ASSIGN COMPONENT ... OF STRUCTURE with dynamic work area

[Former Member]

Here's a beginner's question.

The background: I'm getting data from on a table in client 000 via RFC_READ_TABLE. Now I'd like to append each line from that table to an internal table. That internal table is a field symbol <ttable_000> typed as ANY STANDARD TABLE, because I'm looping over a list of unknown tables.

Consequently, the work area <wa_ttable> I'm trying to fill and then append to <ttable_000> is also a field symbol:

 CREATE DATA lo_data_structure LIKE LINE OF <ttable_000> .
  ASSIGN lo_data_structure TO <wa_ttable>.

Now here's my code to fill the internal table <ttable_000> with the data from the table in client 000:

FIELD-SYMBOLS: <column> TYPE any.

  DATA: index           TYPE i VALUE 0,
        fieldname_000   TYPE string,
        fieldlength_000 TYPE i,
        fieldoffset_000 TYPE i,
        wa_data_000     LIKE LINE OF data_000,
        wa_fields_000   LIKE LINE OF fields_000.

LOOP AT data_000 INTO wa_data_000.
    CLEAR index.
    LOOP AT fields_000 INTO wa_fields_000.
      fieldname_000 = wa_fields_000-fieldname.
      fieldlength_000 = wa_fields_000-length.
      fieldoffset_000 = wa_fields_000-offset.
      index = index + 1.
      ASSIGN COMPONENT index OF STRUCTURE <wa_ttable> TO <column>.
      <column> = wa_data_000-wa+fieldoffset_000(fieldlength_000). <br>
    ENDLOOP.
    INSERT <wa_ttable> INTO TABLE <ttable_000>.

ENDLOOP.

When I now stop at this line in the debugger:

<column> = wa_data_000-wa+fieldoffset_000(fieldlength_000)

I notice the <column> field symbol has not been assigned, so I get a dump after that line.

What am I missing? It seems the ASSIGN COMPONENT ... OF STRUCTURE statement should assign the field symbol properly.

[NTeunckens · Accepted solution]

Hello Martin,

If I'm correct in assessing your requirements, you could make further use of the ABAP RTTS-functionalities ...

Please see the below Code-Sample and try it out :

"AS A DEMO Fetch data that normally comes from the RFC ...
DATA your_rfc_tab TYPE STANDARD TABLE OF mara.

REFRESH your_rfc_tab.
SELECT * UP TO 100 ROWS
  FROM mara
  INTO TABLE your_rfc_tab.
IF sy-subrc <> 0.
  EXIT.
ENDIF.

DATA:
  lo_data           TYPE REF TO data,
  lo_rfc_tabdescr   TYPE REF TO cl_abap_tabledescr,
  lo_rfc_strucdescr TYPE REF TO cl_abap_structdescr,
  lo_rfc_elemdescr  TYPE REF TO cl_abap_elemdescr,
  lt_rfc_components TYPE cl_abap_structdescr=>component_table,
  lt_components     TYPE cl_abap_structdescr=>component_table.

FIELD-SYMBOLS:
  <your_rfc_tab> TYPE STANDARD TABLE, "ANY TABLE,
  <value>        TYPE any.

"Object-Reference
GET REFERENCE OF your_rfc_tab INTO lo_data.
ASSIGN lo_data->* TO <your_rfc_tab>.

"Get Table-Struct-Components
lo_rfc_tabdescr   ?= cl_abap_tabledescr=>describe_by_data( <your_rfc_tab> ).
lo_rfc_strucdescr ?= lo_rfc_tabdescr->get_table_line_type( ).
lt_rfc_components = lo_rfc_strucdescr->get_components( ).

LOOP AT <your_rfc_tab> ASSIGNING FIELD-SYMBOL(<rfc_structure>).
  LOOP AT lt_rfc_components ASSIGNING FIELD-SYMBOL(<rfc_component>).
  "IF YOU NEED FIELDCATALOG-data ...
  "lo_rfc_elemdescr ?= cl_abap_elemdescr=>describe_by_name( <rfc_component>-type->get_relative_name( ) ).

