field-set Macro

You use the field-set macro to assign values to ITS variables in the active context. This allows you to set the values of a single variable (especially if that variable contains a large amount of data) or build up an array of values from one column of a table.

Typically, you set these values in the PBO module of a transaction when you are preparing data for display. You can even make multiple field-set calls in separate PBO modules.

field-set
contextfield-name     (in, CHAR)
contextfield-index    (in, NUM)
contextfield-value    (in, CHAR)
         

Suppose you are processing an internal table, which has the following structure and contents:

MATNO   QTY   DESC
1234     1    10 mm drill bit
5678     1    Drill bit case
         

You can define the contents of this table to the ITS with the following ABAP code:

data counter type i.
   counter = 1.

   loop at matinfo.
      field-set 'matinfo-matno' counter matinfo-matno.
      field-set 'matinfo-qty'   counter matinfo-qty.
      field-set 'matinfo-desc'  counter matinfo-desc.
      add 1 to counter.
   endloop.

         

The variable name you use as the first parameter can be any name you like. This is the name used by the ITS to identify the variable

For performance reasons, field-set calls are first buffered on the application server. To transfer all data accumulated by field-set calls to the ITS, you use the field-transport macro.