Q: Is there any standard SAP report which

gives a count of the number of times a

program is executed ?
A: Try transaction STAT

Q: When we create a customer the
information is updated in structure RF02D
and the some tables like KNA1 are updated.
How can we find the tables for master data
transactions?
A: Go to ABAP Workbench -> Overview ->
application hierarchy - SAP -> follow the
customizing based tree for your application.
Double click on a lowest hierarchy level to
get for the correct marked development
class. Here you can find all the tables, views,
logical databases etc. used for a system
operation.

Q: How can we use CAD with SAP ?
A: Third party tools from Eigner + Partner
provide interfaces to SAP. Another third
party software - Fastlook Plus from Kamel
Software enables you to view all of the Autocad
formats.

Q: How can I access SAP through Internet?
A: SAP has its own Internet transaction
Server (ITS) . Other products include Haht,
WebObjects, NetDynamics etc. Each product
has its' own architecture.
However to access the database, access
paths SAP GUI or RFC Channel have to be
used.

Q: How can we transport the standard text?
A: Refer note 3355 in OSS for a complete
explanation. The SAPscript objects that
should be transported must be written in a
transport request.
The entries are as follows:
R3TR FORM NAME (NAME = Name of the
layout set)
R3TR STYL NAME (NAME = Name of the
style)
R3TR TEXT OBJECT,NAME,ID,L
(OBJECT = Text object, NAME = Text name,
ID = Text ID, L = Text language)
If you want to transport a number of texts,
you can use report RSTXTRAN to insert the
individual text keys into a correction. The
transport request must be entered and
released via the transport system.

Q: How to find what transactions a particular
user was running for a given period in the
past (Eg: from 1
st
of a month )
A: You may use the transaction - STAT.

Q: We want protect/lock a field so that only
selected people can change the value while
others can only read. How to set the
authorizations?
A: Create an authorization object for change
mode. Loop at screen in the user exit and
set input to 0. Check the user based on sy-
uname and the authorization. Decide
whether input should be 0 or 1.

Q: How to lock an user defined transaction
for some time during which no user can
access the same?
A: Use transaction SM01. Scroll through the
transactions and check against the
transaction to be locked. And after the
maintenance is over, go back to SM01 and
uncheck the same to unlock.

B D C
Q: Our ABAP program is working properly in
Foreground. Can I schedule

it for background processing on the
weekend?

A: SAP standard program RSBDCSUB helps
you to schedule the job.

Create a variant for RSBDCSUB with the BDC
session name.

Q: How can we send a mail to the user
intimating him that his

report/BDCcompleted in background?

A: You can use FUNCTION
RS_SEND_MAIL_FOR_SPOOLLIST

If Unix is being used, you may send a report
to any internet mail with

the following: is

REPORT ZSNDMAIL .

DATA: COMND(200) type c.

DATA: RESULT(200) type c occurs 100 with
header line.

PARAMETERS: FILE(60) type c lower case
default


'/sapdata/sd_outbound/testmail.dat'.

PARAMETERS: SUBJECT(60) type c lower
case.

PARAMETERS: EMAIL(60) type c lower case.

INITIALIZATION.

TRANSLATE EMAIL TO LOWER CASE.

START-OF-SELECTION.

TRANSLATE EMAIL TO LOWER CASE.

CONCATENATE 'cat' FILE '| elm -s "' subject
'"' email into comnd

seperated by space.

CALL 'SYSTEM' ID 'COMMAND' FIELD comnd
'TAB' FIELD

UNIX_RESULTS-*SYS*.

Loop at Results.

write: /1 results.

endloop

end-of-selection.

SAPScript


Q: We get the total number of pages as
expected by using

'SAPSCRIPT-FORMPAGES' in a duplex layout.
In our case duplex case is

always 'Terms & Conditions'. We do not want
the number of pages as

in duplex printing. What is the best possible
solution?

A: On the Terms & Conditions page, Change
the Page counter mode to

'HOLD' to keep the page counter from
incrementing when you print the

Term & Conditions.

Q: Can I Print a logo on an Invoice?

A: Save a Logo using Paintshop Pro or Corel
Draw as Tiff file. Use

RSTXLDMC to convert the logo to standard
text in SapScript. When

the program is executed, the path and file
name have to be correctly

specified.

