ABAP Select data from SAP table J_1IEWTPROV into internal table

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Below is a number of ABAP code snippets to demonstrate how to select data from SAP J_1IEWTPROV 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 J_1IEWTPROV. 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 J_1IEWTPROV 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_J_1IEWTPROV TYPE STANDARD TABLE OF J_1IEWTPROV,
      WA_J_1IEWTPROV TYPE J_1IEWTPROV,
      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: <J_1IEWTPROV> TYPE J_1IEWTPROV.

*Process all fields in table header/work area as string values
  PERFORM process_as_string_field_values CHANGING wa_J_1IEWTPROV.

SELECT *
*restrict ABAP select to first 10 rows
 UP TO 10 ROWS      
  FROM J_1IEWTPROV
  INTO TABLE IT_J_1IEWTPROV.

*Select data and declare internal table using in-line method @DATA
*SELECT *
*  FROM J_1IEWTPROV
*  INTO TABLE @DATA(IT_J_1IEWTPROV2).
*--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_J_1IEWTPROV INDEX 1 INTO DATA(WA_J_1IEWTPROV2).


*Demonstrate how to loop at an internal table and update values using a FIELD-SYMBOL
LOOP AT IT_J_1IEWTPROV ASSIGNING <J_1IEWTPROV>.
*To update a field value using a field symbol simply change the value via the field symbol pointer
<J_1IEWTPROV>-MANDT = 1.
<J_1IEWTPROV>-RECTYP = 1.
<J_1IEWTPROV>-BUKRS = 1.
<J_1IEWTPROV>-BELNR = 1.
<J_1IEWTPROV>-GJAHR = 1.
ENDLOOP.

LOOP AT IT_J_1IEWTPROV INTO WA_J_1IEWTPROV.
*Write horizonal line to screen report.
  WRITE:/ sy-uline.

*Write selected data to screen/report before conversion.
  WRITE:/ sy-vline,   WA_J_1IEWTPROV-BUZEI, sy-vline,
WA_J_1IEWTPROV-AWTYP, sy-vline,
WA_J_1IEWTPROV-AWREF, sy-vline,
WA_J_1IEWTPROV-AWORG, sy-vline,
WA_J_1IEWTPROV-AWKEY, sy-vline,
WA_J_1IEWTPROV-LIFNR, sy-vline.
ENDLOOP. *Add any further fields from structure WA_J_1IEWTPROV 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_J_1IEWTPROV 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_J_1IEWTPROV INTO WA_J_1IEWTPROV. *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 BELNR CALL FUNCTION 'CONVERSION_EXIT_ALPHA_OUTPUT' EXPORTING input = WA_J_1IEWTPROV-BELNR IMPORTING output = ld_input.
WRITE:/ 'Org Value:', WA_J_1IEWTPROV-BELNR.
WRITE:/ 'New Value:', ld_input.

*Conversion exit GJAHR, internal->external for field GJAHR CALL FUNCTION 'CONVERSION_EXIT_GJAHR_OUTPUT' EXPORTING input = WA_J_1IEWTPROV-GJAHR IMPORTING output = ld_input.
WRITE:/ 'Org Value:', WA_J_1IEWTPROV-GJAHR.
WRITE:/ 'New Value:', ld_input.

*Conversion exit ALPHA, internal->external for field AWREF CALL FUNCTION 'CONVERSION_EXIT_ALPHA_OUTPUT' EXPORTING input = WA_J_1IEWTPROV-AWREF IMPORTING output = ld_input.
WRITE:/ 'Org Value:', WA_J_1IEWTPROV-AWREF.
WRITE:/ 'New Value:', ld_input.

*Conversion exit ALPHA, internal->external for field LIFNR CALL FUNCTION 'CONVERSION_EXIT_ALPHA_OUTPUT' EXPORTING input = WA_J_1IEWTPROV-LIFNR IMPORTING output = ld_input.
WRITE:/ 'Org Value:', WA_J_1IEWTPROV-LIFNR.
WRITE:/ 'New Value:', ld_input.

*Conversion exit ALPHA, internal->external for field EBELN CALL FUNCTION 'CONVERSION_EXIT_ALPHA_OUTPUT' EXPORTING input = WA_J_1IEWTPROV-EBELN IMPORTING output = ld_input.
WRITE:/ 'Org Value:', WA_J_1IEWTPROV-EBELN.
WRITE:/ 'New Value:', ld_input.

