Accessing Data Preview

Prerequisites

You have already created an ABAP project. For information, see Creating ABAP Projects.
You have added ABAP packages required for your work in the favorite list. For information, see Adding or Removing a Favorite Package.

Procedure

In the Project Explorer view, choose the required ABAP project.
Choose the required ABAP package.
Navigate to the required database table or view in the ABAP Data Dictionary.
In the context menu, choose Open Data Preview.

Project Explorer context menu with the open data preview option

You can also use the combination key Alt + F8 to open a database table or a view in the ABAP Data Dictionary.

Results

The Data Preview tool displays the top 100 records from the selected database table or view by default.