Use transaction SDDLAR.
Naming conventions for developpment
Check the following article : Conventions d’appellation pour les objets de développement | SAP Help Portal. To sum up with main usage :
ABAP Dictionary (tables)
- A_ : prefix for persistent tables
- D_ : prefix for draft tables
CDS artifacts
This concerns table name managed in Eclipse (and not table SQL view name to check in SE11).
- R_ : prefix for base entities (root)
- I_ : prefix for interface views
- C_ : prefix for consumption/projection views
- E_ : prefix for extension views
Use suffix _TP to indicate that a CDS view is relevant for transactional processing.
Behavior Pool
Use the prefix BP_ for an ABAP class that implements the behavior of a business object.
Search tag : règles de nommage
Convert timestamps to date time
Code to quickly convert timestamps (type TZNTSTMPL for instance) to date & time :
DATA : lv_tmstp TYPE TZNTSTMPL, " 20260326181521000000
lv_datetime_text TYPE CHAR22.
CONVERT TIME STAMP lv_tmstp TIME ZONE sy-zonlo INTO DATE DATA(lv_date)
TIME DATA(lv_time).
" sy-zonlo for local time
" lv_date type DATUM = 20260326, WRITE in FR format => 26.03.2026,
" lv_time type tims = 181521, WRITE => 18:15:21.
" Code example to get date time :
" -------------------------------
lv_datetime_text = |{ lv_date DATE = USER } { lv_time(2) }:{ lv_time+2(2) }:{ lv_time+4(2) }|.
" lv_datetime_text : 26.03.2026 - 18:15:21
" (date format can change according to user parameters)
Search tag : convertir, heure
Display SAP popup Installed software
On the lastest SAP versions, it is no longer possible to reach the popup with the component version in the SAP Logon menu. To get this popup, launch module function (SE37) OCS_UI_DISPLAY_PATCH_LEVEL.
Activate scripting (VBS scripts)
On server side: to activate the scripting, go to transaction RZ11, and set parameter name sapgui/user_scripting.
And update the value to TRUE.
Cf details : https://help.sap.com/docs/intelligent-robotic-process-automation/desktop-studio-developer-guide/enabling-scripting-on-server-side?locale=en-US
Table type for VTWEG field
This post just to save time, instead of doing where-used on VTWEG field…
Type table of VTWEG : TDT_VTWEG => line type VTWEG
Type table of VTWEG : TMS_T_VTWEG_RANGE => line type TABLE_LINE
Type range of VTWEG : RANGE_VTWEG_TAB
❗ Warning, this uses structure in package not maintained, it generates ATC check errors, see note 2469385 ❗.
Search tag : type de table
SAP Technical object types
Check list below (CTRL +F to find value) :
Read MoreLink check boxes and label in selection screen
You add a check box in your selection screen, want to display long text close to your check box (text longer than the standard selection text), use the synthax below, with FOR FIELD to link the added text to your check box :
SELECTION-SCREEN BEGIN OF LINE.
PARAMETERS p_chkbx TYPE abap_bool AS CHECKBOX DEFAULT abap_true.
SELECTION-SCREEN COMMENT 02(77) text-001 FOR FIELD p_chkbx.
SELECTION-SCREEN END OF LINE.
Delete file on AL11 directory
Use the function module (SE37) EPS_DELETE_FILE :
Search tag : Supprimer, fichier, remove
Popup to select a range of date
Use FM RSPC_POPUP_DATE_SELECTION :
