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The Requirement
I recently had a requirement to embed a web based map within a Web Dynpro application to search for customers
and display markers for each result found on the map. I know there is an existing component for mapping but it's a
little bit restrictive in some areas and not in line with our organisations grand plan. Suffice to say we opted against
using it and decided on Leaflet.js. It's OpenSource and free from any vendor specific lock in (I.e. Nokia, Google, ESRI,
etc).

The Approach
The only way for us to achieve integration with a Javascript based web map with a Web Dynpro application in NW 7.3
is via a BSP application embedded with an IFrame (but from NW 7.4 it may be possible with HTML5 integration but
I've not tried it).

IFrames have long been a contentious subject in web development. Most developers believe them to be evil
and quick search in google can point you to a fair few posts around this. Things were so bad SAP banished
them from ABAP WD (I don't know the version this happened from) deprecating it's from the language.
However in relatively recent turn of events the IFrame is back and from NW 7.03 and you can use them without
fear of persecution (well almost).

But what about security?
In terms of security the web map has the same origin and can utilise the same authentication procedures as the Web
Dynpro Application it is embedded in.

OK. But how can I react to the search event?
Now the SAP Help states that an IFrame should be used with caution, as the WebDynpro and the embedded content
are effectively two independent applications. Take a look at the SAP Help for more info.

IFrame - Web Dynpro ABAP - SAP Library

As such you cannot really react to events raised from the Web Dynpro within the embedded IFrame. You can however
re-call the page, which will result in the page being rebuilt. This may sound terrible, but bare in mind that
depending on the type of content being loaded on the page , a lot of the static content should be cached after
the first load, so subsequent reloads may not be so costly.

On a side note as of NW 7.4 WebSockets support was introduced to ABAP. In theory I believe it should be possible to
use this to react to events triggered in ABAP within Javascript. Unfortunately it's something I have not had a chance
to try out, but hopefully in the next evolution of this it will happen....
I can't get the page to reload...
Yep. After looking at the APIs and searching the forums I could not find a way to trigger an IFrame refresh within the
standard WebDynpro APIs. I'm not sure why this is not possible, but hey, that's just the way it is. Thankfully there is a
simple work around.

All you need to do is pass a changing request parameter in the IFrame URI for the BSP Web Map. This forces the
framework and thus the browser into thinking the content has changed and results in the page refreshing. I used a
simple counter in the Web Dynpro code I wrote to get the URI for the map, that increments each time the search
results were updated.

Please note nothing in the code for the BSP web map reacts to this additional parameter and as such it has no effect
on the actual application processing.

METHOD get_map_uri.
DATA: l_url TYPE agr_url2,
l_counter TYPE char10,
lt_url_params TYPE tihttpnvp,
Stateful(ish) Web Dynpro IFrames with Server Side
Cookies
Posted by Katan Patel Mar 21, 2014
lo_bsp_runtime TYPE REF TO cl_bsp_runtime.

FIELD-SYMBOLS: <http_param> TYPE ihttpnvp.

APPEND INITIAL LINE TO lt_url_params ASSIGNING <http_param>.
<http_param>-name = 'view'.
<http_param>-value = 'AddressSearch'.

APPEND INITIAL LINE TO lt_url_params ASSIGNING <http_param>.
<http_param>-name = 'gui'.
<http_param>-value = 'webdynpro'.

" Add the optional sessionId param if passed
IF im_session_id IS NOT INITIAL.
APPEND INITIAL LINE TO lt_url_params ASSIGNING <http_param>.
<http_param>-name = 's'.
<http_param>-value = im_session_id.
ENDIF.

" Added a counter to fudge url param and trigger refresh of iframe, which works
wd_this->g_counter = wd_this->g_counter + 1.
l_counter = wd_this->g_counter.
CONDENSE l_counter.

APPEND INITIAL LINE TO lt_url_params ASSIGNING <http_param>.
<http_param>-name = 'c'.
<http_param>-value = l_counter.

" Currently defaulting this to HTTPS but need a better way to identify this
cl_bsp_runtime=>if_bsp_runtime~construct_bsp_url( EXPORTING in_protocol =
'HTTP'
in_application =
'ZEI_MAP'
in_page =
'START.HTM'
in_parameters =
lt_url_params
IMPORTING out_abs_url =
re_map_uri ).

ENDMETHOD.

And then there is the session handling...
So how can I access the search results in my map from the WebDynpro each time the search results change.
At this point I should probably point out that I wrote a set of Restful APIs using BSP to generate GeoJSON that
can be consumed by the web based map. For now that is all a little off topic for this blog and a much bigger
subject in itself, as we need throw in a mix of Javascript, BSP, XML, JSON, HTTP and Simple Transformations
to make it happen...

So let's get back on track..I don't want to embed a heap of content into the request body of the map URI called from the
Web Dynpro only to then push the same content back to the server in a follow up request to retrieve the actual map
data for obvious reasons. Instead to get the search results map data I used something called server side
cookies.
They have actually been around for ages, but I only recently discovered they existed thanks to the main man of
ABAP Thomas Jung who mentioned it in a forum post. These little gems can be used to store and retrieve
large datasets on the server, independent of the session and persist them up until a specified expiry time has
passed or can be explicitly deleted. They are also super easy to implement.

Server-Side Cookies and Data Persistency (SAP Library - Business Server Pages)

Two important fields for a server side cookie are the session ID and user ID and both must be specified when
creating and retrieving them.
To get a unique session ID for my current WD application session I make a call to function module
TH_GET_SESSION_ID. I subsequently use this session id to set my server side cookie for the authenticated
user. Next I set the URI of the IFrame to the web based map and also pass this session id as request
parameter.
In the web map I have some javascript code to retrieve the session id from the application request URI. I finally
make the call to the Restful APIs to GET the map content and again pass this same session id as a request
parameter. Using the session ID and the user ID of the authenticated user (which is the same user as was
authenticated by the Web Dynpro) I am able to retrieve the server side cookie containing the search results
and use this to create the map data to pass back to the embedded web map.
Note that when setting the time a server side cookie be realistic. Don't set huge timeouts. In my scenario,
nobody is going to click a button and wait for a response greater than one minute. So persisting the server
side cookies any longer than that makes no sense.

The Conclusion
Things are not so bad with the old IFrames if used responsibly. You'll be surprised at what you can achieve.

Here is a pic of the map I created and embedded within a WebDynpro ABAP FPM based search for addresses. The
map zooms to best dimensions to display all the search results on the map, each time a search is triggered.


It works nicely in Chrome, Firefox, Safari and with a little extra work on the Javascript side also works in IE (SAP
dropped an IE7 compatibility mode bombsell setting in the page header, which causes havoc with JS as a lot of
functionality was not around then).
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Make two components of Web Dynpro ABAP, suppose one for flight Booking and the other for Customer details : Take
two Webdynpro Components separately, Example: ZZ_CALLING_APPLICATION and ZZ_CALLED_APPLICATION.
The navigation PDF is attached.


