6/9/2017 SAP Query – Creation & Execution – Table Join & Logical Database | SAP Blogs

Products
Products Industries
Industries Support
Support Training
Training Community
Community Developer
Developer Partner
Partner

About
About

 
Home / Community / Blogs + Actions

SAP Query – Creation & Execution – Table

Join & Logical Database
May 9, 2014 | 5,682 Views |

Jaymin Bhatt
more by this author

FIN (Finance)

share
0 share
0 tweet share
0

Follow

SAP Query – Overview:

https://blogs.sap.com/2014/05/09/sap-query-creation-execution-table-join-logical-database/ 1/13
6/9/2017 SAP Query – Creation & Execution – Table Join & Logical Database | SAP Blogs

SAP Query is used to create reports for users who have little knowledge
about SAP Table data storage structure. SAP Query allows evaluating
data in the SAP system.

SAP Query offers users a broad range of ways to define reporting

programs and create different types of reports such as basic lists,
statistics, and ranked lists.

SAP Query – Features:

Following are the major components which are associated with SAP
Query:

Info Sets – Are base for the Query and it contains one or more
database table details
Queries – For the User to create and generate the Query
User Group – To restrict set of Users for a specific Query plus for
Authorizations
Quick Viewer – A simple tool for quick report generation

SAP Query – Creation:

Step 1: Creation of User Group – SQ03

Step 2: Creation of Infoset – SQ02

Step 3: Creation of Query – SQ01

The Terminologies:

SAP Query – Area:

SAP Query Area is a set of objects having queries, InfoSets and User
Groups which are consistent.

Following Query Areas:

Standard Area – They are Client Specific Queries and do not

create an Work Bench Request
Global Area – Queries in the Global Area are Client Independent

https://blogs.sap.com/2014/05/09/sap-query-creation-execution-table-join-logical-database/ 2/13
6/9/2017 SAP Query – Creation & Execution – Table Join & Logical Database | SAP Blogs

SAP Query – User Group Creation:

Transaction Code: SQ03

Create a logical set of User Group to which the InfoSet Queries would be
assigned.

SAP Query – Info Set Creation – TABLE JOIN:

SAP database have several numbers of tables in which the transactions,

master data gets stored and it’s practically not feasible to have all such
fields for selection when creating a query. Hence before the start of
creating a query, InfoSet creation is required.

It allows selecting Fields from either the tables selected or the logical
database used to get display/select in the output.

Transaction Code: SQ02 –

https://blogs.sap.com/2014/05/09/sap-query-creation-execution-table-join-logical-database/ 3/13
6/9/2017 SAP Query – Creation & Execution – Table Join & Logical Database | SAP Blogs

The InfoSet creation can be made with the Combination of Tables (Table
Join), Direct read from a Single Table or with the help of Logical
Database.

The Red Box marked Icon allows adding more tables under the join.

Field Group contains the Fields which are required either to get in the
report output or in the selection screen.

Drag the Fields for the “Data Fields” to the relevant Field Groups to
appear in the report.

https://blogs.sap.com/2014/05/09/sap-query-creation-execution-table-join-logical-database/ 4/13
6/9/2017 SAP Query – Creation & Execution – Table Join & Logical Database | SAP Blogs

You can even change the text of the Fields that is getting displayed over
the Output.

Once the InfoSet is created, it needs to be generated by click on

“Generation” icon.

Any changes made to the InfoSet, it needs to be re-generated

everytime.

SAP Query – Assigning to User Group:

Transaction Code: SQ03

All the InfoSet queries which are created to be assigned to one or more
user group

https://blogs.sap.com/2014/05/09/sap-query-creation-execution-table-join-logical-database/ 5/13
6/9/2017 SAP Query – Creation & Execution – Table Join & Logical Database | SAP Blogs

Click on Save button for the assignment.

SAP Query – Query Creation:

Transaction Code: SQ01

Once the InfoSets are created and assigned to User Group, Query needs
to be designed. It is basically known as Query Painter in which we design
basic lists in WYSIWYG mode (what-you-see-is-what-you-get).

We need to select the User Group first in which query needs to be

designed. Click on icon to select the user group.

Specify the Query Name and click on the Create Option.

Select the InfoSet which had been created.