Process could be like the following:

Run RSTXLDMC

Enter file name C:\MAIL\COMPLOGO.TIF

Resolution for Tiff file

Absolute X-position

Absolute Y-position

Absolute positioning

Reserved height

Shift to right

UOM = CM

Text title

Line width for text = 132

Text name ZHEX-MACRO-COMPLOGO

Text ID ST

Text language = E

Postscript scaling

Width & Height according to PS scaling

Number of Tiff gray levels (2,4,9) 2

Then Create a new window 'COMP' with
attributes;

Window COMP description Company Logo

Window type CONST

Left margin 7.00 CH window width 10.00 CH

Upper margin LN window height 8.00 LN

Finally in the text element , mention

/: INCLUDE 'ZHEX-MACRO-COMPLOGO'
OBJECT TEXT ID ST LANGUAGE

'E'.

Please note that if object name is not
indicated as 'ZHEX...', the logo

may not be printed!

You will not be able to see the logo in a test
print. The same will be

printed in actual printout.

If you are using two logos in the same
layout, the names of the logos

should be unique. Say 'ZHEX-MACRO-
LOGO1' and

'ZHEX-MACRO-LOGO2'. Else all the
information will be overwritten.

If the logo is not EXACTLY TIFF 6.0 , the
same will not be printed.

See OSS notes 5995, 18045, 39031 for
some inputs.

RFC

Q: We want to move a SAP table to an
Access table using

TABLE_EXPORT_TO_MSACCESS_RFC

Importing parameters are

DBNAME

DEST

FLG_APPEND

FLG_POPUP

LANGU

The table has three columns:

TABNAM

MANDT

SDATA

We have no Exporting parameters.

How shall we set the parameters?

A: Install the PS utilities, which are part of
SAPGUI install CD. You may

run report RIACCESS from SE38. Go to SALE
-> Communication ->

Define RFC Destination. Setup two RFC
destinations PS_ACCESS_1 and

PS_ACCESS_2 and will have to get them to
point to wdpsastr.exe and

wdpsatab.exe respectively. Then execute
RIACCESS and choose

PS_ACCESS_1 to generate access tables.
Please note that Access

only supports tables with up 255 fields.

Q: We want an RFC do the following
transactions - MB1A,

MB1C,>MB01 (goods receipt/issue).

A: Call the RFC INBOUND_IDOC_PROCESS
with IDOC_CONTROL and

IDOC_DATA. The structure in the field sdata
in the IDOC_DATA are

e1mbxyh and e1mbxyi.


Transports
Q: In a Dev instance, we want to transport a
modification to a layout set from one client
to another. What is the best way?
A: use transaction SE71. Choose Utilities-
>Copy from Client. Layout sets need not be
transported between clients , via transport
requests DEVKxxxxxx.

Q: We need to keep track of the transports
that need to flow through to other systems
(ie, DEV, TST, TRN, PRD etc). Is there a way
do this?
A: SAPCRAFT enables you to control the CTS
from DEV system. This keeps track of all
transports at all stages and enables you to
allocate Import, export and Authorization
functions to specific user.

Tables
Q: We specify the logical database. And we
want a field that is not present in any of the
tables defaulted in logical database. How can
we want to add this additional field from a
different table?
A: . Presume you have a
logical database
table 1
table 2
table 3
Define the required field as additional field
say fld of table 1, table 2 or table 3

and then in the code section define.

Perform get_f1d(zxxxxxxx) using f1d.

Form zxxxxxxx could be like;

Form get_f1d using f.

Select * from where 'conditions'


f = table4 - f1d.

Q: We need to download an internal table to
the Presentation Server(local workstation).
Whenever we run the program, the same file
has to be saved as a separate file in sequential
order. Ex: 0001.txt, 0002.txt etc. Where can we
store the last file number?
A: SAP has a table TVARV for storing the
variants.
A record may be created in TVARV for all the
programs that require this kind of incremental
records.
For Ex: the record could be 100Zmm10001
MM sequence rec where first part consists of
client code and the program being run. Client
code is required because TVARV does not has
a field for client code. The second part is the
description indicating the purpose what the
record is created. This entire string may be
posted in the Name field (char - 30).
The Type field ( char- 1) may be populated
with P or S (Parameter or Selection)
Low field (char- 45) may be populated with
'0001' when run first time and increment it by
one in your program for downloading of the
internal table.

Batch input / Direct input
Q: We are calling transaction VL01 in batch
input to create deliveries using a program
for delivery due list. How ever we are unable
to create deliveries for transport stock
orders. Why?
A: Batch-inputs can not be used to fill the
"delivery due list" screen because it is not a
dynpro. This is a standard SAP report. A SAP
report (check with "System -> Status") may
be called using SUBMIT sentence with the
appropriate options . It is preferred to call a
report than create a Batch-input program.