STEP 1: CREATE A WEBDYNPRO COMPONENT (SAY: ZZ_CALLING_APPLICATION) THAT WILL TAKE
THE Date on Which Record Was Created MEANS AEDAT AND A BUTTON NAMED SHOW
PURCHASE ORDER, AND A TABLE THAT WILL SHOW THE DETAILS OF PURCHASE ORDER OF THE
MENTIONED DATE FROM EKKO TABLE.
Open a new Window in Webdynpro as an action of a
Button Click
Posted by Joyjit Biswas Mar 17, 2014
STEP 2: CREATE AN ANOTHER COMPONENT (SAY: ZZ_CALLED_APPLICATION) WHERE TAKE A
TABLE WITH ELEMENTS OF EKPO TABLE.

STEP 3: GOTO THE CALLING APPLICATION, SELECT THE TABLE AND GOTO THE EVENT ON LEAD
SELECTION IN PROPERTY AND CREATE AN ACTION, SAY: ON_LEAD_SELECT.
PROPERTIES:

STEP 4: DOUBLE CLICK ON THE EVENT NAME I.E. , ON_LEAD_SELECT AND WRITE THE CODE FOR
THE ACTION TO OPEN THE SECOND APPLICATION FROM THE FIRST ONE ONCE THE USER SELECTS
THE LEFT HAND SIDE OF THE DESIRED ROW.
THE PIECE OF CODE IS:
METHOD onactionon_lead_select .
DATA lo_nd_ekko_node TYPE REF TO if_wd_context_node.
DATA lo_el_ekko_node TYPE REF TO if_wd_context_element.
DATA ls_ekko_node TYPE wd_this->element_ekko_node.
DATA lv_ebeln LIKE ls_ekko_node-ebeln.
* navi gate from <CONTEXT> to <EKKO_NODE> vi a l ead sel ecti on
lo_nd_ekko_node = wd_context->get_child_node( name = wd_this->wdctx_ekko_node ).
* @TODO handl e not set l ead sel ecti on
IF lo_nd_ekko_node IS INITIAL.
ENDIF.
* get el ement vi a l ead sel ecti on
lo_el_ekko_node = lo_nd_ekko_node->get_element( ).
* @TODO handl e not set l ead sel ecti on
IF lo_el_ekko_node IS INITIAL.
ENDIF.
* al ternati ve access vi a i ndex
* l o_el _ekko_node = l o_nd_ekko_node->get_el ement( i ndex = 1 ).
* @TODO handl e non exi stant chi l d
* IF l o_el _ekko_node IS INITIAL.
* ENDIF.
* get si ngl e attri bute
lo_el_ekko_node->get_attribute(
EXPORTING
name = `EBELN`
IMPORTING
val ue = lv_ebeln ).
DATA: lv_url TYPE string.
CALL METHOD cl_wd_utilities=>construct_wd_url
EXPORTING
application_name = 'ZZ_CALLED_APPLICATION'
IMPORTING
out_absolute_url = lv_url.
DATA:lv_ebeln_out TYPE string.
lv_ebeln_out = lv_ebeln.
*NOW ATTATCH THE VALUE TO THE URL AT THE RUN TIME.
CALL METHOD cl_http_server=>append_field_url
EXPORTING
name = 'EBELN'
val ue = lv_ebeln_out
CHANGING
url = lv_url.
*GENERATE THE WINDOW TO OUTPUT THE URL.
DATA:lv_comp1 TYPE REF TO if_wd_component.
lv_comp1 = wd_comp_controller->WD_GET_API( ).
DATA: lr_window_manager TYPE REF TO if_wd_window_manager.
CALL METHOD lv_comp1->get_window_manager
RECEIVING
window_manager = lr_window_manager.
DATA: lr_window TYPE REF TO if_wd_window.
CALL METHOD lr_window_manager->create_external_window
EXPORTING
url = lv_url
ti tl e = 'PURCHASE ITEM DETAILS'
RECEIVING
wi ndow = lr_window.
CALL METHOD lr_window->open( ).
ENDMETHOD.
STEP 5: GOTO THE SECOND COMPONENT I.E., ZZ_CALLED_APPLICATION AND GOTO METHOD
WDDOINIT ( ) , Controller Initialization Method, AND RIGHT THE PIECE OF CODE TO INITIALIZE
THE DATA IN THE SECOND COMPONENT.
THE CODE IS:
method wddoinit .
DATA: LV_VAL TYPE STRING.
DATA: LWA_EKPO TYPE EKPO.
DATA: LT_EKPO TYPE TABLE OF EKPO.
LV_VAL = WDR_TASK=>CLIENT_WINDOW->GET_PARAMETER( 'EBELN' ).
DATA lo_nd_ekpo_node TYPE REF TO if_wd_context_node.
DATA lo_el_ekpo_node TYPE REF TO if_wd_context_element.
DATA ls_ekpo_node TYPE wd_this->element_ekpo_node.
DATA LT_ekpo_node TYPE wd_this->elementS_ekpo_node.
* navi gate from <CONTEXT> to <EKPO_NODE> vi a l ead sel ecti on
lo_nd_ekpo_node = wd_context->get_child_node( name = wd_this->wdctx_ekpo_node ).
SELECT * FROM
EKPO
INTO TABLE LT_ekpo_node
WHERE EBELN = LV_VAL.
CALL METHOD lo_nd_ekpo_node->bind_table
EXPORTING
new_items = LT_ekpo_node.
endmethod.
STEP 6 AND OUTPUT: CREATE THE WEB DYNPRO APPLICATION FOR BOTH THE
COMPONENTS, AND ACTIVATE THEM AS WELL AS RUN THE FIRST. SELECT ONE DATE, ALL THE
PURCHASE ORDER WILL GET OPENED OF THE SELECTED DATE FROM THE TABLE. THEN CLICK ON
THE LEFT HAND SIDE OF ROW THAT YOU NEED TO SELECT FOR PURCHASE ITEM DETAILS, AND
THE SECOND APPLICATION WILL GET OPENED WITH THE PURCHASE ITEM DETAILS FROM THE
EKPO DB TABLE. THE SCREENSHOTS OF THE OUTPUT IS DEFINED BELOW:
CLICK ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE OF THE ROW YOU WANT TO SELECT.
THANKS & REGARDS,

JOYJIT BISWAS
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Background on Search Help, Structures - how its tied together to work in WD

Consider hav ing multiple UI elements in a Form or table with couple them tied to automatic F4 helps. When
y ou select a v alue from F4 the corresponding details / v alues of other fields are filled in the Form or Table. How
is this done? We hav e our context nodes and attributes which are tied to some structures mostly . This
structure in turn hav e Search Helps tied to them. There is a mapping done at the structure lev el to the fields
from the Search Help. Classic !!! When this is setup properly then BINGO in WD ABAP we do not need to do
any thing and the v alues are automatically populated to the fields based on the F4.

Couple of Example Scenarios

1 ) Country Code and Description
2) PERNR and UserName Details
3) Order No and Descirption
4) Company Code and Description
.....and the list goes endless

Why this BLOG?

