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FOR ALL ENTRIES Why you need to include KEY fields

By Naimesh Patel | March 20, 2014 | Performance |

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ABAPFORALLENTRIESishandy,butwouldcreatelotofdatainconsistenciesifyoudontuseitproperly.

Basic
Forsimplestuseof FORALLENTRIES ,youwouldwriteyourSELECTqueryusingtheFORALLENTIRESanduseoneormorefieldsfromthetableinto
WHEREcondition.

IFt_idsISNOTINITIAL.
SELECT*
INTOTABLEt_t100_all
FROMt100
FORALLENTRIESINt_ids
WHEREarbgbLIKE'0%'
ANDmsgnr=t_idsTABLE_LINE.
ENDIF.

Problem
Whenyourtablehasfewkeyfields,yougenerallytendtoselectthem,eventhoughyoudontneedthem.ButwhentherearemanyFieldsyoutendtonotinclude
theminyourtableandsubsequentlyinyourSELECTquery.
Forexample,letsseethisquery:
Incorrect FOR ALL ENTRIES

SELECTryear
drcrk
rpmax
rtcur
racct
rbukrs
rcntr
kokrs
hsl01
hsl02
hsl03
hsl04
hsl05
hsl06
hsl07
hsl08
hsl09
hsl10
hsl11
hsl12
FROMfaglflext
INTOTABLElt_fagl
FORALLENTRIESINlt_skb1
WHEREryearINlr_gjahr
ANDracct=lt_skb1saknr
ANDrbukrs=lt_skb1bukrs.

Sincethisquerydoesnthaveallthekeyfields,youwouldrunintotheissueswhenyouwilltrytoreconcileitwithsomeofthestandardtransactionFAGLB03.
TheissuewillhappenwhenyouhavesamepostingforsameGLusingsameCCindifferentperiods.Inthatcase,systemwouldonlybringoneentryinsteadof
themultiple.Ontheotherhandthestandardtransactionwouldgetyoualltheentrieswouldadifferenttotal.
WhenyoudebugthestdtransactionandreachtoSELECT,youwouldthink,thisisthesamequeryIhave.Thanwhymyquerywontwork.Soyoudownloadthe
datafrombothoftheITABYourprogramandStdtransaction.Youcomparethemandyouwouldnoticefewentriesaredefinitelymissing.Afterfewroundsof
VLOOKUPandCompareinexcel,yousuddenlyrealizethatFORALLENTRIESisdroppingfewentries.Bythetime,youarealreadyexpertinExcel.
TofixthisyouwouldthanrealizethatyouneedtoincludemorekeyfieldsintotheSELECT.NexthurdlewouldbetoexplaintoyourFunctionalcounterpartand

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youruserswhyitwasnotworking.
Ifthisprogramwasnotdevelopedbyyou,Icanimaginehowmuchyouhatethatpersonwhenyourealizedtherootcause.Asillymistake!Onbrightside,you
arenowExcelexpert

Why you need Key fields

Toimprovetheperformance,youwoulddefinitelywanttohave uniquevaluesintheITABwhichyouareusingasFORALLENTIRES .Ifyoudontpassunique
values,DBwouldreselecttherecordsforeachduplicatevalues.Finally,DBwouldremovetheduplicatesandgiveyoutheresultset.
Thisremovingofduplicatewouldcreatedatainconsistencies,ifyoudonthavekeyfieldsinyourselectionfieldspartofyourSELECTquery.Ifyouassumethat
allyourfieldswouldmakeuptheuniquevaluewithoutincludingtheKeyfields,youareinvitingtroubleinthefuture.
AddingtheKeyfieldsofthetablewouldensurethatalltheselectedrecordsareunique.IftheSELECTisajoin,makesureyouincludeallthekeyfieldsfromall
thetablesincludedinthejoin.

Compare
Letmeshowyouthissimpleexample:
T100 SELECT without SPRAS

TYPES:
BEGINOFty_t100,
arbgbTYPEt100arbgb,
msgnrTYPEt100msgnr,
textTYPEt100text,
ENDOFty_t100.

