🧩 Sub Objects in ABAP Editor

 

Sub Objects in ABAP Editor:
1. Source Code
2. Variants
3. Attributes
4. Documentation
5. Text Elements

🔹 1. Source Code

• It is nothing but the source code of a program.

🔹 2. Attributes

• It specifies attributes of a program such as: Title, Type, Date of creation & change...and more

🔹 3. Documentation

• Using this option, you can provide documentation for a program.

🔸 Example:

➤ Go to SE38  
➤ Program: ZDEMO  
➤ Documentation  
➤ Change  
➤ Provide Purpose: The report is displaying segment wise materials details  
➤ Provide Integration: No  
➤ Provide Prerequisites:  
     s_matnr  
     s_werks  
➤ Save  

🔹 4. Text Elements

• Using Text Elements, you can maintain Labels or Selection Screen Fields.

🔸 Example:

➤ Go to SE38  
➤ Program: ZDEMO  
➤ Text Elements  
➤ Change  
➤ Selection Text  

Name       Text  
s_matnr    Material Code  
s_werks    Plant  

➤ Activate  

🔹 5. Variants

• Using Variants, you can provide default input values for a Selection Screen.
• In background scheduling reports, the reports are executed automatically by the system in the background. For such reports, input values are supplied using Variants.

🔸 Example:

➤ Go to SE38  
➤ Program: ZDEMO  
➤ Variants  
➤ Change  
➤ Variant: ZVAR  
➤ Create  
➤ Enter input values  
    i.e. 100-100 to 100-500  
➤ Select Attribute option (F6)  
➤ Meaning: Variant Creation  
➤ Save  
➤ Run the report  
➤ Select Get Variant option  
➤ Double click on variant name (ZVAR)