Q: What are some sample Direct input data
transfer programs?
A: In MM for Material Master data -
RMDATIND
FI - for Accounting Documents - RFBIBL00
PP - for Independent requirements -
RM06IN00
CA - for Classification data - RCCLBI03







****Type of tables?
Ans: There are three thypes of tables exists
in abap. They are-:
1. Transparent Tables.It maintains one to
one relation with database tables.
2. Pooled tables and
It maintains many to one relation with
database tables.
3. Cluster tables.It maintains many to one
relation with database tables.
****Events of module pool?
There are four events in mpp:They are
1. PBO: Process Before Output.
2. PAI: Process after Input.
3. POH: Process on help.
4. POV: Process on Value.
****Events of interactive report?
Ans:
AT LINE-SELECTION.
AT USERCOMMAND.
AT PF.
TOP-OF-PAGE DURING LINE SELECTION.
****Filters & idoc and segments?
ans: Filters are used in idocs to filter the
data of segments.
Segment is the actual data which resides in
the idoc.
Types of enhancements?
Two Types:
1. UserExits.
2. Badis.
****Type of partner profile?
It is used to mention the logical system
name of the remote system while
transferring data through ALE or EDI.
What is RFC? What is its purpose?
RFC: It is a function module with remote
enabled property. It is used to fetch the
data from remote system to current
system.
****Steps of LSMW?
Ans: There are 14 steps in LSMW.
****Types of BDC? How u proceed BDC(call
transaction)without recording?
ans: Types of bdc are two types:
1. SESSION METHOD.
2. CALL TRANSACTION METHOD.
****What is message type in idoc?
Ans: It specifies what kind of data is
residing in IDOC.
Ex: MATMAS, DEBMAS,CREMAS.
****What is a dialog program?
Ans: Dialog programming is nothing but
module pool programming which is used to
create screens or tansactions.
****What is debugging? How do you
proceed the steps in your reports?
Degugging is step by steps execution of a
program.
It can be done by setting break points.
****What are the parameters passed to
fieldcatalog?
What are all the tools used for debugging
and run time analysis?
For Debugging we can directly do it by
setting break points.
Run time analysis means perofrmance
tuning;
T-Code for runtime analysis is SE30.



Get answers:
1) What is runtime analysis? Have you
used this?
2) What is meant by performance
analysis? Have done anything to
improve the performance?
3) How to transfer the objects? Have
to transferred any objects?
4) How did you test the developed
objects?
5) What is the difference between
SAP Memory and ABAP Memory?
6) In order to upload Purchase order
details, how you handle multiple values
for a single field?
Eg: Item field may contain no. of
values for a record
7) What is the procedure you followed
to upload the data?
8) How did you handle errors in Call
Transaction?
9) Among the Call Transaction and
Session Method, which is faster?
10) What are the difference between
Interactive and Drill Down Reports?
11) How to pass the variables to
forms?
12) How to create a link between
modified form and modified print
program?
13) What is the table, which contain
the details of all the name of the
programs and forms?
14) How did you test the form u
developed? How did you taken print?
15) What are Standard Texts?
16) What is the difference between
Clustered Tables and Pooled Tables?
17) What is pf-status?
18) Among "Move" and "Move
Corresponding", which is efficient one?
19) What are the output type and
Tcodes?
20) Where we use Chain and Endchain?
21) Do you use select statement in loop
endloop, how will be the performance?
To improve the performance?
22) In select-options, how to get the
default values as current month first
date and last date by default?
Eg: 1/12/2004 and 31/12/2004
Go thru these answers:
1) What is runtime analysis? Have you used
this?
It's checks program execution time in
microseconds. When you go to se30.if you
give desired program name in performance
file. It will take you to below screen. You
can get how much past is your program.
2) What is meant by performance analysis?
Have done
3) How to transfer the objects? Have you
transferred any objects?
4) How did you test the developed objects?
I was testing a developed object. There are
two types of testing
- Negative testing
- Positive testing
In negative testing we will give negative
data in input and we check any errors
occurs.
In positive testing we will give positive data
in input for checking errors.
8) How did you handle errors in Call
Transaction?
We can create a internal table like
'bsgmcgcoll'. All the messages will go to
internal table. We can get errors in this
internal table.
Below messages are go to internal table.
when you run the call transaction.
- Message type
- Message id
- Message Number
- Variable1
- Variable2
- Variable3
9) Among the Call Transaction and Session
Method, which is faster?
Call transaction is faster then session
method. But usually we use session method
in real time...because we can transfer large
amount of data from internal table to
database and if any errors in a session.
Process will not complete until session get
correct.
10) What are the difference between
Interactive and
Drill Down Reports?
ABAP/4 provides some interactive events on
lists such as AT LINE-SELECTION (double
click) or AT USER-COMMAND (pressing a
button). You can use these events to move
through layers of information about
individual items in a list.
Drill down report is nothing but interactive
report...drilldown means above paragraph
only.
11) How to pass the variables to forms?
12) What is the table, which contain the
details of all the name of the programs and
forms?
Table contains vertical and horizontal lines.
We can store the data in table as blocks.
We can scroll depends upon your wish. And
these all are stored in database (data
dictionary).
Which contain the details of all the name of
the programs and forms? (I don't know).
13) How did you test the form u developed?
How did you taken print?
14) What are Standard Texts?
16) What is the difference between
Clustered Tables and Pooled Tables?
A pooled table is used to combine several
logical tables in the ABAP/4 dictionary.
Pooled tables are logical tables that must be
assigned to a table pool when they are
defined.
Cluster table are logical tables that must be
assigned to a table cluster when they are
defined.
Cluster table can be used to store control
data they can also used to store temporary
data or text such as documentation.
17) What is pf-status?
Pf status is used in interactive report for
enhancing the functionality. If we go to
se41, we can get menus, items and
different function keys, which we are using
for secondary list in interactive report.
18) Among "Move" and "Move
Corresponding", which is efficient one?
I guess, 'move corresponding' is very
efficient then 'move' statement. Because
usually we use this stamtent for internal
table fields only...so if we give move
corresponding. Those fields only moving to
other place (what ever you want).
19) What are the output type and Tcodes?
20) Where we use Chain and End chain?
21) Do you use select statement in loop end
loop, how will be the performance? To
improve the performance?
22) In select-options, how to get the default
values as current month first date and last
date by default?




