To Sort Table Maintenance Before Display.

I found the below steps very useful to sort the table maintenance before display.

• Go to SE11 and enter table name(eg. ZTEST) ->Display
• Click UTILITIES menu->Table Maintenance Generator
• Click on ENVIRONMENT menu->Modification->Maintenance screens->Double click on record in the popup.
• Write one MODULE SORT_EXTRACT (in PBO of the maintenance view screen) to sort exactly before Table Control loop statement(LOOP AT EXTRACT WITH CONTROL)
• Write the below piece of code at SORT_EXTRACT to sort Table Maintenance.

  MODULE SORT_EXTRACT OUTPUT.

  DATA : IT_ZTEST LIKE ZTEST OCCURS 1WITHHEADER LINE .

  IF NOT SY-UCOMM = ‘NEWL’.

  IT_ZTEST[] = EXTRACT[].

  SORT IT_ZTEST BY F1 F2 F3.

  EXTRACT[] = IT_ZTEST[].

  ENDIF.

  ENDMODULE.  ” SORT_EXTRACT OUTPUT

  
  

  Source: An SAP Consultant: SAP ABAP – sorting Table maintenance