ABAP Select data from SAP table CMAINTORDCONFTP into internal table

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

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

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

*Select data and declare internal table using in-line method @DATA
*SELECT *
*  FROM CMAINTORDCONFTP
*  INTO TABLE @DATA(IT_CMAINTORDCONFTP2).
*--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_CMAINTORDCONFTP INDEX 1 INTO DATA(WA_CMAINTORDCONFTP2).


*Demonstrate how to loop at an internal table and update values using a FIELD-SYMBOL
LOOP AT IT_CMAINTORDCONFTP ASSIGNING <CMAINTORDCONFTP>.
*To update a field value using a field symbol simply change the value via the field symbol pointer
<CMAINTORDCONFTP>-MANDT = 1.
<CMAINTORDCONFTP>-MAINTORDERCONF = 1.
<CMAINTORDCONFTP>-MAINTORDERCONFCNTRVALUE = 1.
<CMAINTORDCONFTP>-MAINTORDERCONFFOREDIT = 1.
<CMAINTORDCONFTP>-MAINTORDERCONFCNTRVALUEFOREDIT = 1.
ENDLOOP.

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

*Write selected data to screen/report before conversion.
  WRITE:/ sy-vline,   WA_CMAINTORDCONFTP-MAINTENANCEORDER, sy-vline,
WA_CMAINTORDCONFTP-MAINTENANCEORDEROPERATION, sy-vline,
WA_CMAINTORDCONFTP-MAINTENANCEORDERSUBOPERATION, sy-vline,
WA_CMAINTORDCONFTP-ACTUALWORKQUANTITY, sy-vline,
WA_CMAINTORDCONFTP-ACTUALWORKQUANTITYUNIT, sy-vline,
WA_CMAINTORDCONFTP-ACTUALWORKQTYINEXTERNALUNIT, sy-vline.
ENDLOOP. *Add any further fields from structure WA_CMAINTORDCONFTP 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_CMAINTORDCONFTP 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_CMAINTORDCONFTP INTO WA_CMAINTORDCONFTP. *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 MAINTENANCEORDER CALL FUNCTION 'CONVERSION_EXIT_ALPHA_OUTPUT' EXPORTING input = WA_CMAINTORDCONFTP-MAINTENANCEORDER IMPORTING output = ld_input.
WRITE:/ 'Org Value:', WA_CMAINTORDCONFTP-MAINTENANCEORDER.
WRITE:/ 'New Value:', ld_input.

*Conversion exit NUMCV, internal->external for field MAINTENANCEORDEROPERATION CALL FUNCTION 'CONVERSION_EXIT_NUMCV_OUTPUT' EXPORTING input = WA_CMAINTORDCONFTP-MAINTENANCEORDEROPERATION IMPORTING output = ld_input.
WRITE:/ 'Org Value:', WA_CMAINTORDCONFTP-MAINTENANCEORDEROPERATION.
WRITE:/ 'New Value:', ld_input.

*Conversion exit CUNIT, internal->external for field ACTUALWORKQUANTITYUNIT CALL FUNCTION 'CONVERSION_EXIT_CUNIT_OUTPUT' EXPORTING input = WA_CMAINTORDCONFTP-ACTUALWORKQUANTITYUNIT IMPORTING output = ld_input.
WRITE:/ 'Org Value:', WA_CMAINTORDCONFTP-ACTUALWORKQUANTITYUNIT.
WRITE:/ 'New Value:', ld_input.

*Conversion exit CUNIT, internal->external for field ACTUALWORKEXTERNALQUANTITYUNIT CALL FUNCTION 'CONVERSION_EXIT_CUNIT_OUTPUT' EXPORTING input = WA_CMAINTORDCONFTP-ACTUALWORKEXTERNALQUANTITYUNIT IMPORTING output = ld_input.
WRITE:/ 'Org Value:', WA_CMAINTORDCONFTP-ACTUALWORKEXTERNALQUANTITYUNIT.
WRITE:/ 'New Value:', ld_input.

*Conversion exit CUNIT, internal->external for field REMAININGWORKQUANTITYUNIT CALL FUNCTION 'CONVERSION_EXIT_CUNIT_OUTPUT' EXPORTING input = WA_CMAINTORDCONFTP-REMAININGWORKQUANTITYUNIT IMPORTING output = ld_input.
WRITE:/ 'Org Value:', WA_CMAINTORDCONFTP-REMAININGWORKQUANTITYUNIT.
WRITE:/ 'New Value:', ld_input.

