Extract Report with ALV Layouts
The following article shows how to extract ABAP reports that use an SAP ABAP List Viewer (ALV) layout.
About Layouts
Layouts in ABAP reports define and control the visual presentation of report data. They determine how data is displayed to the user, including column visibility, column order, column width, aggregation (totals, subtotals), sorting, filtering and other formatting options. Layouts do not affect the actual data.
Option 1 - Use Layouts in Variants
Some ALV-based reports have a Layout field in the selection screen . This field can be used to select a layout before running the report. If the selection screen includes a Layout field, that field's value can be saved as part of a Report Variant . This way, every time the report is executed using that variant, it will automatically use this layout.
Make sure to select the variant in your Board Connector Report extraction.
Option 2 - User-Specific Default Layouts
A user-specific default layout is a layout that is saved together with your SAP user ID. This way, SAP automatically applies the layout each time your SAP user runs the report, if no layout is explicitly chosen.
To use a user-specific default layout in Board Connector, create the layout for the SAP user that is used in your SAP Connection.
For more information on how to create a user-specific layout in ALV, see SAP Help: Working with the SAP List Viewer (ALV) - Saving Layouts.