How to get all possible values from the f4 help fields into an internal table in ABAP?

Question

so my goal is to generate some data with certain fields. My idea was to get all possible values from the field and then randomly picking values for my data.

So I want for example the possible values of a currency field:

I need to access all the values from the first column

So i can move them to an internal table and randomly pick.

How can i move the possible values of a filed into an internal table?

I will need to do this multiple times from different tables, so a unified method would be great.

Answer 1

You can use F4IF_FIELD_VALUE_REQUEST function module for getting search help values. You can use this function for currency like below:

call function 'F4IF_FIELD_VALUE_REQUEST'
exporting
  tabname = 'T001'
  fieldname = 'WAERS'
  suppress_recordlist = abap_true
tables
  return_tab = it_return
exceptions
  field_not_found = 1
  no_help_for_field = 2
  inconsistent_help = 3
  no_values_found = 4
  others = 5.