Inserting Fields

You use this procedure to add existing fields from the ABAP Dictionary or a program to a screen in the Screen Painter.

1. Navigate to your screen in the Object Navigator (transaction SE80).
2. To switch to the graphical mode of the Screen Painter, choose the Layout pushbutton.
3. From the toolbar, choose the Dictionary/Program Fields Window pushbutton.

   The Dict./Program fields window appears.

4. In the Table/Field Name field, enter a table or a field name.

   You can enter field names generically but you must always specify table names in full.

5. Choose Get from Dictionary or Get from Program depending on what you have entered in the Table/Field Name field.
6. Select one or more fields.
7. Choose Continue.

   In the work area, the system displays the cursor and an outline of the field block consisting of the selected field.

8. Position the field block on the screen.
   Note

   When you add elements that do not have corresponding fields in a program or in the ABAP Dictionary, you must provide the field name explicitly. The name can be up to 130 characters long and may contain alphabetic, numeric and some special characters like # (pound sign), / (forward slash), - (dash), _ (underscore),$ (dollar sign). If you enter a field name with a - (dash), the system checks if the field is present in the ABAP Dictionary.