VTCHARACT SAP (Characteristics of Several Variant Tables) Structure details
Description: Characteristics of Several Variant Tables
Structure field list including key, data, relationships and ABAP select examples
VTCHARACT 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 "Characteristics of Several Variant Tables" 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_VTCHARACT TYPE VTCHARACT.
The VTCHARACT table consists of various fields, each holding specific information or linking keys about Characteristics of Several Variant Tables data available in SAP. These include CHARACT (Characteristic Name), FLDELETE (Deletion Indicator), DBTABFIELDNAME (Field 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 VTCHARACT 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 |
| VAR_TAB | Table Name of Variant Table | APITABL | CHAR | 18 | KLASSE | ||||
| CHARACT | Characteristic Name | ATNAM | CHAR | 30 | ATNAM | FEA | |||
| FLDELETE | Deletion Indicator | FLLKENZ | CHAR | 1 | XFELD | ||||
| DBTABFIELDNAME | Field name | NAME_FELD | CHAR | 30 | Assigned to domain | FDNAME | DFD |
| Key field | Non-key field |
How do I retrieve data from SAP structure VTCHARACT using ABAP code?
As VTCHARACT 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 VTCHARACT as there is no data to select.How to access SAP table VTCHARACT
Within an ECC or HANA version of SAP you can also view further information about VTCHARACT 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