SAP ABAP Data Element PANEL (Name of the current screen display)

Hierarchy

☛ SAP_ABA (Software Component) Cross-Application Component
   ⤷ CA-GTF-BS-SQ (Application Component) Screen Sequence Control
     ⤷ BZB (Package) R/3 Central Application Development: Subseq. Screen Proc.

Basic Data

Data Element	PANEL
Short Description	Name of the current screen display

Data Type

Category of Dictionary Type	D	Domain
Type of Object Referenced		No Information
Domain / Name of Reference Type	PANEL
Data Type	CHAR	Character String
Length	4
Decimal Places	0
Output Length	4
Value Table

Further Characteristics

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Field Label

	Length	Field Label
Short	10	Panel
Medium	15	Panel
Long	20	Panel
Heading	5	Panel

Documentation

Definition

The panel is used to identify different processing locations within an application.

Use

This parameter is set by the calling program when flow control is first called and then updated internally using the subsequent parameters from table T185, which means that it does not need to be made known to the calling program.
The panel is a user-defined name with length 4, which generally allows you to use the screen number as a panel if you require. If a processing location occurs in different processing steps, the parameter 'Screen group' allows you to differentiate between them.
If the processing varies within a class of screens (the screen group is to remain the same), you can change the panel if you do not want to use either of the two free parameters Header/Item group for this purpose.

Procedure

To make a function work in dependence of the panel, you must mark the parameter 'Panel required' in table T185F.

Dependencies

The effect of a function depends on the parameters Screen group, Panel, Header and Item group in table T185F.

History

Last changed by/on	SAP	19981210
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