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Procedure documentationConverting QuickViews to Queries  Locate the document in its SAP Library structure

Use

You can convert any QuickView into a query. More functions and report forms are available in SAP Query than in the QuickViewer. In addition, SAP Query allows you to re-use transfer queries to other systems and clients.

Prerequisites

In order to convert a QuickView into a query, first choose a user group that you are assigned to and that you will subsequently want to assign your query to. If the QuickView you want to convert is based on an InfoSet, then this InfoSet must be assigned to your user group.

Procedure

To convert a QuickView to a query, proceed as follows:

  1. Choose Utilities SAP Query Queries in the ABAP Workbench.
  2. Choose Change user group. Select the user group you want.
  3. Choose Query Convert QuickView. The following dialog box appears:
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  5. Enter a name for the query.
  6. Enter a name of your choice for the InfoSet if the QuickView you want to convert has been created using a logical database, a table, or a table join. The InfoSet will then be generated automatically. Query functionality is based on InfoSets. In order to be able to proceed in SAP Query, an InfoSet must be defined for your query.