The F4 help implementation as such is a direct one when DDIC is used and there is no modifications to the
standard structure. But often we end up handling with SAP standard components deliv ered with the business
packages. One such requirement came to us to map one of the field and its description to a custom search help
instead of the standard one. The Description field was read only and the code is the one that can be selected.
Right away oh y eah this falls under a classic examples we saw abov e but the only difference is its in the
standard component. We built a custom search help and then in our WD we made a call in one of our
POSTEXIT's to use this custom search help through a sample code below -

Issue Faced:

Only the code was being populated back but the description was not mapped to the corresponding field and it
was blank. I raised a question in our forum to get inputs on how this can be achiev ed. Enhancing F4 Search
Help Issue - Standard Component

Thanks to Ramakrishnappa Gangappa for helping me in this thread with couple options that
WD ABAP, Search Help and ABAP Structures - A
Knot
Posted by Nagarajan Kumarappan Mar 12, 2014
01. Data: lo_nd_attrib type ref to if_wd_context_node,
02. lo_nd_attrib_info type ref to if_wd_context_node_info.
03. * Get the Node and Attribute Information
04. lo_nd_attrib = wd_context->path_get_node( path = `Node PATH` ).
05. lo_nd_attrib_info = lo_nd_attrib->get_node_info( ).
06. * Set the custom search help that need to be executed for the context attribute
07. lo_nd_attrib_info->set_attribute_value_help( name = 'ATTRIBUTE_NAME' value_help_mode = '121' value_help =
we discussed on achieving this solution.

Thought Process after hitting Roadblocks

From the discussion we had in the thread above I was left with either build an OVS or somehow
handle the F4 close event in WDABAP Domodifyview. We are not on SAP 7.31 so there is no
listeners like the register_on_enter_for_f4.
Then I came across the document written by Chris Paine on Firing a WDA event on using
a Search Help - how to do it, without an NDA
and thought ok this is the way I might need to approach the solution so I get the code back and
through the listener classes I can handle the context elements...do a select statement to get the
description based on the code selected from the F4. Yuppie !!! his blog worked like a charm and
I was able to complete the requirement given .
Still Not Convinced

Got the solution but was not able to mov e on as there got to be some way that SAP prov ides us these v alues back
to the front end instead taking all these approaches. Then, with the help of my colleagues and thanks a lot to
them ( Mahesh Square - 2 guy s but the combo had the same name ) who are core ABAPers and I wanted to
check the Search Help Exit for the callcontrol-step = 'RETURN
Tagging Magesh Basavaraj and Mahesh YS
And the SOLUTION We FOUND WAS
Basically, the standard search Help when it returns the values back there is an output flag which is set to
'X' and sent back. This was taken as the reference and we implemented the below code in our search help
exit to achieve the solution !!!
Your Comments and critics are most welcome !!!
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webdynproabap, webdynpro_f or_abap, abap_web_dynpro, f loorplan_manager_f or_webdynpro_abap;, abap_wd,
f loor_plan_manager_f pm
01. DATA: shinterface TYPE DDSHIFACE.
02. FIELD-SYMBOLS: <lf_desc> TYPE DDSHFPROP.
03. IF callcontrol-step = 'RETURN'.
04. CLEAR: shinterface.
05. * A Mapping between the Search help field and the structure field has to be done here for all fields that need to carry data to Webdynpro
06. shinterface-SHLPFIELD = 'F4 Field'.
07. shinterface-VALFIELD = 'ABAP STRUCTURE-FIELD'.
08. shinterface-F4FIELD = 'X'.
09. APPEND shinterface TO shlp-INTERFACE.
10. LOOP AT SHLP-FIELDPROP ASSIGNING <lf_desc>.
11. * From the Search Help populate the output flag for fields that need to carry the data to Webdynpro
12. IF <lf_desc>-FIELDNAME = 'F4 Field_1' OR <lf_desc>-FIELDNAME = 'F4 Fild_2'.
13. <lf_desc>-SHLPOUTPUT = 'X'.
14. ENDIF.
15. ENDLOOP.
16. ENDIF.
Sometimes, users tend to open a lot of WD applications in multiple tabs. After some time (depending on SAP
Basis configuration) the session is automatically closed by the application server (Web AS), which will result in a
timeout. From a user's perspective this is confusing.
Requirement:
Create a timeout page for system idles. The standard SAP response is:
Custom timeout page for Web Dynpro applications
Posted by Tudor Riscutia Mar 10, 2014
Instead, the system should return a custom (company-specific) page with both F5 (Refresh) functionality and a big
"Refresh" button. For example:
In transaction SICF both short dumps and session timeouts are treated as application errors:
If you choose to implement an explicit response page, this will be shown for all kinds of application errors. But we
don't want that, we only want to see a custom page for timeouts.
The explicit page can be written in HTML+CSS, but a major issue is that it completely ignores JavaScript. This
means, you cannot test the error type and switch between different responses.

Solutions:
After trying multiple alternative, like redirecting to another URL and test the system tag <%=MESSAGE%>, I've found
a working solution which is actually quite simple (Occam's razor states: "The simplest answer is usually the right
one"):
1. Create the .html page in any suitable program (Notepad++, or even a BSP application if you want to have the
code available inside the system).
2. You need to copy-paste the code inside an OTR long text using transaction SOTR_EDIT. (This is how the explicit
pages are created in SICF)

3. You'll have to create a modification in the core WD class CL_WDR_CLIENT_ABSTRACT_HTTP for method
PREPROCESS_REQUEST. (This cannot be enhanced as you need access to instance attributes which is not
possible inside pre-/post exits, so you'll need an access key)
Here, instead of writing the code directly, I chose to call a static method in a customer class. Also, I do this
because I don't want to use this timeout page in all applications. I've created a customizing table where I store the WD
application name and a flag for 'Active', for all applications that should use this functionality.

method handle.
data:
lr_server type ref to cl_http_server,
lt_path type string_table,
ls_appl type ytpf_t_appl_list, "#EC NEEDED
ls_page type icf_response_page,
lv_index type i,
lv_service type string.
lr_server ?= ir_server.
if lr_server is bound.
"cl_wdr_task=>application->name can NOT be used here, as the instance is already destroyed...
split lr_server->m_runtime_memory_id at `/` into table lt_path[].
if not lt_path[] is initial.
describe table lt_path[] lines lv_index.
read table lt_path[] into lv_service index lv_index. refresh lt_path[].
if sy-subrc is initial.
translate lv_service to upper case.

select single service_name active
from ytpf_t_appl_list
into corresponding fields of ls_appl
where service_name eq lv_service
and active eq abap_true.
if sy-subrc is initial.
ls_page-body = `2C768A4E40741EE3A7A55C5708059340` "SOTR automatically generated GUID
ir_server->set_page(
exporting
response_page_type = ir_server->co_page_error_type
response_option_page = ls_page
exceptions
invalid_parameter = 1
document_not_found = 2
others = 3 ).
endif.
endif.
endif.
endif.
endmethod.

At runtime, if the application error type is a session timeout the explicit page is replaced with the custom page stored
in the OTR long text.
This works both in IE and NWBC.

I've also started a discussion some time ago: Custom timeout page in SICF

Give it a shot and provide some feedback!

Tudor
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Hello welcome again

Hope, you have gone through the below link for custom getter method GET_CTX_STAT_ATTR( )
Custom getter & setter methods in Webdynpro ABAP - Part 1

Now, let us look into to the method SET_CTX_STAT_ATTR( ).

