ABAP Select data from SAP table ISHSMEKPOEKKO into internal table

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

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

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

*Select data and declare internal table using in-line method @DATA
*SELECT *
*  FROM ISHSMEKPOEKKO
*  INTO TABLE @DATA(IT_ISHSMEKPOEKKO2).
*--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_ISHSMEKPOEKKO INDEX 1 INTO DATA(WA_ISHSMEKPOEKKO2).


*Demonstrate how to loop at an internal table and update values using a FIELD-SYMBOL
LOOP AT IT_ISHSMEKPOEKKO ASSIGNING <ISHSMEKPOEKKO>.
*To update a field value using a field symbol simply change the value via the field symbol pointer
<ISHSMEKPOEKKO>-MANDT = 1.
<ISHSMEKPOEKKO>-PURCHASINGDOCUMENT = 1.
<ISHSMEKPOEKKO>-PURCHASINGDOCUMENTITEM = 1.
<ISHSMEKPOEKKO>-PURCHASINGDOCUMENTITEMUNIQUEID = 1.
<ISHSMEKPOEKKO>-MATERIAL = 1.
ENDLOOP.

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

*Write selected data to screen/report before conversion.
  WRITE:/ sy-vline,   WA_ISHSMEKPOEKKO-PLANT, sy-vline,
WA_ISHSMEKPOEKKO-PLNDORDERREPLNMTELMNTTYPE, sy-vline,
WA_ISHSMEKPOEKKO-STORAGELOCATION, sy-vline,
WA_ISHSMEKPOEKKO-SUPPLIER, sy-vline,
WA_ISHSMEKPOEKKO-SUPPLYINGPLANT, sy-vline,
WA_ISHSMEKPOEKKO-PURCHASINGDOCUMENTCATEGORY, sy-vline.
ENDLOOP. *Add any further fields from structure WA_ISHSMEKPOEKKO 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_ISHSMEKPOEKKO 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_ISHSMEKPOEKKO INTO WA_ISHSMEKPOEKKO. *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 PURCHASINGDOCUMENT CALL FUNCTION 'CONVERSION_EXIT_ALPHA_OUTPUT' EXPORTING input = WA_ISHSMEKPOEKKO-PURCHASINGDOCUMENT IMPORTING output = ld_input.
WRITE:/ 'Org Value:', WA_ISHSMEKPOEKKO-PURCHASINGDOCUMENT.
WRITE:/ 'New Value:', ld_input.

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

*Conversion exit MATN1, internal->external for field MATERIAL CALL FUNCTION 'CONVERSION_EXIT_MATN1_OUTPUT' EXPORTING input = WA_ISHSMEKPOEKKO-MATERIAL IMPORTING output = ld_input.
WRITE:/ 'Org Value:', WA_ISHSMEKPOEKKO-MATERIAL.
WRITE:/ 'New Value:', ld_input.

*Conversion exit ALPHA, internal->external for field SUPPLIER CALL FUNCTION 'CONVERSION_EXIT_ALPHA_OUTPUT' EXPORTING input = WA_ISHSMEKPOEKKO-SUPPLIER IMPORTING output = ld_input.
WRITE:/ 'Org Value:', WA_ISHSMEKPOEKKO-SUPPLIER.
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_ISHSMEKPOEKKO_STR,
MANDT TYPE STRING,
PURCHASINGDOCUMENT TYPE STRING,
PURCHASINGDOCUMENTITEM TYPE STRING,
PURCHASINGDOCUMENTITEMUNIQUEID TYPE STRING,
MATERIAL TYPE STRING,
PLANT TYPE STRING,
PLNDORDERREPLNMTELMNTTYPE TYPE STRING,
STORAGELOCATION TYPE STRING,
SUPPLIER TYPE STRING,
SUPPLYINGPLANT TYPE STRING,
PURCHASINGDOCUMENTCATEGORY TYPE STRING,
PURCHASINGDOCUMENTTYPE TYPE STRING,
PURCHASINGGROUP TYPE STRING,
PURCHASINGORGANIZATION TYPE STRING,
ISENDOFPURPOSEBLOCKED TYPE STRING,
PURCHASINGDOCUMENTDELETIONCODE TYPE STRING,
PURCHASINGDOCITEMDELETIONCODE TYPE STRING,
ISCOMPLETELYDELIVERED TYPE STRING,END OF T_EKKO_STR. DATA: WA_ISHSMEKPOEKKO_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_ISHSMEKPOEKKO_STR-MANDT sy-vline
WA_ISHSMEKPOEKKO_STR-PURCHASINGDOCUMENT sy-vline
WA_ISHSMEKPOEKKO_STR-PURCHASINGDOCUMENTITEM sy-vline
WA_ISHSMEKPOEKKO_STR-PURCHASINGDOCUMENTITEMUNIQUEID sy-vline
WA_ISHSMEKPOEKKO_STR-MATERIAL sy-vline
WA_ISHSMEKPOEKKO_STR-PLANT sy-vline
WA_ISHSMEKPOEKKO_STR-PLNDORDERREPLNMTELMNTTYPE sy-vline
WA_ISHSMEKPOEKKO_STR-STORAGELOCATION sy-vline
WA_ISHSMEKPOEKKO_STR-SUPPLIER sy-vline
WA_ISHSMEKPOEKKO_STR-SUPPLYINGPLANT sy-vline
WA_ISHSMEKPOEKKO_STR-PURCHASINGDOCUMENTCATEGORY sy-vline
WA_ISHSMEKPOEKKO_STR-PURCHASINGDOCUMENTTYPE sy-vline
WA_ISHSMEKPOEKKO_STR-PURCHASINGGROUP sy-vline
WA_ISHSMEKPOEKKO_STR-PURCHASINGORGANIZATION sy-vline
WA_ISHSMEKPOEKKO_STR-ISENDOFPURPOSEBLOCKED sy-vline
WA_ISHSMEKPOEKKO_STR-PURCHASINGDOCUMENTDELETIONCODE sy-vline
WA_ISHSMEKPOEKKO_STR-PURCHASINGDOCITEMDELETIONCODE sy-vline
WA_ISHSMEKPOEKKO_STR-ISCOMPLETELYDELIVERED sy-vline INTO ld_text SEPARATED BY SPACE. *Add any further fields from structure WA_EKKO_STR you want to CONCATENATE... ENDLOOP. ENDFORM.