SAP-ABAP programs are either written as “Reports” or as “Dialogs”. ABAP Report programming is done when a large amount of data is to be presented. This includes selecting data from the tables in the ABAP Dictionary, processing the data and formatting it.

What are the types of reports in ABAP?

• Classical.
• Interactive.
• Logical Database.
• ABAP query.
• ALV Reports (ALV stands for ABAP List Viewer)
• Report Writer/Report Painter.
• Views (There are different types of views also)

What does ABAP stand for in SAP?

ABAP stands for advanced business application programming, but is commonly referred to as ABAP. ABAP is a high-level programming language created by SAP that helps large corporations customize their SAP ERP platform.