Method: SET_CTX_STAT_ATTR( )

Signature:
Logic:
Custom getter & setter methods in Webdynpro ABAP -
Part 2
Posted by Ramakrishnappa Gangappa Jan 16, 2014
Header 1
METHOD set_ctx_stat_attr.
DATA lo_nd TYPE REF TO if_wd_context_node.
DATA lo_nd_info TYPE REF TO if_wd_context_node_info.
DATA lv_type_name TYPE string.
DATA lv_node_name TYPE string.
DATA lo_nd_struct_descr TYPE REF TO cl_abap_structdescr.
"----------------------------------------------------
"Purpose: set data to context node of given controller context
"----------------------------------------------------
CLEAR: ed_error_message.
"===================================
"check if context is supplied
IF io_context IS BOUND.
lv_node_name = id_node_name.
TRANSLATE lv_node_name TO UPPER CASE.
TRY.
"read node
lo_nd = io_context->get_child_node( name = lv_node_name ).
IF lo_nd IS BOUND.
" check if dirty flag needs to be set
IF id_set_dirty EQ abap_true.
lo_nd->set_changed_by_client( abap_true ).
ENDIF.
"get node info
lo_nd_info = lo_nd->get_node_info( ).
IF lo_nd_info IS BOUND.
lo_nd_struct_descr =
lo_nd_info->get_static_attributes_type( ).
IF lo_nd_struct_descr IS BOUND AND
lo_nd_struct_descr->is_ddic_type( ) EQ abap_true.
lv_type_name = lo_nd_struct_descr->get_relative_name( ).
"based on node cardinality, bind data
IF lo_nd_info->is_multiple( ) EQ abap_true.
ctx_bind_table(
EXPORTING io_node = lo_nd
id_node_name = lv_node_name
id_stat_attr = id_stat_attr
id_nd_type_name = lv_type_name
IMPORTING ed_error_message = ed_error_message ).
ELSE.
ctx_bind_structure(
EXPORTING io_node = lo_nd
id_node_name = lv_node_name
id_stat_attr = id_stat_attr
id_nd_type_name = lv_type_name
IMPORTING ed_error_message = ed_error_message ).
ENDIF.
FREE lo_nd_info.
ENDIF.
FREE lo_nd.
ELSE.
ed_error_message = text-001.
ENDIF.
ENDIF.
CATCH cx_root. "#EC CATCH_ALL
##no_handler
ed_error_message = text-004.
ENDTRY.
ELSE.
ed_error_message = text-003."context is not supplied,
RETURN.
ENDIF.
ENDMETHOD.

Now let us create 2 private methods as below

CTX_BIND_TABLE( ) - Bind table to context node - For Internal use only
CTX_BIND_STRUCTURE( ) - Bind structure to context node - For Internal use only

Method: CTX_BIND_TABLE( )

Signature:
Logic:
CTX_BIND_TABLE
METHOD CTX_BIND_TABLE.
DATA lo_str_descr TYPE REF TO cl_abap_structdescr.
DATA lo_tbl_descr TYPE REF TO cl_abap_tabledescr.
* DATA lo_stat_data TYPE REF TO data.
DATA lv_nd_type_name TYPE string.
DATA lv_id_type_name TYPE string.
DATA lv_temp_type_name TYPE string.
FIELD-SYMBOLS: <lt_stat_attr> TYPE STANDARD TABLE.

CLEAR: ed_error_message,
lv_nd_type_name,
lv_id_type_name,
lv_temp_type_name.

IF io_node IS BOUND.
lv_nd_type_name = id_nd_type_name.
TRANSLATE lv_nd_type_name TO UPPER CASE.
"get the type name of data provided
lo_tbl_descr ?=
cl_abap_tabledescr=>describe_by_data( id_stat_attr ).
IF lo_tbl_descr IS BOUND.
"check if the data type provided and
"node type are same
lo_str_descr ?= lo_tbl_descr->get_table_line_type( ).
IF lo_str_descr IS BOUND.
lv_id_type_name = lo_str_descr->get_relative_name( ).
ENDIF.
"check if the type name is used from context node
IF lv_id_type_name NE lv_nd_type_name.
CONCATENATE 'ELEMENT' id_node_name
INTO lv_temp_type_name SEPARATED BY '_'.
TRANSLATE lv_temp_type_name TO UPPER CASE.
IF lv_id_type_name EQ lv_temp_type_name.
lv_id_type_name = lv_nd_type_name.
ENDIF.
ENDIF.
IF lv_id_type_name EQ lv_nd_type_name.
ASSIGN id_stat_attr TO <lt_stat_attr>.
IF <lt_stat_attr> IS ASSIGNED.
io_node->bind_table(
EXPORTING new_items = <lt_stat_attr> ).
ENDIF.
ELSE.
ed_error_message = 'Data mismatch against context node'.
ENDIF.
FREE lo_tbl_descr.
ENDIF.
ENDIF.
ENDMETHOD.


Method: CTX_BIND_STRUCTURE( )

Signature:
Logic:
CTX_BIND_STRUCTURE
METHOD CTX_BIND_STRUCTURE.

DATA lo_str_descr TYPE REF TO cl_abap_structdescr.
* DATA lo_stat_data TYPE REF TO data.
DATA lv_id_stat_attr_type_name TYPE string.
DATA lv_temp_type_name TYPE string.
DATA lv_nd_type_name TYPE string.
FIELD-SYMBOLS: <ls_stat_attr> TYPE any.

CLEAR: ed_error_message,
lv_nd_type_name,
lv_id_stat_attr_type_name,
lv_temp_type_name.

IF io_node IS BOUND.
lv_nd_type_name = id_nd_type_name.
TRANSLATE lv_nd_type_name TO UPPER CASE.
"get the type name of data provided
lo_str_descr ?=
cl_abap_structdescr=>describe_by_data( id_stat_attr ).
"check if the data type provided and node type are same
IF lo_str_descr IS BOUND.
lv_id_stat_attr_type_name = lo_str_descr->get_relative_name( ).
"check if the type name is used from context node
IF lv_id_stat_attr_type_name NE lv_nd_type_name.
CONCATENATE 'ELEMENT' id_node_name
INTO lv_temp_type_name SEPARATED BY '_'.
TRANSLATE lv_temp_type_name TO UPPER CASE.
IF lv_id_stat_attr_type_name EQ lv_temp_type_name.
lv_id_stat_attr_type_name = lv_nd_type_name.
ENDIF.
ENDIF.
IF lv_id_stat_attr_type_name EQ lv_nd_type_name.
ASSIGN id_stat_attr TO <ls_stat_attr>.
IF <ls_stat_attr> IS ASSIGNED.
io_node->set_static_attributes(
EXPORTING index = 1
static_attributes = <ls_stat_attr> ).
ENDIF.
ELSE.
ed_error_message = 'Data mismatch against context node'.
ENDIF.
FREE lo_str_descr.
ENDIF.
ENDIF.
ENDMETHOD.
Now, let us see how to bind data to context node by using method SET_CTX_STAT_ATTR( ).

