Specifying the Initial View of Applications 
Different people can influence the properties with which the ALV output starts:
The application developer who uses the ALV configuration model to create the ALV output through programming and therefore specifies the [Default View].
If no further configurations are made, the system always starts the ALV output exactly as specified in the coding. In the View dropdown list, this view is displayed to all users as the [Default View] when the application starts.
The application developer who specifies a configuration data record of the ALV output as the start configuration in the application configurator.
In the View dropdown list, this view is displayed to all users when the application starts. Users can still select the unchanged [Default View] from the list.
The administrator who modifies the properties of the [Default View] by means of customization.
In the View dropdown list, this view is displayed to all users as the [Default View] when the application starts.
The administrator who specifies one of the available views as the initial view by means of customization.
In the View dropdown list, this view is displayed to all users when the application starts.
The user who specifies one of the available views as the initial view by means of personalization.
In the View dropdown list, this view is offered to the user when the application starts.
The following section describes how you as the application developer specify a configuration data record of the ALV output as the start configuration.
More information:
Prerequisites
You are authorized to save configuration data records and to change application configurations.
You have saved at least one configuration data record for the ALV output (see Saving Configuration Data Records).
If the application contains more than one ALV output, you must know the name of the component usage that contains the current ALV output (see also Defining the Component Usage).
Procedure
1. Determining the Configuration ID of the Current View
Note
The description that you enter when you save a view does not have to be unique. You cannot therefore use the description if you subsequently choose the view for the start configuration. Instead, you require the unique configuration ID. The system automatically creates this ID.
To be able to determine the correct configuration data record in a later step, you require the configuration ID of the respective view.
Start the application in configuration mode (see Saving Configuration Data Records).
Open the Settings dialog box of the ALV output for which you want to specify the start configuration and load the required view.
Choose Properties.
The configuration ID of the view is displayed in the Properties dialog box.
Copy the configuration ID of the view, for example into a text editor, so that you can use the ID as a comparison in a later step.
2. Specifying the Configuration Data Record as the Start Configuration
You can save different configurations to each application. One property of such a configuration is the view of an ALV output that is specified as the start configuration.
Start the application configurator as described in Application Configuration under The Application Configurator, and create an application configuration or choose an existing one.
In the Assignment of the Component Configurations list, all component usages that are defined for the application are displayed.
Select the entry with the component usage of the ALV output for which you want to specify the start configuration.
In this row, click in the Configuration column and open the F4 help for this cell.
All views of the system are listed here, sorted according to their configuration ID.
Scroll to the configuration ID that you determined as described above, and find the required view on the basis of the configuration ID. Apply this view to the list.