SAP ABAP Interview Questions And Answers 1

What are the advantages and disadvantages of using views in ABAP programming ?

Advantages: view is used to retrieve the data very fastly from the database tables
*memory wastage is reduced
*faster than joins to retrieve the data from database tables
disadvantages:
view is not a container,it will not hold the data
*view memory is not permanent memory

How data is stored in cluster table?
A cluster table conatins data from mulitple DDIC tables.
It stores data as a name value pair ( varkey, vardata)

Have you used performance tuning? What major steps will you use for these?
First of all tunning can be done
In three ways: disk i/o ,sql tunning , memory tunning,
Before tunning u have to get the status of your database using
Oracle utility called statpack , tkprof, then you should go for tunning

How to create client independent tables?
client independent tables:
the table in which the first field is not mandt is the client independent tables
*mandt is the field with mandt as the data element
*automatically client which we login is populated to mandt

What type of user exits have you written?

There are four types

1.function exit

2.menu ixit

3.screen exit.

4.field exit.

These are the user exits

How can you debug a script form?

SE71 -> give the form name -> utilities -> activate debugger

How do we debug sapscript?

First we need to put Break point in Print program where ever you want to stop the execution.

After in SE71 give your form name and go to Utilities-->Active De-bugger.

Then go to your transcation like VF03(for Invoice or Credit memo) etc to see the print preview or print the form execute it.

When you execute it the the form Debugging will get activated and you can see your Form execution step by step.

What are the different types of data dictionary objects?

Answer1

Data Dictionary Objects

* Tables

* Views

* Domain

* Data Element

* Type Groups

* Search Helps/Matchcode Objects

* Lock objects

* Structures

* Table Types

Answer2

the dictionary objects are:

Domain
Dataelements
Tables
Views
Structures
Typegroups
Search helps
Lock objects etc which are data base related objects in sap

What is the step by step process to create a table in data dictionary?

Answer1

Steps to create database tables

1.go to se11

2.give name the database table

3.give short description for the table

4.Give delivery class name as A and data browser / table view maint as

Display/maintenence allowed

5.select fields tab

6.give field name data type(user defined element type/built-in-type),short text

7.select technical settings tab ,give data class as appl0 and size category as 0

8.save it

9.go utillities menu click table contents select create and enter the field values then select display in table contents and u can view the table values with field lables.

Answer2

Bottom to top approach:

step 1:

creating a domain:

*Se11,select the object type as domain ,name it ,create,description,enter the datatype and length(size),save ,activate

step2:

Creating a dataelement;

Se11,select the object type as :date element,name it ,create,desc,assign it with a domain what we created now,save,activate it.

Step3:

Creating a table;

Se11,select the object type as table,name it, create,
Enter the field name and assign it with the data element instead of assigning a datatype to it,

Like this create req fields:

On behalf of this:

Table maintainence:

Assign the type of the table ie.,A C G L S

NEXT
Maintaince:
allowed,not allowed ,allowed with restricions
______________________________________________
fields of a table:(as descripted above)
___________________________________________

Techical settings:

A0

OR

A1

AND

BUFFERED OR NON-BUFFERED

Can a transparent table exist in data dictionary but not in the data base physically?

Answer1

NO. TRANSPARENT TABLE DO EXIST WITH THE SAME STRUCTURE BOTH IN THE DICTIONARY AS WELL AS IN THE DATABASE,EXACTLY WITH THE SAME DATA AND FIELDS.
No,

At the point you will activate your table a same transparent table is going to be create in database

Answer2

Yes, a transparent table(definition) can exist in the data dictionary and not in the database. In this case, it is not activated

What are the domains and data elements?

Domains:
___________

domains are the dictionary objects that are assigned with constants and data types
data elements:
______________
data elements are dictionary objects that are assigned with the domains.
uses:'

* data elements are used to create relation between tables.

* data elements are used to transfer the data from one R/3 to another R/3.

* to create search helps.

What is a collect statement? How is it different from append?

APPEND :
IT IS USED TO GET THE RECORD FROM THE INTERNAL TABLE HEADER TO THE BODY AREA
IT ALLOWS DUPLICATION

COLLECT:

IT IS USED TO A GET A RECORD FROM HEADER TO THE BODY AREA BUT IT WILL NOT ALLOW ANY DUPLICATION EXCEPT IF THERE IS ANY NUMERIC FIELS IT ADDS THAT FIELDS DATA BUT NOT AS A NEW RECORD

On ABAP: Did you set up a workflow? Are you familiar with all steps for setting up a workflow?

Yes.

Execute the Txn SWDD(Creating a new Workflow).

In the header of the Workflow, define the Business Object and Event you refer to for triggering the Wf.

Create the Steps required for your workflow(Activity).

Inside the Activity, Create the task and assign the Business Object and the related method for that business object.

Activate the Workflow.

In the ‘select’ statement what is “group by”?

Group by clause is used to fetch the data from the table by the specified field
Ex.select count (*) from emptable group by deptno where deptno = 1.

It is used to find the number of employees present in the specified department no.

How can I copy a standard table to make my own z_table?

WE CAN CREATE A STRUCTURE LIKE THE SAME STRUCTURE AS DATABASE TABLE AND WE CAN USE

SELECT* FROM DATABASE TABLE INTO TABLE ITAB

OR

INSERT INTO ITAB VALUES DATABASE TABLE

From Excel to ABAP - Is batch mode possible ?

DATA w_file TYPE string.

* Convert the file path into string

w_file = p_input.

* Internal Table should have same field sequence as EXL File.

CLEAR t_upload.

REFRESH t_upload.

* Call function to upload the data into internal table

CALL FUNCTION 'GUI_UPLOAD'

EXPORTING

filename = w_file

filetype = 'ASC'

has_field_separator = 'X'

TABLES

data_tab = t_upload

EXCEPTIONS

file_open_error = 1

file_read_error = 2

no_batch = 3

gui_refuse_filetransfer = 4

invalid_type = 5

no_authority = 6

unknown_error = 7

bad_data_format = 8

header_not_allowed = 9

separator_not_allowed = 10

header_too_long = 11

unknown_dp_error = 12

access_denied = 13

dp_out_of_memory = 14

disk_full = 15

dp_timeout = 16

OTHERS = 17.

IF sy-subrc NE 0.

* MESSAGE ID sy-msgid TYPE sy-msgty NUMBER sy-msgno

* WITH sy-msgv1 sy-msgv2 sy-msgv3 sy-msgv4. ELSE.

* Delete the first row of heading from the uploaded table

DELETE t_upload INDEX 1.

ENDIF. " IF sy-subrc EQ 0.