AbapGenerator

An ABAP transaction, ZABAP_GENERATOR, that generates a Model-View-Controller-style project by copying a template package's objects into a new one under the project's name.

A design pattern such as Model-View-Controller means creating the same package, report and model/view classes for every new project, then copying the report's selection-screen data across to the model class by hand. Transaction ZABAP_GENERATOR removes the repetition: it copies a chosen template package's objects into a new one, replacing the template name with the project name, and can re-read the generated report's selection screen afterwards to update the model class and its range tables. Default values for the generator live in table ZZT_ABAP_GEN, maintained through SM30.

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Last push2022-10-26LicenceMIT

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Generators ABAP

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Type: Generator
Origin: Independently maintained

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Generates: A new projectCode or test data
declared, What it creates when you run it., read 2026-10-18The Template Objects will be copied and changed accordingly (Templatename will be replaced with the Projectname) — OberstVonGatow/AbapGenerator — README, 2026-10-18Model Class will be changed to fit the Selection Data — OberstVonGatow/AbapGenerator — README, Update Selection Screen, 2026-10-18
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quoted from OberstVonGatow/AbapGenerator under MIT, read 2026-10-26

OberstVonGatow/AbapGenerator/README.mdthe maintainer’s wordsOn GitHub

AbapGenerator

Generate ABAP Objects from Templates. ABAP Generator - be smart, stay lazy.

Use-Case: If you use a Design Pattern like Model-View-Controller, you always have to create a lot of Object for a new Project. You create a Package, a Report, a Model-Class, a View-Class and maybe other Classes. There is also the hassle to pass the Selection Screen Data from the Report to the Model Class. There are generic ways to read the Selection Data of the Report but they always made it more complex, difficult to read and error-prone.

With ABAP Generator:

You create your Template Packages with your needed Classes and Report once
When you want to start a new Project you just start Transaction ZABAP_GENERATOR with your Template
Initialization (in ZABAP_GENERATOR)
- The Template Objects will be copied and changed accordingly (Templatename will be replaced with the Projectname)
Then you change the Selection Screen of your just generated Report as you like in ADT or SE38
Update Selection Screen (in ZABAP_GENERATOR)
- Your Report Selection Screen will be read and the Parameters/Select-Options passed to the Model Class
- Model Class will be changed to fit the Selection Data
- If Dict. Range Tables is checked, TableTypes with Rangetables will be created if not already created.

You can change the Default Values and Settings in Table ZZT_ABAP_GEN with SM30. (Default Values will be generated in ZZT_ABAP_GEN with first run of ZABAP_GENERATOR).

Transaction ZABAP_GENERATOR Initialization:

transaction init