PDTASK SAP (Texts for Task Editing) Structure details
Description: Texts for Task Editing
Structure field list including key, data, relationships and ABAP select examples
PDTASK 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 "Texts for Task Editing" 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_PDTASK TYPE PDTASK.
The PDTASK table consists of various fields, each holding specific information or linking keys about Texts for Task Editing data available in SAP. These include OBJID (Task (ID of Task)), SEARK (Search Term for Tasks), SHORT (Abbreviation (Short Name) for Task), STEXT (Task 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 PDTASK 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 |
| OTYPE | Task Type | PD_TASK_TP | CHAR | 2 | Assigned to domain | OTYPE | P-T | ||
| OBJID | Task (ID of Task) | PD_TASK_ID | NUMC | 8 | Assigned to domain | HROBJID | P-I | ||
| SEARK | Search Term for Tasks | PD_TASK_SK | CHAR | 12 | CHAR12 | ||||
| SHORT | Abbreviation (Short Name) for Task | PD_TASK_SH | CHAR | 12 | TEXT12 | ||||
| STEXT | Task Name | PD_TASK_ST | CHAR | 40 | TEXT40 | ||||
| OTEXT | Object Type Text | OTEXT | CHAR | 25 | TEXT25 | ||||
| TASK_SINGL | Single-Step Task | PD_TASK_SL | CHAR | 1 | CHAR1_X | ||||
| .INCLU-1 | 0 | ||||||||
| SEL_FLAG1 | Selection Field | SEL_FLAG | CHAR | 1 | CHAR1_X | ||||
| OTYPE1 | Object Type | OTYPE | CHAR | 2 | Assigned to domain | OTYPE | POT | ||
| OTEXT1 | Object Type Text | OTEXT | CHAR | 25 | TEXT25 | ||||
| .INCLU-2 | 0 | ||||||||
| SEL_FLAG2 | Selection Field | SEL_FLAG | CHAR | 1 | CHAR1_X | ||||
| OTYPE2 | Object Type | OTYPE | CHAR | 2 | Assigned to domain | OTYPE | POT | ||
| OTEXT2 | Object Type Text | OTEXT | CHAR | 25 | TEXT25 | ||||
| TASK_MULTP | Multistep Task | PD_TASK_MU | CHAR | 1 | CHAR1_X | ||||
| .INCLU-3 | 0 | ||||||||
| SEL_FLAG3 | Selection Field | SEL_FLAG | CHAR | 1 | CHAR1_X | ||||
| OTYPE3 | Object Type | OTYPE | CHAR | 2 | Assigned to domain | OTYPE | POT | ||
| OTEXT3 | Object Type Text | OTEXT | CHAR | 25 | TEXT25 | ||||
| .INCLU-4 | 0 | ||||||||
| SEL_FLAG4 | Selection Field | SEL_FLAG | CHAR | 1 | CHAR1_X | ||||
| OTYPE4 | Object Type | OTYPE | CHAR | 2 | Assigned to domain | OTYPE | POT | ||
| OTEXT4 | Object Type Text | OTEXT | CHAR | 25 | TEXT25 |
| Key field | Non-key field |
How do I retrieve data from SAP structure PDTASK using ABAP code?
As PDTASK 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 PDTASK as there is no data to select.How to access SAP table PDTASK
Within an ECC or HANA version of SAP you can also view further information about PDTASK 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