ABAP Select data from SAP table CBUSINESSPARTNER into internal table

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Below is a number of ABAP code snippets to demonstrate how to select data from SAP CBUSINESSPARTNER 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 CBUSINESSPARTNER. 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 CBUSINESSPARTNER 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_CBUSINESSPARTNER TYPE STANDARD TABLE OF CBUSINESSPARTNER,
      WA_CBUSINESSPARTNER TYPE CBUSINESSPARTNER,
      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: <CBUSINESSPARTNER> TYPE CBUSINESSPARTNER.

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

SELECT *
*restrict ABAP select to first 10 rows
 UP TO 10 ROWS      
  FROM CBUSINESSPARTNER
  INTO TABLE IT_CBUSINESSPARTNER.

*Select data and declare internal table using in-line method @DATA
*SELECT *
*  FROM CBUSINESSPARTNER
*  INTO TABLE @DATA(IT_CBUSINESSPARTNER2).
*--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_CBUSINESSPARTNER INDEX 1 INTO DATA(WA_CBUSINESSPARTNER2).


*Demonstrate how to loop at an internal table and update values using a FIELD-SYMBOL
LOOP AT IT_CBUSINESSPARTNER ASSIGNING <CBUSINESSPARTNER>.

*To update a field value using a field symbol simply change the value via the field symbol pointer
<CBUSINESSPARTNER>-MANDT = 1.
<CBUSINESSPARTNER>-BUSINESSPARTNER = 1.
<CBUSINESSPARTNER>-FULLNAME = 1.
<CBUSINESSPARTNER>-BUSINESSPARTNERGROUPING = 1.
<CBUSINESSPARTNER>-BUSINESSPARTNERFOREDIT = 1.

ENDLOOP.

LOOP AT IT_CBUSINESSPARTNER INTO WA_CBUSINESSPARTNER.
*Write horizonal line to screen report.
  WRITE:/ sy-uline.

*Write selected data to screen/report before conversion.
  WRITE:/ sy-vline,   WA_CBUSINESSPARTNER-ORGANIZATIONFOUNDATIONDATE, sy-vline,
  WA_CBUSINESSPARTNER-ORGANIZATIONLIQUIDATIONDATE, sy-vline,
  WA_CBUSINESSPARTNER-BUSINESSPARTNERCATEGORY, sy-vline,
  WA_CBUSINESSPARTNER-FORMOFADDRESSPERSON, sy-vline,
  WA_CBUSINESSPARTNER-FORMOFADDRESSORGANIZATION, sy-vline,
  WA_CBUSINESSPARTNER-FIRSTNAME, sy-vline.
ENDLOOP.
   
*Add any further fields from structure WA_CBUSINESSPARTNER 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_CBUSINESSPARTNER 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_CBUSINESSPARTNER INTO WA_CBUSINESSPARTNER.


*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 ALPHA, internal->external for field BUSINESSPARTNER
CALL FUNCTION 'CONVERSION_EXIT_ALPHA_OUTPUT'
  EXPORTING
    input =                      WA_CBUSINESSPARTNER-BUSINESSPARTNER
  IMPORTING
    output =                     ld_input.
WRITE:/ 'Org Value:', WA_CBUSINESSPARTNER-BUSINESSPARTNER.
WRITE:/ 'New Value:', ld_input.

*Conversion exit ALPHA, internal->external for field BUSINESSPARTNERFOREDIT
CALL FUNCTION 'CONVERSION_EXIT_ALPHA_OUTPUT'
  EXPORTING
    input =                      WA_CBUSINESSPARTNER-BUSINESSPARTNERFOREDIT
  IMPORTING
    output =                     ld_input.
WRITE:/ 'Org Value:', WA_CBUSINESSPARTNER-BUSINESSPARTNERFOREDIT.
WRITE:/ 'New Value:', ld_input.

