{"id":7592,"date":"2025-08-24T02:26:30","date_gmt":"2025-08-23T20:56:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sapewmhelp.com\/?question=what-is-an-alv-report-in-sap"},"modified":"2025-08-24T02:27:49","modified_gmt":"2025-08-23T20:57:49","slug":"what-is-an-alv-report-in-sap","status":"publish","type":"question","link":"https:\/\/www.sapewmhelp.com\/?question=what-is-an-alv-report-in-sap","title":{"rendered":"What is an ALV Report in SAP?"},"content":{"rendered":"

The ABAP List Viewer (ALV)<\/strong> is a powerful reporting tool in SAP that displays data in a structured grid or table format. It comes with many built-in features such as sorting, filtering, subtotals, totals, column resizing, and even options to export reports to Excel or PDF\u2014all without the need for additional coding. ALV reports are highly user-friendly, enabling business users to analyze and work with data in a way that feels similar to Excel. From a development perspective, ALV can be easily implemented using standard function modules or object-oriented classes like CL_SALV_TABLE<\/strong>, making it both efficient for developers and convenient for end users.<\/p>\n

Code:<\/strong><\/p>\n

REPORT\u00a0<\/span>ztest_program_2.<\/span><\/p>\n

*—\u00a0Internal\u00a0Table\u00a0&\u00a0Workarea<\/span>
DATA<\/span>:\u00a0<\/span>gt_mara\u00a0TYPE\u00a0<\/span>TABLE\u00a0<\/span>OF\u00a0<\/span>mara,<\/span>
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0gs_mara\u00a0TYPE\u00a0<\/span>mara.<\/span><\/p>\n

*—\u00a0Select\u00a0Data<\/span>
SELECT\u00a0<\/span>*\u00a0FROM\u00a0<\/span>mara\u00a0INTO\u00a0<\/span>TABLE\u00a0<\/span>gt_mara\u00a0UP\u00a0<\/span>TO\u00a0<\/span>50\u00a0<\/span>ROWS<\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n

*—\u00a0Display\u00a0Using\u00a0SALV<\/span>
DATA\u00a0<\/span>lo_alv\u00a0TYPE\u00a0<\/span>REF\u00a0<\/span>TO\u00a0<\/span>cl_salv_table.<\/span><\/p>\n

cl_salv_table=><\/span>factory(<\/span>
\u00a0\u00a0IMPORTING<\/span>
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0r_salv_table\u00a0=\u00a0<\/span>lo_alv
\u00a0\u00a0CHANGING<\/span>
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0t_table\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0=\u00a0<\/span>gt_mara\u00a0)<\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n

lo_alv-><\/span>display(\u00a0<\/span>)<\/span>.<\/span><\/span> <\/p>\n

\n

Ouput:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

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