IQICAT SAP (InfoSet Query API: InfoSet Catalog) Structure details
Description: InfoSet Query API: InfoSet Catalog
Structure field list including key, data, relationships and ABAP select examples
IQICAT 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 "InfoSet Query API: InfoSet Catalog" 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_IQICAT TYPE IQICAT.
The IQICAT table consists of various fields, each holding specific information or linking keys about InfoSet Query API: InfoSet Catalog data available in SAP. These include OLDNAME (SAP Query (S): InfoSet), OLDWS (SAP Query (S): Work Area ID), ITYPE (InfoSet Query: InfoSet Type), TAB (Table Name).. 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 IQICAT 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 |
| ISNAME | InfoSet Query: InfoSet Name | IQINAME | CHAR | 30 | IQNAME | SH_INFOSET | |||
| OLDNAME | SAP Query (S): InfoSet | AQS_SGNAME | CHAR | 24 | AQT_SGNAME | ||||
| OLDWS | SAP Query (S): Work Area ID | AQS_WSID | CHAR | 1 | AQT_WSID | ||||
| ITYPE | InfoSet Query: InfoSet Type | IQITYPE | CHAR | 4 | IQITYPE | ||||
| TAB | Table Name | TABNAME | CHAR | 30 | Assigned to domain | AS4TAB | DTB | ||
| LDB | LDB name | LDBNAM | CHAR | 20 | LDBNAME | LDB | SH_LDBD | ||
| OLDIS | InfoSet Query: Boolean Value | IQBOOL | CHAR | 1 | IQBOOL | ||||
| OLDDEVC | Package | DEVCLASS | CHAR | 30 | Assigned to domain | DEVCLASS | DVC | DEVCLASS | |
| AUTHOR | User Name | SYUNAME | CHAR | 12 | SYCHAR12 | ||||
| CRDATE | System Date | SYDATUM | DATS | 8 | SYDATS | ||||
| CRTIME | System Time | SYUZEIT | TIMS | 6 | SYTIME | ||||
| CHANGEDBY | User Name | SYUNAME | CHAR | 12 | SYCHAR12 | ||||
| CHDATE | System Date | SYDATUM | DATS | 8 | SYDATS | ||||
| CHTIME | System Time | SYUZEIT | TIMS | 6 | SYTIME | ||||
| NO_TEXTS | InfoSet Query: Boolean Value | IQBOOL | CHAR | 1 | IQBOOL | ||||
| ISTEXT | InfoSet Query: Long Text for Objects | IQOTXT | CHAR | 60 | IQOTXT |
| Key field | Non-key field |
How do I retrieve data from SAP structure IQICAT using ABAP code?
As IQICAT 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 IQICAT as there is no data to select.How to access SAP table IQICAT
Within an ECC or HANA version of SAP you can also view further information about IQICAT 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