APICABN SAP (Global Characteristics Data from User Interface) Structure details
Description: Global Characteristics Data from User Interface
Structure field list including key, data, relationships and ABAP select examples
APICABN 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 "Global Characteristics Data from User Interface" 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_APICABN TYPE APICABN.
The APICABN table consists of various fields, each holding specific information or linking keys about Global Characteristics Data from User Interface data available in SAP. These include ANZST (Number of Characters), ANZDZ (Number of Decimal Places), ATKLE (Case Sensitive), ATDEX (Exponent Display Format).. 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 APICABN 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 |
ATUDF | Data Type | ATUDF | CHAR | 18 | CHAR18 | ||||
ANZST | Number of Characters | ANZST | INT2 | 5 | ANZST | ||||
ANZDZ | Number of Decimal Places | ANZDZ | INT2 | 5 | ANZDZ | ||||
ATKLE | Case Sensitive | ATKLE | CHAR | 1 | XFELD | ||||
ATDEX | Exponent Display Format | ATDEX | NUMC | 1 | ATDEX | ||||
ATDIM | Exponent display | ATDIM | INT2 | 5 | EXP10 | ||||
ATSCH | Value with template | ATSCH | CHAR | 30 | CHAR30 | ||||
ATVOR | Value with Plus or Minus Sign | ATVOR | CHAR | 1 | XFELD | ||||
EINH2 | Unit of Measure, Language-Dependent | ATEI6 | CHAR | 6 | MSEH6 | ||||
ATMST | Status of a characteristic | ATMST | CHAR | 1 | Assigned to domain | ATMST | |||
ATKLA | Chars Group | ATKLA | CHAR | 10 | Assigned to domain | ATKLA | |||
ATERF | Entry Required | ATERF | CHAR | 1 | ATXFE | ||||
ATBEW | Value Assignment: Single-Value, Multiple-Value, Restrictable | ATBEW | CHAR | 1 | CHAR1 | ||||
ATINT | Interval Values Allowed | ATINT | CHAR | 1 | ATXFE | ||||
ATFOD | Unformatted Entry Control | ATFOD | CHAR | 1 | ATXFE | ||||
ATVSC | Indicator: Display Template When Assigning Values | ATVSC | CHAR | 1 | ATXFE | ||||
ATWRD | Display Allowed Values Defined in Characteristic | ATWRD | CHAR | 1 | ATXFE | ||||
ATINP | No Entry Can be Made for Characteristic | ATINP | CHAR | 1 | ATXFE | ||||
ATVIE | Characteristic Not to be Displayed | ATVIE | CHAR | 1 | ATXFE | ||||
DOKAR | Document Type | DOKAR | CHAR | 3 | Assigned to domain | DOKAR | CV2 | ||
DOKNR | Document number | DOKNR | CHAR | 25 | Assigned to domain | ALPHA | DOKNR | CV1 | |
DOKVR | Document Version | DOKVR | CHAR | 2 | DOKVR | CV3 | |||
DOKTL | Document Part | DOKTL_D | CHAR | 3 | DOKTL | CV4 | |||
AUSWAHLMGE | Selected Set | QAUSWAHLMG_CL | CHAR | 8 | QAUSWAHLMG_CL | ||||
ATGLA | Indicator: restrictable characteristic | ATGLA | CHAR | 1 | XFELD |
Key field | Non-key field |
How do I retrieve data from SAP structure APICABN using ABAP code?
As APICABN 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 APICABN as there is no data to select.How to access SAP table APICABN
Within an ECC or HANA version of SAP you can also view further information about APICABN and the data within it using relevant transactions such asSE11 (ABAP Dictionary Maintenance)
SM30 (Maintain Table Data)
SE80 (Object Navigator)
SE16 (Data Browser).
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