    "Check NAME / ABSOLUTE / RELATIVE Name as Mapping-Source
    ASSIGN COMPONENT <rfc_component>-name OF STRUCTURE <rfc_structure> TO <value>.
    ASSIGN COMPONENT <rfc_component>-type->absolute_name+6 OF STRUCTURE <rfc_structure> TO <value>.
    ASSIGN COMPONENT <rfc_component>-type->get_relative_name( ) OF STRUCTURE <rfc_structure> TO <value>.

    IF <value> IS ASSIGNED.
      "DO YOUR THING ... 
      "Map with Table in Current System, Create New (Table)Type based on FieldCatalog-data, ...
    ENDIF.

  ENDLOOP.
  UNASSIGN <rfc_component>.
ENDLOOP.
UNASSIGN <rfc_structure>.

I've tested this in this DEMO as well as in an RFC-scenario, it should work ...
Via RTTS-functions you could also Dynamically create Structures and TableTypes to insert your <VALUE> accordingly in your (receiving) System if need be ...

There's a lot of documentation on this, so please check the SAP Wiki / SAP Help Website / SAP Community Blogs ...

Hope this helps you out ...

Nic T.

[Former Member]

Yes, that does indeed work. Many thanks! I have meanwhile found a solution on my own, strangely, sap.com did not alert me to your answer. For completeness sake, here's the code snippet that I'm currently using:

  DATA:

    obj_data   TYPE REF TO data,

    data_000   LIKE TABLE OF tab512,

    fields_000 LIKE TABLE OF rfc_db_fld.



  FIELD-SYMBOLS: <ttable_current> TYPE STANDARD TABLE,

                 <ttable_000>     TYPE STANDARD TABLE,

                 <wa_ttable>      TYPE any.



  CREATE DATA obj_data TYPE TABLE OF (wa_tablelist-tablename).

  CREATE DATA obj_data TYPE TABLE OF (wa_tablelist-tablename).

  ASSIGN obj_data->* TO <ttable_000>.

  FREE : obj_data.

  CREATE DATA obj_data TYPE (wa_tablelist-tablename).

  ASSIGN obj_data->* TO <wa_ttable>.

  FREE : obj_data.



*get data from 000

  CALL FUNCTION 'RFC_READ_TABLE' DESTINATION 'NSP000'

    EXPORTING

      query_table          = wa_tablelist-tablename

    TABLES

      data                 = data_000

      fields               = fields_000

    EXCEPTIONS

      not_authorized       = 1

      data_buffer_exceeded = 2

      OTHERS               = 3.



  IF sy-subrc <> 0.



*Implement error handling here



  ENDIF.



*put data into table by getting length and string

  DATA: index         TYPE sy-tfill,

        wa_data_000   LIKE LINE OF data_000,

        wa_fields_000 LIKE LINE OF fields_000,

        columnvalue   TYPE string.



  FIELD-SYMBOLS: <column> TYPE any.



  DESCRIBE TABLE fields_000 LINES sy-tfill.



  IF sy-subrc IS INITIAL.

    index = sy-tfill.

  ENDIF.



  LOOP AT data_000 INTO wa_data_000.

    DO index TIMES.

      READ TABLE fields_000 INTO wa_fields_000 INDEX sy-index.

      ASSIGN COMPONENT wa_fields_000-fieldname OF STRUCTURE <wa_ttable> TO <column>.

      IF <column> IS ASSIGNED AND sy-subrc IS INITIAL.

        MOVE :  wa_data_000-wa+wa_fields_000-offset(wa_fields_000-length) TO <column>.

      ENDIF.

    ENDDO.

    APPEND <wa_ttable> TO <ttable_000>.

    CLEAR wa_data_000-wa.

  ENDLOOP.