Tag: CL_SALV_COLUMN_TABLE

How to color the complete column of the SAP ALV Display of type CL_SALV_COLUMN_TABLE

The method set_color of the class CL_SALV_COLUMN_TABLE can be used to color the column of SAP ALV Display.

The color codes are much similar to old ALV Display of type CL_GUI_ALV_GRID

DATA lr_all_columns TYPE REF TO cl_salv_columns_table.

DATA lr_single_column TYPE REF TO cl_salv_column_table.

Lr_all_columns = lr_salv_table->get_columns( ).

Lr_single_column ?= lr_all_columns->get_column(‘CONTACT_NAME’).

DATA ls_color_column TYPE lvc_s_scol.

Ls_color_column-col = 7.

Ls_color_column-int = 1.

Ls_color_column-inv = 1.

Lr_single_column->set_color( value = ls_color_column ).

The column ‘Contact_name’ is colored or highlighted in orange colour.

The following table shows the other different colour codes. It is same as the old ALV Display.

Colorcolor_codecolintinv
GreenC510510
RedC610610
OrangeC711711
Color Codes

How to optimize the width of the column of type CL_SALV_COLUMNS_TABLE

               The width of the column is optimized through three methods.

  1. Optimize all columns.
  2. Optimize one single column.
  3. Manually set the width of columns.

The optimization is based on the content of the ALV Table.

  1. Optimize all columns.

In order to optimize all the columns of the ALV Table, call the set_optimize method of the columns object.

DATA lr_all_columns TYPE REF TO cl_salv_columns_table.

lr_all_columns = lr_alv_grid->get_columns ( ).

lr_all_columns->set_optimize ( ).

  • Optimize one single column.

‘SET_OPTIMIZED ( )’ method of the cl_salv_column_table is used to optimize the single column of the ALV Table.

DATA lr_all_columns TYPE REF TO cl_salv_columns_table.

DATA lr_single_column TYPE REF TO cl_salv_column_table.

lr_all_columns = lr_alv_grid -> get_columns ( ).

lr_single_column ?= lr_all_columns -> get_column ( ‘Contact_name’ ).

lr_single_column -> set_optimized ( abap_true ).

  • Manual adjustment of column width.

The method set_output_length of the class cl_salv_column_table can be used to set the width of the particular column to a specific predefined value.

DATA lr_all_columns TYPE REF TO cl_salv_columns_table.

DATA lr_single_column TYPE REF TO cl_salv_column_table.

lr_all_columns = lr_alv_grid -> get_columns ( ).

lr_single_column ?= lr_all_columns -> get_column ( ‘Contact_name’ ).

lr_single_column -> set_output_length ( 50 ).

The above manual adjustment of column width will be ignored, if the columns are optimized with the set_optimize ( ) method.

How to rename columns in SAP ALV DISPLAY of type CL_SALV_COLUMNS_TABLE.

The columns can be renamed with the object of the class cl_salv_column_table. There are four methods available such as SET_SHORT_TEXT (), SET_MEDIUM_TEXT(), SET_LONG_TEXT and SET_TOOLTIP(). The method can be chosen based on our requirement of text length.

DATA lr_salv_columns_table TYPE REF TO cl_salv_columns_table.

DATA lr_salv_column_table TYPE REF TO cl_salv_column_table.

DATA lv_short_text TYPE scrtext_s.

DATA lv_medium_text TYPE scrtext_m.

DATA lv_long_text TYPE scrtext_l.

DATA lv_tip_text TYPE lvc_tip.

lr_salv_columns_table = lr_alv_grid -> get_columns ().

lr_salv_column_table ?= lr_salv_columns_table -> get_column(‘CONTACT_NAME’).

lv_short_text = ‘short_contact_name’.

lr_salv_column_table -> set_short_text (lv_short_text).

lv_medium_text = ‘medium_contact_name’.

lr_salv_column_table -> set_medium_text (lv_medium_text).

lv_long_text = ‘long_contact_name’.

lr_salv_column_table -> set_long_text (lv_long_text).

lv_tip_text = ‘tip_contact_name’.

lr_salv_column_table -> set_tooltip(lv_tip_text).

If you wish to force the ABAP execution to use the short text instead of other texts, then there is an easy way to achieve this. Just ignore assigning the medium and long text, then it automatically considers the short text. The other two text formats are ignored by default.