RFC: Enhance the Handler Class With Filtering

1. Select the class from the previous tutorial, Get Data from a Remote System Using a Custom Entity, and choose Duplicate… from the context menu.

2. Enter a name for your duplicate class, ZCL_PRODUCT_W_FILTER_000, and choose Finish.

The duplicate class appears in a new editor.

1. First, you will define the range tables. These tables will be filled with the filter value(s) the user enters - for example, all suppliers beginning with “T”. Each range table contains four columns: Sign (i.e. include or exclude), Operation (e.g. “Equals” or “Contains”), Low (either the first value in a range, or a single value), High (in ranges, the highest value; otherwise empty).

   For more information on range tables, see: - SAP Help Portal: SAP Gateway Foundation: Ranges Table and Structure - Third-Party Content: My Experiments with ABAP: SAP Range Table

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   "select options
   DATA lt_filter_ranges_productid TYPE RANGE OF ZCE_product_001-productid.
   DATA ls_filter_ranges_productid LIKE LINE OF lt_filter_ranges_productid.
   DATA lt_filter_ranges_supplier  TYPE RANGE OF ZCE_product_001-suppliername.
   DATA ls_filter_ranges_supplier  LIKE LINE OF lt_filter_ranges_supplier.
   DATA lt_filter_ranges_category  TYPE RANGE OF ZCE_product_001-category.
   DATA ls_filter_ranges_category  LIKE LINE OF lt_filter_ranges_category.

2. Next define the variable that will contain the selected columns, passed to it from the table, lt_fields. (See step 4-5).

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    	DATA lv_select_string TYPE string.

1. Define the variable that contains the filter value(s).

2. Wrap it in a TRY ... CATCH block.

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   TRY.
   	"get and add filter
   	DATA(lt_filter_cond) = io_request->get_filter( )->get_as_ranges( ).
   
   	"get_filter_conditions( ).
   		CATCH cx_rap_query_filter_no_range INTO DATA(lx_no_sel_option).
   
   		  "@todo :
   		  " raise an exception that the filter that has been provided
   		  " cannot be converted into select options
   		  " here we just continue
   
   	  ENDTRY.

Get the names of the selected columns and store them in a table, lt_fields.

DATA(lt_fields)  = io_request->get_requested_elements( ).

If the user has specified that only some columns should be displayed, then store these column names in a string. Otherwise, retrieve all columns in the table from the database.

```ABAP
" $select handling
IF lt_fields IS NOT INITIAL.
CONCATENATE LINES OF lt_fields INTO lv_select_string  SEPARATED BY ','.
ELSE.
"check coding. If no columns are specified via $select retrieve all columns from the model instead?
lv_select_string = '*'.
ENDIF.
```

If the user has specified a filter for productid, then fill the ranges table with the user-specified values

"a filter has been provided

"get filter for ProductID
READ TABLE lt_filter_cond WITH KEY name = 'PRODUCTID' INTO DATA(ls_productid_cond).
IF sy-subrc EQ 0.
  LOOP AT ls_productid_cond-range INTO DATA(ls_sel_opt_productid).
	MOVE-CORRESPONDING ls_sel_opt_productid TO ls_filter_ranges_productid.
	INSERT ls_filter_ranges_productid INTO TABLE lt_filter_ranges_productid.
  ENDLOOP.
ENDIF.

Do the same for any filter for Category or Supplier Name.

"-get filter for SUPPLIERNAME
READ TABLE  lt_filter_cond WITH  KEY name = 'SUPPLIERNAME' INTO DATA(ls_suppliername_cond).
IF sy-subrc EQ 0.
  LOOP AT ls_suppliername_cond-range INTO DATA(ls_sel_opt_suppliername).
    MOVE-CORRESPONDING ls_sel_opt_suppliername TO ls_filter_ranges_supplier.
    INSERT ls_filter_ranges_supplier INTO TABLE lt_filter_ranges_supplier.
  ENDLOOP.
ENDIF.

"-get filter for CATEGORY
READ TABLE  lt_filter_cond WITH  KEY name = 'CATEGORY' INTO DATA(ls_category_cond).
IF sy-subrc EQ 0.
  LOOP AT ls_category_cond-range INTO DATA(ls_sel_opt_category).
    MOVE-CORRESPONDING ls_sel_opt_category TO ls_filter_ranges_category.
    INSERT ls_filter_ranges_category INTO TABLE lt_filter_ranges_category.
  ENDLOOP.
ENDIF.

Add the table parameters for these ranges tables to the BAPI call.

CALL FUNCTION 'BAPI_EPM_PRODUCT_GET_LIST'
     DESTINATION lv_destination
     EXPORTING
       max_rows   = lv_maxrows
     TABLES
headerdata            = lt_product
selparamproductid     = lt_filter_ranges_productid
selparamsuppliernames = lt_filter_ranges_supplier
selparamcategories    = lt_filter_ranges_category.

1. Open your custom entity, ZCE_PRODUCT_000.

2. Change the following annotation to point to the new class:

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   @ObjectModel.query.implementedBy: 'ABAP:ZCL_SHOW_PRODUCTS_W_FILTER'

3. Save and activate ( Ctrl+S, Ctrl+F3 ) the custom entity.

1. Save and activate ( Ctrl+S, Ctrl+F3 ) the class.

2. Open your service binding, Z_BIND_PRODUCT_TEST_000 , then choose Preview….

3. In the Fiori Elements preview, enter a filter value, such as “Supplier Name = AVANTEL”, then choose Go.

The filtered list appears.