ABAP Technical Interview Questions:

1. What is the typical structure of an ABAP
program?
2. What are field symbols and field groups.?
Have you used "component idx of structure"
clause with field groups?
3. What should be the approach for writing
a BDC program?
4. What is a batch input session?
5. What is the alternative to batch input
session?
6. A situation: An ABAP program creates a
batch input session. We need to submit the
program and the batch session in
background. How to do it?
7. What is the difference between a pool
table and a transparent table and how they
are stored at the database level?
8. What are the problems in processing
batch input sessions? How is batch input
process different from processing on line?
9. What do you define in the domain and
data element?
10. What are the different types of data
dictionary objects?
11. How many types of tables exist and
what are they in data dictionary?
12. What is the step-by-step process to
create a table in data dictionary?
13. Can a transparent table exist in data
dictionary but not in the database
physically?
14. What are the domains and data
elements?
15. Can you create a table with fields not
referring to data elements?
16. What is the advantage of structures?
How do you use them in the ABAP
programs?
17. What does an extract statement do in
the ABAP program?
18. What is a collect statement? How is it
different from append?
19. What is open sql vs native sql?
20. What does an EXEC SQL stmt do in
ABAP? What is the disadvantage of using it?
21. What is the meaning of ABAP editor
integrated with ABAP data dictionary?
22. What are the events in ABAP language?
23. What is an interactive report? What is
the obvious diff of such report compared
with classical type reports?
24. What is a drill down report?
25. How do you write a function module in
SAP? Describe.
26. What are the exceptions in function
module?
27. What is a function group?
28. How are the date abd time field values
stored in SAP?
29. What are the fields in a BDC_Tab Table?
30. Name a few data dictionary objects?
31. What happens when a table is activated
in DD?
32. What is a check table and what is a
value table?
33. What are match codes? Describe?
34. What transactions do you use for data
analysis?
35. What is table maintenance generator?
36. What are ranges? What are number
ranges?
37. What are select options and what is the
diff from parameters?
38. How do you validate the selection
criteria of a report? And how do you display
initial values in a selection screen?
39. What are selection texts?
40. What is CTS and what do you know
about it?
41. When a program is created and need to
be transported to prodn does selection texts
always go with it? if not how do you make
sure? Can you change the CTS entries? How
do you do it?
42. What is the client concept in SAP? What
is the meaning of client independent?
43. Are programs client dependent?
44. Name a few system global variables you
can use in ABAP programs?
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?
46. How do you take care of performance
issues in your ABAP programs?
47. What are datasets?
48. How to find the return code of a stmt in
ABAP programs?
49. What are interface/conversion programs
in SAP?
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
databases?
53. What specific statements do you using
when writing a drill down report?
54. What are different tools to report data
in SAP? What all have you used?
55. What are the advantages and
disadvantages of ABAP query tool?
56. What are the functional areas? User
groups? How does ABAP query work in
relation to these?
57. Is a logical database a
requirement/must to write an ABAP query?
58. What is the structure of a BDC sessions.
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?
61. What do you do with errors in BDC
batch sessions?
62. How do you set up background jobs in
SAP? What are the steps? What are the
event driven batch jobs?
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 relevant table for that?
65. Does SAP handle multiple currencies?
Multiple languages?
66. What is a currency factoring technique?
67. How do you document ABAP programs?
Do you use program documentation menu
option?
68. What is SAPscript and layout set?
69. What are the ABAP commands that link
to a layout set?
70. What is output determination?


