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A JSON model shows only the first 100 entries until setSizeLimit is raised, which is why a ComboBox over a large table quietly stops at a hundred rows.
Z2UI5_CL_SMP_APP_071
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UI5 1.71
frontend action
The facts
- Repository
- abap2UI5/samples
- Class
Z2UI5_CL_SMP_APP_071- Source file
z2ui5_cl_smp_app_071.clas.abap↗- Category
- Binding
- Learning path
- Get your data on screen
- Minimum UI5
- 1.71 — the floor abap2UI5 holds its samples to
- In the playground
- runs in the browser, with no system and nothing installed
- Marked
(A)— Performs a frontend action: client->follow_up_action( ), or drag and drop- Documentation
- abap2ui5.github.io/docs/cookbook/model/size_limit ↗
Keywords: combobox, jsonmodel, size, limit, large, itab, 100, entries, set_size_limit
Controls it builds
- sap.m.Button
- sap.m.ComboBox
- sap.m.Input
- sap.m.Label
- sap.m.MessageStrip
- sap.m.Page
- sap.m.Shell
- sap.ui.core.Item
- sap.ui.core.mvc.View
- sap.ui.layout.form.SimpleForm
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Libraries
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The ABAP
z2ui5_cl_smp_app_071.clas.abap — 148 lines
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" @keywords combobox jsonmodel size limit large itab 100 entries set_size_limit
" @summary A JSON model shows only the first 100 entries until setSizeLimit is raised, which is why a ComboBox over a large table quietly stops at a hundred rows.
" @docs https://abap2ui5.github.io/docs/cookbook/model/size_limit
CLASS z2ui5_cl_smp_app_071 DEFINITION PUBLIC.
PUBLIC SECTION.
INTERFACES z2ui5_if_app.
TYPES:
BEGIN OF ty_s_combobox,
key TYPE string,
text TYPE string,
END OF ty_s_combobox.
CONSTANTS max_entries TYPE i VALUE 10000.
DATA set_size_limit TYPE i VALUE 100.
DATA combo_number TYPE i VALUE 105.
DATA combo_key TYPE string.
DATA t_combo TYPE STANDARD TABLE OF ty_s_combobox WITH EMPTY KEY.
PROTECTED SECTION.
DATA client TYPE REF TO z2ui5_if_client.
METHODS view_display.
METHODS combo_fill.
PRIVATE SECTION.
ENDCLASS.
CLASS z2ui5_cl_smp_app_071 IMPLEMENTATION.
METHOD z2ui5_if_app~main.
me->client = client.
" text typed into an Input bound to TYPE i does not dump: the framework
" keeps the old number and names the field in t_model_skipped - so the
" update would silently use a value the screen no longer shows
DATA(t_skipped) = client->get( )-t_model_skipped.
IF t_skipped IS NOT INITIAL.
client->message_box_display( text = |'{ t_skipped[ 1 ]-value }' is no number this field can hold - it keeps its old value.|
type = `error` ).
RETURN.
ENDIF.
IF client->check_on_init( ).
combo_fill( ).
view_display( ).
ELSEIF client->check_on_navigated( ).
view_display( ).
ELSEIF client->check_on_event( `UPDATE` ).
client->follow_up_action(
val = z2ui5_if_client=>cs_event-set_size_limit
t_arg = VALUE #( ( CONV #( set_size_limit ) ) ( client->cs_view-main ) ) ).
client->message_toast_display( |Size limit set to { set_size_limit } - open the ComboBox again| ).
ELSEIF client->check_on_event( `UPDATE_MODEL` ).
" the number comes from the browser: a typed 100000000 would build a
" hundred million rows in the session and ship them all to the client,
" so the table stays within what a ComboBox can sensibly show
IF combo_number < 0 OR combo_number > max_entries.
client->message_box_display( text = |Number of Entries must be between 0 and { max_entries }.|
type = `error` ).
RETURN.
ENDIF.
combo_fill( ).
client->message_toast_display( |The ComboBox now holds { combo_number } entries| ).
ENDIF.
ENDMETHOD.
METHOD combo_fill.
t_combo = VALUE #( ).
DO combo_number TIMES.
INSERT VALUE #( key = sy-index text = sy-index ) INTO TABLE t_combo.
ENDDO.
ENDMETHOD.
METHOD view_display.
DATA(view) = z2ui5_cl_ui5_view_builder=>factory(
)->ele( n = `View` ns = `mvc`
)->a( n = `displayBlock` v = `true`
)->a( n = `height` v = `100%`
)->a( n = `xmlns` v = `sap.m`
)->a( n = `xmlns:mvc` v = `sap.ui.core.mvc`
)->a( n = `xmlns:core` v = `sap.ui.core`
)->a( n = `xmlns:form` v = `sap.ui.layout.form` ).
DATA(page) = view->ele( `Shell`
)->ele( `Page`
)->a( n = `title` v = `abap2UI5 - Binding - Model setSizeLimit for Large Tables`
)->a( n = `showNavButton` b = client->check_app_prev_stack( )
)->a( n = `navButtonPress` v = client->_event_nav_app_leave( ) ).
page->tag( `MessageStrip`
)->a( n = `text` v = `The ComboBox below is bound to 105 entries, but a JSON model hands a list binding ` &&
`only its first 100: open it and scroll to the end - it stops at 100. Raise setSizeLimit to 200 and ` &&
`press update size limit, and all 105 appear. Number of Entries refills the table with as many rows.`
)->a( n = `type` v = `Information`
)->a( n = `showIcon` b = abap_true
)->a( n = `class` v = `sapUiSmallMargin` ).
page->ele( n = `SimpleForm` ns = `form`
)->a( n = `title` v = `Set Size Limit`
)->a( n = `editable` b = abap_true
)->ele( n = `content` ns = `form`
)->tag( `Label`
)->a( n = `text` v = `setSizeLimit`
)->tag( `Input`
)->a( n = `value` v = client->_bind( set_size_limit )
)->tag( `Button`
)->a( n = `press` v = client->_event( val = `UPDATE` )
)->a( n = `text` v = `update size limit`
)->tag( `Label`
)->a( n = `text` v = `Number of Entries`
)->tag( `Input`
)->a( n = `value` v = client->_bind( combo_number )
)->tag( `Button`
)->a( n = `press` v = client->_event( val = `UPDATE_MODEL` )
)->a( n = `text` v = `update number entries`
)->tag( `Label`
)->a( n = `text` v = `ComboBox`
)->ele( `ComboBox`
)->a( n = `selectedKey` v = client->_bind( combo_key )
)->a( n = `items` v = client->_bind( t_combo )
)->tag( n = `Item` ns = `core`
)->a( n = `key` v = `{KEY}`
)->a( n = `text` v = `{TEXT}` ).
client->view_display( view->stringify( ) ).
ENDMETHOD.
ENDCLASS.
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