Example:
Set data : Let us say we have a context node MY_NODE_T in component controller context with cardinality 0....n /1..n
01. DATA lt_my_node_t TYPE wd_this->elements_my_node_t.
02. DATA lv_error_message TYPE string.
03.
04. CALL METHOD zcl_wd_helper_class=>set_ctx_stat_attr
05. EXPORTING
06. io_context = wd_context " WD Context ref
07. id_node_name = 'MY_NODE_T' " Ctx Node Name
08. id_stat_attr = lt_my_node_t
09. * id_set_dirty = ABAP_FALSE
10. IMPORTING
11. ed_error_message = lv_error_message.
Set data : Let us say we have a context node MY_NODE_S in component controller context with cardinality 0...1 /1..1



Hope this helps for those who are looking for a common logic in place to get and set data from/to context node in
WDA applications


I appreciate your comments/feedback
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01. DATA ls_my_node_s TYPE wd_this->elements_my_node_s.
02. DATA lv_error_message TYPE string.
03.
04. CALL METHOD zcl_wd_helper_class=>set_ctx_stat_attr
05. EXPORTING
06. io_context = wd_context " WD Context ref
07. id_node_name = 'MY_NODE_s' " Ctx Node Name
08. id_stat_attr = ls_my_node_s
09. * id_set_dirty = ABAP_FALSE
10. IMPORTING
11. ed_error_message = lv_error_message.
Hello... Welcome

While developing complex WDA applications, we may have to have many context nodes defined and its very much
required to get and set data from/to these context nodes.

For getting and setting data from/to a context node, we need to follow the below process

Define data of type node ( element/elements )
Get the node reference by using node names
Get the elements using node reference
Get data / set data using element reference or node reference based on cardinality i.e. if cardinality is 0...1, 1..1 (
structure ) 0..n, 1...n ( table )

If we have many nodes in our application, say around 10-15 context nodes, we have to repeat above steps for each
read/write data access

So, its better idea to have a common method for getting data from context node / for setting data to context node.

HELPER CLASS:

You would be wondering why this HELPER CLASS is needed ?,

It very much helpful to have all common methods in a class and it can be called from any view/ controller
method.Hence,it is named as helper class to my application.

I have created the below 2 static methods in class ZCL_WD_HELPER_CLASS
GET_CTX_STAT_ATTR( ) - Get static attributes / table data of context node
SET_CTX_STAT_ATTR( ) - Set static attributes / table to context node


Now, let us look at these methods signature & logic


Method: GET_CTX_STAT_ATTR( ).

Signature:
Custom getter & setter methods in Webdynpro ABAP -
Part 1
Posted by Ramakrishnappa Gangappa Jan 16, 2014
Logic:
GET_CTX_STAT_ATTR
METHOD get_ctx_stat_attr.
DATA lo_nd TYPE REF TO if_wd_context_node.
DATA lo_nd_struct_descr TYPE REF TO cl_abap_structdescr.
DATA lo_nd_info TYPE REF TO if_wd_context_node_info.
DATA lo_stat_data TYPE REF TO data.
DATA lv_node_name TYPE string.
DATA lv_type_name TYPE string.
DATA lv_index TYPE i.
DATA lo_typedescr_target TYPE REF TO cl_abap_typedescr.
FIELD-SYMBOLS: <lt_stat_attr> TYPE STANDARD TABLE,
<ls_stat_attr> TYPE any.
"----------------------------------------------------
"Purpose: Get data from context node of given controller context
"----------------------------------------------------
CLEAR: ed_error_message,
ed_stat_attr.
"===================================
"check if type of target is table
lo_typedescr_target =
cl_abap_typedescr=>describe_by_data( p_data = ed_stat_attr ).
IF lo_typedescr_target IS NOT BOUND.
RETURN.
ENDIF.
"check if context is supplied
IF io_context IS BOUND.
lv_node_name = id_node_name.
TRANSLATE lv_node_name TO UPPER CASE.
TRY.
"read node
lo_nd = io_context->get_child_node( name = lv_node_name ).
IF lo_nd IS BOUND.
" Return if node is not dirty, and caller wants values only if dirty
IF ib_only_if_dirty = abap_true AND
lo_nd->is_changed_by_client( ) = abap_false.
RETURN.
ENDIF.
"get node info
lo_nd_info = lo_nd->get_node_info( ).
IF lo_nd_info IS BOUND.
"get the type descriptor of node
lo_nd_struct_descr =
lo_nd_info->get_static_attributes_type( ).
"check if type name is DDtype
IF lo_nd_struct_descr IS BOUND AND
lo_nd_struct_descr->is_ddic_type( ) EQ abap_true.
lv_type_name = lo_nd_struct_descr->get_relative_name( ).
"============================================
"based on node cardinality & supplied index,
" create data type & get data from context
IF lo_nd_info->is_multiple( ) EQ abap_true AND
id_index = 0.
"============================================
"return if target data type is not of kind - table
IF lo_typedescr_target->kind NE
lo_typedescr_target->kind_table.
ed_error_message = 'Data mismatch against context node'.
RETURN.
ENDIF.
"create data object based cardinality
CREATE DATA lo_stat_data TYPE TABLE OF (lv_type_name).
ASSIGN lo_stat_data->* TO <lt_stat_attr>.
IF <lt_stat_attr> IS ASSIGNED.
lo_nd->get_static_attributes_table(
IMPORTING table = <lt_stat_attr> ).
ed_stat_attr = <lt_stat_attr>.
ENDIF.
ELSE.
"============================================
"return if target data type is not of kind - Structure
IF lo_typedescr_target->kind NE
lo_typedescr_target->kind_struct.
ed_error_message = 'Data mismatch against context node'.
RETURN.
ENDIF.
"Prepare lv_index, based on id_index
IF id_index EQ 0.
lv_index = 1.
ELSE.
lv_index = id_index.
ENDIF.
"create data object based cardinality
CREATE DATA lo_stat_data TYPE (lv_type_name).
ASSIGN lo_stat_data->* TO <ls_stat_attr>.
IF <ls_stat_attr> IS ASSIGNED.
lo_nd->get_static_attributes(
EXPORTING index = lv_index
IMPORTING static_attributes = <ls_stat_attr> ).
ed_stat_attr = <ls_stat_attr>.
ENDIF.
ENDIF.
ENDIF.
ENDIF.
ELSE.
ed_error_message = 'Node does not exist in the provided context'.
ENDIF.
CATCH cx_root. "#EC CATCH_ALL
##no_handler
ed_error_message = 'Error occured during context node read'.
ENDTRY.
ELSE.
ed_error_message = 'Context is not supplied'.
RETURN.
ENDIF.
ENDMETHOD.
Okay, now let us see how to use the method GET_CTX_STAT_ATTR( ) to get data from context node

Example:
Get data : Let us say we have a context node MY_NODE_T in component controller context with cardinality 0....n /1..n


Get data : Let us say we have a context node MY_NODE_S in component controller context with cardinality 0....1 / 1...1

