ALV Sort problem

[Former Member]

Hi Experts,

I have encountered a peculiar situation with respect to ALV, using sort. The problem is as follows:

1. I have an internal table with 3 fields, upon which I am supposed to implement a sort criteria on the first two fields.

2. My data is something like this, for ex:

abc 1 a

abc 1 b

cde 1 a

cde 1 b

3. I have applied sort criteria, on the first two fields and passed to the fm "REUSE_ALV_GRID_DISPLAY'.

4. Now the output is as follows:

abc 1 a

-

---

-- b

cde -- a

--- -- b

Here ( -- ) dotted lines mean the identical entry from the previous row...

5. My requirement is I want the output as:

abc 1 a

--- -- b

cde 1 a

--- -- b

I mean the sort critetia of the second column should follow the first(adjacent column) sort criteria

I hope it is clearly explained, and kindly let me know how this can be solved..

Thank you,

Shashi

[Former Member]

Hi Shashi

Sort your output table by field1 and field2. Now sort the table by field1 alone by passing sort criteria to the FM.

Regards

Bala

[Former Member]

Hi Bala,

The suggested solution is not giving the desired results..

This happens because, when i sort the entries i mentioned earlier, remains the same, even after the two explicit sort statements on the internal table.

Kindly check the same and let me know.

Regards,

Shashi

[Former Member]

Hi Shashi,

In your sort criteria pass comp = 'X' for field1 and expa = 'X' for field2. This will solve your problem.

Regards

Bala

[Former Member]

Hi Bala,

Still the problem persists.

Regards,

Shashikanth. D

[Former Member]

Hi Shashi,

can you give the code snippet where you are appending sort criteria.

Regards

Bala