Changing Parameters on the screen in SAP

You can change parameters displayed on the screen in SAP by customizing the selection text. This allows you to modify how parameter labels appear to users in selection screens.

Steps to Change Parameters on Screen

You can do this by going to Menu.

Navigate to Goto?Text Elements?Selection Text

Detailed Process

Follow these steps to modify parameter display text ?

Step 1: Open your ABAP program in the SAP development environment

Step 2: From the menu bar, select Goto

Step 3: Choose Text Elements from the dropdown menu

Step 4: Select Selection Text from the submenu

Step 5: In the Selection Text maintenance screen, you will see a list of all parameters and select-options defined in your program

Step 6: Enter the desired text description for each parameter in the Text column

Step 7: Save your changes and activate the program

Example

Here's how parameter definitions look in ABAP code ?

PARAMETERS: p_matnr TYPE mara-matnr,
            p_werks TYPE marc-werks,
            p_date  TYPE sy-datum.

After setting selection texts, these parameters will display with meaningful labels instead of technical names on the selection screen.

Conclusion

Changing parameters on the screen in SAP is accomplished through the Text Elements functionality, specifically the Selection Text option, which provides user-friendly labels for program parameters.