Use the ABAP Formatter before activating

Apply the ABAP Formatter - Shift+F1 in SE80, SE24, and ADT - before activating an object.
Note: ABAP Formatter is known as Pretty Printer in SAP GUI.

If you modify a larger unformatted legacy code base, you may want to apply the ABAP Formatter only to selected lines to avoid huge change lists and transport dependencies. Consider formatting the complete development object in a separate Transport Request or Note.

Read more in Chapter 5: Formatting: Team Rules of Robert C. Martin’s Clean Code.

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Last updated on 2026-07-26

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