DATA:t_idsTYPESTANDARDTABLEOFt100msgnr.
DATA:t_t100_allTYPESTANDARDTABLEOFt100.
DATA:t_t100TYPESTANDARDTABLEOFty_t100.

APPEND'001'TOt_ids.
APPEND'002'TOt_ids.

IFt_idsISNOTINITIAL.
SELECTarbgb
msgnr
text"commenttoseemorerecordsaredropping
INTOTABLEt_t100
FROMt100
FORALLENTRIESINt_ids
WHEREarbgbLIKE'0%'
ANDmsgnr=t_idsTABLE_LINE.
WRITE:/'WithoutAllKeyFields',sydbcnt.
ENDIF.

Now,thiscodewithallthekeyfields
T100 with SPRAS (with all key fields)

IFt_idsISNOTINITIAL.
SELECT*
INTOTABLEt_t100_all
FROMt100
FORALLENTRIESINt_ids
WHEREarbgbLIKE'0%'
ANDmsgnr=t_idsTABLE_LINE.
WRITE:/'WithALLKeyFields',sydbcnt.
ENDIF.

IfyoucommentouttheTEXTfieldfromthe1stquery,youwouldseemorerecordsarebeingdropped.Thisisduetothefactthat,DBwouldonlyretainthe
uniquerecords.DBwouldcomparetheentirerecordwithallrecordsandwoulddroptherows.JustlikeDELETEADJACENTDUPLICATESFROMitab
COMPARINGALLFIELDS.
BasedonentriesinsystemwhereIexecutedthis:

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Conclusion
WhenyouuseFORALLENTRIES,alongwithotherthings,youwoulddefinitelywanttomakesureyouhaveallthekeyfieldsintheinternaltableandyouare
selectingthemaswelltoavoidthedatainconsistencies.

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Naimesh Patel

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3 Comments
fawcs

# March 24th, 2014 at 7:06 am

Notonlythat,theduplicatedentriesaredeletedafterwefetchthedatafromtheDatabase,soyouhavetomakesureyoufetchtheexact
datayouneed!
Iveranintoaproblemwheresomeonedidntdeletetheduplicatedentriesandtheselectbroughtsomuchdatathattheprogramwould
causeashortdump(nomorememory)whenittheselectended

bilen Cekic

# March 27th, 2014 at 10:26 pm

Greatarticlelikeothers.Firstofallappreciateyourworks.
AsaBPCconsultantcurrently,ialsocodemyownABAPworksandtryingtoimplementdesignpatternsonmyworksbygettinghelp
fromyourarticlesthxagain andiamalsoperformancemaniacalsomademanyimprovementsonHANAsystemsandBPCbyusing
someparallelizationlogic.
Fortheforallentries,justwanttoaddsomeinfo,ontheBASISsideithassomeparametersthatcanbechanged,thoseare
rsdb/max_blocking_factor
rsdb/min_blocking_factor
rsdb/max_in_blocking_factor
rsdb/min_in_blocking_factor.
WhatFAEdois,itsplitsyourselectqueriesbasedonparametersandsendselectstatements.Forexamplewehave1000matnrin
internaltableandweareselectingMARA.
Itcreateselectstatementthatcontains5MATNRineachstatement(whichmeanscreates200queries).
Disadvantageis,itkillssystemresources:),SAPsuggeststousejoins.WhileourtradionalRDMSsystemsarechanging,this
approachesallsowillchange.InHANAyougetfasterresponseifyouuseJOINSforexample.
CommentisabitfarfromyourmaintopicbutreleatedwithFAEalso

Naimesh Patel

# March 28th, 2014 at 9:08 am

HelloBilen,
ThanksforthedetailsabouttheparameterswhichcaninfluencehowFAEwouldwork.WecanalsoinfluencetheSELECTusingHINTS
forthespecificSELECTifitistakinglongruntime.
Iguess,IshouldhaveonemorearticleonFAEwiththesedetailsonhowtofurtherimprovetheperformance.
Thanks,
NaimeshPatel

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