ABAP Select data from SAP table HCMFAB_S_PERS_FAMILYMEMBERS_37 into internal table

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Below is a number of ABAP code snippets to demonstrate how to select data from SAP HCMFAB_S_PERS_FAMILYMEMBERS_37 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 HCMFAB_S_PERS_FAMILYMEMBERS_37. 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 HCMFAB_S_PERS_FAMILYMEMBERS_37 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_HCMFAB_S_PERS_FAMILYMEMBERS_37 TYPE STANDARD TABLE OF HCMFAB_S_PERS_FAMILYMEMBERS_37,
      WA_HCMFAB_S_PERS_FAMILYMEMBERS_37 TYPE HCMFAB_S_PERS_FAMILYMEMBERS_37,
      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: <HCMFAB_S_PERS_FAMILYMEMBERS_37> TYPE HCMFAB_S_PERS_FAMILYMEMBERS_37.

*Process all fields in table header/work area as string values
  PERFORM process_as_string_field_values CHANGING wa_HCMFAB_S_PERS_FAMILYMEMBERS_37.

SELECT *
*restrict ABAP select to first 10 rows
 UP TO 10 ROWS      
  FROM HCMFAB_S_PERS_FAMILYMEMBERS_37
  INTO TABLE IT_HCMFAB_S_PERS_FAMILYMEMBERS_37.

*Select data and declare internal table using in-line method @DATA
*SELECT *
*  FROM HCMFAB_S_PERS_FAMILYMEMBERS_37
*  INTO TABLE @DATA(IT_HCMFAB_S_PERS_FAMILYMEMBERS_372).
*--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_HCMFAB_S_PERS_FAMILYMEMBERS_37 INDEX 1 INTO DATA(WA_HCMFAB_S_PERS_FAMILYMEMBERS_372).


*Demonstrate how to loop at an internal table and update values using a FIELD-SYMBOL
LOOP AT IT_HCMFAB_S_PERS_FAMILYMEMBERS_37 ASSIGNING <HCMFAB_S_PERS_FAMILYMEMBERS_37>.

*To update a field value using a field symbol simply change the value via the field symbol pointer
<HCMFAB_S_PERS_FAMILYMEMBERS_37>-HCMFAB_PERNR = 1.
<HCMFAB_S_PERS_FAMILYMEMBERS_37>-HCMFAB_INFTY = 1.
<HCMFAB_S_PERS_FAMILYMEMBERS_37>-HCMFAB_SUBTY = 1.
<HCMFAB_S_PERS_FAMILYMEMBERS_37>-HCMFAB_OBJPS = 1.
<HCMFAB_S_PERS_FAMILYMEMBERS_37>-HCMFAB_SPRPS = 1.

ENDLOOP.

LOOP AT IT_HCMFAB_S_PERS_FAMILYMEMBERS_37 INTO WA_HCMFAB_S_PERS_FAMILYMEMBERS_37.
*Write horizonal line to screen report.
  WRITE:/ sy-uline.

*Write selected data to screen/report before conversion.
  WRITE:/ sy-vline,   WA_HCMFAB_S_PERS_FAMILYMEMBERS_37-HCMFAB_ENDDA, sy-vline,
  WA_HCMFAB_S_PERS_FAMILYMEMBERS_37-HCMFAB_BEGDA, sy-vline,
  WA_HCMFAB_S_PERS_FAMILYMEMBERS_37-HCMFAB_SEQNR, sy-vline,
  WA_HCMFAB_S_PERS_FAMILYMEMBERS_37-OBJECT_KEY, sy-vline,
  WA_HCMFAB_S_PERS_FAMILYMEMBERS_37-PERNR, sy-vline,
  WA_HCMFAB_S_PERS_FAMILYMEMBERS_37-AEDTM, sy-vline.
ENDLOOP.
   
*Add any further fields from structure WA_HCMFAB_S_PERS_FAMILYMEMBERS_37 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_HCMFAB_S_PERS_FAMILYMEMBERS_37 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_HCMFAB_S_PERS_FAMILYMEMBERS_37 INTO WA_HCMFAB_S_PERS_FAMILYMEMBERS_37.