01. DATA lt_my_node_t TYPE wd_this->elements_my_node_t.
02. DATA lv_error_message TYPE string.
03. CALL METHOD zcl_wd_helper_class=>get_ctx_stat_attr
04. EXPORTING
05. io_context = wd_context
06. id_node_name = 'MY_NODE_T'
07. * id_index = 0
08. * ib_only_if_dirty = ABAP_FALSE
09. IMPORTING
10. ed_stat_attr = lt_my_node_t
11. ed_error_message = lv_error_message.
01. DATA ls_my_node_s TYPE wd_this->element_my_node_s.
02. DATA lv_error_message TYPE string.
03. CALL METHOD zcl_wd_helper_class=>get_ctx_stat_attr

Continued.......
Custom getter & setter methods in Webdynpro ABAP - Part 2
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context_binding_web_dynpro
04. EXPORTING
05. io_context = wd_context
06. id_node_name = 'MY_NODE_S'
07. * id_index = 0
08. * ib_only_if_dirty = ABAP_FALSE
09. IMPORTING
10. ed_stat_attr = ls_my_node_s
11. ed_error_message = lv_error_message.
Hi, Welcome

I would like to demonstrate the scenario of using a special tool called "Web Dynpro" while debugging WDA
applications.

While debugging Web dynpro applications, we would be looking for viewing the data filled at runtime in context
nodes, along with available runtime objects of whole WDA component.

The new debugger application is having a special tool called "Web Dynpro", which helps in analyzing the WD context
data at runtime along other runtime objects.

Pre-requisite:
Basic knowledge of Web Dynpro ABAP, OO ABAP

Scenario:
Here, I would like to demonstrate the simple application with a table filled with 3 rows of data as below

Creat a WDA component with a view V_MAIN
Create a context node with attributes FIRST_NAME & SECOND_NAME
Fill the data in method WDDOINIT( ) of component controller & activate the component
Add an ui element TABLE and bind it to the context node of component controller
Creata an application and here is the out of our application
Now, I set "External Breakpoint" in method WDDOMODIFYVIEW( ) of view V_MAIN

When we run our application, the debugging window opens up as below
Using a special tool <<Web Dynpro>> while
debugging in Web Dynpro ABAP
Posted by Ramakrishnappa Gangappa Jan 15, 2014
Choose your preferred desktop in debugging window & click on "New Tool" as shown in the above picture

Upon clicking on New tool button, a dialong box opens up as below
Choose "Web Dynpro" option under "Special Tools" node ( as shown in above picture ) and now the web dynpro
debugger window opens up as below

Here, we can see WD component structure with component controller, view, window information.
Chose component controller and then open the node DEMO_1, we can see the values filled inside the context node
along with lead selection details

We can also, navigate into the context of view as below
Also, we can visit the component usages and analyze the data filled in respective context nodes.

This tool is very helpful for analysing context nodes and its data filled at runtime in complex applications


I appreciate any comments/feedback
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debugging_web_dynpro_abap
Hi,

Welcome, I will not take much time of yours
-------------------------------------

I have come across the scenario, where we need to check mandatory attributes of alv in Web dynpro abap.

In complex applications we may have many views with alv table data and we need to check mandatory attributes of alv
tables accordingly.

We all know that,..... we can not perform the mandatory checks as we do for normal view fields by using methd
CHECK_MANDATORY_ATTR_ON_VIEW of class CL_WD_DYNAMIC_TOOL,
instead, we need to use method CHECK_MANDATORY_ATTRIBUTES.

Problem:
The method CHECK_MANDATORY_ATTRIBUTES requires the attributes list, for which the mandatory check has to
happen .

Oh, then
how to get the mandatory attributes from alv table by using VIEW reference?.

Then, isn't it a good idea,
if we have a method which does the trick i.e. getting alv table mandatory attribute list by using VIEW
reference.

Every alv table is embedded into an internal view called VIEW_TABLE and it contains all the columns details of alv
during runtime.

Now, how to reach/get reference of VIEW_TABLE element from view ?
We do get the reference of VIEW_TABLE by using recursive call of our method.


Okay, we got some idea of how we are going to get the columns of alv table using VIEW reference.

Now, its time to get into some coding part

Create a method GET_ALV_MANDATORY_ATTR as below
How to get mandatory attribute list of ALV in Web
dynpro ABAP
Posted by Ramakrishnappa Gangappa Jan 11, 2014

Parameters

GET_ALV_MANDATORY_ATTR
METHOD get_alv_mandatory_attr .

"Define Data
DATA:
lt_view_elements TYPE wdr_element_tab,
lt_children TYPE wdr_view_for_area_tab,
ls_children TYPE wdr_view_for_area_line,
lo_wdr_view TYPE REF TO cl_wdr_view,
lo_wd_view TYPE REF TO if_wd_view,
lo_wdr_component TYPE REF TO cl_wdr_component,
lo_wd_column TYPE REF TO cl_wd_table_column,
lv_column_name TYPE string,
lv_node_path TYPE string,
lv_str TYPE string, "#EC NEEDED
lo_input_field TYPE REF TO cl_wd_input_field,
lt_ext_mapping TYPE wdr_reverse_mapped_node_infos,
ls_ext_mapping TYPE wdr_reverse_mapped_node_info,
ls_attr LIKE LINE OF ct_attr_list.
FIELD-SYMBOLS:
<fs_view_element> TYPE wdr_element_line.
"Get the delegating view reference and view elements
lo_wdr_view ?= io_wd_view.
lt_children = lo_wdr_view->children.

"loop over to the view elements till the actual ALV table
LOOP AT lt_children INTO ls_children.

"Get the view object with table entries
IF ls_children-view_object->get_id( ) EQ 'VIEW_TABLE'.

lt_view_elements = lo_wdr_view->get_elements( ).
"Loop over the view elements, set the properties
LOOP AT lt_view_elements ASSIGNING <fs_view_element>.

"if the element is an UI element proceed further to property
"settings

IF ( <fs_view_element>-view_element->_definition_name
EQ 'INPUT_FIELD' ).

lo_input_field ?= <fs_view_element>-view_element.

IF lo_input_field->get_state( ) EQ 1.
lo_wd_column ?= <fs_view_element>-view_element->_parent.
lv_column_name = lo_wd_column->get_id( ).
lo_wdr_component ?=
<fs_view_element>-view_element->_component.

"Get external mapping details of interface controller
lt_ext_mapping = lo_wdr_component->get_external_mappings( ).
READ TABLE lt_ext_mapping INTO ls_ext_mapping INDEX 1.
" Get node path
SPLIT ls_ext_mapping-path AT '.'
INTO: lv_str lv_node_path.

CLEAR ls_attr.
ls_attr-node_path = lv_node_path.
ls_attr-element_index = 0.
ls_attr-attribute_name = lv_column_name.
APPEND ls_attr TO ct_attr_list.

ENDIF.
ENDIF.
ENDLOOP.

ELSE.
" Pass the next view object for recursive call
lo_wd_view ?= ls_children-view_object.

get_alv_mandatory_attr(
EXPORTING
io_wd_view = lo_wd_view
CHANGING
ct_attr_list = ct_attr_list
).

ENDIF.
ENDLOOP.
ENDMETHOD.

Note: The below statement
<fs_view_element>-view_element->_definition_name
EQ 'INPUT_FIELD'

I have given an example of check for a column editor of type input field.