*Conversion exit ALPHA, internal->external for field TRADINGPARTNER
CALL FUNCTION 'CONVERSION_EXIT_ALPHA_OUTPUT'
  EXPORTING
    input =                      WA_CBUSINESSPARTNER-TRADINGPARTNER
  IMPORTING
    output =                     ld_input.
WRITE:/ 'Org Value:', WA_CBUSINESSPARTNER-TRADINGPARTNER.
WRITE:/ 'New Value:', ld_input.

*Conversion exit ALPHA, internal->external for field INDEPENDENTADDRESSID
CALL FUNCTION 'CONVERSION_EXIT_ALPHA_OUTPUT'
  EXPORTING
    input =                      WA_CBUSINESSPARTNER-INDEPENDENTADDRESSID
  IMPORTING
    output =                     ld_input.
WRITE:/ 'Org Value:', WA_CBUSINESSPARTNER-INDEPENDENTADDRESSID.
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_CBUSINESSPARTNER_STR, 
MANDT TYPE STRING,
BUSINESSPARTNER TYPE STRING,
FULLNAME TYPE STRING,
BUSINESSPARTNERGROUPING TYPE STRING,
BUSINESSPARTNERFOREDIT TYPE STRING,
ORGANIZATIONFOUNDATIONDATE TYPE STRING,
ORGANIZATIONLIQUIDATIONDATE TYPE STRING,
BUSINESSPARTNERCATEGORY TYPE STRING,
FORMOFADDRESSPERSON TYPE STRING,
FORMOFADDRESSORGANIZATION TYPE STRING,
FIRSTNAME TYPE STRING,
LASTNAME TYPE STRING,
NAME TYPE STRING,
ADDITIONALNAME TYPE STRING,
ORGANIZATIONBPNAME1 TYPE STRING,
ORGANIZATIONBPNAME2 TYPE STRING,
ORGANIZATIONBPNAME3 TYPE STRING,
ORGANIZATIONBPNAME4 TYPE STRING,
LEGALFORM TYPE STRING,
INDUSTRY TYPE STRING,
GENDERCODENAME TYPE STRING,
ACADEMICTITLE TYPE STRING,
BIRTHDATE TYPE STRING,
BUSINESSPARTNERBIRTHDATESTATUS TYPE STRING,
BUSINESSPARTNERBIRTHPLACENAME TYPE STRING,
ROLE TYPE STRING,
CITYNAME TYPE STRING,
STREETNAME TYPE STRING,
COUNTRYNAME TYPE STRING,
POSTALCODE TYPE STRING,
INDUSTRYSECTOR TYPE STRING,
HOUSENUMBER TYPE STRING,
REGION TYPE STRING,
BPIDENTIFICATIONNUMBER TYPE STRING,
BPIDENTIFICATIONTYPE TYPE STRING,
BPLASTNAMESEARCHHELP TYPE STRING,
BPFIRSTNAMESEARCHHELP TYPE STRING,
DATACONTROLLERNAME TYPE STRING,
BUSINESSPARTNERUUID TYPE STRING,
CREATEDBYUSER TYPE STRING,
CREATIONTIME TYPE STRING,
LASTCHANGEDBYUSER TYPE STRING,
LASTCHANGEDATE TYPE STRING,
LASTCHANGETIME TYPE STRING,
CREATIONDATE TYPE STRING,
LASTCHANGEDBYUSERNAME TYPE STRING,
CREATEDBYUSERNAME TYPE STRING,
SEARCHTERM1 TYPE STRING,
SEARCHTERM2 TYPE STRING,
BUSINESSPARTNERISBLOCKED TYPE STRING,
