P r o g r a m m i n g

S t a n d a r d s

A B A P

Table of contents
1

Document Version Control ................................................................................................

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....................................................... 5

Objective................................................................
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..................................................... 6

2.1

Audience ................................................................
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........................................ 6

Summary ................................................................
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.................................................... 7

Coding standards ................................................................................................................................

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...................................... 8

4.1

Package and
d transport request creation ................................................................................................
......................................................... 8

4.2

Use of Object Oriented methodology in ABAP developments ................................................................

......................................................... 8

4.3

Shared memory objects ................................................................................................................................

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................................................ 10

4.4

Object Services ........................................................................................................................................................

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........................ 1011

4.5

Generic Programming................................................................................................................................
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................................................... 11

4.6

Use of Dynamic BREAKPOINT and ASSERT statement ..............................................................................................

.............................. 11

4.7

Creation of bespoke table ................................................................................................................................

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............................................. 11

4.8

Report ................................................................
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.......................................... 12

4.9

Outputs ................................................................
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......................................... 12

4.10

Enhancements................................................................
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.............................. 12

4.11

Dialog Programming ................................................................................................................................

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..................................................... 14

Performance standards ...........................................................................................................................

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........................... 15

5.1

Summary ................................................................
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...................................... 15

5.2

Databases Access ................................................................................................................................

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........................................................ 16

5.3

Application Layer ..........................................................................................................................................................

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.......................... 19

5.4

Communication (Dependency on N/W) .........................................................................................................................

......................... 22

5.5

Performance Analysis Tools Usage Metrics ................................................................................................

.................................................. 23

5.6

Other performance guidelines ................................................................................................................................

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....................................... 23

Naming conventions................................................................................................................................
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................................ 31

6.2

ABAP development................................
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....................................................... 33

6.3

ABAP Objects Programming................................................................................................................................

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..................................... 3635

6.4

Data Dictionary ................................................................

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............................. 37

6.5

ALE/IDOC Developments ................................................................................................................................

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............................................. 39

6.6

Business Object and BAPI developments ................................................................................................

..................................................... 40

6.7

Workflow Developments ................................................................................................................................

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........................................... 4140

6.8

Print Workbench and Layout Sets ................................................................................................................................

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................................. 44

6.9

ITS developments.........................................................................................................................................................
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......................... 45

6.10

Business Server Page (BSP) Applications ................................................................................................

.................................................... 45

6.11

SAPSCRIPT Development ................................................................................................................................

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........................................... 46

6.12

Authorisations ................................................................
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............................... 46

6.13

Legacy System Migration Workbench (LSMW) ................................................................................................

............................................. 47

6.14

ABAP Query ................................................................

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................................. 47

Documentation standards.......................................................................................................................
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....................... 49

7.1

Header Documentation Box ................................................................................................................................

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.......................................... 49

7.2

Comment Box ................................................................

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........................... 5049

7.3

Comment box before FORM/METHOD declaration

declaration................................................................................................
....................................... 50

7.4

Comment lines................................................................
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