*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 PDATE, internal->external for field FGBDT
CALL FUNCTION 'CONVERSION_EXIT_PDATE_OUTPUT'
  EXPORTING
    input =                      WA_HCMFAB_S_PERS_FAMILYMEMBERS_37-FGBDT
  IMPORTING
    output =                     ld_input.
WRITE:/ 'Org Value:', WA_HCMFAB_S_PERS_FAMILYMEMBERS_37-FGBDT.
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_HCMFAB_S_PERS_FAMILYMEMBERS_37_STR, 
HCMFAB_PERNR TYPE STRING,
HCMFAB_INFTY TYPE STRING,
HCMFAB_SUBTY TYPE STRING,
HCMFAB_OBJPS TYPE STRING,
HCMFAB_SPRPS TYPE STRING,
HCMFAB_ENDDA TYPE STRING,
HCMFAB_BEGDA TYPE STRING,
HCMFAB_SEQNR TYPE STRING,
OBJECT_KEY TYPE STRING,
PERNR TYPE STRING,
AEDTM TYPE STRING,
UNAME TYPE STRING,
SPRPS TYPE STRING,
SPRTX TYPE STRING,
ITBLD TYPE STRING,
ITXEX TYPE STRING,
BEGDA TYPE STRING,
ENDDA TYPE STRING,
FAMSA TYPE STRING,
STEXT TYPE STRING,
OBJPS TYPE STRING,
FANAM TYPE STRING,
FNAC2 TYPE STRING,
FAVOR TYPE STRING,
FINIT TYPE STRING,
FNMZU TYPE STRING,
KNZNM TYPE STRING,
FVRSW TYPE STRING,
FVRS2 TYPE STRING,
FGBDT TYPE STRING,
FGBOT TYPE STRING,
FASAR TYPE STRING,
FGBLD TYPE STRING,
FANAT TYPE STRING,
FANA2 TYPE STRING,
FANA3 TYPE STRING,
GESC2 TYPE STRING,
NAME1 TYPE STRING,
NATTX TYPE STRING,
LNDTX TYPE STRING,
SETXT TYPE STRING,
FCNAM TYPE STRING,
UFBOT TYPE STRING,
DTCVC TYPE STRING,
CARTO TYPE STRING,
NOREU TYPE STRING,
NOREG TYPE STRING,
NOLIV TYPE STRING,
NOFOL TYPE STRING,
DTENT TYPE STRING,
DTBAI TYPE STRING,
PENSI TYPE STRING,
ICNUM TYPE STRING,
STINV TYPE STRING,
FUMAN TYPE STRING,
ESCOL TYPE STRING,
SALFA TYPE STRING,
ESTUD TYPE STRING,
SERIE TYPE STRING,
IRFLG TYPE STRING,
SALED TYPE STRING,
MODEN TYPE STRING,
ESCOA TYPE STRING,
ICTYP TYPE STRING,
MOVOR TYPE STRING,
MONAM TYPE STRING,
MONA2 TYPE STRING,
MINIT TYPE STRING,
MOTHE TYPE STRING,
EXCEP TYPE STRING,
SBART TYPE STRING,
LBCNR TYPE STRING,
NHCNR TYPE STRING,
FGDEP TYPE STRING,
HEALTHPLAN_IND TYPE STRING,
IS_EDITABLE TYPE STRING,
IS_DELETABLE TYPE STRING,
PERS_INFO_ETAG TYPE STRING,
DISPLAY_SCREEN TYPE STRING,
EDIT_SCREEN TYPE STRING,
HCMFAB_FAMMEM_37_INCL_DUMMY TYPE STRING,END OF T_EKKO_STR.
DATA: WA_HCMFAB_S_PERS_FAMILYMEMBERS_37_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_HCMFAB_S_PERS_FAMILYMEMBERS_37_STR-HCMFAB_PERNR sy-vline 
