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20) What is the difference between ‘Type’ and ‘Like’?

21) What are the different ABAP/4 editors? What are the differences?

22) Explain the difference between dialog program and a report?

23) What is lock object?

24) How data is stored in cluster table?

25) How can you debug a script form?

26) What are different types of data dictionary objects?

27) What are the ways you can do the tuning? What are the major steps will you use for

28) In the ‘select’ statement what is ‘group by’?

29) What is dispatcher?

30) Mention what are the two methods of modifying SAP standard tables?

31) What is the difference between a ‘Database index’ and a ‘Match code’?

32) Explain the benefits of modularization technique?

33) How can you create callable modules of program code within one ABAP/4 program?

34) What are different types of parameters? How can you distinguish between different

35) What are the different databases Integrities?

36. What are ranges? What are number

ranges? ANS:
max,min values provided in selection screens.

37. What are select options and what is the diff from
parameters? ANS:
select options provide ranges where as parameters do not.
SELECTOPTIONS declares an internal table which is automatically filled with values or
ran of values entered by the end user. For each SELECTOPTIONS , the system creates a
sele SELECTOPTIONS <SEL> FOR <field>.
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 <field>.
The SIGN field can take the following values: I Inclusive (should apply) E Exclusive
(shoul The OPTION field can take the following values: EQ Equal GT Greater than NE
Not equal B than or equal NB Not between LT Less than CP Contains pattern GE
Greater than or equal diff:
PARAMETERS allow users to enter a single value into an internal field within a
report. SELECTOPTIONS allow users to fill an internal table with a range of values.
For each PARAMETERS or SELECTOPTIONS statement you should define text elements
b 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
s can change the comments on the left side of the input fields by using text elements
as des Texts.

38. How do you validate the selection criteria of a

report? And how do you display initial values in a
selection screen? ANS:
validate : by using match code objects.
display : Parameters <name> default
‘xxx’. selectoptions <name> for spflicarrid.

39. What are selection

texts? ANS:

40. What is CTS and what do you know about

it? ANS:
The Change and Transport System (CTS) is a tool that helps you to organize
development Workbench and in Customizing, and then transport the changes between
the SAP System
system landscape.
This documentation provides you with an overview of how to manage changes with the
CT information on setting up your system and client landscape and deciding on a
transport st follow this documentation when planning your development project.
For practical information on working with the Change and Transport System, see
Change Organizer and Transport Management System.

41. When a program is created and need to be transported to prodn does selection
texts how do you make sure? Can you change the CTS entries? How do you do it?
ANS:

42. What is the client concept in SAP? What is the meaning of client
independent? ANS:

43. Are programs client

dependent? ANS:
Yes.Group of users can access these programs with a client no.

44. Name a few system global variables you can use in ABAP programs?
ANS: SYSUBRC,SYDBCNT,SYLILLI,SYDATUM,SYUZEIT,SYUCOMM,SYTABIX…..
SYLILLI IS ABSOLUTE NO OF LINES FROM WHICH THE EVENT WAS TRIGGERED.

45. What are internal tables? How do you get the number of lines in an internal
table? How to use a specific number occurs statement?
ANS:
i) It is a standard data type object which exists only during the runtime of the
program. They are used to perform table calculations on subsets of database tables
and for reorga database tables according to users need.
ii) using SYDBCNT.
iii) The number of memory allocations the system need to allocate for the next record
popu

46. How do you take care of performance issues in your ABAP programs?
Performance of ABAPs can be improved by minimizing the amount of data to be
transferre The data set must be transferred through the network to the applications, so
reducing the also reduces the network traffic.
Some measures that can be taken are:
– Use views defined in the ABAP/4 DDIC (also has the advantage of better reusability).
– Use field list (SELECT clause) rather than SELECT *.
– Range tables should be avoided (IN operator)
– Avoid nested
SELECTS. i)system tools
ii)field symbols and field groups.
ans:
Field Symbols : Field symbols are placeholders for existing fields. A Field Symbol does
not space for a field,but points to a field which is not known until runtime of the
program. eg: FIELDSYMBOL <FS> [<TYPE>].
Field groups : A field group combines several fields under one name.At runtime,the
INSE to define which data fields are assigned to which field group.
There should always be a HEADER field group that defines how the extracted data will
be sorted by the fields grouped under the HEADER field group.

47. What are

datasets? ANS:
The sequential files(ON APPLICATION SERVER) are called datasets. They are used for file

48. How to find the return code of a statement in ABAP

programs? ANS:
Using function modules.

49. What are interface/conversion programs in

SAP? ANS :
CONVERSION : LEGACY SYSTEM TO FLAT FILE.
INTERFACE : FLAT FILE TO SAP SYSTEM.

50. Have you used SAP supplied programs to load master data?

51. What are the techniques involved in using SAP supplied

programs? Do you prefer to write your own programs to load master
data? Why?

52. What are logical databases? What are the advantages/disadvantages of logical
databa ANS:
To read data from a database tables we use logical database.
A logical database provides readonly access to a group of related tables to an ABAP/4
pro
adv:
The programmer need not worry about the primary key for each table.Because Logical
da different tables relate to each other,and can issue the SELECT command with
proper whe the data.
i) An easytouse standard user interface.
ii) check functions which check that user input is complete,correct,and
plausible. iii)meaningful data selection.
iv) central authorization checks for database accesses.
v) good read access performance while retaining the hierarchical data view determined
by disadv:
i)If you donot specify a logical database in the program attributes,the GET events
never o ii)There is no ENDGET command,so the code block associated with an event
ends with the statement (such as another GET or an ENDOFSELECTION).

