1. ABAP Programming Language

Question 1

ABAP Workbench

Answer 1

ABAP workbench is a graphic programming to develop various applications by using ABAP language. SAP ABAP Workbench provides various tools to create ABAP programs and perform development activities such as ABAP Dictionary, Editor and painter.

Question 2

ABAP Dictionary

Answer 2

It records and processes all objects and process data base table definitions.

Question 3

ABAP Editor

Answer 3

ABAP editor is used to write and maintain programs, editing the screens and edit the reports.

Question 4

ABAP Painter

Answer 4

ABAP painter designs and maintains SAP GUI (Graphical user interface) screen for a client.

Question 5

Classical reports

Answer 5

do not allow interaction by the user; therefore, the basic list contains extensive information that the user must often sort through to find the relevant data.

Question 6

Interactive reports

Answer 6

allow interaction by the user; therefore, the user can produce secondary, detailed lists off of the basic list by choosing the relevant data and requesting more information.

Question 7

Module pool programming

Answer 7

(or online programming) involves the creation of a module pool (a collection of ABAP modules) and one or more screens.

The modules are called by the screen processor during program execution.

Question 8

Batch input processing

Answer 8

is used to ensure the safe transfer of data into the SAP system. This process is an automatic, protected data transfer to the SAP system which uses SAP transactions to validate data as it populates the SAP database.
ABAP contains statements which conform to CPI-C standards (Common Program Interface - Communications). These are used for programming communications programs.
ABAP can read and write sequential data sets.

Question 9

ABAP

Answer 9

ABAP is a programming language created and used by SAP for the
development of application programs.

Question 10

Program

Answer 10

A series of ABAP statements

Question 11

Report

Answer 11

An ABAP program whose output is a list

Question 12

Module Pool

Answer 12

A dialog program which is a collection of screens

Question 13

List

Answer 13

The output generated by an ABAP report program

Question 14

Programas custom

Answer 14

Aquellos que no son de manera standard y SAP te ofrece 2 maneras de generarlos, utilizando la Z o Y (es más común z) al inicio + la descripción. ejemplo ZMARA

Question 15

SE80 Object Navigator (Enterprise service browser)

Answer 15

The Enterprise Service Browser provides a view on all Web service objects that are available in the ABAP back-end. Using the Enterprise Service Browser, you can quickly locate objects as they are organized according to different entry points in tree structures.

Question 16

/n

Answer 16

leaves the current transaction and takes you to a new transaction in the same session.

Question 17

/o

Answer 17

opens another session and takes you to the new transaction in it.

Question 18

Report programs

Answer 18

produce lists and can be divided into classical reports and interactive reports.

Question 19

MOVE Statement

Answer 19

Move the content of an internal table/variable to another internal table/variable

Question 20

Program menu option-Other object

Answer 20

Enables the programmer to immediately load another object without going back to the ABAP Editor: Initial Screen.

Question 21

Program menu option-Check

Answer 21

The programmer can make their program syntax error free and can also improve the performance of the program.

Question 22

Program menu option-Test

Answer 22

The programmer can execute or process the program in debugging mode or in direct mode .

Question 23

Edit menu option-Insert Statement

Answer 23

This option brings up a dialog box in which the user can choose a statement structure to insert. Once chosen, the editor will insert a statement format at the location of the cursor with all of the options and requirements set. The programmer has only to fill in the blanks.

Question 24

Edit menu option-Edit Line

Answer 24

This option brings up a second submenu which gives the programmer a list of line commands. These include: Delete line, Split line, Insert Line

Question 25

Edit menu option-Pretty printer

Answer 25

This option formats the contents of the editor in terms of indentation and spacing. Helps with the readability of the program.

Question 26

Goto menu option

Answer 26

gives the programmer the ability to immediately navigate to any one of the following functions:

* Attributes (displays the particular attributes of that program).
* Text elements (an editor for titles and headers, selection texts and text symbols used for  formatting reports).
* Variants (an editor for the creation, change or display of variants).
* Messages (an editor for message classes).
* Others..

Question 27

Utilities menu option

Answer 27

Under the UTILITIES menu the programmer can access the following utilities:
• Help
○ This function is a repeat of the light blue ‘i’ push-button
• Breakpoints
○ The programmer can set or remove break-points that are used by the online debugging tool (the red ‘stop’ pushbutton also provides this function)
• Program upload and download utilities (in More utilities)
○ Allows the programmer to transfer ABAP code to/from a local file
• Edit Locally
○ Allows the programmer to edit the program in NotePad when not online. See Settings menu to choose path. Path for local editing.
• Edit Pattern
® Sets regularly used user defined patterns for inserting using menu path Edit Ý Pattern.

Question 28

Block/buffer menu option (in utilities)

Answer 28

Using the BLOCK/BUFFER menu, the programmer can:
• Copy program code to any one of three (X, Y, Z) separately maintained clipboards (buffers). Program code can then be inserted into another program from these clipboards (buffers).

* To copy code to the windows clipboard, select the “Copy to clipboard” menu option.
* Comments can be inserted or removed from the code using the “Insert Comment *”(or using hotkey CTRL+) menu options.

Question 29

The settings menu option (in utilities)

Answer 29

Using the Settings-> user can set the settings of various parameters e.g. Workbench, ABAP Editor, Class Builder, Screen Painter, Menu Painter, Function Builder, Repository Infosystem, Data Browser, Internet Transaction Server, Business Server Pages, Transport Organizer, SAP script.

Question 30

WRITE statement

Answer 30

Statement to display data on the screen