Defining the Current Display Variant

Defining the Current Display Variant

Use

You can define the current list display with this function.

Procedure

To change the display variant:

Choose .

If you are using the full-screen mode, choose , or choose Settings ® Display variant ® Current.

The Define display variants dialog box shows the fields displayed and the fields hidden:

For more information on displaying or hiding fields in the list, see Displaying and Hiding Fields.

To sort the hidden fields, choose

. To search for a field name in the hidden fields, choose

The column sequence is determined by the number in the Pos. field.

To change the column sequence, overwrite the number.
To sort the display fields by position number, use .

To change the display length, enter the desired length in the Length column.
To return to the standard length, select the relevant column and choose .
If you can display totals for a column, you can specify in the Total column in the display fields whether they should be displayed in the display variant.
Using the clipboard, you can cut and paste a field from the display fields or hidden fields.

Select a display field or hidden field and choose . The field is placed on the clipboard.

Only one field can be placed on the clipboard. As soon as you cut another field, the field in the clipboard is assigned to the hidden field.

To transfer the clipboard content to the display fields, select the field above which the clipboard content should be inserted, and choose .

Choose to copy the entries and exit the dialog box.

If you exit the ALV without having saved the display variant, your settings are not saved. The next time you call up the list, the standard settings appear; you can no longer call up your display variant.