ABAP List Viewers (ALV): The name itself indicates that the output view of a report is in the form

of a list. This list can be displayed in two forms 1. ALV List Form 2. ALV Grid Form This article covers only ALV grid form. This is the most preferable form because of its GUI capability. When coming to the implementation part of ALV Grid using OOPs concept, we can use the existing classes for generating ALV output: Here I am listing some of the widely used classes and its purpose:

1. CL_GUI_ALV_GRID
2. CL_GUI_CUSTOM_CONTANIER 3. CL_GUI_SPLITTER_CONTAINER 4. CL_GUI_CONTAINER 5. CL_DD_DOCUMENT 6. CL_GUI_HTML_VIEWER 7. CL_ALV_CHANGED_DATA_PROTOCAL 8. CL_GUI_ALV_GRID: This class contains all the methods required to create an ALV and holds the events required for the generated ALV. The methods in this class are useful for: 1. Setting the field catalog and its layout 2. For assigning the ALV to the Custom container 3. For changing the field catalog contents 4. For adjusting the ALV display and the list goes like this. I will explain how to use the methods and events with an example at the end of this article. CL_GUI_CUSTOM_CONTAINER: It holds the Custom control that is created on the screen layout. The link to the custom control to the ALV will be done using this container class. CL_GUI_SPLITTER_CONTANIER: Using this class we can split the container into several parts based on the requirement. For instance, there may be a requirement in which top portion of the ALV Grid must hold the company logo and some other details like date and user ID and the remaining part must

hold the loaded data. In this case we can use this class to split the container into two parts one for holding the company details and the other contains all the records. CL_GUI_CONTAINER: This class is also useful while splitting a container. Each container part that is separated using the above class holds the form of this class. CL_DD_DOCUMENT: This class is used to write text or labels or variables or logos etc., on the container layout. CL_ALV_CHANGED_DATA_PROTOCAL: If the ALV is in edit mode then the changed values can be viewed through this class. The following example demonstrates how to make use of the methods and events of CL_GUI_ALV_GRID.

SALV_DEMO_TREE_DATA_UPDATE SALV_DEMO_TREE_EVENTS SALV_DEMO_TREE_FUNCTIONS SALV_DEMO_TREE_METADATA SALV_DEMO_TREE_SELECTIONS SALV_DEMO_TREE_SETTINGS SALV_DEMO_TREE_SIMPLE

Demonstration Program for ALV OM Tree: Changed Data Demonstration Program for ALV OM Tree: Events Demonstration Program for ALV OM Tree: Functions Demonstration Program for ALV OM Tree: Metadata Demonstration Program for ALV OM Tree: Selections Demonstration Program for ALV OM Tree: Settings Demonstration Program for ALV OM Tree

Getting and Modifying Subobjects of a Main Class

Purpose
The ALV object model includes a large number of classes that you can use to make specific settings. The following graphic compares the class diagram of the three main ALV classes.

Naming Conventions The classes of the ALV object model are structured that you can usually tell from the names which areas of the ALV output you can change with the methods from these classes. Singular or plural Often you will find class names that exist in both plural and in singular (such as CL_SALV_COLUMN and CL_SALV_COLUMNS). You can see from the names that in the one class there are methods that only affect a specific object and in the other class the methods are for all of these objects. ALV tool Many functions are available for all three ALV tools. However, when there are differences between the classes of the ALV tools, you can find the right variant by the name (such as CL_SALV_COLUMN_TABLE, _SALV_COLUMN_HIERSEQ, CL_SALV_COLUMN_TREE)

Get Subobjects You get the objects for these classes using the Get methods of the three main ALV classes. The following table shows which methods in the main ALV classes provide which subobjects: Methods of Main ALV Classes to Get Subobjects Method GET_AGGREGATIONS GET_COLUMNS Returns Object of Type CL_SALV_AGGREGATIONS CL_SALV_COLUMNS_TABLE or CL_SALV_COLUMNS_HIERSEQ or CL_SALV_COLUMNS_TREE CL_SALV_DISPLAY_SETTINGS CL_SALV_EVENTS_TABLE or CL_SALV_EVENTS_HIERSEQ or CL_SALV_EVENTS_TREE CL_SALV_FILTERS CL_SALV_FUNCTIONAL_SETTINGS CL_SALV_FUNCTIONS_LIST CL_SALV_FUNCTIONS_TREE GET_LAYOUT GET_LEVEL GET_NODES GET_PRINT GET_SELECTIONS CL_SALV_LAYOUT CL_SALV_HIERSEQ_LEVEL CL_SALV_NODES CL_SALV_PRINT CL_SALV_SELECTIONS CL_SALV_SELECTIONS_TREE GET_SORTS GET_TREE_SETTINGS CL_SALV_SORTS CL_SALV_TREE_SETTINGS Not in CL_SALV_TREE Only in CL_SALV_TREE Not in CL_SALV_TREE Only in CL_SALV_TREE Only in CL_SALV_HIERSEQ_TABLE Only in CL_SALV_TREE Not in CL_SALV_TREE Not in CL_SALV_TREE Not in CL_SALV_TREE Only in CL_SALV_TREE Not in CL_SALV_TREE Remarks

GET_DISPLAY_SETTINGS GET_EVENT

GET_FILTERS GET_FUNCTIONAL_SETTINGS GET_FUNCTIONS

If one of the classes uses another class, you can also get its objects using the Get methods. Class Used CL_SALV_AGGREGATIONS CL_SALV_COLUMNS_TABLE CL_SALV_COLUMNS_HIERSEQ CL_SALV_COLUMNS_TREE CL_SALV _FUNCTIONAL_SETTINGS GET_DROPDOWNS GET_HYPERLINKS GET_TOOLTIPS CL_SALV_FUNCTIONS_LIST CL_SALV_FUNCTIONS_TREE CL_SALV_FILTERS CL_SALV_NODES CL_SALV_SORTS GET_FILTER GET_NODE GET_SORTS CL_SALV_FILTER CL_SALV_NODE CL_SALV_SORT GET_FUNCTIONS CL_SALV_DROPDOWNS CL_SALV_HYPERLINKS CL_SALV_TOOLTIPS CL_SALV_FUNCTION Includes Get method GET_AGGREGATION GET_COLUMN Returns Object of Type CL_SALV_AGGREGATION CL_SALV_COLUMN

Process Flow
If you have created the internal data table and the instance of the ALV main class, you are able to generate an object for each class used and make the settings as well. To do this, proceed as follows: You declare an object variable for each type of class that you want to use (such as data: gr_display type ref to cl_salv_display_settings. ) You use the respective Get method the main ALV class to get the objects of the corresponding type (for example gr_display = gr_table->get_display_settings ( ). ) You use the methods of the class used to assign the desired properties to the object. (For example gr_display->set_striped_pattern( value = 'X'). gr_display->set_vertical_lines( value = 'X').)

When you have made the settings you display the ALV output with the display method.