ABAP Select data from SAP table TBCO into internal table

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

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

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

*Select data and declare internal table using in-line method @DATA
*SELECT *
*  FROM TBCO
*  INTO TABLE @DATA(IT_TBCO2).
*--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_TBCO INDEX 1 INTO DATA(WA_TBCO2).


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

*To update a field value using a field symbol simply change the value via the field symbol pointer
<TBCO>-MANDT = 1.
<TBCO>-PROFILE = 1.
<TBCO>-XPOSITION = 1.
<TBCO>-YPOSITION = 1.
<TBCO>-XSIZE = 1.

ENDLOOP.

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

*Write selected data to screen/report before conversion.
  WRITE:/ sy-vline,   WA_TBCO-YSIZE, sy-vline,
  WA_TBCO-LAYER_TYPE, sy-vline,
  WA_TBCO-SYMBOLTYPE, sy-vline,
  WA_TBCO-MERGEICOS, sy-vline,
  WA_TBCO-CUSTOMIZE, sy-vline,
  WA_TBCO-MULTMOVE, sy-vline.
ENDLOOP.
   
*Add any further fields from structure WA_TBCO 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_TBCO 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_TBCO INTO WA_TBCO.


*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.
ENDFORM. 

*&---------------------------------------------------------------------*
*& Form process_as_string_field_values
*&---------------------------------------------------------------------*
FORM process_as_string_field_values CHANGING p_EKKO LIKE wa_EKKO.

