ABAP Select data from SAP table /SCWM/S_EGF_ALV_DATA into internal table

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Below is a number of ABAP code snippets to demonstrate how to select data from SAP /SCWM/S_EGF_ALV_DATA table and store it within an internal table, including using the newer @DATA inline declaration methods. It also shows you various ways to process this data using ABAP work area, inline declaration or field symbols including executing all the relevant CONVERSION_EXIT routines specific to /SCWM/S_EGF_ALV_DATA. See here for more generic Select statement tips.

Sometimes data within SAP is stored within the database table in a different format to what it is displayed to the user. These input/output conversation FM routines are what translates the data between the two formats.

There is also a full declaration of the /SCWM/S_EGF_ALV_DATA table where each field has a char/string type for you to simply copy and paste. This allows you to use processing that is only available to these field types such as the CONCATENATE statement.

DATA: IT_/SCWM/S_EGF_ALV_DATA TYPE STANDARD TABLE OF /SCWM/S_EGF_ALV_DATA,
      WA_/SCWM/S_EGF_ALV_DATA TYPE /SCWM/S_EGF_ALV_DATA,
      GD_STR TYPE STRING.

DATA: lo_typedescr type REF TO cl_abap_typedescr.
DATA: lv_fieldname type fieldname.

FIELD-SYMBOLS: <FIELD> TYPE any.
FIELD-SYMBOLS: </SCWM/S_EGF_ALV_DATA> TYPE /SCWM/S_EGF_ALV_DATA.

*Process all fields in table header/work area as string values
  PERFORM process_as_string_field_values CHANGING wa_/SCWM/S_EGF_ALV_DATA.

SELECT *
*restrict ABAP select to first 10 rows
 UP TO 10 ROWS      
  FROM /SCWM/S_EGF_ALV_DATA
  INTO TABLE IT_/SCWM/S_EGF_ALV_DATA.

*Select data and declare internal table using in-line method @DATA
*SELECT *
*  FROM /SCWM/S_EGF_ALV_DATA
*  INTO TABLE @DATA(IT_/SCWM/S_EGF_ALV_DATA2).
*--Further methods of using ABAP code to  select data from SAP database tables

*You can also declare the header/work area using the in-line DATA declaration method
READ TABLE IT_/SCWM/S_EGF_ALV_DATA INDEX 1 INTO DATA(WA_/SCWM/S_EGF_ALV_DATA2).


*Demonstrate how to loop at an internal table and update values using a FIELD-SYMBOL
LOOP AT IT_/SCWM/S_EGF_ALV_DATA ASSIGNING </SCWM/S_EGF_ALV_DATA>.
*To update a field value using a field symbol simply change the value via the field symbol pointer
</SCWM/S_EGF_ALV_DATA>-STRUCTURE_NAME = 1.
</SCWM/S_EGF_ALV_DATA>-FCAT = 1.
</SCWM/S_EGF_ALV_DATA>-LAYOUT = 1.
</SCWM/S_EGF_ALV_DATA>-ZEBRA = 1.
</SCWM/S_EGF_ALV_DATA>-EDIT = 1.
ENDLOOP.

LOOP AT IT_/SCWM/S_EGF_ALV_DATA INTO WA_/SCWM/S_EGF_ALV_DATA.
*Write horizonal line to screen report.
  WRITE:/ sy-uline.