ISNATURALPERSON TYPE STRING,
AUTHORIZATIONGROUP TYPE STRING,
ISBUSINESSPURPOSECOMPLETED TYPE STRING,
BUSINESSPARTNERNAME TYPE STRING,
TRADINGPARTNER TYPE STRING,
BPCUSTMULTIADDRISACTIVE TYPE STRING,
BPTAXNMBRMULTIADDRISACTIVE TYPE STRING,
BPINTLLOCNMBRMULTIADDRISACTIVE TYPE STRING,
ISMULTIPLEACCOUNTASSIGNMENT TYPE STRING,
BPISMLTPLADDRDEPDNTDATAPRESENT TYPE STRING,
BUSINESSPARTNERIDBYEXTSYSTEM TYPE STRING,
ISMARKEDFORARCHIVING TYPE STRING,
INTERNATIONALLOCATIONNUMBER1 TYPE STRING,
INTERNATIONALLOCATIONNUMBER2 TYPE STRING,
INTERNATIONALLOCATIONNUMBER3 TYPE STRING,
INDEPENDENTADDRESSID TYPE STRING,
BUSINESSPARTNERIMAGEURL TYPE STRING,
BPHASEMPLOYEEROLES TYPE STRING,END OF T_EKKO_STR.
DATA: WA_CBUSINESSPARTNER_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_CBUSINESSPARTNER_STR-MANDT sy-vline 
WA_CBUSINESSPARTNER_STR-BUSINESSPARTNER sy-vline 
WA_CBUSINESSPARTNER_STR-FULLNAME sy-vline 
WA_CBUSINESSPARTNER_STR-BUSINESSPARTNERGROUPING sy-vline 
WA_CBUSINESSPARTNER_STR-BUSINESSPARTNERFOREDIT sy-vline 
WA_CBUSINESSPARTNER_STR-ORGANIZATIONFOUNDATIONDATE sy-vline 
WA_CBUSINESSPARTNER_STR-ORGANIZATIONLIQUIDATIONDATE sy-vline 
WA_CBUSINESSPARTNER_STR-BUSINESSPARTNERCATEGORY sy-vline 
WA_CBUSINESSPARTNER_STR-FORMOFADDRESSPERSON sy-vline 
WA_CBUSINESSPARTNER_STR-FORMOFADDRESSORGANIZATION sy-vline 
WA_CBUSINESSPARTNER_STR-FIRSTNAME sy-vline 
WA_CBUSINESSPARTNER_STR-LASTNAME sy-vline 
WA_CBUSINESSPARTNER_STR-NAME sy-vline 
WA_CBUSINESSPARTNER_STR-ADDITIONALNAME sy-vline 
WA_CBUSINESSPARTNER_STR-ORGANIZATIONBPNAME1 sy-vline 
WA_CBUSINESSPARTNER_STR-ORGANIZATIONBPNAME2 sy-vline 
WA_CBUSINESSPARTNER_STR-ORGANIZATIONBPNAME3 sy-vline 
WA_CBUSINESSPARTNER_STR-ORGANIZATIONBPNAME4 sy-vline 
WA_CBUSINESSPARTNER_STR-LEGALFORM sy-vline 
WA_CBUSINESSPARTNER_STR-INDUSTRY sy-vline 
WA_CBUSINESSPARTNER_STR-GENDERCODENAME sy-vline 
WA_CBUSINESSPARTNER_STR-ACADEMICTITLE sy-vline 
WA_CBUSINESSPARTNER_STR-BIRTHDATE sy-vline 
WA_CBUSINESSPARTNER_STR-BUSINESSPARTNERBIRTHDATESTATUS sy-vline 
WA_CBUSINESSPARTNER_STR-BUSINESSPARTNERBIRTHPLACENAME sy-vline 
WA_CBUSINESSPARTNER_STR-ROLE sy-vline 
WA_CBUSINESSPARTNER_STR-CITYNAME sy-vline 
WA_CBUSINESSPARTNER_STR-STREETNAME sy-vline 
WA_CBUSINESSPARTNER_STR-COUNTRYNAME sy-vline 
