Chapter 3. ALV Tricks

In this chapter, we will see recipes related to the ABAP List Viewer (ALV). Also, we will look at ways of:

  • Setting ALV columns as key columns and making zero amount appear as blank
  • Removing columns from display and layout
  • Enable Adding Layout toolbar buttons
  • Adding Hotspot to columns
  • Adding your own buttons to ALV toolbar
  • Adding checkboxes to columns

Introduction

This chapter explores recipes related to the ALV displays. We will start with a simple requirement with basic ALV displays. We will then enhance the basic ALV program by hiding few columns from display as well as from the initial layout. We will then see a recipe showing how to save user-specific layouts. Adding buttons to standard ALV toolbars will be shown, along with ...

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