TYPES: BEGIN OF T_TBCO_STR, 
MANDT TYPE STRING,
PROFILE TYPE STRING,
XPOSITION TYPE STRING,
YPOSITION TYPE STRING,
XSIZE TYPE STRING,
YSIZE TYPE STRING,
LAYER_TYPE TYPE STRING,
SYMBOLTYPE TYPE STRING,
MERGEICOS TYPE STRING,
CUSTOMIZE TYPE STRING,
MULTMOVE TYPE STRING,
NOSTLIN TYPE STRING,
SHIFTPHANT TYPE STRING,
SNDDZIOFAC TYPE STRING,
ADJWCHCOLM TYPE STRING,
TSEWZOPS TYPE STRING,
SHRINKROWS TYPE STRING,
VIEWLIMITS TYPE STRING,
ISAUTOMOT TYPE STRING,
TSEWZADAPT TYPE STRING,
HOTSPOT TYPE STRING,
NORIBHLTS TYPE STRING,
FIXCOLMOD TYPE STRING,
MENUMARK TYPE STRING,
FIXPHANTR TYPE STRING,
RANGEPROJ TYPE STRING,
LAYCON TYPE STRING,
ENJOYLEVEL TYPE STRING,
NUMERR TYPE STRING,
NUMHSBS TYPE STRING,
COLWIDTH TYPE STRING,
INFOTEXTS TYPE STRING,
TIMER TYPE STRING,
DBCLICK TYPE STRING,
DUMMYFELD TYPE STRING,
MARKTYPE TYPE STRING,
SELTYPE TYPE STRING,
AUTOSCROLL TYPE STRING,
BORDERLINE TYPE STRING,
TERMINATE TYPE STRING,
CREORG TYPE STRING,
CSELECT TYPE STRING,
CMOVE TYPE STRING,
HORLINE TYPE STRING,
EDITINLINE TYPE STRING,
OPMODE TYPE STRING,
GRANULAT TYPE STRING,
OBJMARK TYPE STRING,
MARKCOL TYPE STRING,
ZOOMFAC TYPE STRING,
PHANTCOL TYPE STRING,
BITSCROLL TYPE STRING,
ROWMARGIN TYPE STRING,
TBXZOOM TYPE STRING,
ALIVE TYPE STRING,
NODELMSG TYPE STRING,
SLIDEMODE TYPE STRING,
STGAUGE TYPE STRING,
SOLVEROWS TYPE STRING,
SELCHARTS TYPE STRING,
MSPOPUP TYPE STRING,
ENLARGE TYPE STRING,
DRAGDROP TYPE STRING,
CMREDUCE TYPE STRING,
TIMELIN TYPE STRING,
TOOLTIP TYPE STRING,
LEGEND TYPE STRING,
SWPCLMNS TYPE STRING,
OPTCLWD TYPE STRING,
OPTROWWD TYPE STRING,
DYNPMARK TYPE STRING,
SCALEROWS TYPE STRING,
MSSELECT TYPE STRING,
SCROLLTIM TYPE STRING,
KEEPOPMOD TYPE STRING,END OF T_EKKO_STR.
DATA: WA_TBCO_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_TBCO_STR-MANDT sy-vline 
WA_TBCO_STR-PROFILE sy-vline 
WA_TBCO_STR-XPOSITION sy-vline 
WA_TBCO_STR-YPOSITION sy-vline 
WA_TBCO_STR-XSIZE sy-vline 
WA_TBCO_STR-YSIZE sy-vline 
WA_TBCO_STR-LAYER_TYPE sy-vline 
WA_TBCO_STR-SYMBOLTYPE sy-vline 
WA_TBCO_STR-MERGEICOS sy-vline 
WA_TBCO_STR-CUSTOMIZE sy-vline 
WA_TBCO_STR-MULTMOVE sy-vline 
WA_TBCO_STR-NOSTLIN sy-vline 
WA_TBCO_STR-SHIFTPHANT sy-vline 
WA_TBCO_STR-SNDDZIOFAC sy-vline 
WA_TBCO_STR-ADJWCHCOLM sy-vline 
WA_TBCO_STR-TSEWZOPS sy-vline 
WA_TBCO_STR-SHRINKROWS sy-vline 
WA_TBCO_STR-VIEWLIMITS sy-vline 
WA_TBCO_STR-ISAUTOMOT sy-vline 
WA_TBCO_STR-TSEWZADAPT sy-vline 
WA_TBCO_STR-HOTSPOT sy-vline 
WA_TBCO_STR-NORIBHLTS sy-vline 
WA_TBCO_STR-FIXCOLMOD sy-vline 
WA_TBCO_STR-MENUMARK sy-vline 
WA_TBCO_STR-FIXPHANTR sy-vline 
WA_TBCO_STR-RANGEPROJ sy-vline 
WA_TBCO_STR-LAYCON sy-vline 
WA_TBCO_STR-ENJOYLEVEL sy-vline 
WA_TBCO_STR-NUMERR sy-vline 
WA_TBCO_STR-NUMHSBS sy-vline 
WA_TBCO_STR-COLWIDTH sy-vline 
WA_TBCO_STR-INFOTEXTS sy-vline 
WA_TBCO_STR-TIMER sy-vline 
WA_TBCO_STR-DBCLICK sy-vline 
WA_TBCO_STR-DUMMYFELD sy-vline 
WA_TBCO_STR-MARKTYPE sy-vline 
WA_TBCO_STR-SELTYPE sy-vline 
WA_TBCO_STR-AUTOSCROLL sy-vline 
WA_TBCO_STR-BORDERLINE sy-vline 
WA_TBCO_STR-TERMINATE sy-vline 
WA_TBCO_STR-CREORG sy-vline 
WA_TBCO_STR-CSELECT sy-vline 
WA_TBCO_STR-CMOVE sy-vline 
WA_TBCO_STR-HORLINE sy-vline 
WA_TBCO_STR-EDITINLINE sy-vline 
WA_TBCO_STR-OPMODE sy-vline 
WA_TBCO_STR-GRANULAT sy-vline 
WA_TBCO_STR-OBJMARK sy-vline 
WA_TBCO_STR-MARKCOL sy-vline 
WA_TBCO_STR-ZOOMFAC sy-vline 
WA_TBCO_STR-PHANTCOL sy-vline 
WA_TBCO_STR-BITSCROLL sy-vline 
WA_TBCO_STR-ROWMARGIN sy-vline 
WA_TBCO_STR-TBXZOOM sy-vline 
WA_TBCO_STR-ALIVE sy-vline 
WA_TBCO_STR-NODELMSG sy-vline 
WA_TBCO_STR-SLIDEMODE sy-vline 
WA_TBCO_STR-STGAUGE sy-vline 
WA_TBCO_STR-SOLVEROWS sy-vline 
WA_TBCO_STR-SELCHARTS sy-vline 
WA_TBCO_STR-MSPOPUP sy-vline 
WA_TBCO_STR-ENLARGE sy-vline 
WA_TBCO_STR-DRAGDROP sy-vline 
WA_TBCO_STR-CMREDUCE sy-vline 
WA_TBCO_STR-TIMELIN sy-vline 
WA_TBCO_STR-TOOLTIP sy-vline 
WA_TBCO_STR-LEGEND sy-vline 
WA_TBCO_STR-SWPCLMNS sy-vline 
WA_TBCO_STR-OPTCLWD sy-vline 
WA_TBCO_STR-OPTROWWD sy-vline 
WA_TBCO_STR-DYNPMARK sy-vline 
WA_TBCO_STR-SCALEROWS sy-vline 
WA_TBCO_STR-MSSELECT sy-vline 
WA_TBCO_STR-SCROLLTIM sy-vline 
WA_TBCO_STR-KEEPOPMOD sy-vline      INTO ld_text SEPARATED BY SPACE.

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