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SELECT-OPTIONS - Short Reference

Reference

Other versions: 7.31 | 7.40 | 7.54

Syntax

SELECT-OPTIONS selcrit FOR {dobj|(name)} 
              [OBLIGATORY|NO-DISPLAY] 

              [VISIBLE LENGTH vlen] 

              [NO-EXTENSION] 

              [NO INTERVALS] 

              [MODIF ID modid] 

              [DEFAULT val1 [TO val2] [OPTION opt] [SIGN sign]] 

              [LOWER CASE] 

              [MATCHCODE OBJECT search_help] 

              [MEMORY ID pid] 

              [NO DATABASE SELECTION] 

              [HELP-REQUEST  [FOR {LOW|HIGH}]] 

              [VALUE-REQUEST [FOR {LOW|HIGH}]]. 

Effect

Declares an internal selection table selcrit for a selection criterion and creates the corresponding input fields on the current selection screen.

Additions

• FOR {dobj|(name)}
  Specifies the data type with a static reference to a data object dobj or defines the data type using c with a length of 45, and represents the input fields according to the type specified dynamically in name.
• OBLIGATORY
  Defines the first input field as an obligatory field.
• NO-DISPLAY
  No input fields are created on the selection screen.
• VISIBLE LENGTH vlen
  Sets the visible length of the input fields to vlen.
• NO-EXTENSION
  Prevents multiple selections.
• NO INTERVALS
  Only the first input field on the selection screen is created.
• MODIF ID modid
  Assigns the input fields to the modification group modid.
• DEFAULT val1 [TO val2] [OPTION opt] [SIGN sign]
  Creates start values val1, val2, opt, and sign for the first row of the selection table.
• LOWER CASE
  Prevents the content of character-type data objects from being converted into uppercase when they are transferred between input fields and an internal table.
• MATCHCODE OBJECT search_help
  Links the input fields with a search help search_help from the ABAP Dictionary.
• MEMORY ID pid
  Links the first input field with the SPA/GPA parameter pid in the SAP memory.
• NO DATABASE SELECTION
  After selection screen processing, the selection table is not sent to the logical database as a dynamic selection.
• [HELP-REQUEST] [VALUE-REQUEST] [FOR {LOW|HIGH}]
  Obsolete: enables self-defined field helps (in logical databases) and input helps for the first or second input field.