Designing SAP Transactions Flow Logic

Flow Logic

It is the code that processes a screen in SAP. The various event blocks of flow logic are as follows

· Process Before Output PBO

Code that is executed before the current screen is displayed

· Process After Input PAI

Code to be executed when the user does any interaction with the screen. At the end of PAI the system goes to the PBO of the next or the current screen

· Process on Help-Request POH & Process on Value-Request POV

Code to be executed when the user presses F1 or F4 respectively. At the end the system continues with the processing of the current screen

Syntax of the flow logic statements is similar to ABAP, but all ABAP key words can not be used in the flow logic. The following keywords can be used with the event blocks

Module	Calls a dialog module
Field	Indicates when screen field contents are transported
On	Used with Field
Values	Used with field
Chain	Start of processing of chain of fields
Endchain	End of processing of chain of fields
Call	Calls a subscreen
Loop	Start of processing of screen table
Endloop	End of processing of screen table

To summarize

A Transaction is a collection of screens and ABAP routines, controlled and executed by a dialog processor. Only one module pool can be associated with a transaction.

A module pool is a collection of screens, which are invoked in a pre-defined sequence to complete the task that needs to be performed.

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