WA_HCMFAB_S_PERS_FAMILYMEMBERS_37_STR-HCMFAB_INFTY sy-vline 
WA_HCMFAB_S_PERS_FAMILYMEMBERS_37_STR-HCMFAB_SUBTY sy-vline 
WA_HCMFAB_S_PERS_FAMILYMEMBERS_37_STR-HCMFAB_OBJPS sy-vline 
WA_HCMFAB_S_PERS_FAMILYMEMBERS_37_STR-HCMFAB_SPRPS sy-vline 
WA_HCMFAB_S_PERS_FAMILYMEMBERS_37_STR-HCMFAB_ENDDA sy-vline 
WA_HCMFAB_S_PERS_FAMILYMEMBERS_37_STR-HCMFAB_BEGDA sy-vline 
WA_HCMFAB_S_PERS_FAMILYMEMBERS_37_STR-HCMFAB_SEQNR sy-vline 
WA_HCMFAB_S_PERS_FAMILYMEMBERS_37_STR-OBJECT_KEY sy-vline 
WA_HCMFAB_S_PERS_FAMILYMEMBERS_37_STR-PERNR sy-vline 
WA_HCMFAB_S_PERS_FAMILYMEMBERS_37_STR-AEDTM sy-vline 
WA_HCMFAB_S_PERS_FAMILYMEMBERS_37_STR-UNAME sy-vline 
WA_HCMFAB_S_PERS_FAMILYMEMBERS_37_STR-SPRPS sy-vline 
WA_HCMFAB_S_PERS_FAMILYMEMBERS_37_STR-SPRTX sy-vline 
WA_HCMFAB_S_PERS_FAMILYMEMBERS_37_STR-ITBLD sy-vline 
WA_HCMFAB_S_PERS_FAMILYMEMBERS_37_STR-ITXEX sy-vline 
WA_HCMFAB_S_PERS_FAMILYMEMBERS_37_STR-BEGDA sy-vline 
WA_HCMFAB_S_PERS_FAMILYMEMBERS_37_STR-ENDDA sy-vline 
WA_HCMFAB_S_PERS_FAMILYMEMBERS_37_STR-FAMSA sy-vline 
WA_HCMFAB_S_PERS_FAMILYMEMBERS_37_STR-STEXT sy-vline 
WA_HCMFAB_S_PERS_FAMILYMEMBERS_37_STR-OBJPS sy-vline 
WA_HCMFAB_S_PERS_FAMILYMEMBERS_37_STR-FANAM sy-vline 
WA_HCMFAB_S_PERS_FAMILYMEMBERS_37_STR-FNAC2 sy-vline 
WA_HCMFAB_S_PERS_FAMILYMEMBERS_37_STR-FAVOR sy-vline 
WA_HCMFAB_S_PERS_FAMILYMEMBERS_37_STR-FINIT sy-vline 
WA_HCMFAB_S_PERS_FAMILYMEMBERS_37_STR-FNMZU sy-vline 
WA_HCMFAB_S_PERS_FAMILYMEMBERS_37_STR-KNZNM sy-vline 
WA_HCMFAB_S_PERS_FAMILYMEMBERS_37_STR-FVRSW sy-vline 
WA_HCMFAB_S_PERS_FAMILYMEMBERS_37_STR-FVRS2 sy-vline 
WA_HCMFAB_S_PERS_FAMILYMEMBERS_37_STR-FGBDT sy-vline 
WA_HCMFAB_S_PERS_FAMILYMEMBERS_37_STR-FGBOT sy-vline 
WA_HCMFAB_S_PERS_FAMILYMEMBERS_37_STR-FASAR sy-vline 
WA_HCMFAB_S_PERS_FAMILYMEMBERS_37_STR-FGBLD sy-vline 
WA_HCMFAB_S_PERS_FAMILYMEMBERS_37_STR-FANAT sy-vline 
WA_HCMFAB_S_PERS_FAMILYMEMBERS_37_STR-FANA2 sy-vline 
WA_HCMFAB_S_PERS_FAMILYMEMBERS_37_STR-FANA3 sy-vline 
WA_HCMFAB_S_PERS_FAMILYMEMBERS_37_STR-GESC2 sy-vline 
WA_HCMFAB_S_PERS_FAMILYMEMBERS_37_STR-NAME1 sy-vline 
WA_HCMFAB_S_PERS_FAMILYMEMBERS_37_STR-NATTX sy-vline 
WA_HCMFAB_S_PERS_FAMILYMEMBERS_37_STR-LNDTX sy-vline 
WA_HCMFAB_S_PERS_FAMILYMEMBERS_37_STR-SETXT sy-vline 
WA_HCMFAB_S_PERS_FAMILYMEMBERS_37_STR-FCNAM sy-vline 
