PETER MOXON |BEGINNER’S GUIDE TO SAP ABA AN INTRODUCTION TO PROGRAMMING SAP APPLICATIONS USING ABAP PETER MOXON PUBLISHED BY: SAPPROUK Limited Copyright © 2012 by Peter Moxon. Al rights reserved. http://www, saptraininghg.comCopyright, Legal Notice and Disclaimer: All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be copied, reproduced in any format, by any means, electronic or otherwise, without prior consent from the copyright owner and publisher of this book. This publication is protected under the US Copyright Act of 1976 and all other applicable international, federal, state and local laws, and all rights are reserved, including resale rights: you are not allowed to give or sell this Guide to anyone else. If you received this publication from anyone other than saptraininghg.com, you've received a pirated copy. Please contact us via e-mail at support at saptraininghq.com and notify us of the situation Although the author and publisher have made every reasonable attempt to achieve complete accuracy of the content in this Guide, they assume no responsibility for errors or omissions, Also, you should use this information as you see fit, and at your own risk. Your particular situation may not be exactly suited to the examples illustrated here; in fact, it's likely that they wontt be the same, and you should adjust your use of the information and recommendations accordingly This book is not affiliated with, sponsored by, or approved by SAP AG. Any trademarks, service marks, product names or named features are assumed to be the property of their respective owners, and are used only for reference. There is no iplied endorsement if we use one of these terms.Table of Contents Contact the Author Introduction How to Use This Book Chapter 1: SAP System Overview SAP System Architecture Environment for Programs Work Processes The Dispatcher The Database Interface First look at the ABAP Workbench First Look [ABAP Dictionary ABAP Editor Function Builder Menu Painter Screen Painter Object Navigator Chapter 2: Data Dictionary Introduction Creating a Table Creating Fields Data Elements Data Domains Technical Settings Entering Records into a Table iv 12 3 4 15 15 18 19 19 20 22 23 7 7 7 28 28 28 29 29 29 33 34 36 48,‘Viewing the Data in a Table Chapter 3 Creating a Program Code Editor Write Statements Output Individual Fields Chaining Statements Together Copy Your Program Declaring Variables Constants Chapter 4 Arithmetic ~ Addition Arithmetic - Subtraction Arithmetic ~ Division Arithmetic - Multiplication Conversion Rules Division Variations The standard form of division. The integer form of division. The remainder form of division Chapter 5 — Character Strings Declaring C and N Fields Data type C. Data type N. String Manipulation Coneatenate