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Background documentation SAP List Viewer in Web Dynpro for ABAP Locate the document in its SAP Library structure

SAP List Viewer (ALV) is a flexible tool used to display lists and tabular structures.  The tool provides common list operations as standard functions and can be enhanced by self-defined options. This allows you to use the ALV in a large range of application programs.

For the end user, the standard output consists of a toolbar, a header, and the output table. The user can change and make settings for the column display, more complex sorting options, aggregations, and so on by using the additional dialog box. As the developer of the application, you have various options to define the appearance, function, and run-time behavior of this ALV output.

You can also use the ALV component. You include this component in the component of your application (as with all other predefined components). You have all the means, therefore, to provide the user of your application with a powerful tool for displaying lists.

Features

The ALV component is partly based on the Web Dynpro table UI element. This means that many of the properties of the table element are supported. This includes the use of different cell editors, background colors, and size specifications. The following options are also available:

·        You determine which columns are contained in the user's column set, and which of these are visible when calling the ALV output.

·        You can sort and filter the values of the ALV output, and perform calculations.

·        You decide whether and to what extent the ALV output can be edited.

·        You determine which UI elements in the cells display the values of the columns.

·        You provide the UI elements in the toolbar with which the user can perform application-specific functions.

·        You determine whether and how user interactions in the ALV output are handled.

·        The user can save settings in different views.

·        You can configure special areas above and below the ALV output.

·        And much more…

 

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