ABAP Tutorial: PARAMETERS, Selection Screen, DATA vs PARAMETERS, Literals, Variants
Build solid ABAP reports with clean input handling. In this video, I cover the PARAMETERS keyword, how to design a user-friendly selection screen, the practical difference between DATA and PARAMETERS, key system variables (sy-*), ABAP literals, and how to create and use selection variants to save your inputs.
What you’ll learn
PARAMETERS keyword: purpose, syntax, defaults, obligatory fields, and value help
DATA vs PARAMETERS: internal variables vs user input fields on the selection screen
Selection screen basics: quick tips to make inputs clear and robust
System variables (sy-*): common ones like sy-datum
Literals in ABAP.
Time stamp:
00:00 Intro
00:25 PARAMETERS basics
01:30 Example on PARAMETERS
03:00 Selection screen essentials
03:45 DATA vs PARAMETERS
07:30 ABAP program example
09:40 LIKE keyword
11:10 Obligatory keyword
12:17 System variable SY-DATUM
14:00 Checkbox and radio button
17:50 Literals
23:00 Variant
Prerequisites
Basic ABAP knowledge (SE38/SE80) and access to an SAP system
Resources to explore next
ABAP Keyword Documentation: PARAMETERS, Selection Screens, System Fields, Literals
Selection Variants in ABAP reports (transaction SE38/SA38)
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