You can also check for CHECKBOX, TEXT_EDIT,DROPDOWN_BY_KEY, DROPDOWN_BY_IDX, etc


Hope this blog is helpful for those looking for getting mandatory columns of ALV table in Webdynpro ABAP using VIEW
reference.


I appreciate your comments/suggestions/feedback.
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web_dynpro_abap_alv, alv_in_web_dynpro
Two weeks ago SAP Press published the following book in German:


"Web Dynpro ABAP - 100 Tipps und Tricks"



New book: "100 Tips and Tricks for Web Dynpro
ABAP"
Posted by Dominik Ofenloch Jan 7, 2014



More about the content:

Wenn es darum geht, komplexe Benutzeroberflchen mit Web Dynpro ABAP effizient zu gestalten, kann Ihnen
kaum einer etwas vormachen. Doch trotz Ihrer Erfahrung fragen Sie sich ab und zu, ob sich manche Aufgaben
nicht noch besser lsen lassen? Die 100 Expertentipps in diesem Buch zeigen Ihnen, wies geht! Blttern Sie
ein wenig und lesen Sie zum Beispiel, wie Sie Swap Root Element richtig einsetzen, neue Layout-Typen
verwenden oder die Performance Ihrer Anwendungen optimieren. Darber hinaus finden Sie Tipps zum
Floorplan Manager. Mit diesem Buch haben Sie stets noch ein *** im rmel!
Aus dem Inhalt:
Architektur und Komponenten von Web-Dynpro-Anwendungen
Web-Dynpro-Context verwenden
User-Interface-Elemente einbauen
Mit Tabellen arbeiten
Im Editor arbeiten
Fehler beheben
Web-Dynpro-Anwendungen analysieren
Anwendungen mit Web Dynpro anpassen, konfigurieren und erweitern
Administration
Mit dem Floorplan Manager arbeiten

You can order the book and find out more information at
http://www.sap-press.de/3334
I'm looking forward for your Feedback.

Best regards
Dominik Ofenloch
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In ABAP webdynpro you can use InteractiveForm control to achieve PDF render, as long
as you specify the dataSource of PDF via context node, and form template uploaded via
tcode SFP.
How to get PDF render trace of ABAP webdynpro
interactiveForm control
Posted by Jerry Wang Jan 3, 2014
In some case you need to know the details about PDF rendering process by ADS, for
example the PDF is failed to be rendered, and you want to know the root cause, or you
meet with a performance issue of PDF rendering, and you want to find the bottleneck ( is
it caused by too many elements in form template, or inefficient script written? ). Then you
can follow the steps below to get the detail PDF render trace:

1. set a breakpoint on method CL_FP_PDF_OBJECT~EXECUTE_INTERNAL. Render your
PDF as usual. The breakpoint should be triggered.
In the debugger callstack you can also know how the PDF render is triggered from ABAP
webdynpro layer.
2. Change the variable _adstrace's content to 4 in debugger. The source code line 125
gives you a hint that you can just set a user parameter to avoid the manual change on
_adstrace in debugger each time.
System->Own Data:
And maintain the parameter value as 04.
3. Debug until you reach line 218. Click F6 to step over it.
Download the PDF binary code stored in variable l_soapresponse-rp_streams into your
local laptop:
Open the local PDF, click the attachment icon as below, then you can find all types of
useful information there:

1. the original form template

2. the runtime performance trace file (trace.txt)

3. the xml data file for the pdf (xfd.xml)

4. detail information raised by ADS server during PDF render time (error.pdf)
The error.pdf contains all kinds of information including warning messages raised by
ADS, which could be used to improve your form template design.
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abap_wd, root_cause, trouble_shooting
Since recently when I am supporting local customers I am frequently asked by question like "Which version of Internet
explorer is supported in NW7XX for ABAP webdynpro / BSP?" and "is firefox also supported?",
I just write this step by step guide how to figure it out.

1. open http://service.sap.com, then click hyperlink "Product availability"
2. Now Product Availability Matrix is opened. Choose the product you want to query under "Available as of Q4/2013 or
Q1/2014", for example SAP NETWEAVER 7.4
How to check supported web browser version
Posted by Jerry Wang Dec 18, 2013
3. click tab "Technical Release Information"->"Web Browser Platforms". If we need to check web browsers against
ABAP webdynpro and BSP, we just need to choose
"Application Server ABAP" for Product Instance. You can set filter for Firebox, Chrome and IE accordingly.
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Under package SWDP_PERFORMANCE_VERIFICATION there is a pair of reports WDT_TRACE_ON and
WDT_TRACE_OFF which could switch on and switch off performance trace.
To switch on trace, set the user parameter WDA_PERF_TRACE_ON as abap_true, then run report WDT_TRACE_ON.
In the webdynpro runtime framework code,you could see there is code to record the runtime performance information
implemented via keyword GET RUN TIME FIELD.

Wedynpro runtime performance trace tool
Posted by Jerry Wang Dec 16, 2013
You can find all positions where framework has done such performance recording with the help of report
RS_ABAP_SOURCE_SCAN with search keyword name = macro name wdr_perf_trace_on and search package
name = SWDP_RUNTIME_CORE.
Once you activate the performance trace, you can run your application in UI as usual. After application runs over, you
can deactivate the trace by running report WDT_TRACE_OFF, it will retrieve all runtime performance trace information
with start and stop time.
the report will also do some calculations based on those two times and display the result:
For description of each columns, please refer to description maintained in DDIC structure STRC_S_STAT.
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perf ormance_trace
You can use tcode WD_TRACE_TOOL to switch on trace.
After that when you launch your webdynpro application, you can observe there is a Webdynpro trace
window embedded in the bottom of the application. You can either deactivate the trace in old dynpro
tool or in that embedded window.
Webdynpro trace tool WD_TRACE_TOOL
Posted by Jerry Wang Dec 16, 2013
After you click Store trace as Zip File & Finish trace,you can save the trace file as zip locally.
The trace setting is checked and loaded in the very beginning phase of webdynpro runtime initialization,
The trace is actually added in the runtime via the utility macro below:
And finally into trace file with xml format
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Hi,

I got a requirement where i need to read the filtered values from ALV table in webdynpro ABAP. Some workaround
helped me to make my task easier.Below is the code which i used to read the filtered values.

DATA: lr_interfacecontroller TYPE REF TO iwci_salv_wd_table.
DATA: l_value TYPE if_salv_wd_table=>s_type_param_get_ui_info.
DATA: lt_salv_bs_t_int TYPE salv_bs_t_int.
DATA: ls_salv_bs_t_int TYPE i.
DATA: l_displayed_element TYPE LINE OF if_salv_wd_table=>s_type_param_get_ui_info-t_displayed_elements.
DATA: lt_visible_indices TYPE cl_wdha_assist=>indices.
DATA: lw_visible_indices LIKE LINE OF lt_visible_indices.

TRY.
lr_interfacecontroller = wd_this->wd_cpifc_used_component( )." ( In my case : lr_interfacecontroller = wd_this-
>wd_cpifc_source_roles_dirclty( ).
CATCH cx_wdr_rt_exception.
ENDTRY.

