The videos (ALV and FPM on SAP HANA, ALV transformation) and document concerning ALV on HANA are using features which we delivered in NW7.40. But as we are continuously developing the tool, it is not always clearly stated in which support package they are available. This matrix will help you to get an overview on the availability of features in SAPGUI for Windows.
| Feature | Next SP | SAP UI SP8 | SAP UI SP7 | SAP UI SP6*** | NW 7.40 SP4 | NW 7.40 SP3 | NW 7.40 SP2 | NW 7.40 SP0* |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Basic consumption scenario | ||||||||
| Consumption of DDIC views and tables with query push down, paging, filtering, sorting, grouping and aggregation in the ALV Grid | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X |
| Consumption of CDS views - using CDS name | X | X | ||||||
| API: selection parameters | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | |
| API: Initial Grouping | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | |
| API: Initial Aggregation | X | X | X | X | ||||
| Integrated authority-check on SAP HANA | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | |
| Application defined authority provider | X | X | ||||||
| Unified consumption API for all databases - capability service | X | X | X | |||||
| Integrated text search | X | |||||||
| Special SAP HANA features | ||||||||
| Text and fuzzy search on SAP HANA | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | |
| Definition of the search scope for text search | X | X | X | X | ||||
| Consumption of DDIC external views | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | |
| Support for HANA native data types representing DDIC types (e.g. date, time) | X | X | X | |||||
| API: Support for SAP HANA view placeholder | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | |
| Field catalogue API: setting of texts (directly or using a data element)**** | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||
| Field catalogue API: setting of refererence fields (currency and unit relationship)**** | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||
| Default sorting with locale, binary search electable | X | X | X | |||||
| Layouting and Personalisation** | ||||||||
| Basic layouting features (enabling, disabling of columns) in API and grid | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | |
| Fixed key columns | X | X | X | X | X | |||
| Personalized toolbar buttons | X | X | X | X | X | |||
| Field display options (as button, icon, link) and their cell actions | X | X | X | X | ||||
| Table display options (title, alternating row pattern) | X | X | X | X | ||||
| Non persistent personalisation (settings dialogue) | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | |
| Persisted personalisation (ALV variants) | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||
| Access of ALV variants in toolbar | X | X | ||||||
| Usability improvements (cell merging of sorted columns, empty table text) | X | X | ||||||
| Additional navigation possibilities | X | |||||||
| Functions | ||||||||
| Single row selection and application functions | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | |
| Double click enablement | X | X | X | X | ||||
| Printing and Excel Export (limited to 10 000 selected rows) | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | |
| Disabling of standard functions for business reasons (e.g. aggregation of status codes not allowed) | X | X | X | X | ||||
Special features | ||||||||
| Complex where conditions | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | |
| Treating null values as initial values in database selection | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||
| Calculated fields in ABAP (e.g. determination of icons) | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||
| Constant Currency for all values in a column | X | X | X | X | X | |||
| Integrated fullscreen mode | X | X | X | X |
*NW 7.40 SP0: ALV on HANA is not released for productive usage - only for test purposes
**Frontend Features require SAPGUI 7.30 Patch 5 (see note 1883738)
*** SAPUI 7.40 SP06 is delivered with NW 7.40 SP05 or separately. As UI delivers on a faster tact, we continue with the UI SPs
****Fields in SAP HANA views do not refer to data elements, hence there are no texts or further DDIC conveniences available. These elements must be handled via the field catalogue API. These features can also be used for DDIC views and tables, but normally they are not necessary in this context