Friday, June 1, 2018

SAP ABAP Interview Questions & Answers.

SAP ABAP Interview Questions & Answers.

1. What is the typical structure of an ABAP program? 
2. What are field symbols and field groups.? Have you used "component 
idx of structure" clause with field groups? 
3. What should be the approach for writing a BDC program? 
4. What is a batch input session? 
5. What is the alternative to batch input session? 
6. A situation: An ABAP program creates a batch input session. We need to submit 
the program and the batch session in background. 
How to do it? 
7. What is the difference between a pool table and a transparent table and how they
 are stored at the database level? 
8. What are the problems in processing batch input sessions? How is batch input
 process different from processing on line? 
9. What do you define in the domain and data element? 
10. What are the different types of data dictionary objects? 
11. How many types of tables exist and what are they in data dictionary? 
12. What is the step-by-step process to create a table in data dictionary? 
13. Can a transparent table exist in data dictionary but not in the database physically? 
14. What are the domains and data elements? 
15. Can you create a table with fields not referring to data elements? 
16. What is the advantage of structures? How do you use them in the ABAP programs? 
17. What does an extract statement do in the ABAP program? 
18. What is a collect statement? How is it different from append? 
19. What is open sql vs native sql? 
20. What does an EXEC SQL stmt do in ABAP? What is the disadvantage of using it? 
21. What is the meaning of ABAP editor integrated with ABAP data dictionary? 
22. What are the events in ABAP language? 
23. What is an interactive report? What is the obvious diff of such report compared 
with classical type reports? 
24. What is a drill down report? 
25. How do you write a function module in SAP? Describe. 
26. What are the exceptions in function module? 
27. What is a function group? 
28. How are the date abd time field values stored in SAP? 
29. What are the fields in a BDC_Tab Table? 
30. Name a few data dictionary objects? 
31. What happens when a table is activated in DD? 
32. What is a check table and what is a value table? 
33. What are match codes? Describe? 
34. What transactions do you use for data analysis? 
35. What is table maintenance generator? 
36. What are ranges? What are number ranges? 
37. What are select options and what is the diff from parameters? 
38. How do you validate the selection criteria of a report? And how do you display  
initial values in a selection screen? 
39. What are selection texts?
40. What is CTS and what do you know about it? 
41. When a program is created and need to be transported to prodn does selection
 texts always go with it? if not how do you make sure?
 Can you change the CTS entries? How do you do it? 
42. What is the client concept in SAP? What is the meaning of client independent? 
43. Are programs client dependent? 
44. Name a few system global variables you can use in ABAP programs? 
45. What are internal tables? How do you get the number of lines in an internal table? 
How to use a specific number occurs statement? 
46. How do you take care of performance issues in your ABAP programs? 
47. What are datasets? 
48. How to find the return code of a stmt in ABAP programs? 
49. What are interface/conversion programs in SAP? 
50. Have you used SAP supplied programs to load master data? 



1. What are the techniques involved in using SAP supplied programs? 
Do you prefer to write your own programs to load master data? 
Why? 

2. What are logical databases? What are the advantages/disadvantages of logical 
databases? 
3. What specific statements do you using when writing a drill down report? 
4. What are different tools to report data in SAP? What all have you used? 
5. What are the advantages and disadvantages of ABAP query tool? 
6. What are the functional areas? User groups? How does ABAP query 
work in relation to these? 
7. Is a logical database a requirement/must to write an ABAP query? 
8. What is the structure of a BDC sessions. 
9. What are Change header/detail tables? Have you used them? 
10. What do you do when the system crashes in the middle of a BDC batch session? 
11. What do you do with errors in BDC batch sessions? 
12. How do you set up background jobs in SAP? What are the steps?
 What are the event driven batch jobs? 
13. Is it possible to run host command from SAP environment? How do you run? 
14. What kind of financial periods exist in SAP? What is the relevant table for that? 
15. Does SAP handle multiple currencies? Multiple languages? 
16. What is a currency factoring technique? 
17. How do you document ABAP programs? Do you use program
 documentation menu 
option? 
18. What is SAPscript and layout set? 
19. What are the ABAP commands that link to a layout set? 
20. What is output determination?



1. What are Data elements and Domain?

 2. What is check table? What is the difference between check table
and value table?
 3. If we have more than 100 records in one internal table how or
which is the method to transfer or copy to another internal table.
 4. > "> For all entries> "> Uses?
 5. > "> At new> "> method when it triggers?
 6. What is the difference between > '> STOP> '> and > '> EXIT> '> ?
 7. Where do you use data elements in a table?
 8. What does a reference field mean?
 9. Events in classical report?
 10. Debugging, how many are there? What is meant by Stopwatch?
 11. How do you specify ranges values globally in ABAP dictionary?
 12. What is the difference/means what between session method and call
transaction methods?
 13. Do you know about direct input method? If yes how do you proceed?
 14. What is the way to call a flat file in presentation server?
 15. How do you call a flat file in application server?
 16. If the flat file is present at offshore then how do you call into
your application server?
 17. What is meant by data sets?
 18. Enhancements transaction code is what? Did you do any
enhancements?
 19. How many > "> User exits > "> are there in enhancements?
 20. What is the meaning of transaction code SM31?
 21. What is the difference between transparent table and view?
 22. How many SAP internal table types are there?
 23. How do you allocate 2 lines for footer in a report?
 24. How many events are in reports and what are they?
 25. How do you specify menus in Menu painter?
 26. Where do you declare set PF-Status at which event?
 27. Where do you think call transaction in BDC is difficult?
 28. At pf-status for what it is used?
 29. At user-command at which places it is needed?
 30. What is driver program in Sap script?
 31. How many windows are there in sap script and what are they?
 32. What is the structure of BDC data?
 33. Write a select statement that retrieves only one record using
single statement.
 34. How to declare an internal table?
 35. What are the rules used for > '> Single> '> statement.
 36. What are user exit? And Transaction code?
 37. What is a subscreen in a dialog programming.

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