SAP UNICODE INCLUDE GROUPNAME documentation, setup help and example usage

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Includes with Group Names

By redefining structures using INCLUDES , you can select components of these structures symbolically - either in an ABAP program or by assigning group names in the ABAP Dictionary.
The statement takes one of the following two forms:
ABAP_VARIANTS:
INCLUDE TYPE t1 AS grpname [ RENAMING WITH SUFFIX suffix ] .
INCLUDE STRUCTURE s1 AS grpname [ RENAMING WITH SUFFIX suffix ] .
By adding a group name in an Include (in the ABAP Dictionary) or with the AS grpname addition in an ABAP program, you can then address the area of the structure defined in the Include symbolically (using the group name). The following example groups together parts of an ABAP structure, which is then passed to a subprogram.

Example
* Using Includes with group names
TYPES: BEGIN OF name,
vorname(20) TYPE C,
nachname(30) TYPE C,
END OF name.
TYPES: BEGIN OF person,
geschlecht(1) TYPE X.
INCLUDE TYPE name AS pname.
TYPES: alter TYPE I,
gewicht TYPE P,
END OF person.
DATA: s2 TYPE person.
PERFORM use_name USING s2-pname.