SAP NEWS_S Table in S/4 HANA - News protocol
NEWS_S is a standard SAP Table which is used to store News protocol data and is available within S/4 HANA SAP systems depending on the version and release level. Below is the technical details and the list of fields specifically relevant for an SAP S/4 HANA system
Even using an S/4 Hana system you can still view further information about the SAP NEWS_S table and the data within it using standard SAP GUI transactions such as SE11, SE80 or SE16. Or you can use the ADT (ABAP development tools within eclipse).
Delivery Class:
Display/Maintenance via SM30: Display/Maintenance Allowed but with Restrictions
Enhancement category: Can be enhanced (character-type)
Dictionary Type: Structure
Database Table: NEWS_S
NEWS_S table structure field list
Below is the full NEWS_S field list that makes up the SAP database table structure, including key fields, description, data type and other technical details of each field
| Field | Description | Data Element | Data Type | length (Dec) | Check table | Conversion Routine | Domain Name | MemoryID | SHLP | SHLP Field |
| VBELN | Sales and Distribution Document Number | VBELN | CHAR | 10(0) | ALPHA | VBELN | AUN | |||
| KUNNR | Customer Number | KUNNR | CHAR | 10(0) | ALPHA | KUNNR | KUN | C_KUNNR | KUNNR | |
| CMGST | Overall Status of Credit Checks | CMGST | CHAR | 1(0) | CMGST | |||||
| CMGST_BEZ | Overall status of credit checks - description | CMGST_BEZ | CHAR | 20(0) | TEXT20 | |||||
| CSTAT | Status field | CSTAT | CHAR | 15(0) | TEXT15 | |||||
| MSGTY | Message Type | MSGTY | CHAR | 1(0) | MSGAR | |||||
| MSGID | Message identification | MSGID | CHAR | 20(0) | ARBGB | |||||
| MSGNO | System Message Number | MSGNO | CHAR | 3(0) | MSGNR | |||||
| MSGV1 | Message variable 01 | MSGV1 | CHAR | 50(0) | CHAR50 | |||||
| MSGV2 | Message variable 02 | MSGV2 | CHAR | 50(0) | CHAR50 | |||||
| MSGV3 | Message variable 03 | MSGV3 | CHAR | 50(0) | CHAR50 | |||||
| MSGV4 | Message variable 04 | MSGV4 | CHAR | 50(0) | CHAR50 | |||||
| TEXT | Character field, length 70 | CHAR70 | CHAR | 70(0) | CHAR70 |
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