The Transformation Editor is a tool for defining transformations that are later executed on the application server. XML documents can be transformed into XHTML and HTML documents, or into ABAP data structures. Two different protocols are available for this transformation: XSLT and Simple Transformations.
Knowledge of XSLT or Simple Transformations is a prerequisite for using the Transformation Editor.
The Transformation Editor is a development tool completely integrated in the ABAP Workbench. The development objects created there (called XSLT or Simple Transformation programs) are stored in the Repository and linked to the Transport Organizer.
You can use the Transformation Editor to:
● Create transformation programs for defining transformation rules
● Edit source code using the Tag Browser (XSLT, HTML, WML, XHTML)
● Check and activate transformation programs
● Test transformations
● Create breakpoints while you debug transformations.
To start the Transformation Editor, in the Object Navigator (transaction SE80), choose the package you need. Under Transformations, choose the required transformation program.
● While editing the source text, the tool support is limited to inserting tags from the Tag Browser.
● When you test transformation programs, you can use only local files (files from the file directory of the frontend) as source and target documents.
Creating a Transformation Program
Testing a Transformation Program
Creating Breakpoints in XSLT Programs
Debugging XSLT Transformations