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Dynamic Programming in ABAP
Keith Mayerle (Keith.V.Mayerle@Accenture.com)
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SAP Tables with Pricing Conditions The Development Soap Box
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The Driver Table The Development Soap Box
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case table.
when A951.
select from a951
when A952.
select from a952
etc.
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SELECT * INTO TABLE <table>
FROM ( condition table from Driver )
WHERE (different qualifiers for customer vs. hierarchy conditions )
We can create our <table> dynamically
data: l_ref type ref to data.
create data l_ref type table of ( condition table from Driver ).
ASSIGN l_ref->* to <table>.
But we need to:
distinguish customer Condition Tables from hierarchy Conditions tables
do extra data formatting such as getting Material descriptions where appropriate
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cl_abap_typedescr
cl_abap_datadescr
cl_abap_elemdescr
cl_abap_refdescr
cl_abap_complexdescr
cl_abap_structdescr
cl_abap_tabledescr
cl_abap_objectdescr
cl_abap_classdescr
cl_abap_intfdescr
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Create an Object to describe our data The Development Soap Box
Debugging our Program .
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The CL_ABAP_STRUCTDESCR Object has an attribute called COMPONENTS
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Declare the data
data: l_descr type ref to cl_abap_structdescr.
Create the object
l_descr?=cl_abap_typedescr=>describe_by_name(
condition table from Driver ).
Accessing the table of components
loop at l_descr->componentsassigning<comp_wa>.
if <comp_wa>-name = KUNNR.
add KUNNR qualifier to SQL WHERE clause
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Create structure descriptor Object from table of components
go_sdescr = cl_abap_structdescr=>create( gt_components ).
Create table descriptor object from structure descriptor Object
go_tdescr = cl_abap_tabledescr=>create( go_sdescr ).
Create data reference from Object
CREATE DATA gr_tabref TYPE HANDLE go_tdescr.
Produce an itab from the data reference
ASSIGN gr_tabref->* TO <gt_itab>.
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Run Time Type Services (RTTS):
1. Run Time Type Information (RTTI)
2. Run Time Type Creation (RTTC)
Search rtts or rtti on sdn.sap.com especially under Wiki and
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Book: SAP Press ABAP Objects (Keller and Krger)
