Adding a basic selection screen to your first ABAP report
Now that you hav created your first abap report it is time to add a selection screen to it so that the user can restrict
the amount of data that will be retrieved.
Step 1 - Add code to create selection screen parameter
Starting with the basic program created in lesson 3, add the folloing code to below the data declaration.
* Creates a selection screen parameter called p_ebeln Parameter: p_ebeln type ekko-ebeln.
Step 2 - Update SELECT statement
Now add parameter to SELECT code to restrict selection based on user input
Select * "* means get all fields up to 10 rows "only retrieves 10 rows from ekko "Gets data from ekko table into table it_ekko "Internal table to store retrieved data in where ebeln eq p_ebeln. "restrict select based on user input in to selections param
Step 3 - Test
Save activate and test the code and you should see a selection screen similar to the following
Step 4 - Further reading on the selection screen
Now you have implemented a simple selection screen you can check out here for more information on the
building your abap report selection screen
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Basic ABAP report(select statement)
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