Load data automatically in Fiori List Report

Using the Fiori List Report template of SAP in Business Application Studio contains no setting to automatically load data into the table. Users need to explicitly press the Go button so that the list is populated.

In case You want to fill the table automatically, please add the following annotations to the manifest.json of the generated project.

OData V2 – sap.suite.ui.generic.template.ListReport

Use the loadDataOnAppLaunch property.

"pages": {
            "ListReport|TechDataGen": {
                "entitySet": "TechDataGen",
                "component": {
                    "name": "sap.suite.ui.generic.template.ListReport",
                    "list": true,
                    "settings": {
                        "condensedTableLayout": true,
                        "smartVariantManagement": true,
                        "enableTableFilterInPageVariant": true,
                        "dataLoadSettings": {
                            "loadDataOnAppLaunch": "always"
                        },
                        "filterSettings": {
                            "dateSettings": {
                                "useDateRange": true
                            }
                        },
                        "tableSettings": {
                            "type": "ResponsiveTable"
                        }
                    }
                }
        }
}

OData V4 – sap.fe.templates.ListReport

Use the initialLoad property.

  "targets": {
    "GenerationList": {
      "type": "Component",
      "id": "GenerationList",
      "name": "sap.fe.templates.ListReport",
      "options": {
        "settings": {
          "contextPath": "/Generation",
          "variantManagement": "Page",
          "initialLoad": true,
          "navigation": {
            "Generation": {
              "detail": {
                "route": "GenerationObjectPage"
              }
            }
          },
          "controlConfiguration": {
            "@com.sap.vocabularies.UI.v1.LineItem": {
              "tableSettings": {
                "type": "ResponsiveTable"
              }
            }
          }
        }
      }
    }
  }

As result the table loads the data be default after launching the List Report application.