Editing ABAP (section)

==Transactions==
A transaction in SAP terminology is the execution of a program. The normal way of executing ABAP code in the SAP system is by entering a transaction code (for instance, VA01 is the transaction code for "Create Sales Order"). The common transaction codes (T-codes) used by ABAP developer are SE38, SE09, SE10, SE24, SE11, SE16N, SE80, SE37, ST22 etc.<ref>{{Cite web |title=List of Transaction codes |url=https://help.sap.com/docs/SUPPORT_CONTENT/abap/3353524058.html |access-date=2023-09-09 |website=SAP Help Portal}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Full List of Transaction codes in S4/HANA - docsfortec.com |url=https://docsfortec.com/sap/S4/transactions |access-date=2024-05-14 |website=docsfortec.com |archive-date=2024-05-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240514092834/https://docsfortec.com/sap/S4/transactions |url-status=live}}</ref> Transactions can be called via system-defined or user-specific, role-based menus. They can also be started by entering the transaction code directly into a command field, which is present in every SAP screen. Transactions can also be invoked programmatically by means of the ABAP statements CALL TRANSACTION and LEAVE TO TRANSACTION.
The general notion of a [[transaction processing|transaction]] is called a Logical Unit of Work (LUW) in SAP terminology.