inspector. Around in 2001-2002 we were on 46C, and in one for the Code inspector presentation I saw a note about, that ...

How to Convert the Spool into PDF and Send to External Email

This program will execute the given program in the background with the specified variant and converts the spool into PDF format and sends the file to external email Ids as attachment.View Document

BAPI for Comparing Users Roles

Code sample to compare user roles. Shows messages if conflicts exist.View Document

Function Module for Sending Emails

Function module used to send Email through the Internet.View Document

ABAP Code WebViewer

ABAP Code WebViewer is a utility tool, written in ABAP, which converts the ABAP Report / Function Module Codes into an HTML file and downloads it on the chosen directory of your PC.View Document

ABAP Code Sample for A Simple Search Program for Dictionary Objects

This Code sample is a simple search utility for the dictionary objects. This has three kinds of search functionality such as exactly same, starting with and containing.View Document

ABAP Code Sample for General Browser Using ABAP

This is an ABAP code sample that deals with viewing files/pictures and webpages using HTML Control This can also be used as a General Web Browser.View Document

Descending Recursive Analyzer of Expression in ABAP

Descending recursive analyzer of expression in abap. It analyzes simple expressions, with constant values, example: 10 + (2 * 2) with resulted final, 14.View Document

Memory Game with Selection-Screen

Illustration of selection-screen design, events in an executable program. Along with the information attached, enjoy a nice round of memory game !View Document

Moving Files Between Unix Directories Using External OS Commands

The purpose of the sample code contained in this document is to move all the files from the specified source directory in UNIX to the specified destination directory in UNIX using external OS commands. The sample code can be modified to execute any o...

ABAP Code Sample for Table Controls

ABAP code sample that illustrates how to use table control in screen programming. It displays records, inserts new records, and modifies existing records with table controls.View Document

ABAP Business Scenario and Code Sample for Performance Issues of HR Positions Holders

This is a business scenario and ABAP code sample that deals with performance issues and the solution to determine HR positions and position holders in HR.View Document

ABAP Code Samples for Simple Performance Tuning Techniques

ABAP Code Samples and techniques which would enable the faster execution of your ABAP code.View Document

ALE Customizing Data Distribution with Code Sample

This article with code samples describes a business scenario and technical solution in detail to depict the customizing data distribution process through ALE along with some extra light on HR documentation.View Document

MM Pricing Based on Custom Fields

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Sleeping Screen

This program will make the running screen sleep and it will disappear from your desktop.View Document

File Utility ALV Tree

File Handling utility using ALV Tree for Presentation and Application Server with drag and Drop functionality and many more.View Document

SAP Radio

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SDN Code Sample-Copy Test Data For Function Modules

This document contains a code which copies the entire test data directory of a function module to another. This especially comes handy while renaming function modules, as there is no standard way of retaining the test data directory while renaming.Vi...

Application Server Browser Tool

This is a tool developed in ABAP to browse SAP Application Server. Help in uploading, downloading and displaying files in application server. This tool also illustrates the use of Column Tree Model.View Document

ABAP Class to gip and gunzip

ABAP class to gzip and gunzip. The cl_abap_gzip handle deflate, but not head and tail in gzip format. This sample was developed to be able to process big files in SAP XI. See the example method for usage.View Document

Association Rule Representation

Association rule mining forms an important research area in the field of data mining. Usually association rules generate large number of rules, and it is very difficult to identify and deduce useful rules. We described an approach to represent this l...

Utility Program - Print Report with Logo

Utility Program to print any Report with Logo. Requirement arises in a financial institution with lot of Reports to be display, download and "Print". The twist is client doesnu2019t want to go for a pre-printed stationary (with Logo) and on the other...

Reorganizing Unprocessed and Error Batch Input Sessions

This sample coding can be used to perform additional cleanup against the SAP batch input system tables, APQD and APQI.View Document

Conversion of ABAP Data to XML Format

XML format is being used more often to exchange the data between different systems. This document will help to map the ABAP data into XML format.View Document

Object Oriented ABAP - Local and Global classes

This document explains how the Local Classes are imported into the Global Classes of the ABAP Class Builder.View Document

Execute BW Query using ABAP

This is document provides updated code for the function module (Y_EXECUTE_QUERY) to execute a query in BW 3.5.View Document

XXL List Export

This document will provide information about how to use the BC XXL List Export technology to generate elaborated Excel spreadsheets for reports.View Document

Call UNIX Command from ABAP

This article describes a methodology for the creation of Fixed Length Unix files (UNIX OS), and also allows calling any Unix Command / Unix Script from an ABAP program.View Document

ABAP Beauty

ABAP pretty printer is good for code but not supportive for data declarations. As a result ABAP code often tends to need more labour to maintain.View Document

ABAP Code Sample - Enhancing a Standard Search Help

This document explains how to enhance a standard SAP search help in SE11 by developing a custom function module using the search help exit interface of function module F4IF_SHLP_EXIT_EXAMPLEView Document

Common Subroutine to Read Any Structured Application Server File

Common Subroutine code that can be used to read any structured application server file.View Document

Data Upload Using CATT

Program demonstrates CATT (Computer Aided Test Tool) is used to upload master data. Since the CATT tool sends data to the SAP system through the user interface, the test data causes real database update.View Document

ABAP Code Sample to Learn Basic Concept of Object-Oriented Programming

Learn the basic concept of Object-Oriented Programming with this ABAP code sample.View Document

ABAP Code Sample for Objects

It is a sample ABAP code showing the object oriented enhancements in ABAP language.View Document

ABAP Code Sample Progress Indicator

This is tiny yet useful ABAP class, implementing progress indicator functionality by utilizing SAPGUI_PROGRESS_INDICATOR function module.View Document

ABAP Code Sample for Creating Simple Report in Tabular Form Using Smart Forms

This program passes an internal table into the SMARTFORM which displays in tabular form. This code sample includes screen shots of Smartforms in transaction code u2018SMARTFORMSu2019 for better understanding of how to display data using Smartforms.Vi...

Tutorial with Code Sample on Smart Forms

SAP Smart Forms are used to create and maintain forms for mass printing in SAP Systems. As an output medium SAP Smart Forms support a printer, a fax, e-mail. Many a times there is requirement to download output of SAP Smart Forms in a PDF file. This ...

Template, Table, Loop, Command in Smartforms

This documents helps to understand the concepts of Template, Loop, Table and Command in Smartforms.View Document

Subroutine and Select-Option in Smart Forms

This document illustrates how to use subroutines in Smart Forms and how to pass select-option from a program to SmartForm. This also explains how to do the coding in Program lines in ABAP. View Document

Smart form in ABAP

This document illustrates various concepts in Smart Form (Styles, Bar code, Alternative, Tables, Text Element, Loop, Header, Program Lines ) and then mailing the smart form output through a report. This smartform display certain records based on cond...

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