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CALL FUNCTION - Short Reference

Reference

Other versions: 7.31 | 7.40 | 7.54

Syntax

CALL FUNCTION func [ {IN UPDATE TASK} 
       
           | { [ {STARTING NEW TASK task} 
 
                     | {IN BACKGROUND TASK [AS SEPARATE UNIT]} ] 

                       [DESTINATION dest] } 

                   | {IN BACKGROUND UNIT} ] 

                   [{CALLING meth}|{PERFORMING subr} ON END OF TASK] 

                   {[EXPORTING p1 = a1 p2 = a2 ...] 

                     [IMPORTING  p1 = a1 p2 = a2 ...] 

                     [TABLES     t1 = itab1 t2 = itab2 ...] 

                     [CHANGING   p1 = a1 p2 = a2 ...] 

                     [EXCEPTIONS [exc1 = n1 exc2 = n2 ...] 

                 
               [error_message = n_error] 

                 
               [system_failure = ns 

                 
                 [MESSAGE smess]] 

                 
               [communication_failure = nc 

                 
                 [MESSAGE cmess]] 

                 
               [resource_failure = nc] 

                 
               [OTHERS = n_others]]} 

                   | {[PARAMETER-TABLE ptab] 

                       [EXCEPTION-TABLE etab] }. 

Effect

Calls the function module specified in func.

Additions

• IN UPDATE TASK
  Registers an update function module.
• DESTINATION, STARTING NEW TASK, IN BACKGROUND TASK|UNIT
  Synchronous, asynchronous, background, or transactional RFC.
• {CALLING meth}|{PERFORMING subr} ON END OF TASK
  At the end of an asynchronous RFC, calls method meth or subroutine subr.
• EXPORTING p1 = a1 p2 = a2 ...
  Passes actual parameters a1, a2, ... to input parameters p1, p2, ...
• IMPORTING p1 = a1 p2 = a2 ...
  Inherits output parameters p1, p2, ... in actual parameters a1, a2, ...
• TABLES t1 = itab1 t2 = itab2 ...
  Assigns internal tables itab1, itab2, ... to table parameters t1, t2, ...
• CHANGING p1 = a1 p2 = a2 ...
  Assigns actual parameters a1, a2, ... to input/output parameters p1, p2, ...
• EXCEPTIONS
  Enables the handling of non-class-based exceptions:
  
  exc1 = n1 exc2 = n2 ... - Assigns numbers n1, n2, ... to the classic exceptions exc1, exc2, ... for the return code sy-subrc.
  
  error_message = n_error - Handles messages using the special exception error_message.
  
  system_failure, communication_failure, resource_failure - Handle special classical exceptions by passing the first line of the short dump to smess or cmess.
  
  OTHERS = n_others - Assigns a number n_others for the return code sy-subrc to all exceptions not named explicitly.
• PARAMETER-TABLE ptab
  Assigns dynamic actual parameters to formal parameters using an internal table ptab of the type ABAP_FUNC_PARMBIND_TAB.
• EXCEPTION-TABLE etab
  Assigns dynamic return values to non-class-based exceptions using an internal table etab of the type ABAP_FUNC_EXCPBIND_TAB.