ABAP Interview Questions
1. How data is stored in cluster table?
Each field of cluster table behaves as tables
which contains the no. of entries.
2. What are client dependant objects in
abap/sap?
SAP Script layout, text element, and some
DDIC objects.
3. On which even we can validate the
input fields in module progams?
In PAI (Write field statement on field you
want to validate, if you want to validate
group of fields put in chain and End chain
statement.)
4. In selection screen I have three
fields, plant mat no and material group.
If I input plant how do I get the mat no
and material group based on plant
dynamically?
AT SELECTION-SCREEN ON VALUE-
REQUEST FOR MATERIAL.
CALL FUNCTION
'F4IF_INT_TABLE_VALUE_REQUEST' to get
material and material group for the plant.
5. How do you get output from IDOC?
Data in IDOc is stored in segments, the
output from Idoc is obtained by reading the
data stored in its respective segments.
6. When top of the page event is
triggered?
After excuteing first write statement in
start-of-selection event.
7. Can we create field without data
element and how?
In SE11 one option is available above the
fields strip. Data element/ direct type.
8. How do we debug sapscript?
Go to SE71 give lay set name , go to
utilities select debugger mode on.
9. Which transaction code can I used to
analyze the performance of ABAP
program.
TCode AL21.
10. How can I copy a standard table to
make my own z_table.
Go to transaction SE11. Then there is one
option to copy table. Press that button.
Enter the name of the standard table and in
the Target table enter Z table name and
press enter.
Following are some of the answers
which I gave upto my knowledge.
1. What is the use of 'outerjoin'
Ans. With the use of outer join you can join
the tables even there is no entry in all the
tables used in the view.
In case of inner join there should be
an entry in al the tables use in the view.
2. When to use logical database?
Ans. Advantage of Logical databases:
less coding s required to retrieve data
compared to normal internel tables.
Tables used LDB are in hierarchial
structure.
3. What is the use of 'table index'?
Ans .Index is used for faster access of data
base tables.
4. What is the use of 'FOR ALL
ENTRIES'?
Ans. To avoid nested select statements we
use SELECT FOR ALL ENTRIES statement.
If there r more than 10000 records
SELECT FOR ALL ENTRIES is used.
Performance wise SELECT FOR ALL
ENTRIES is better to use.
5. Can you set up background
processing using CALL TRANSACTION?
Yes,Using No Screen Mode.
6. What are table buffers?
Table buffers reside locally on each
application server in the system. The data
of buffered tables can thus be accessed
directly from the buffer of the
application server. This avoids the time-
consuming process of accessing the
database.
Buffering is useful if table needs to be
accessed more no. of times in a program.

1. How do I set a flag for a field in any
table?
Create a char field of length 1. for example
field STAS-LKENZ is Deletion Indicator. It
means that if the value in the field is 'X'
then that record has been deleted.
2. Can I execute user exits? If yes,
how?
Yes you can. after finding the user exit, you
need to use, goto CMOD add ur user-exit to
your project. Then activate the FM which
you require. Now go into that function
module there will be a Include program wit
name ZX* . Double click on it, it will ask to
create an object, answer it Yes and then
write your code in it.
3. How do I find the output type of a
table or a program?
Table TNAPR / NAST



ABAP Questions:
1.Elementary search helps, Collective
search help.
2.Difference between Search Helps and
Match Codes
3.Have you created database tables?
4.Difference between client dependent and
client independent tables?
5.How to create client independent tables
6.Have you created Maintenance dialog or
Table Maintenance?
7.On ABAP: Did you set up a workflow? Are
you familiar with all steps for setting up a
workflow?
8.Have you used performance tuning? What
major steps will you use for these?