*Conversion exit CUNIT, internal->external for field REMAININGWORKEXTQUANTITYUNIT CALL FUNCTION 'CONVERSION_EXIT_CUNIT_OUTPUT' EXPORTING input = WA_CMAINTORDCONFTP-REMAININGWORKEXTQUANTITYUNIT IMPORTING output = ld_input.
WRITE:/ 'Org Value:', WA_CMAINTORDCONFTP-REMAININGWORKEXTQUANTITYUNIT.
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_CMAINTORDCONFTP_STR,
MANDT TYPE STRING,
MAINTORDERCONF TYPE STRING,
MAINTORDERCONFCNTRVALUE TYPE STRING,
MAINTORDERCONFFOREDIT TYPE STRING,
MAINTORDERCONFCNTRVALUEFOREDIT TYPE STRING,
MAINTENANCEORDER TYPE STRING,
MAINTENANCEORDEROPERATION TYPE STRING,
MAINTENANCEORDERSUBOPERATION TYPE STRING,
ACTUALWORKQUANTITY TYPE STRING,
ACTUALWORKQUANTITYUNIT TYPE STRING,
ACTUALWORKQTYINEXTERNALUNIT TYPE STRING,
ACTUALWORKEXTERNALQUANTITYUNIT TYPE STRING,
POSTINGDATE TYPE STRING,
ISFINALCONFIRMATION TYPE STRING,
REMAININGWORKQUANTITY TYPE STRING,
REMAININGWORKQUANTITYUNIT TYPE STRING,
REMAININGWORKQTYINEXTERNALUNIT TYPE STRING,
REMAININGWORKEXTQUANTITYUNIT TYPE STRING,
PLANT TYPE STRING,
PERSONNELNUMBER TYPE STRING,END OF T_EKKO_STR. DATA: WA_CMAINTORDCONFTP_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_CMAINTORDCONFTP_STR-MANDT sy-vline
WA_CMAINTORDCONFTP_STR-MAINTORDERCONF sy-vline
WA_CMAINTORDCONFTP_STR-MAINTORDERCONFCNTRVALUE sy-vline
WA_CMAINTORDCONFTP_STR-MAINTORDERCONFFOREDIT sy-vline
WA_CMAINTORDCONFTP_STR-MAINTORDERCONFCNTRVALUEFOREDIT sy-vline
WA_CMAINTORDCONFTP_STR-MAINTENANCEORDER sy-vline
WA_CMAINTORDCONFTP_STR-MAINTENANCEORDEROPERATION sy-vline
WA_CMAINTORDCONFTP_STR-MAINTENANCEORDERSUBOPERATION sy-vline
WA_CMAINTORDCONFTP_STR-ACTUALWORKQUANTITY sy-vline
WA_CMAINTORDCONFTP_STR-ACTUALWORKQUANTITYUNIT sy-vline
WA_CMAINTORDCONFTP_STR-ACTUALWORKQTYINEXTERNALUNIT sy-vline
WA_CMAINTORDCONFTP_STR-ACTUALWORKEXTERNALQUANTITYUNIT sy-vline
WA_CMAINTORDCONFTP_STR-POSTINGDATE sy-vline
WA_CMAINTORDCONFTP_STR-ISFINALCONFIRMATION sy-vline
WA_CMAINTORDCONFTP_STR-REMAININGWORKQUANTITY sy-vline
WA_CMAINTORDCONFTP_STR-REMAININGWORKQUANTITYUNIT sy-vline
WA_CMAINTORDCONFTP_STR-REMAININGWORKQTYINEXTERNALUNIT sy-vline
WA_CMAINTORDCONFTP_STR-REMAININGWORKEXTQUANTITYUNIT sy-vline
WA_CMAINTORDCONFTP_STR-PLANT sy-vline
WA_CMAINTORDCONFTP_STR-PERSONNELNUMBER sy-vline INTO ld_text SEPARATED BY SPACE. *Add any further fields from structure WA_EKKO_STR you want to CONCATENATE... ENDLOOP. ENDFORM.