WA_HCMFAB_S_PERS_FAMILYMEMBERS_37_STR-UFBOT sy-vline 
WA_HCMFAB_S_PERS_FAMILYMEMBERS_37_STR-DTCVC sy-vline 
WA_HCMFAB_S_PERS_FAMILYMEMBERS_37_STR-CARTO sy-vline 
WA_HCMFAB_S_PERS_FAMILYMEMBERS_37_STR-NOREU sy-vline 
WA_HCMFAB_S_PERS_FAMILYMEMBERS_37_STR-NOREG sy-vline 
WA_HCMFAB_S_PERS_FAMILYMEMBERS_37_STR-NOLIV sy-vline 
WA_HCMFAB_S_PERS_FAMILYMEMBERS_37_STR-NOFOL sy-vline 
WA_HCMFAB_S_PERS_FAMILYMEMBERS_37_STR-DTENT sy-vline 
WA_HCMFAB_S_PERS_FAMILYMEMBERS_37_STR-DTBAI sy-vline 
WA_HCMFAB_S_PERS_FAMILYMEMBERS_37_STR-PENSI sy-vline 
WA_HCMFAB_S_PERS_FAMILYMEMBERS_37_STR-ICNUM sy-vline 
WA_HCMFAB_S_PERS_FAMILYMEMBERS_37_STR-STINV sy-vline 
WA_HCMFAB_S_PERS_FAMILYMEMBERS_37_STR-FUMAN sy-vline 
WA_HCMFAB_S_PERS_FAMILYMEMBERS_37_STR-ESCOL sy-vline 
WA_HCMFAB_S_PERS_FAMILYMEMBERS_37_STR-SALFA sy-vline 
WA_HCMFAB_S_PERS_FAMILYMEMBERS_37_STR-ESTUD sy-vline 
WA_HCMFAB_S_PERS_FAMILYMEMBERS_37_STR-SERIE sy-vline 
WA_HCMFAB_S_PERS_FAMILYMEMBERS_37_STR-IRFLG sy-vline 
WA_HCMFAB_S_PERS_FAMILYMEMBERS_37_STR-SALED sy-vline 
WA_HCMFAB_S_PERS_FAMILYMEMBERS_37_STR-MODEN sy-vline 
WA_HCMFAB_S_PERS_FAMILYMEMBERS_37_STR-ESCOA sy-vline 
WA_HCMFAB_S_PERS_FAMILYMEMBERS_37_STR-ICTYP sy-vline 
WA_HCMFAB_S_PERS_FAMILYMEMBERS_37_STR-MOVOR sy-vline 
WA_HCMFAB_S_PERS_FAMILYMEMBERS_37_STR-MONAM sy-vline 
WA_HCMFAB_S_PERS_FAMILYMEMBERS_37_STR-MONA2 sy-vline 
WA_HCMFAB_S_PERS_FAMILYMEMBERS_37_STR-MINIT sy-vline 
WA_HCMFAB_S_PERS_FAMILYMEMBERS_37_STR-MOTHE sy-vline 
WA_HCMFAB_S_PERS_FAMILYMEMBERS_37_STR-EXCEP sy-vline 
WA_HCMFAB_S_PERS_FAMILYMEMBERS_37_STR-SBART sy-vline 
WA_HCMFAB_S_PERS_FAMILYMEMBERS_37_STR-LBCNR sy-vline 
WA_HCMFAB_S_PERS_FAMILYMEMBERS_37_STR-NHCNR sy-vline 
WA_HCMFAB_S_PERS_FAMILYMEMBERS_37_STR-FGDEP sy-vline 
WA_HCMFAB_S_PERS_FAMILYMEMBERS_37_STR-HEALTHPLAN_IND sy-vline 
WA_HCMFAB_S_PERS_FAMILYMEMBERS_37_STR-IS_EDITABLE sy-vline 
WA_HCMFAB_S_PERS_FAMILYMEMBERS_37_STR-IS_DELETABLE sy-vline 
WA_HCMFAB_S_PERS_FAMILYMEMBERS_37_STR-PERS_INFO_ETAG sy-vline 
WA_HCMFAB_S_PERS_FAMILYMEMBERS_37_STR-DISPLAY_SCREEN sy-vline 
WA_HCMFAB_S_PERS_FAMILYMEMBERS_37_STR-EDIT_SCREEN sy-vline 
WA_HCMFAB_S_PERS_FAMILYMEMBERS_37_STR-HCMFAB_FAMMEM_37_INCL_DUMMY sy-vline      INTO ld_text SEPARATED BY SPACE.

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