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Creation of Drop Down in ALV in
Web Dynpro ABAP
Applies to:
Web Dynpro ABAP. For more information, visit the Web Dynpro ABAP homepage.
Summary
The Paper here tells how to get a drop down in ALV in web Dynpro ABAP. By following the steps given here
one will be able to understand getting drop down in Web Dynpro ALV and also how to populate the values in
the drop down displayed. It is assumed that the reader knows how to display an editable ALV before hand.

Author: Shitanshu Sahai
Company: L&T Infotech
Created on: 28 December 2010
Author Bio
Shitanshu Sahai is a development consultant at L&T Infotech. He has worked on projects and
gained practical experience in Web Dynpro ABAP development, in the creation of concepts code
reviews. Shitanshu is very interested in new technologies. Currently he is dealing with Web
Dynpro ABAP.
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Table of Contents
Creation of web Dynpro component ................................................................................................................... 3
Creation of Attribute Valueset for Dropdown In ALV .......................................................................................... 4
Method DOINIT ................................................................................................................................................... 5
Result.. ..................................................................................................................................................... 6
Related Content .................................................................................................................................................. 7
Disclaimer and Liability Notice ............................................................................................................................ 8

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Creation of web Dynpro component
Transaction used : SE80


Create a view for ALV and check whether alv is getting displayed or not. If the alv is not displayed
kindly check and correct it to get the alv displayed.
Now decide the column in which you want to display the drop down as per the requirement given to
you.
In the example here I have taken the column name as TYPES
Now add an attribute say VALUESET in the node of the ALV

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Creation of Attribute Valueset for Dropdown In ALV

The Type of Value set must be WDR_CONTEXT_ATTR_VALUE_LIST

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Method DOINIT
DATA: LT_VALUESET TYPE TABLE OF WDR_CONTEXT_ATTR_VALUE,
LS_VALUESET TYPE WDR_CONTEXT_ATTR_VALUE.
DATA LV_VALUE TYPE REF TO CL_SALV_WD_CONFIG_TABLE.
LV_VALUE->IF_SALV_WD_TABLE_SETTINGS~SET_DATA_CHECK
( IF_SALV_WD_C_TABLE_SETTINGS=>DATA_CHECK_ON_CELL_EVENT ).
DATA: LR_COL TYPE REF TO CL_SALV_WD_COLUMN,
LR_DROPDOWN TYPE REF TO CL_SALV_WD_UIE_DROPDOWN_BY_KEY.
LO_VALUE = LO_INTERFACECONTROLLER->GET_MODEL( ).
LO_VALUE->IF_SALV_WD_TABLE_SETTINGS~SET_READ_ONLY( ABAP_FALSE ).
LR_COLUMN = LO_VALUE->IF_SALV_WD_COLUMN_SETTINGS~GET_COLUMN( ID = 'TYPES' ).
CREATE OBJECT LR_DROPDOWN EXPORTING SELECTED_KEY_FIELDNAME = 'TYPES'.
LR_COLUMN->SET_CELL_EDITOR( LR_DROPDOWN ).
DATA: LT_VALUESET TYPE TABLE OF WDR_CONTEXT_ATTR_VALUE,
LS_VALUESET TYPE WDR_CONTEXT_ATTR_VALUE,
LR_NODE TYPE REF TO IF_WD_CONTEXT_NODE,
LR_NODEINFO TYPE REF TO IF_WD_CONTEXT_NODE_INFO.
LR_NODE = WD_CONTEXT->GET_CHILD_NODE( 'CTX_VN_ALV_TABLE' ).
LR_NODEINFO = LR_NODE->GET_NODE_INFO( ).
* navigate from <CONTEXT> to <CTX_VN_ALV_TABLE> via lead selection
LO_ND_CTX_VN_ALV_TABLE = WD_CONTEXT->GET_CHILD_NODE( NAME = WD_THIS-
>WDCTX_CTX_VN_ALV_TABLE ).
* get element via lead selection
LO_EL_CTX_VN_ALV_TABLE = LO_ND_CTX_VN_ALV_TABLE->GET_ELEMENT( ).
* @TODO handle not set lead selection
IF LO_EL_CTX_VN_ALV_TABLE IS INITIAL.
ENDIF.
CALL METHOD LO_ND_CTX_VN_ALV_TABLE->GET_STATIC_ATTRIBUTES_TABLE
IMPORTING
TABLE = LT_ALV.
*append ls_valueset to lt_valueset.
LS_VALUESET-VALUE = 'FIRST'.
LS_VALUESET-TEXT = 'FIRST'.
APPEND LS_VALUESET TO LT_VALUESET.

LS_VALUESET-VALUE = 'SECOND.
LS_VALUESET-TEXT = 'SECOND'.
APPEND LS_VALUESET TO LT_VALUESET.
LR_NODEINFO->SET_ATTRIBUTE_VALUE_SET(
EXPORTING
NAME = 'TYPES'
VALUE_SET = LT_VALUESET


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Result
If the steps are correctly followed you will see the following result when you execute the code.


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Related Content
SAP Community Network Forums Application Server Web Dynpro ABAP
SAP List Viewer in Web Dynpro - Editing ALV
Using Dynamic ALV with Web Dynpro ABAP with Editable Fields
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