SELECT OPTIONS IN ABAP

1. What are select options and how are they different from parameters?

select options provide ranges where as parameters do not.

SELECT-OPTIONS declares an internal table which is automatically filled with values or ranges

of values entered by the end user. For each SELECT-OPTIONS , the system creates a selection table.

SELECT-OPTIONS FOR .

A selection table is an internal table with fields SIGN, OPTION, LOW and HIGH.

The type of LOW and HIGH is the same as that of .

The SIGN field can take the following values: I Inclusive (should apply) E Exclusive (should not apply)

The OPTION field can take the following values: EQ Equal GT Greater than NE Not equal BT Between LE Less

than or equal NB Not between LT Less than CP Contains pattern GE Greater than or equal NP No pattern.

Select Options vs Parameters

PARAMETERS allow users to enter a single value into an internal field within a report.

SELECT-OPTIONS allow users to fill an internal table with a range of values.

For each PARAMETERS or SELECT-OPTIONS statement you should define text elements by choosing

Goto - Text elements - Selection texts - Change.

Eg:- Parameters name(30).

when the user executes the ABAP/4 program,an input field for 'name' will appear on the selection screen.You can change the

comments on the left side of the input fields by using text elements as described in Selection Texts.

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