BCOS_APPX SAP (Appendices (External Files) Header Information) Structure details
Description: Appendices (External Files) Header Information
Structure field list including key, data, relationships and ABAP select examples
BCOS_APPX is a standard SAP Structure so does not store data like a database table does. It can be used to define the fields of other actual tables or to process "Appendices (External Files) Header Information" Information within sap ABAP programs.
This is done by declaring abap internal tables, work areas or database tables based on this Structure. These can then be used to store and process the required data appropriately.
i.e. DATA: wa_BCOS_APPX TYPE BCOS_APPX.
The BCOS_APPX table consists of various fields, each holding specific information or linking keys about Appendices (External Files) Header Information data available in SAP. These include APPXNO (Appendix Number), FILETYP (Transfer file format (upload/download)), FILENAM (Local file for upload/download), FILELEN (Length of a PC file (number of bytes)).. See below for full list along with technical details, documentation, text table, check tables, foreign key relationships, conversion routines, relevant tcodes and example ABAP select code etc. .
Delivery Class:Display/Maintenance via tcode SM30: Display/Maintenance Allowed but with Restrictions
SAP enhancement categories: Not classified
SAP BCOS_APPX structure fields - Full list of fields found in SAP data dictionary
| Field | Description | Data Element | Data Type | length (Dec) | Check table | Conversion Routine | Domain Name | MemoryID | SHLP |
| DESCR | Appendix Short Text | BCOS_APTXT | CHAR | 60 | TEXT60 | ||||
| APPXNO | Appendix Number | BCOS_APNO | NUMC | 4 | NUMC4 | ||||
| FILETYP | Transfer file format (upload/download) | FILEFORMAT | CHAR | 3 | FILEFORMAT | ||||
| FILENAM | Local file for upload/download | LOCALFILE | CHAR | 128 | LOCALFILE | ||||
| FILELEN | Length of a PC file (number of bytes) | SO_DOC_LEN | NUMC | 12 | SO_DOC_LEN | ||||
| FIRSTL | Appendix Starting Line | BCOS_FLIN | NUMC | 8 | NUMC08 | ||||
| LASTL | Appendix End Line | BCOS_LLIN | NUMC | 8 | NUMC08 | ||||
| FILEFM_UL | Format of the transfer data (uploads only) | FILEFM_UL | CHAR | 3 | FILEFM_UL | ||||
| TIMESTAMP | Time Stamp (In UTC) | BCOS_TSTMP | DEC | 15 | TSTPS | BCOS_TSTMP | |||
| LAST_USR | Last Changed By | BCOS_LUSR | CHAR | 12 | SYCHAR12 | ||||
| OBJKEY | Object key | SWO_TYPEID | CHAR | 70 | SWO_TYPEID |
| Key field | Non-key field |
How do I retrieve data from SAP structure BCOS_APPX using ABAP code?
As BCOS_APPX is a database structure and not a table it does not store any data in the SAP data dictionary. The ABAP SELECT statement is therefore not appropriate and can not be performed on BCOS_APPX as there is no data to select.How to access SAP table BCOS_APPX
Within an ECC or HANA version of SAP you can also view further information about BCOS_APPX and the data within it using relevant transactions such asSE11 (ABAP Dictionary Maintenance)
SM30 (Maintain Table Data)
SE80 (Object Navigator)
SE16 (Data Browser).
Search for further information about these or an SAP related objects