Display Options for Fields

Standard / new lengths (only for ABAP lists)

Beside each field name, SAP Query displays the standard output length of a field. If you want to change this length, specify the new output length in the New column.

Increasing the output length is particularly useful if you are adding fields together and the output length required by the total is greater than that of the individual fields.

Position (only for ABAP lists)

In the Position column, you can specify explicitly the position in which you want a field to be displayed. The ruler in the part of the screen where the line structure is displayed helps you to find the exact position for the field.

Rnd

In the Rounding (Rnd) column, you determine the number of decimal places that a number is rounded up or down to.

Unit

In the Unit column, you specify where you want to display the currencies and units for the values in currency fields and quantity fields; behind the field, in front of the field, or not at all.

Colors

In the Color column, you assign a color to each field. This color can be different to the color of the line defined on the previous screen.

You use the input help button to assign colors to fields. Each field is assigned the Line Color color-value by default. This means that the field is displayed in the color that has been determined for the line, in which it appears.

The Key color has a special meaning. It ensures that any field displayed in this color can never be moved horizontally in the display. With lists that are wider than the window, in which they are displayed on the screen, it is therefore easy to define key columns that remain in the visible part of the screen when the list is scrolled horizontally.

Template

You can define special output templates for individual fields.

<>0

The <> 0 option allows you to suppress the output of numeric fields containing 0. With non-numeric fields (character strings), leading zeros are not displayed.