How to limit the number of records returned by BAPI call using JCO3

Question

When retrieving information from SAP system, in certain cases, we get results in hundreds or thousands. In such cases, if we want to implement a kind of pagination mechanism, what are the options available in JCO3.

First of all, how to restrict the records to a desired number (100 or 1000, etc)? Where should we define this? How to continue to the next iteration of results with a limited records in each iteration/page?

Answer 1

That depends on the BAPI / function module you're using. If the BAPI supports pagination, fine - if it doesn't, the JCo won't be able to help you out. You'll have to retrieve all records and do the pagination in your application.