WA_CBUSINESSPARTNER_STR-POSTALCODE sy-vline 
WA_CBUSINESSPARTNER_STR-INDUSTRYSECTOR sy-vline 
WA_CBUSINESSPARTNER_STR-HOUSENUMBER sy-vline 
WA_CBUSINESSPARTNER_STR-REGION sy-vline 
WA_CBUSINESSPARTNER_STR-BPIDENTIFICATIONNUMBER sy-vline 
WA_CBUSINESSPARTNER_STR-BPIDENTIFICATIONTYPE sy-vline 
WA_CBUSINESSPARTNER_STR-BPLASTNAMESEARCHHELP sy-vline 
WA_CBUSINESSPARTNER_STR-BPFIRSTNAMESEARCHHELP sy-vline 
WA_CBUSINESSPARTNER_STR-DATACONTROLLERNAME sy-vline 
WA_CBUSINESSPARTNER_STR-BUSINESSPARTNERUUID sy-vline 
WA_CBUSINESSPARTNER_STR-CREATEDBYUSER sy-vline 
WA_CBUSINESSPARTNER_STR-CREATIONTIME sy-vline 
WA_CBUSINESSPARTNER_STR-LASTCHANGEDBYUSER sy-vline 
WA_CBUSINESSPARTNER_STR-LASTCHANGEDATE sy-vline 
WA_CBUSINESSPARTNER_STR-LASTCHANGETIME sy-vline 
WA_CBUSINESSPARTNER_STR-CREATIONDATE sy-vline 
WA_CBUSINESSPARTNER_STR-LASTCHANGEDBYUSERNAME sy-vline 
WA_CBUSINESSPARTNER_STR-CREATEDBYUSERNAME sy-vline 
WA_CBUSINESSPARTNER_STR-SEARCHTERM1 sy-vline 
WA_CBUSINESSPARTNER_STR-SEARCHTERM2 sy-vline 
WA_CBUSINESSPARTNER_STR-BUSINESSPARTNERISBLOCKED sy-vline 
WA_CBUSINESSPARTNER_STR-ISNATURALPERSON sy-vline 
WA_CBUSINESSPARTNER_STR-AUTHORIZATIONGROUP sy-vline 
WA_CBUSINESSPARTNER_STR-ISBUSINESSPURPOSECOMPLETED sy-vline 
WA_CBUSINESSPARTNER_STR-BUSINESSPARTNERNAME sy-vline 
WA_CBUSINESSPARTNER_STR-TRADINGPARTNER sy-vline 
WA_CBUSINESSPARTNER_STR-BPCUSTMULTIADDRISACTIVE sy-vline 
WA_CBUSINESSPARTNER_STR-BPTAXNMBRMULTIADDRISACTIVE sy-vline 
WA_CBUSINESSPARTNER_STR-BPINTLLOCNMBRMULTIADDRISACTIVE sy-vline 
WA_CBUSINESSPARTNER_STR-ISMULTIPLEACCOUNTASSIGNMENT sy-vline 
WA_CBUSINESSPARTNER_STR-BPISMLTPLADDRDEPDNTDATAPRESENT sy-vline 
WA_CBUSINESSPARTNER_STR-BUSINESSPARTNERIDBYEXTSYSTEM sy-vline 
WA_CBUSINESSPARTNER_STR-ISMARKEDFORARCHIVING sy-vline 
WA_CBUSINESSPARTNER_STR-INTERNATIONALLOCATIONNUMBER1 sy-vline 
WA_CBUSINESSPARTNER_STR-INTERNATIONALLOCATIONNUMBER2 sy-vline 
WA_CBUSINESSPARTNER_STR-INTERNATIONALLOCATIONNUMBER3 sy-vline 
WA_CBUSINESSPARTNER_STR-INDEPENDENTADDRESSID sy-vline 
WA_CBUSINESSPARTNER_STR-BUSINESSPARTNERIMAGEURL sy-vline 
WA_CBUSINESSPARTNER_STR-BPHASEMPLOYEEROLES sy-vline      INTO ld_text SEPARATED BY SPACE.

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