*Write selected data to screen/report before conversion.
  WRITE:/ sy-vline,   WA_/SCWM/S_EGF_ALV_DATA-EDIT_MODE, sy-vline,
WA_/SCWM/S_EGF_ALV_DATA-NO_KEYFIX, sy-vline,
WA_/SCWM/S_EGF_ALV_DATA-FRONTEND, sy-vline,
WA_/SCWM/S_EGF_ALV_DATA-OBJECT_KEY, sy-vline,
WA_/SCWM/S_EGF_ALV_DATA-DOC_ID, sy-vline,
WA_/SCWM/S_EGF_ALV_DATA-TEMPLATE, sy-vline.
ENDLOOP. *Add any further fields from structure WA_/SCWM/S_EGF_ALV_DATA you want to display... WRITE:/ sy-uline. * Aternatively use generic code to Write field values (and NAME) to screen report DO. ASSIGN COMPONENT sy-index OF STRUCTURE wa_/SCWM/S_EGF_ALV_DATA TO <field>. IF sy-subrc <> 0. EXIT. ENDIF. WRITE:/ 'Field Value', <field>, sy-vline. gd_str = <field> . lo_typedescr ?= CL_ABAP_DATADESCR=>DESCRIBE_BY_DATA( <field> ). lv_fieldname = lo_typedescr->GET_RELATIVE_NAME( ). WRITE:/ 'Field Name', lv_fieldname. ENDDO. *Redo loop but convert all fields from internal to out value LOOP AT IT_/SCWM/S_EGF_ALV_DATA INTO WA_/SCWM/S_EGF_ALV_DATA. *Write horizonal line to screen report. WRITE:/ sy-uline. *Convert all fields to display/output versions using conversion routines PERFORM convert_all_field_values CHANGING wa_EKKO. ENDLOOP. *&---------------------------------------------------------------------* *& Form convert_all_field_values *&---------------------------------------------------------------------* FORM convert_all_field_values CHANGING p_EKKO LIKE wa_EKKO. DATA: ld_input(1000) TYPE c, ld_output(1000) TYPE C.

