ABAP Example Programs

Greeting report

Print a personalized greeting a bounded number of times.

• P_NAME: STRING; default: ABAP learner. Name to greet.
• P_REPEATS: I; default: 2. Number of lines, 1 to 20.

REPORT ZED_EXAMPLE_GREETING.
PARAMETERS p_name TYPE string DEFAULT 'ABAP learner'.
PARAMETERS p_repeats TYPE i DEFAULT 2.
START-OF-SELECTION.
IF p_repeats < 1 OR p_repeats > 20.
  MESSAGE 'P_REPEATS must be between 1 and 20.' TYPE 'E'.
ENDIF.
DO p_repeats TIMES.
  WRITE: / 'Hello,', p_name.
ENDDO.

Text cleanup

Normalize whitespace and replace a literal word with a local helper module.

• P_TEXT: STRING; default: ABAP Playground . Text to normalize.

REPORT ZED_EXAMPLE_TEXT.
PARAMETERS p_text TYPE string DEFAULT '  ABAP   Playground  '.
DATA normalized TYPE string.
DATA result TYPE string.
START-OF-SELECTION.
CALL FUNCTION 'ZED_STRING_NORMALIZE'
  EXPORTING input = p_text
  IMPORTING output = normalized.
CALL FUNCTION 'ZED_STRING_REPLACE'
  EXPORTING input = normalized
            substring = 'Playground'
            replacement = 'Workbench'
  IMPORTING output = result.
WRITE: / result.

Date and ISO week

Validate a date and display its ISO week number and weekday.

• P_DATE: D; default: 20261014. Internal date in YYYYMMDD format.

REPORT ZED_EXAMPLE_DATE.
PARAMETERS p_date TYPE d DEFAULT '20261014'.
DATA iso_week TYPE n LENGTH 6.
DATA weekday TYPE i.
START-OF-SELECTION.
CALL FUNCTION 'DATE_CHECK_PLAUSIBILITY'
  EXPORTING date = p_date.
CALL FUNCTION 'DATE_GET_WEEK'
  EXPORTING date = p_date
  IMPORTING week = iso_week.
CALL FUNCTION 'DATE_COMPUTE_DAY'
  EXPORTING date = p_date
  IMPORTING day = weekday.
WRITE: / 'ISO week:', iso_week.
WRITE: / 'Weekday (Mon=1):', weekday.

Function-module ALV

Build a local table and render it using the supported ALV function module.

REPORT ZED_EXAMPLE_ALV.
TYPES: BEGIN OF ty_row,
         category TYPE string,
         amount TYPE i,
       END OF ty_row.
DATA rows TYPE STANDARD TABLE OF ty_row WITH EMPTY KEY.
rows = VALUE #( ( category = 'Books' amount = 20 )
                ( category = 'Tools' amount = 35 ) ).
CALL FUNCTION 'REUSE_ALV_GRID_DISPLAY_LVC'
  EXPORTING i_grid_title = 'Example inventory'
  TABLES t_outtab = rows.

SALV class methods

Configure and display a local SALV table using supported class and instance methods.

REPORT ZED_EXAMPLE_SALV.
TYPES: BEGIN OF ty_row,
         category TYPE string,
         amount TYPE i,
       END OF ty_row.
DATA rows TYPE STANDARD TABLE OF ty_row WITH EMPTY KEY.
DATA salv TYPE REF TO cl_salv_table.
DATA columns TYPE REF TO cl_salv_columns_table.
DATA amount_column TYPE REF TO cl_salv_column_table.
rows = VALUE #( ( category = 'Books' amount = 20 )
                ( category = 'Tools' amount = 35 ) ).
cl_salv_table=>factory(
  IMPORTING r_salv_table = salv
  CHANGING t_table = rows ).
columns = salv->get_columns( ).
columns->set_optimize( abap_true ).
amount_column = columns->get_column( 'AMOUNT' ).
amount_column->set_long_text( 'Amount' ).
salv->get_display_settings( )->set_list_header( 'Example inventory' ).
salv->get_display_settings( )->set_striped_pattern( abap_true ).
salv->get_aggregations( )->add_aggregation(
  columnname = 'AMOUNT'
  aggregation = 'TOTAL' ).
salv->display( ).

Submit a sample report

Run an allowlisted example report and pass its selection parameters.

REPORT ZED_EXAMPLE_SUBMIT_DRIVER.
SUBMIT ZED_EXAMPLE_GREETING
  WITH p_name = 'Ada'
  WITH p_repeats = 2
  AND RETURN.
WRITE: / 'Returned to the calling report.'.