ABAP Select data from SAP table /SDF/SNODETEXT into internal table

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Below is a number of ABAP code snippets to demonstrate how to select data from SAP /SDF/SNODETEXT 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 /SDF/SNODETEXT. 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 /SDF/SNODETEXT 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_/SDF/SNODETEXT TYPE STANDARD TABLE OF /SDF/SNODETEXT,
      WA_/SDF/SNODETEXT TYPE /SDF/SNODETEXT,
      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: </SDF/SNODETEXT> TYPE /SDF/SNODETEXT.

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

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

*Select data and declare internal table using in-line method @DATA
*SELECT *
*  FROM /SDF/SNODETEXT
*  INTO TABLE @DATA(IT_/SDF/SNODETEXT2).
*--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_/SDF/SNODETEXT INDEX 1 INTO DATA(WA_/SDF/SNODETEXT2).


*Demonstrate how to loop at an internal table and update values using a FIELD-SYMBOL
LOOP AT IT_/SDF/SNODETEXT ASSIGNING </SDF/SNODETEXT>.

*To update a field value using a field symbol simply change the value via the field symbol pointer
</SDF/SNODETEXT>-ID = 1.
</SDF/SNODETEXT>-TYPE = 1.
</SDF/SNODETEXT>-NAME = 1.
</SDF/SNODETEXT>-TLEVEL = 1.
</SDF/SNODETEXT>-LINK = 1.

ENDLOOP.

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

*Write selected data to screen/report before conversion.
  WRITE:/ sy-vline,   WA_/SDF/SNODETEXT-COMPRESS, sy-vline,
  WA_/SDF/SNODETEXT-LEAF, sy-vline,
  WA_/SDF/SNODETEXT-TLOCK, sy-vline,
  WA_/SDF/SNODETEXT-PARENT, sy-vline,
  WA_/SDF/SNODETEXT-CHILD, sy-vline,
  WA_/SDF/SNODETEXT-NEXT, sy-vline.
ENDLOOP.
   
*Add any further fields from structure WA_/SDF/SNODETEXT 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_/SDF/SNODETEXT 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_/SDF/SNODETEXT INTO WA_/SDF/SNODETEXT.


*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.
ENDFORM. 

*&---------------------------------------------------------------------*
*& Form process_as_string_field_values
*&---------------------------------------------------------------------*
FORM process_as_string_field_values CHANGING p_EKKO LIKE wa_EKKO.