*Conversion exit ISOLA, internal->external for field LANGUAGE CALL FUNCTION 'CONVERSION_EXIT_ISOLA_OUTPUT' EXPORTING input = WA_/SCWM/S_EGF_ALV_DATA-LANGUAGE IMPORTING output = ld_input.
WRITE:/ 'Org Value:', WA_/SCWM/S_EGF_ALV_DATA-LANGUAGE.
WRITE:/ 'New Value:', ld_input.
ENDFORM. *&---------------------------------------------------------------------* *& Form process_as_string_field_values *&---------------------------------------------------------------------* FORM process_as_string_field_values CHANGING p_EKKO LIKE wa_EKKO. TYPES: BEGIN OF T_/SCWM/S_EGF_ALV_DATA_STR,
STRUCTURE_NAME TYPE STRING,
FCAT TYPE STRING,
LAYOUT TYPE STRING,
ZEBRA TYPE STRING,
EDIT TYPE STRING,
EDIT_MODE TYPE STRING,
NO_KEYFIX TYPE STRING,
FRONTEND TYPE STRING,
OBJECT_KEY TYPE STRING,
DOC_ID TYPE STRING,
TEMPLATE TYPE STRING,
LANGUAGE TYPE STRING,
GRAPHICS TYPE STRING,
SMALLTITLE TYPE STRING,
NO_HGRIDLN TYPE STRING,
NO_VGRIDLN TYPE STRING,
NO_HEADERS TYPE STRING,
NO_MERGING TYPE STRING,
CWIDTH_OPT TYPE STRING,
TOTALS_BEF TYPE STRING,
NO_TOTARR TYPE STRING,
NO_TOTEXP TYPE STRING,
NO_ROWMOVE TYPE STRING,
NO_ROWINS TYPE STRING,
NO_COLEXPD TYPE STRING,
NO_F4 TYPE STRING,
COUNTFNAME TYPE STRING,
COL_OPT TYPE STRING,
VAL_DATA TYPE STRING,
BLOB_SCOPE TYPE STRING,
BLOB_FLAVOUR TYPE STRING,
BLOB_NAME TYPE STRING,
BLOB_KEY TYPE STRING,
BLOB_TYPE TYPE STRING,
STYLEFNAME TYPE STRING,
NO_ROWMARK TYPE STRING,
NO_TOOLBAR TYPE STRING,
GRID_TITLE TYPE STRING,
SEL_MODE TYPE STRING,
BOX_FNAME TYPE STRING,
SGL_CLK_HD TYPE STRING,
NO_TOTLINE TYPE STRING,
NUMC_TOTAL TYPE STRING,
NO_UTSPLIT TYPE STRING,
EXCP_FNAME TYPE STRING,
EXCP_ROLLN TYPE STRING,
EXCP_CONDS TYPE STRING,
EXCP_LED TYPE STRING,
EXCP_GROUP TYPE STRING,
DETAILINIT TYPE STRING,
DETAILTITL TYPE STRING,
KEYHOT TYPE STRING,
NO_AUTHOR TYPE STRING,
XIFUNCKEY TYPE STRING,
XIDIRECT TYPE STRING,
S_DRAGDROP TYPE STRING,
CNTR_DDID TYPE STRING,
GRID_DDID TYPE STRING,
COL_DDID TYPE STRING,
ROW_DDID TYPE STRING,
FIELDNAME TYPE STRING,
INFO_FNAME TYPE STRING,
CTAB_FNAME TYPE STRING,
WEBLOOK TYPE STRING,
WEBSTYLE TYPE STRING,
WEBROWS TYPE STRING,
WEBXWIDTH TYPE STRING,
WEBXHEIGHT TYPE STRING,
TOOLBAR_EXCL TYPE STRING,
ALV_STRUC TYPE STRING,
ALV_TAB TYPE STRING,
FUNCTIONS TYPE STRING,END OF T_EKKO_STR. DATA: WA_/SCWM/S_EGF_ALV_DATA_STR type T_EKKO_STR. DATA: ld_text TYPE string. LOOP AT IT_EKKO INTO WA_EKKO. MOVE-CORRESPONDING wa_EKKO TO WA_EKKO_STR. CONCATENATE: sy-vline
WA_/SCWM/S_EGF_ALV_DATA_STR-STRUCTURE_NAME sy-vline
WA_/SCWM/S_EGF_ALV_DATA_STR-FCAT sy-vline
WA_/SCWM/S_EGF_ALV_DATA_STR-LAYOUT sy-vline
WA_/SCWM/S_EGF_ALV_DATA_STR-ZEBRA sy-vline
WA_/SCWM/S_EGF_ALV_DATA_STR-EDIT sy-vline
WA_/SCWM/S_EGF_ALV_DATA_STR-EDIT_MODE sy-vline
WA_/SCWM/S_EGF_ALV_DATA_STR-NO_KEYFIX sy-vline
WA_/SCWM/S_EGF_ALV_DATA_STR-FRONTEND sy-vline
WA_/SCWM/S_EGF_ALV_DATA_STR-OBJECT_KEY sy-vline
WA_/SCWM/S_EGF_ALV_DATA_STR-DOC_ID sy-vline
WA_/SCWM/S_EGF_ALV_DATA_STR-TEMPLATE sy-vline
WA_/SCWM/S_EGF_ALV_DATA_STR-LANGUAGE sy-vline
