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Mastering SAP ABAP

You're reading from   Mastering SAP ABAP A complete guide to developing fast, durable, and maintainable ABAP programs in SAP

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Product type Paperback
Published in May 2019
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781787288942
Length 548 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Wojciech Ciesielski Wojciech Ciesielski
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Philipp Deth Philipp Deth
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Paweł Grześkowiak Paweł Grześkowiak
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Wojciech Ćwik Wojciech Ćwik
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Table of Contents (19) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Creating Custom Code 2. The Basic Structure of ABAP FREE CHAPTER 3. Database Access in ABAP 4. Import and Export to Document Formats 5. Exposing Data to Print Forms 6. ABAP and XML 7. Building User Interfaces 8. Creating Stunning UI5 Interfaces 9. Business Object Processing Framework 10. Modification and Customization Techniques 11. Handling Exceptions in ABAP 12. Testing ABAP programs 13. Advanced Techniques in ABAP Objects 14. Integrating SAP with Third-Party Systems 15. The Background Processing of ABAP Programs 16. Performance and Optimization of ABAP Code 17. Assessments 18. Another Book You May Enjoy

Databases

In most cases, business processes in the SAP system are based on recorded data. For this purpose, a model based on relational data is used. A database table is, therefore, an object for storing data. It offers many possibilities to support the work of a programmer.

Creating a table is as simple as it is in the other objects of the dictionary. The user starts this process in the SE11 transaction—they select the Database table checkbox and enter a name (which must start with the character Z or Y), as shown in the following screenshot:

Then, they need to click on the Create button. The SAP system will take the user to a screen where they can choose some options. A short description should be entered as it is an obligatory field. The screen the user will see is as follows:

As we can see, there are two fields to fill in at this stage. The first one (Delivery...

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