TYPES: BEGIN OF T_/SDF/SNODETEXT_STR, 
ID TYPE STRING,
TYPE TYPE STRING,
NAME TYPE STRING,
TLEVEL TYPE STRING,
LINK TYPE STRING,
COMPRESS TYPE STRING,
LEAF TYPE STRING,
TLOCK TYPE STRING,
PARENT TYPE STRING,
CHILD TYPE STRING,
NEXT TYPE STRING,
NLENGTH TYPE STRING,
COLOR TYPE STRING,
INTENSIV TYPE STRING,
TEXT TYPE STRING,
TLENGTH TYPE STRING,
TCOLOR TYPE STRING,
TINTENSIV TYPE STRING,
TPOS TYPE STRING,
KIND TYPE STRING,
TEXT1 TYPE STRING,
TLENGTH1 TYPE STRING,
TCOLOR1 TYPE STRING,
TINTENSIV1 TYPE STRING,
TPOS1 TYPE STRING,
KIND1 TYPE STRING,
TEXT2 TYPE STRING,
TLENGTH2 TYPE STRING,
TCOLOR2 TYPE STRING,
TINTENSIV2 TYPE STRING,
TPOS2 TYPE STRING,
KIND2 TYPE STRING,
TEXT3 TYPE STRING,
TLENGTH3 TYPE STRING,
TCOLOR3 TYPE STRING,
TINTENSIV3 TYPE STRING,
TPOS3 TYPE STRING,
KIND3 TYPE STRING,
TEXT4 TYPE STRING,
TLENGTH4 TYPE STRING,
TCOLOR4 TYPE STRING,
TINTENSIV4 TYPE STRING,
TPOS4 TYPE STRING,
KIND4 TYPE STRING,
TEXT5 TYPE STRING,
TLENGTH5 TYPE STRING,
TCOLOR5 TYPE STRING,
TINTENSIV5 TYPE STRING,
TPOS5 TYPE STRING,
KIND5 TYPE STRING,
TEXT6 TYPE STRING,
TLENGTH6 TYPE STRING,
TCOLOR6 TYPE STRING,
TINTENSIV6 TYPE STRING,
TPOS6 TYPE STRING,
KIND6 TYPE STRING,
TEXT7 TYPE STRING,
TLENGTH7 TYPE STRING,
TCOLOR7 TYPE STRING,
TINTENSIV7 TYPE STRING,
TPOS7 TYPE STRING,
KIND7 TYPE STRING,
TEXT8 TYPE STRING,
TLENGTH8 TYPE STRING,
TCOLOR8 TYPE STRING,
TINTENSIV8 TYPE STRING,
TPOS8 TYPE STRING,
KIND8 TYPE STRING,
TEXT9 TYPE STRING,
TLENGTH9 TYPE STRING,
TCOLOR9 TYPE STRING,
TINTENSIV9 TYPE STRING,
TPOS9 TYPE STRING,
KIND9 TYPE STRING,
HIDE TYPE STRING,
FORCE_PLUS TYPE STRING,
HOTSPOT TYPE STRING,
HOTSPOT1 TYPE STRING,
HOTSPOT2 TYPE STRING,
HOTSPOT3 TYPE STRING,
HOTSPOT4 TYPE STRING,
HOTSPOT5 TYPE STRING,
HOTSPOT6 TYPE STRING,
HOTSPOT7 TYPE STRING,
HOTSPOT8 TYPE STRING,
HOTSPOT9 TYPE STRING,
INPUT TYPE STRING,
INPUT1 TYPE STRING,
INPUT2 TYPE STRING,
INPUT3 TYPE STRING,
INPUT4 TYPE STRING,
INPUT5 TYPE STRING,
INPUT6 TYPE STRING,
INPUT7 TYPE STRING,
INPUT8 TYPE STRING,
INPUT9 TYPE STRING,
NODISPLAY TYPE STRING,
MOREINFO TYPE STRING,
PROPFAW0 TYPE STRING,
PROPFAW TYPE STRING,
PROPFAW1 TYPE STRING,
PROPFAW2 TYPE STRING,
PROPFAW3 TYPE STRING,
PROPFAW4 TYPE STRING,
PROPFAW5 TYPE STRING,
PROPFAW6 TYPE STRING,
PROPFAW7 TYPE STRING,
PROPFAW8 TYPE STRING,
PROPFAW9 TYPE STRING,
2STYLE0 TYPE STRING,
STYLE TYPE STRING,
2STYLE1 TYPE STRING,
STYLE2 TYPE STRING,
STYLE3 TYPE STRING,
STYLE4 TYPE STRING,
STYLE5 TYPE STRING,
STYLE6 TYPE STRING,
STYLE7 TYPE STRING,
STYLE8 TYPE STRING,
STYLE9 TYPE STRING,
NODEICON TYPE STRING,
