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Use this method to pass data records that you can later merge into the mail merge document using merge_one or merge_range .

You need a table containing the requisite data. A line of the table contains all of the data required for the fields in a single letter.

CALL METHOD mail_merge->set_data_source
EXPORTING ddic_name = ddic_name
description = description
date = date
time = time
no_flush = no_flush
IMPORTING error = error
retcode = retcode
CHANGING  data_table = data_table
fields_table = fields_table
properties = properties.
         

Parameter

Optional

Description

ddic_name

X

Name of the table or structure in the ABAP Dictionary.

description

X

Description of the table

date

X

Date of last change

time

X

Time of last change

data_table

Data table

fields_table

X

Description of the table structure (if you have not already passed it using the ddic_name parameter).

Create the table with reference to the type SOI_FIELDS_TABLE .

properties

X

Additional properties

Create the table with reference to the type SOI_PROPERTIES_TABLE .