Following screen would appear:

https://blogs.sap.com/2014/05/09/sap-query-creation-execution-table-join-logical-database/ 6/13
6/9/2017 SAP Query – Creation & Execution – Table Join & Logical Database | SAP Blogs

We can select the Output Format, Variant assignment over the Basic
List.

Click on to select the required Output/Selection

Field.

Click on Save Option to make a final design.

To Run the Query Click on Execute Button:

https://blogs.sap.com/2014/05/09/sap-query-creation-execution-table-join-logical-database/ 7/13
6/9/2017 SAP Query – Creation & Execution – Table Join & Logical Database | SAP Blogs

SAP Query – Info Set – LOGICAL DATABASE:

The LDB is special type of ABAP program that combines the contents of
certain related database tables and retrieves some related data and
make it available to application programs. The LDB usually consists of
the components like Structure, Selections and Database programs.

In simple words Logical Database can be referred as Cluster of Tables

together.

Transaction Code: SE36

Following are some useful Logical Database from accounting

perspectives:

ADA Assets Database

AUK Settlement documents
BRF Document Database
BRM Accounting Documents
CEK Cost Centers – Line Items
CIK Cost Centers – Actual Data
CKA Costing
CKC Order BOM
CKW Costing run: Material Selection
CPK Cost Centers – Plan Data
KDF Vendor Database
PAK CO-PA Segment Level and Line Items

https://blogs.sap.com/2014/05/09/sap-query-creation-execution-table-join-logical-database/ 8/13
6/9/2017 SAP Query – Creation & Execution – Table Join & Logical Database | SAP Blogs

SDF G/L Account Database

Example:

Once the Table are copied follow the same steps as mentioned above for
creation of Field Groups, Query Creation & Execution.

SAP Query – QUICKVIEWER – SQVI:

Quick Viewer is tool to generate report with basic lists. Quick View Reports
are user dependent. While defining a Quick View Tool report data can be

https://blogs.sap.com/2014/05/09/sap-query-creation-execution-table-join-logical-database/ 9/13
6/9/2017 SAP Query – Creation & Execution – Table Join & Logical Database | SAP Blogs

accessed from Tables, Logical Database, Table joins & from Infosets also.

Transaction Code: SQVI

We get an option of extracting the data from a Table / Table Join / Logical
Database / SAP Infoset

Once all the required tables are been assigned and joined, click no the
Back Icon to Create the Selection / Output Screen.

https://blogs.sap.com/2014/05/09/sap-query-creation-execution-table-join-logical-database/ 10/13
6/9/2017 SAP Query – Creation & Execution – Table Join & Logical Database | SAP Blogs

Select all the required fields, which are needed as a part of Selection
Screen and Report Output Layout and save the Quick Viewer Query.

To execute teh Query, Click on Execute Button to the run the Quick
Viewer.

Above are the simple options of creating report with the help of
Queries.

BR, Jaymin R. Bhatt

Alert Moderator

5 Comments
You must be Logged on to comment or reply to a post.
https://blogs.sap.com/2014/05/09/sap-query-creation-execution-table-join-logical-database/ 11/13
6/9/2017 SAP Query – Creation & Execution – Table Join & Logical Database | SAP Blogs

Kumar R

May 9, 2014 at 3:32 pm

Good Document 🙂

Jaymin Bhatt Post author

May 9, 2014 at 4:25 pm

Thanks…

GT SAP

May 9, 2014 at 5:36 pm

Very nice documentation. Thanks, Jaymin.

Prashant Govind Rane

May 11, 2014 at 12:29 pm

Hello Jaymin,
Thanks for sharing the document.
Is it possible for you to share one example of logical database query for ADA?
Thanks in advance!
my email ID [email protected]
B/R
Prashant Rane

Sreekanta Marikeri

https://blogs.sap.com/2014/05/09/sap-query-creation-execution-table-join-logical-database/ 12/13
6/9/2017 SAP Query – Creation & Execution – Table Join & Logical Database | SAP Blogs

May 12, 2014 at 12:38 pm

Thanks for the sharing valuabledocument…

Share & Follow

Privacy Terms of Use Legal Disclosure Copyright Trademark Sitemap Newsletter

https://blogs.sap.com/2014/05/09/sap-query-creation-execution-table-join-logical-database/ 13/13