53. What specific statements do you using when writing a drill down
report? ans:
AT LINESELECTION,AT USERCOMMAND,AT PF.

54. What are different tools to report data in SAP? What all have you
used? ans:

55. What are the advantages and disadvantages of ABAP/4 query tool?

56. What are the functional areas? User groups? and how does ABAP/4 query work in
rela

57. Is a logical database a requirement/must to write an ABAP/4 query?

59. What are Change header/detail tables? Have you used them?

60. What do you do when the system crashes in the middle of a BDC batch
session? ans:
we will look into the error log file (SM35).

61. What do you do with errors in BDC batch

sessions? ANS:
We look into the list of incorrect session and process it again. To correct incorrect
session to determine which screen and value produced the error.For small errors in
data we corre otherwise
modify batch input program that has generated the session or many times even the
dataf

62. How do you set up background jobs in SAP? What are the steps? What are the
event ans:
go to SM36 and create background job by giving job name,job class and job steps(JOB S

63. Is it possible to run host command from SAP environment? How do you run?

64. What kind of financial periods exist in SAP? What is the relavent table for that?

65. Does SAP handle multiple currencies? Multiple

languages? ans:
Yes.
66. What is a currency factoring technique?

68. What is SAPscript and layout

set? ans:
The tool which is used to create layout set is called SAPscript. Layout set is a design docu

69. What are the ABAP/4 commands that link to a layout

set? ans:
control commands,system commands,

70. What is output determination?

71. What are

IDOCs? ans:
IDOCs are intermediate documents to hold the messages as a container.

72. What are screen painter? menu painter? Gui status?

..etc. ans:
dynpro – flow logic + screens.
menu painter –
GUI Status – It is subset of the interface elements(title bar,menu bar,standard tool
bar,pu certain screen.
The status comprises those elements that are currently needed by the transaction.
73. What is screen flow logic? What are the sections in it? Explain PAI and
PBO. ans:
The control statements that control the screen flow.
PBO – This event is triggered before the screen is displayed.
PAI – This event is responsible for processing of screen after the user enters the data and

74. Overall how do you write transaction programs in

SAP? ans:
Create programSE93create transcodeRun it from command field.

75. Does SAP has a GUI screen painter or not? If yes what operating systems is it
availabl type of screen painter called?

76. What are step loops? How do you program pagedown pageup in step
loops? ans:
step loops are repeated blocks of field in a screen.

77. Is ABAP a GUI

language? ANS:
Yes.
ABAP IS AN EVENT DRIVEN LANGUAGE.

78. Normally how many and what files get created when a transaction program is
written What is the XXXXXTOP program?
ans:
ABAP/4 program.
DYNPRO

79. What are the include

programs? ANS:
When the same sequence of statements in several programs are to be written repeadly
th programs (External programs) and are included in ABAP/4 programs.

80. Can you call a subroutine of one program from another

program? ans: Yes only external subroutines Using ‘SUBMIT’
statement.

81. What are user exits? What is involved in writing them? What precations are needed?

82. What are RFCs? How do you write RFCs on SAP side?

83. What are the general naming conventions of ABAP

programs? ANS:
Should start with Y or Z.

84. How do you find if a logical database exists for your program
requrements? ans:
SLDBF4.

85. How do you find the tables to report from when the user just tell you the
transaction h underlying data is from SAP structures?
ans:
Transcode is entered in command field to open the table.UtilitiesTable contentsdisplay.
86. How do you find the menu path for a given transaction in
SAP? ans:

87. What are the different modules of

SAP? ans:
FI,CO,SD,MM,PP,HR.

89. How do you get help in

ABAP? ans:
HELPSAP LIBRARY,by pressing F1 on a keyword.

90. What are different ABAP/4 editors? What are the

differences? ans:

91. What are the different elements in layout

sets? ans:
PAGES,Page windows,Header,Paragraph,Character String,Windows.

92. Can you use if then else, perform ..etc statements in sap
script? ans:
yes.
93. What type of variables normally used in sap script to output data?

94. How do you number pages in sapscript layout outputs?

95. What takes most time in SAP script

programming? ANS:
LAYOUT DESIGN AND LOGO INSERTION.

96. How do you use tab sets in layout sets?

97. How do you backup sapscript layout sets? Can you download and upload? How?

98. What are presentation and application servers in

SAP? ANS:
The application layer of an R/3 System is made up of the application servers and the
mess Application programs in an R/3 System are run on application servers. The
application ser with the presentation components, the database, and also with each
other, using the mes

99. In an ABAP/4 program how do you access data that exists on a presentation server
vs server?
ans:
i)using loop
statements. ii)flat

100. What are different data types in

ABAP/4? ans:
Elementary –
predefined C,D,F,I,N,P,T,X.
userdefined TYPES.
ex: see in intel book page no
35/65 Structured –
predefined TABLES.
userdefined Field Strings and internal tables.

101. What is difference between session method and Call

Transaction? ans:

102. Setting up a BDC program where you find information

from? ans:

103. What has to be done to the packed fields before submitting to a BDC
session. ans:
fields converted into character type.

104. What is the structure of a BDC

sessions. ans:
BDCDATA (standard structure).

105. What are the fields in a BDC_Tab

Table. ans:
program,dynpro,dynbegin,fnam,fval.

106. What do you define in the domain and data

element. Technical details like

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