WA_/SCWM/S_EGF_ALV_DATA_STR-GRAPHICS sy-vline
WA_/SCWM/S_EGF_ALV_DATA_STR-SMALLTITLE sy-vline
WA_/SCWM/S_EGF_ALV_DATA_STR-NO_HGRIDLN sy-vline
WA_/SCWM/S_EGF_ALV_DATA_STR-NO_VGRIDLN sy-vline
WA_/SCWM/S_EGF_ALV_DATA_STR-NO_HEADERS sy-vline
WA_/SCWM/S_EGF_ALV_DATA_STR-NO_MERGING sy-vline
WA_/SCWM/S_EGF_ALV_DATA_STR-CWIDTH_OPT sy-vline
WA_/SCWM/S_EGF_ALV_DATA_STR-TOTALS_BEF sy-vline
WA_/SCWM/S_EGF_ALV_DATA_STR-NO_TOTARR sy-vline
WA_/SCWM/S_EGF_ALV_DATA_STR-NO_TOTEXP sy-vline
WA_/SCWM/S_EGF_ALV_DATA_STR-NO_ROWMOVE sy-vline
WA_/SCWM/S_EGF_ALV_DATA_STR-NO_ROWINS sy-vline
WA_/SCWM/S_EGF_ALV_DATA_STR-NO_COLEXPD sy-vline
WA_/SCWM/S_EGF_ALV_DATA_STR-NO_F4 sy-vline
WA_/SCWM/S_EGF_ALV_DATA_STR-COUNTFNAME sy-vline
WA_/SCWM/S_EGF_ALV_DATA_STR-COL_OPT sy-vline
WA_/SCWM/S_EGF_ALV_DATA_STR-VAL_DATA sy-vline
WA_/SCWM/S_EGF_ALV_DATA_STR-BLOB_SCOPE sy-vline
WA_/SCWM/S_EGF_ALV_DATA_STR-BLOB_FLAVOUR sy-vline
WA_/SCWM/S_EGF_ALV_DATA_STR-BLOB_NAME sy-vline
WA_/SCWM/S_EGF_ALV_DATA_STR-BLOB_KEY sy-vline
WA_/SCWM/S_EGF_ALV_DATA_STR-BLOB_TYPE sy-vline
WA_/SCWM/S_EGF_ALV_DATA_STR-STYLEFNAME sy-vline
WA_/SCWM/S_EGF_ALV_DATA_STR-NO_ROWMARK sy-vline
WA_/SCWM/S_EGF_ALV_DATA_STR-NO_TOOLBAR sy-vline
WA_/SCWM/S_EGF_ALV_DATA_STR-GRID_TITLE sy-vline
WA_/SCWM/S_EGF_ALV_DATA_STR-SEL_MODE sy-vline
WA_/SCWM/S_EGF_ALV_DATA_STR-BOX_FNAME sy-vline
WA_/SCWM/S_EGF_ALV_DATA_STR-SGL_CLK_HD sy-vline
WA_/SCWM/S_EGF_ALV_DATA_STR-NO_TOTLINE sy-vline
WA_/SCWM/S_EGF_ALV_DATA_STR-NUMC_TOTAL sy-vline
WA_/SCWM/S_EGF_ALV_DATA_STR-NO_UTSPLIT sy-vline
WA_/SCWM/S_EGF_ALV_DATA_STR-EXCP_FNAME sy-vline
WA_/SCWM/S_EGF_ALV_DATA_STR-EXCP_ROLLN sy-vline
WA_/SCWM/S_EGF_ALV_DATA_STR-EXCP_CONDS sy-vline
WA_/SCWM/S_EGF_ALV_DATA_STR-EXCP_LED sy-vline
WA_/SCWM/S_EGF_ALV_DATA_STR-EXCP_GROUP sy-vline
WA_/SCWM/S_EGF_ALV_DATA_STR-DETAILINIT sy-vline
WA_/SCWM/S_EGF_ALV_DATA_STR-DETAILTITL sy-vline
WA_/SCWM/S_EGF_ALV_DATA_STR-KEYHOT sy-vline
WA_/SCWM/S_EGF_ALV_DATA_STR-NO_AUTHOR sy-vline
WA_/SCWM/S_EGF_ALV_DATA_STR-XIFUNCKEY sy-vline
WA_/SCWM/S_EGF_ALV_DATA_STR-XIDIRECT sy-vline
WA_/SCWM/S_EGF_ALV_DATA_STR-S_DRAGDROP sy-vline
WA_/SCWM/S_EGF_ALV_DATA_STR-CNTR_DDID sy-vline
WA_/SCWM/S_EGF_ALV_DATA_STR-GRID_DDID sy-vline
WA_/SCWM/S_EGF_ALV_DATA_STR-COL_DDID sy-vline
WA_/SCWM/S_EGF_ALV_DATA_STR-ROW_DDID sy-vline
WA_/SCWM/S_EGF_ALV_DATA_STR-FIELDNAME sy-vline
WA_/SCWM/S_EGF_ALV_DATA_STR-INFO_FNAME sy-vline
WA_/SCWM/S_EGF_ALV_DATA_STR-CTAB_FNAME sy-vline
WA_/SCWM/S_EGF_ALV_DATA_STR-WEBLOOK sy-vline
WA_/SCWM/S_EGF_ALV_DATA_STR-WEBSTYLE sy-vline
WA_/SCWM/S_EGF_ALV_DATA_STR-WEBROWS sy-vline
WA_/SCWM/S_EGF_ALV_DATA_STR-WEBXWIDTH sy-vline
WA_/SCWM/S_EGF_ALV_DATA_STR-WEBXHEIGHT sy-vline
WA_/SCWM/S_EGF_ALV_DATA_STR-TOOLBAR_EXCL sy-vline
WA_/SCWM/S_EGF_ALV_DATA_STR-ALV_STRUC sy-vline
WA_/SCWM/S_EGF_ALV_DATA_STR-ALV_TAB sy-vline
WA_/SCWM/S_EGF_ALV_DATA_STR-FUNCTIONS sy-vline INTO ld_text SEPARATED BY SPACE. *Add any further fields from structure WA_EKKO_STR you want to CONCATENATE... ENDLOOP. ENDFORM.