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7. What z the diff b/n a pool table and a transparent table and how they are stored
at the database level.
Ans. From user point of view all tables are used to store data. From administrator point of view
Transparent tables do exists with the same structure both in the dictionary as well as in the
database.
Pool & Clustered tables are Logical tables, which are arranged as records of transparent table.
These are not manageable directly by using database system tools.
11. How many types of tables exists and what are they in data dictionary?
3 types ...1 ) clustered
2) pool..
3)Transparent.
12. What is the step by step process to create a table in data dictionary?
Ans.
•Create Domain.
•Create Data Element.
•Create Actual Table.
13. Can a transparent table exist in data dictionary but not in the data base
physically?
Ans. NO
15. Can you create a table with fields not referring to data elements?
Ans. NO.
16. What is the advantage of structures? How do you use them in the ABAP programs?
When the first EXTRACT statement occurs in a program, the system creates the extract dataset and adds
the first extract record to it. In each subsequent EXTRACT statement, the new extract record is added to
the dataset.
EXEC SQL.
<Native SQL statement>
ENDEXEC.
Q20 (b). What is the disadvantage of using EXEC SQL stmt do in ABAP?
Ans. Using inverted commas (") or an asterisk (*) at the beginning of a line in a native SQL statement
does not introduce a comment as it would in normal ABAP syntax
21. What is the meaning of ABAP editor integrated with ABAP data dictionary?
Ans. Area menu.
REPORT...
NODES: SPFLI, SFLIGHT.
DATA:...
INITIALIZATION.
AT SELECTION-SCREEN.
START-OF-SELECTION.
GET SPFLI...
GET SFLIGHT...
GET SPFLI LATE.
END-OF-SELECTION.
FORM...
ENDFORM.
23. What is an interactive report? What is the obvious differences of such report
compared with classical type reports?
Ans. Interactive reporting allows the user to participate in retrieving and presenting data at each level
during the session. gives a basic list form which the user can call detailed information by positioning the
cursor and entering the commands.
Classical reports consists of one program the creates a single list which contains clustered data
requested, regardless of the details the user wants to see.
28. How are the date and time field values stored in SAP?
Ans. SY-DATUM & SY-UZEIT
37. What are select options and what is the diff from parameters?
Ans. Select options are for range of values.
Parameters are used for simple queries of single values.
42. What is the client concept in SAP? What is the meaning of client independent?
Ans. Sets of software component which acts as service requester are called as client.
44. Name a few system global variables you can use in ABAP programs?
Ans. SY-DATUM, SY-UEZIT, SY-SUBRC, SY-DBCNT.
46. How do you take care of performance issues in your ABAP programs?
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50. Have you used SAP supplied programs to load master data?
Ans. BDC
51. What are the techniques involved in using SAP supplied programs? Do you
prefer to write your own programs to load master data? Why?
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53. What specific statements do you using when writing a drill down report?
Ans. Hide stmt.
54. What are different tools to report data in SAP? What all have you used?
Ans. ABAP query tool,
55. What are the advantages and disadvantages of ABAP query tool?
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56. What are the functional areas? User groups? and how does ABAP query work
in relation to these?
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59. What are Change header/detail tables? Have you used them?
Ans. The change header contains both fields that define and describe the change and administrative data
on the change master. The administrative data is updated by the system.
60. What do you do when the system crashes in the middle of a BDC batch
session?
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62. How do u set up background jobs in SAP? What r the steps? What are the event
driven batch jobs?
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63. Is it possible to run host command from SAP environment? How do you run?
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64. What kind of financial periods exist in SAP? What is the relevant table for that?
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72. What are screen painter? menu painter? Gui status? ..etc.
Ans. Screen painter: Tool for creating the screens of a dialog transaction.
Menu painter: Tool for creating and designing the graphical user interface of an ABAP program.
GUI Status : Main element of the graphical user interface.A GUI status usually consists of a
menu bar with menus, a standard toolbar, an application toolbar, and functions with function key
settings.
Together with the GUI title, the GUI status defines the actual state of the user interface of an
ABAP program.
73. What is screen flow logic? What are the sections in it? Explain PAI and PBO.
Ans. Flow logic : Code that processes a particular screen in the R/3 System.Flow logic
statements are syntactically similar to ABAP statements, but you cannot use flow logic keywords
in ABAP.
You define flow logic in the flow logic editor of the Screen Painter. Flow logic comprises four
modules:
•PBO (Process Before Output)
•PAI (Process After Input)
•POV(Process On value request)
•POH(Process On Help request)
PBO : The processing of screen before the screen is displayed is done in this event. (event is triggered
before the screen is displayed).
PAI : This event is responsible for processing of screen after the user enters the data and clicks the
pushbutton.
POV : This is triggered when user clicks F4 function key (for listing all possible values for the field).
POH : This event is triggred when user places the cursor on field and press F1 , by default system
displays its own HELP for that particular field one can add his own HELP by writting in POH.
75. Does SAP has a GUI screen painter or not? If yes what operating systems is it
available on? What is the other type of screen painter called?
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76. What are step loops? How do you program pagedown/pageup in step loops?
Ans. Step Loops: these are repeated blocks of fields in a screen.
78. Normally how many and what files get created when a transaction program is
written? what is the XXXXXTOP program?
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80. Can you call a subroutine of one program from another program?
Ans. yes (using PERFORM)
81. What are user exits? What is involved in writing them? What precautions are
needed?
Ans. User Exits are used for enhancement of SAP Objects. Point in an SAP program where a
customer's own program can be called.
82. What are RFCs? How do you write RFCs on SAP side?
Ans. Remote Function Call. RFCs enable you to call and execute predefined functions in a
remote system - or even in the same system.RFCs manage the communication process,
parameter transfer and error handling.
84. How do you find if a logical database exists for your program requirements?
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85. How do you find the tables to report from when the user just tell you the
transaction he uses? And all the underlying data is from SAP structures?
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86. How do you find the menu path for a given transaction in SAP?
Ans. From the main R/3 menu choose:
Tools −−> Administration ---> Data Retention Tool
90. What are different ABAP editors? What are the differences?
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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?
Ans. system defined & user define in program
97. How do you backup Sapscript layout sets? Can you download and upload?
How?
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99. In an ABAP program how do you access data that exists on a presentation
server vs on an application server?
Ans. using dataset
103. What has to be done to the packed fields before submitting to a BDC session.
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