LASTHTEXT TYPE STRING,END OF T_EKKO_STR.
DATA: WA_/SDF/SNODETEXT_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_/SDF/SNODETEXT_STR-ID sy-vline 
WA_/SDF/SNODETEXT_STR-TYPE sy-vline 
WA_/SDF/SNODETEXT_STR-NAME sy-vline 
WA_/SDF/SNODETEXT_STR-TLEVEL sy-vline 
WA_/SDF/SNODETEXT_STR-LINK sy-vline 
WA_/SDF/SNODETEXT_STR-COMPRESS sy-vline 
WA_/SDF/SNODETEXT_STR-LEAF sy-vline 
WA_/SDF/SNODETEXT_STR-TLOCK sy-vline 
WA_/SDF/SNODETEXT_STR-PARENT sy-vline 
WA_/SDF/SNODETEXT_STR-CHILD sy-vline 
WA_/SDF/SNODETEXT_STR-NEXT sy-vline 
WA_/SDF/SNODETEXT_STR-NLENGTH sy-vline 
WA_/SDF/SNODETEXT_STR-COLOR sy-vline 
WA_/SDF/SNODETEXT_STR-INTENSIV sy-vline 
WA_/SDF/SNODETEXT_STR-TEXT sy-vline 
WA_/SDF/SNODETEXT_STR-TLENGTH sy-vline 
WA_/SDF/SNODETEXT_STR-TCOLOR sy-vline 
WA_/SDF/SNODETEXT_STR-TINTENSIV sy-vline 
WA_/SDF/SNODETEXT_STR-TPOS sy-vline 
WA_/SDF/SNODETEXT_STR-KIND sy-vline 
WA_/SDF/SNODETEXT_STR-TEXT1 sy-vline 
WA_/SDF/SNODETEXT_STR-TLENGTH1 sy-vline 
WA_/SDF/SNODETEXT_STR-TCOLOR1 sy-vline 
WA_/SDF/SNODETEXT_STR-TINTENSIV1 sy-vline 
WA_/SDF/SNODETEXT_STR-TPOS1 sy-vline 
WA_/SDF/SNODETEXT_STR-KIND1 sy-vline 
WA_/SDF/SNODETEXT_STR-TEXT2 sy-vline 
WA_/SDF/SNODETEXT_STR-TLENGTH2 sy-vline 
WA_/SDF/SNODETEXT_STR-TCOLOR2 sy-vline 
WA_/SDF/SNODETEXT_STR-TINTENSIV2 sy-vline 
WA_/SDF/SNODETEXT_STR-TPOS2 sy-vline 
WA_/SDF/SNODETEXT_STR-KIND2 sy-vline 
WA_/SDF/SNODETEXT_STR-TEXT3 sy-vline 
WA_/SDF/SNODETEXT_STR-TLENGTH3 sy-vline 
WA_/SDF/SNODETEXT_STR-TCOLOR3 sy-vline 
WA_/SDF/SNODETEXT_STR-TINTENSIV3 sy-vline 
WA_/SDF/SNODETEXT_STR-TPOS3 sy-vline 
WA_/SDF/SNODETEXT_STR-KIND3 sy-vline 
WA_/SDF/SNODETEXT_STR-TEXT4 sy-vline 
WA_/SDF/SNODETEXT_STR-TLENGTH4 sy-vline 
WA_/SDF/SNODETEXT_STR-TCOLOR4 sy-vline 
WA_/SDF/SNODETEXT_STR-TINTENSIV4 sy-vline 
WA_/SDF/SNODETEXT_STR-TPOS4 sy-vline 
WA_/SDF/SNODETEXT_STR-KIND4 sy-vline 
WA_/SDF/SNODETEXT_STR-TEXT5 sy-vline 
WA_/SDF/SNODETEXT_STR-TLENGTH5 sy-vline 
WA_/SDF/SNODETEXT_STR-TCOLOR5 sy-vline 
WA_/SDF/SNODETEXT_STR-TINTENSIV5 sy-vline 
WA_/SDF/SNODETEXT_STR-TPOS5 sy-vline 
WA_/SDF/SNODETEXT_STR-KIND5 sy-vline 
WA_/SDF/SNODETEXT_STR-TEXT6 sy-vline 
WA_/SDF/SNODETEXT_STR-TLENGTH6 sy-vline 
WA_/SDF/SNODETEXT_STR-TCOLOR6 sy-vline 
WA_/SDF/SNODETEXT_STR-TINTENSIV6 sy-vline 
WA_/SDF/SNODETEXT_STR-TPOS6 sy-vline 
WA_/SDF/SNODETEXT_STR-KIND6 sy-vline 
WA_/SDF/SNODETEXT_STR-TEXT7 sy-vline 
WA_/SDF/SNODETEXT_STR-TLENGTH7 sy-vline 
WA_/SDF/SNODETEXT_STR-TCOLOR7 sy-vline 
WA_/SDF/SNODETEXT_STR-TINTENSIV7 sy-vline 
WA_/SDF/SNODETEXT_STR-TPOS7 sy-vline 
WA_/SDF/SNODETEXT_STR-KIND7 sy-vline 
