Author: Avinash Palavai, SAP Technical Consultant, Atos India Pvt. Ltd.
Introduction:
Splitter Container can be used to display data either from two or more tables or from a single table based on particular conditions in ALV format using a single container at a time.
The classes that are used for achieving this are as follows,
1. CL_GUI_CUSTOM_CONTAINER .
2. CL_GUI_SPLITTER_CONTAINER .
3. CL_GUI_CONTAINER .
4. CL_GUI_ALV_GRID .
5. CL_DD_DOCUMENT.
Procedure:
1. First we have to design a modulepool screen (Screen No.100 ) with two custom controls, each for ALV and Heading as below,

2. Name the first control as "HEADING".

3. Name the second control as "MAIN_CONT".

4. Save and activate the screen.
5. Do the below coding in the report program.
6. Here i took a case of displaying the material details of a particular material type 'ZSEM', in the parent split alv list and the descriptions of those materials that are listed in parent split alv in child split alv.
7. The heading being maintained for this ALV is 'Material Master Report'.
************************************Coding******************************************
*REPORT ZOOALV_WITH_SPLITTER.
DATA : O_CC TYPE REF TO CL_GUI_CUSTOM_CONTAINER .
DATA : O_SC TYPE REF TO CL_GUI_SPLITTER_CONTAINER .
DATA : O_PART1 TYPE REF TO CL_GUI_CONTAINER .
DATA : O_PART2 TYPE REF TO CL_GUI_CONTAINER .
DATA : ALV_GRID1 TYPE REF TO CL_GUI_ALV_GRID .
DATA : ALV_GRID2 TYPE REF TO CL_GUI_ALV_GRID .
DATA : I_MARA TYPE TABLE OF MARA .
DATA : I_MAKT TYPE TABLE OF MAKT .
DATA : DD TYPE REF TO CL_DD_DOCUMENT.
START-OF-SELECTION .
call SCREEN 100.
*&---------------------------------------------------------------------*
*& Module STATUS_0100 OUTPUT
*&---------------------------------------------------------------------*
* text
*----------------------------------------------------------------------*
MODULE STATUS_0100 OUTPUT.
* SET PF-STATUS 'xxxxxxxx'.
* SET TITLEBAR 'xxx'.
PERFORM create_objects.
PERFORM spli_main_cont .
PERFORM DISP_HEADING.
PERFORM disp_alv1 .
PERFORM disp_alv2 .
ENDMODULE. " STATUS_0100 OUTPUT
*&---------------------------------------------------------------------*
*& Form CREATE_OBJECTS
*&---------------------------------------------------------------------*
* text
*----------------------------------------------------------------------*
* --> p1 text
* <-- p2 text
*----------------------------------------------------------------------*
FORM CREATE_OBJECTS .
CREATE OBJECT O_CC
EXPORTING
CONTAINER_NAME = 'MAIN_CONT'.
CREATE OBJECT DD
* EXPORTING
* STYLE =
* BACKGROUND_COLOR =
* BDS_STYLESHEET =
* NO_MARGINS =
. ENDFORM. " CREATE_OBJECTS
*&---------------------------------------------------------------------*
*& Form SPLI_MAIN_CONT
*&---------------------------------------------------------------------*
* text
*----------------------------------------------------------------------*
* --> p1 text
* <-- p2 text
*----------------------------------------------------------------------*
FORM SPLI_MAIN_CONT .
CREATE OBJECT O_SC
EXPORTING
PARENT = O_CC
ROWS = 2
COLUMNS = 1.
CALL METHOD O_SC->GET_CONTAINER
EXPORTING
ROW = 1
COLUMN = 1
RECEIVING
CONTAINER = O_PART1.
CALL METHOD O_SC->GET_CONTAINER
EXPORTING
ROW = 2
COLUMN = 1
RECEIVING
CONTAINER = O_PART2.
ENDFORM. " SPLI_MAIN_CONT
*&---------------------------------------------------------------------*
*& Form DISP_ALV1
*&---------------------------------------------------------------------*
* text
*----------------------------------------------------------------------*
* --> p1 text
* <-- p2 text
*----------------------------------------------------------------------*
FORM DISP_ALV1 .
CREATE OBJECT ALV_GRID1
EXPORTING
I_PARENT = O_PART1.
SELECT * FROM MARA
INTO TABLE I_MARA "UP TO 100 ROWS.
WHERE MTART = 'ZSEM' .
SORT I_MARA BY MATNR ASCENDING.
CALL METHOD ALV_GRID1->SET_TABLE_FOR_FIRST_DISPLAY
EXPORTING
I_STRUCTURE_NAME = 'MARA'
CHANGING
IT_OUTTAB = I_MARA.
ENDFORM . "DISP_ALV1
*&---------------------------------------------------------------------*
*& Form DISP_ALV2
*&---------------------------------------------------------------------*
* text
*----------------------------------------------------------------------*
* --> p1 text
* <-- p2 text
*----------------------------------------------------------------------*
FORM DISP_ALV2 .
CREATE OBJECT ALV_GRID2
EXPORTING
I_PARENT = O_PART2.
SELECT * FROM MAKT
INTO TABLE I_MAKT
FOR ALL ENTRIES IN I_MARA
WHERE MATNR = I_MARA-MATNR.
DELETE ADJACENT DUPLICATES FROM I_MAKT COMPARING MATNR.
CALL METHOD ALV_GRID2->SET_TABLE_FOR_FIRST_DISPLAY
EXPORTING
I_STRUCTURE_NAME = 'MAKT'
CHANGING
IT_OUTTAB = I_MAKT.
ENDFORM. " DISP_ALV2
*&---------------------------------------------------------------------*
*& Form DISP_HEADING
*&---------------------------------------------------------------------*
* text
*----------------------------------------------------------------------*
* --> p1 text
* <-- p2 text
*----------------------------------------------------------------------*
form DISP_HEADING .
DATA : HEAD TYPE SDYDO_ATTRIBUTE .
HEAD = CL_DD_DOCUMENT=>HEADING .
CALL METHOD DD->ADD_TEXT
EXPORTING
TEXT = 'MATERIAL MASTER REPORT'
SAP_STYLE = HEAD .
CALL METHOD DD->DISPLAY_DOCUMENT
EXPORTING
CONTAINER = 'HEADING'.
ENDFORM. " DISP_HEADING
8. Save and activate the entire program. Execute (F8),

9. The result clearly illustrates the purpose and advantage of displaying the ALV in Splitter Container.
| User | Count |
|---|---|
| 3175 | |
| 2865 | |
| 2074 | |
| 1509 | |
| 1407 | |
| 1225 | |
| 1170 | |
| 1138 | |
| 1112 | |
| 904 |