object: Browse and manage objects

Inspect, search, browse, activate, and delete existing ABAP objects.

Related guides: read-navigate.

9 commands.

abapctl object info

READ IDEMP

Show metadata for an ABAP object

Option	Required	Description
object (positional)	yes	object (object/name argument)
--connection	no	connection profile name
--adt-type	no	ADT object type (e.g. PROG/P, DDLS/DF, CLAS/OC). Use when a name is shared by multiple object types

abapctl object info ZCL_FOO

abapctl object tree

READ IDEMP

Browse objects in a package

Option	Required	Description
package (positional)	yes	package (object/name argument)
--connection	no	connection profile name

abapctl object tree ZFINANCE

abapctl object types

READ IDEMP

List creatable ABAP object types

Option	Required	Description
--connection	no	connection profile name

abapctl object types

abapctl object inactive

READ IDEMP

List inactive objects in the SAP system

Option	Required	Description
--connection	no	connection profile name

abapctl object inactive

abapctl object delete

DESTR

Delete an ABAP object from the SAP system

prompts for confirmation; read-only with --dry-run

Option	Required	Description
object (positional)	yes	object (object/name argument)
--connection	no	connection profile name
--transport	no	transport request number
--yes	no	skip confirmation prompt
--dry-run	no	show what would be deleted without deleting
--adt-type	no	ADT object type (e.g. PROG/P, DDLS/DF, CLAS/OC). Use when a name is shared by multiple object types

abapctl object delete ZCL_FOO --dry-run

abapctl object history

READ IDEMP

Show revision history for an ABAP object

Option	Required	Description
object (positional)	yes	object (object/name argument)
--connection	no	connection profile name
--include	no	class include type
--adt-type	no	ADT object type (e.g. PROG/P, DDLS/DF, CLAS/OC). Use when a name is shared by multiple object types

abapctl object history ZCL_FOO

abapctl object search

READ IDEMP

Search for ABAP objects by name pattern

Option	Required	Description
query (positional)	yes	query (object/name argument)
--connection	no	connection profile name
--type	no	filter by object type (e.g. CLAS, PROG, TABL)
--package	no	filter by package name
--max-results	no	maximum number of results (default 50)

abapctl object search ZCL_*

abapctl object activate

IDEMP

Activate one or more ABAP objects (batch for multiple)

single uses sync, multiple uses batch activation; read-only with --dry-run

Option	Required	Description
objects (positional)	yes	objects (object/name argument)
--connection	no	connection profile name
--dry-run	no	show what would be activated without activating
--continue-on-error	no	activate each object individually, continuing past failures (multi-object only; trades the atomic batch for partial progress with no dependency reordering; auto-enabled on systems without batch activation, e.g. ECC)
--adt-type	no	ADT object type (e.g. PROG/P, DDLS/DF, CLAS/OC). Use when a name is shared by multiple object types

abapctl object activate ZCL_FOO ZCL_BAR --dry-run

abapctl object path

READ IDEMP

Show the hierarchical path from root to an object

Option	Required	Description
object (positional)	yes	object (object/name argument)
--connection	no	connection profile name
--adt-type	no	ADT object type (e.g. PROG/P, DDLS/DF, CLAS/OC). Use when a name is shared by multiple object types

abapctl object path ZCL_FOO