*Conversion exit AU132, internal->external for field DMBTR_TOTAL CALL FUNCTION 'CONVERSION_EXIT_AU132_OUTPUT' EXPORTING input = WA_J_1IEWTPROV-DMBTR_TOTAL IMPORTING output = ld_input.
WRITE:/ 'Org Value:', WA_J_1IEWTPROV-DMBTR_TOTAL.
WRITE:/ 'New Value:', ld_input.

*Conversion exit AU132, internal->external for field DMBTR_UTIL CALL FUNCTION 'CONVERSION_EXIT_AU132_OUTPUT' EXPORTING input = WA_J_1IEWTPROV-DMBTR_UTIL IMPORTING output = ld_input.
WRITE:/ 'Org Value:', WA_J_1IEWTPROV-DMBTR_UTIL.
WRITE:/ 'New Value:', ld_input.

*Conversion exit ALPHA, internal->external for field J_1ISESN CALL FUNCTION 'CONVERSION_EXIT_ALPHA_OUTPUT' EXPORTING input = WA_J_1IEWTPROV-J_1ISESN IMPORTING output = ld_input.
WRITE:/ 'Org Value:', WA_J_1IEWTPROV-J_1ISESN.
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_J_1IEWTPROV_STR,
MANDT TYPE STRING,
RECTYP TYPE STRING,
BUKRS TYPE STRING,
BELNR TYPE STRING,
GJAHR TYPE STRING,
BUZEI TYPE STRING,
AWTYP TYPE STRING,
AWREF TYPE STRING,
AWORG TYPE STRING,
AWKEY TYPE STRING,
LIFNR TYPE STRING,
EBELN TYPE STRING,
EBELP TYPE STRING,
DMBTR_TOTAL TYPE STRING,
DMBTR_UTIL TYPE STRING,
WAERS TYPE STRING,
INDI TYPE STRING,
CPUTM TYPE STRING,
CPUDT TYPE STRING,
USNAM TYPE STRING,
WITHT TYPE STRING,
WT_WITHCD TYPE STRING,
QSCOD TYPE STRING,
J_1ISESN TYPE STRING,END OF T_EKKO_STR. DATA: WA_J_1IEWTPROV_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_J_1IEWTPROV_STR-MANDT sy-vline
WA_J_1IEWTPROV_STR-RECTYP sy-vline
WA_J_1IEWTPROV_STR-BUKRS sy-vline
WA_J_1IEWTPROV_STR-BELNR sy-vline
WA_J_1IEWTPROV_STR-GJAHR sy-vline
WA_J_1IEWTPROV_STR-BUZEI sy-vline
WA_J_1IEWTPROV_STR-AWTYP sy-vline
WA_J_1IEWTPROV_STR-AWREF sy-vline
WA_J_1IEWTPROV_STR-AWORG sy-vline
WA_J_1IEWTPROV_STR-AWKEY sy-vline
WA_J_1IEWTPROV_STR-LIFNR sy-vline
WA_J_1IEWTPROV_STR-EBELN sy-vline
WA_J_1IEWTPROV_STR-EBELP sy-vline
WA_J_1IEWTPROV_STR-DMBTR_TOTAL sy-vline
WA_J_1IEWTPROV_STR-DMBTR_UTIL sy-vline
WA_J_1IEWTPROV_STR-WAERS sy-vline
WA_J_1IEWTPROV_STR-INDI sy-vline
WA_J_1IEWTPROV_STR-CPUTM sy-vline
WA_J_1IEWTPROV_STR-CPUDT sy-vline
WA_J_1IEWTPROV_STR-USNAM sy-vline
WA_J_1IEWTPROV_STR-WITHT sy-vline
WA_J_1IEWTPROV_STR-WT_WITHCD sy-vline
WA_J_1IEWTPROV_STR-QSCOD sy-vline
WA_J_1IEWTPROV_STR-J_1ISESN sy-vline INTO ld_text SEPARATED BY SPACE. *Add any further fields from structure WA_EKKO_STR you want to CONCATENATE... ENDLOOP. ENDFORM.