WA_/SDF/SNODETEXT_STR-TEXT8 sy-vline 
WA_/SDF/SNODETEXT_STR-TLENGTH8 sy-vline 
WA_/SDF/SNODETEXT_STR-TCOLOR8 sy-vline 
WA_/SDF/SNODETEXT_STR-TINTENSIV8 sy-vline 
WA_/SDF/SNODETEXT_STR-TPOS8 sy-vline 
WA_/SDF/SNODETEXT_STR-KIND8 sy-vline 
WA_/SDF/SNODETEXT_STR-TEXT9 sy-vline 
WA_/SDF/SNODETEXT_STR-TLENGTH9 sy-vline 
WA_/SDF/SNODETEXT_STR-TCOLOR9 sy-vline 
WA_/SDF/SNODETEXT_STR-TINTENSIV9 sy-vline 
WA_/SDF/SNODETEXT_STR-TPOS9 sy-vline 
WA_/SDF/SNODETEXT_STR-KIND9 sy-vline 
WA_/SDF/SNODETEXT_STR-HIDE sy-vline 
WA_/SDF/SNODETEXT_STR-FORCE_PLUS sy-vline 
WA_/SDF/SNODETEXT_STR-HOTSPOT sy-vline 
WA_/SDF/SNODETEXT_STR-HOTSPOT1 sy-vline 
WA_/SDF/SNODETEXT_STR-HOTSPOT2 sy-vline 
WA_/SDF/SNODETEXT_STR-HOTSPOT3 sy-vline 
WA_/SDF/SNODETEXT_STR-HOTSPOT4 sy-vline 
WA_/SDF/SNODETEXT_STR-HOTSPOT5 sy-vline 
WA_/SDF/SNODETEXT_STR-HOTSPOT6 sy-vline 
WA_/SDF/SNODETEXT_STR-HOTSPOT7 sy-vline 
WA_/SDF/SNODETEXT_STR-HOTSPOT8 sy-vline 
WA_/SDF/SNODETEXT_STR-HOTSPOT9 sy-vline 
WA_/SDF/SNODETEXT_STR-INPUT sy-vline 
WA_/SDF/SNODETEXT_STR-INPUT1 sy-vline 
WA_/SDF/SNODETEXT_STR-INPUT2 sy-vline 
WA_/SDF/SNODETEXT_STR-INPUT3 sy-vline 
WA_/SDF/SNODETEXT_STR-INPUT4 sy-vline 
WA_/SDF/SNODETEXT_STR-INPUT5 sy-vline 
WA_/SDF/SNODETEXT_STR-INPUT6 sy-vline 
WA_/SDF/SNODETEXT_STR-INPUT7 sy-vline 
WA_/SDF/SNODETEXT_STR-INPUT8 sy-vline 
WA_/SDF/SNODETEXT_STR-INPUT9 sy-vline 
WA_/SDF/SNODETEXT_STR-NODISPLAY sy-vline 
WA_/SDF/SNODETEXT_STR-MOREINFO sy-vline 
WA_/SDF/SNODETEXT_STR-PROPFAW0 sy-vline 
WA_/SDF/SNODETEXT_STR-PROPFAW sy-vline 
WA_/SDF/SNODETEXT_STR-PROPFAW1 sy-vline 
WA_/SDF/SNODETEXT_STR-PROPFAW2 sy-vline 
WA_/SDF/SNODETEXT_STR-PROPFAW3 sy-vline 
WA_/SDF/SNODETEXT_STR-PROPFAW4 sy-vline 
WA_/SDF/SNODETEXT_STR-PROPFAW5 sy-vline 
WA_/SDF/SNODETEXT_STR-PROPFAW6 sy-vline 
WA_/SDF/SNODETEXT_STR-PROPFAW7 sy-vline 
WA_/SDF/SNODETEXT_STR-PROPFAW8 sy-vline 
WA_/SDF/SNODETEXT_STR-PROPFAW9 sy-vline 
WA_/SDF/SNODETEXT_STR-2STYLE0 sy-vline 
WA_/SDF/SNODETEXT_STR-STYLE sy-vline 
WA_/SDF/SNODETEXT_STR-2STYLE1 sy-vline 
WA_/SDF/SNODETEXT_STR-STYLE2 sy-vline 
WA_/SDF/SNODETEXT_STR-STYLE3 sy-vline 
WA_/SDF/SNODETEXT_STR-STYLE4 sy-vline 
WA_/SDF/SNODETEXT_STR-STYLE5 sy-vline 
WA_/SDF/SNODETEXT_STR-STYLE6 sy-vline 
WA_/SDF/SNODETEXT_STR-STYLE7 sy-vline 
WA_/SDF/SNODETEXT_STR-STYLE8 sy-vline 
WA_/SDF/SNODETEXT_STR-STYLE9 sy-vline 
WA_/SDF/SNODETEXT_STR-NODEICON sy-vline 
WA_/SDF/SNODETEXT_STR-LASTHTEXT sy-vline      INTO ld_text SEPARATED BY SPACE.

*Add any further fields from structure WA_EKKO_STR you want to CONCATENATE...
ENDLOOP.
ENDFORM.