IF NOT lr_interfacecontroller IS INITIAL.
l_value = lr_interfacecontroller->get_ui_info( ). " ( GET_UI_INFO( ) : The method returns information about the
currently displayed ALV.)

IF l_value-s_service_info-is_filtered = abap_true. "( To check if filter is applied)

lt_salv_bs_t_int = l_value-t_displayed_elements.
CLEAR lt_visible_indices[].
LOOP AT l_value-t_displayed_elements INTO l_displayed_element.
l_index-index = l_displayed_element.
APPEND l_index TO lt_visible_indices. " ( Returns the index(s) of the internal table records which we have
selected from filtered values)
ENDLOOP.

SORT lt_visible_indices BY index.


ENDIF.

ENDIF.

Hope this helps for all who have similar requirement which makes their task easier.
Reading ALV Filter values in Webdynpro ABAP
Posted by Katrice Hawkins Dec 14, 2013
Comments/Suggestions are welcome.

Thanks
Katrice Hawkins
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If the component usage is not defined at design time, it is not possible to embed an interface view of this component
usage into a ViewUIElementContainer of another view. It is also not possible to define a navigation link connecting
any outbound plug of an existing view to an inbound plug of this interface view at design time. In this case methods of
the Web Dynpro API have to be applied.

I will use the example in the following two blogs to demonstrate the trick.

1. Step by Step to create UI elements and context node attribute in the runtime
2. Step by step to use Component usage clone
after you specify the number of rows you want to generate and click the create button, all ui elements and context node
attribute will be generated in the runtime. The ui elements marked in blue come from the interface view of another
compoonent, and this view embedding logic is also done dynamically in the runtime.

Step1
Draw a simple caption in component ZDYNAMICUSAGE which will be consumed by host component ZDYNAMIC.
Step2
The layout of main view in component ZDYNAMIC remains unchanged.
Create an outbound plug, which will be used in API later.
Step by step for Embedding and Displaying an
Interface View dynamically
Posted by Jerry Wang Dec 13, 2013
Create a new attribute in view controller to store all component usage name, both static one and the dynamical one
cloned from the static one.
Step3
In method GET_VALUE_BY_INDEX, store the component usage of both static and dynamic one into
the attribute GT_USAGE_NAME created in step2.
DATA(lo_static_com_usage) = wd_this->wd_cpuse_zclone_example( ).
DATA: lo_generic_usage TYPE REF TO if_wd_component_usage,
lo_interface_control TYPE REF TO ZIWCI_DYNAMICUSAGE.
READ TABLE wd_this->gt_cmp_usages ASSIGNING FIELD-SYMBOL(<usage>) INDEX iv_index.
CASE iv_index.
WHEN 1.
IF lo_static_com_usage->has_active_component( ) IS INITIAL.
lo_static_com_usage->create_component( ).
ENDIF.
APPEND 'ZCLONE_EXAMPLE' TO wd_this->gt_usage_name.
lo_generic_usage = lo_static_com_usage.
WHEN OTHERS.
READ TABLE wd_this->gt_cmp_usages ASSIGNING FIELD-SYMBOL(<dyn_usage>) INDEX
iv_index.
IF sy-subrc <> 0.
DATA(lv_usage_name) = 'DYNAMIC_USAGE' && sy-index.
data(lo_dyn_usage) = lo_static_com_usage->create_comp_usage_of_same_type( name =
lv_usage_name ).
APPEND lo_dyn_usage TO wd_this->gt_cmp_usages.
APPEND lv_usage_name TO wd_this->gt_usage_name.
ENDIF.
IF lo_dyn_usage->has_active_component( ) IS INITIAL.
lo_dyn_usage->create_component( ).
ENDIF.
lo_generic_usage = lo_dyn_usage.
ENDCASE.
lo_interface_control ?= lo_generic_usage->get_interface_controller( ).
rv_output = lo_interface_control->get_field_value( iv_index ).
endmethod.
Step4
In method ONACTIONCREATE, now also create seperate view container UIElement instance for each component
usage. That view container will be used to embed
the interface view exposed by component ZDYNAMICUSAGE. Then we use API prepare_dynamic_navigation to create
a navigation link dynamically, from host view in component ZDYNAMIC to the interface view of component
ZDYNAMICUSAGE. The component usage name stored in attribute gt_usage_name in step3 will be used during API
call. Finally fire the outbound plug of MAIN view to make the embedded view displayed in UI.

method ONACTIONCREATE .
CONSTANTS: cv_label TYPE string VALUE 'LABEL',
cv_field TYPE string VALUE 'FIELD',
cv_container TYPE string VALUE 'EMBEDDED',
cv_bind_text TYPE string VALUE 'DYNAMIC.VALUE'.
DATA: lv_count type i,
lo_container type ref to cl_Wd_uielement_container.
wd_context->get_attribute( EXPORTING name = 'NUMBER' IMPORTING value = lv_count ).
CHECK lv_count > 0.
create_context( lv_count ).
DATA(lo_root) = wd_this->mr_view->get_element( 'DYNAMICUI' ).
lo_container ?= lo_root.
lo_container->remove_all_children( ).
DO lv_count TIMES.
data(lv_field_id) = cv_field && sy-index.
data(lv_label_id) = cv_label && sy-index.
data(lv_bind_path) = cv_bind_text && sy-index.
DATA(lo_text_view) = cl_wd_text_view=>new_text_view( id = lv_field_id bind_text = lv_bind_path ).
DATA(lo_label) = cl_wd_label=>new_label( id = lv_label_id label_for = lo_text_view->id text = lv_label_id ).
CL_WD_ROW_HEAD_DATA=>new_row_head_data( element = lo_label ).
cl_wd_row_data=>new_row_data( element = lo_text_view ).
DATA(lv_container_id) = cv_container && sy-index.
data(lo_view_cont) = CL_WD_VIEW_CONTAINER_UIELEMENT=>new_view_container_uielement( id =
lv_container_id ).
CL_WD_ROW_HEAD_DATA=>new_row_head_data( element = lo_view_cont ).
lo_container->add_child( the_child = lo_label ).
lo_container->add_child( the_child = lo_text_view ).
lo_container->add_child( the_child = lo_view_cont ).
ENDDO.
DATA: lr_api_main_view TYPE REF TO if_wD_view_controller.
lr_api_main_view = wd_this->wd_get_api( ).
DO lv_count TIMES.
READ TABLE wd_this->gt_usage_name ASSIGNING FIELD-SYMBOL(<usage_name>) INDEX sy-index.
DATA(lv_position) = 'MAIN/' && cv_container && sy-index.
lr_api_main_view->prepare_dynamic_navigation(
source_window_name = 'ZDYNAMIC'
source_vusage_name = 'MAIN_USAGE_0'
source_plug_name = 'VIEW_TO_USAGE'
target_component_name = 'ZDYNAMICUSAGE'
target_component_usage = <usage_name>
target_view_name = 'ZDYNAMICUSAGE'
target_plug_name = 'DEFAULT'
target_embedding_position = lv_position ).
wd_this->fire_view_to_usage_plg( ).
ENDDO.
endmethod.

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