PVS_STRUCT SAP (PVS Structure Information) Structure details
Description: PVS Structure Information
Structure field list including key, data, relationships and ABAP select examples
PVS_STRUCT 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 "PVS Structure Information" 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_PVS_STRUCT TYPE PVS_STRUCT.
The PVS_STRUCT table consists of various fields, each holding specific information or linking keys about PVS Structure Information data available in SAP. These include DIRECT (Direction of Explosion Indicator), PRGUID (Internal Identification for PVS Objects), PRCNT (Internal Counter for iPPE Objects), PRTYPE (iPPE Relationship Type).. 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: Can be enhanced (character-type or numeric)
SAP PVS_STRUCT 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 |
| PLEVEL | Level to which the structures are compared | PVS_EXPLLEV | INT2 | 5 | INT2 | ||||
| DIRECT | Direction of Explosion Indicator | PVS_DIRECT | CHAR | 1 | XFELD | ||||
| PRGUID | Internal Identification for PVS Objects | PVS_GUID | RAW | 16 | SYSUUID | ||||
| PRCNT | Internal Counter for iPPE Objects | PVS_COUNT | NUMC | 8 | NUMC8 | ||||
| PRTYPE | iPPE Relationship Type | PVS_PNREL_TYPE | CHAR | 8 | Assigned to domain | PVS_PNREL_TYPE | |||
| APPLREL_TYPE | Relationship Application Type | PVS_RELOBJ_TYPE | CHAR | 4 | PVS_RELOBJ_TYPE | ||||
| OTYPE1 | iPPE Object Type | PVS_OTYPE | CHAR | 1 | PVS_OTYPE | ||||
| PNGUID1 | Internal Identification for PVS Objects | PVS_GUID | RAW | 16 | SYSUUID | ||||
| PVGUID1 | Internal Identification for PVS Objects | PVS_GUID | RAW | 16 | SYSUUID | ||||
| PAGUID1 | Internal Identification for PVS Objects | PVS_GUID | RAW | 16 | SYSUUID | ||||
| GUID1 | Internal Identification for PVS Objects | PVS_GUID | RAW | 16 | SYSUUID | ||||
| APPLOBJ_TYPE1 | iPPE Application Object Type | PPE_APPLOBJ_TYPE | CHAR | 4 | CHAR4 | ||||
| OTYPE2 | iPPE Object Type | PVS_OTYPE | CHAR | 1 | PVS_OTYPE | ||||
| PNGUID2 | Internal Identification for PVS Objects | PVS_GUID | RAW | 16 | SYSUUID | ||||
| PVGUID2 | Internal Identification for PVS Objects | PVS_GUID | RAW | 16 | SYSUUID | ||||
| PAGUID2 | Internal Identification for PVS Objects | PVS_GUID | RAW | 16 | SYSUUID | ||||
| GUID2 | Internal Identification for PVS Objects | PVS_GUID | RAW | 16 | SYSUUID | ||||
| APPLOBJ_TYPE2 | iPPE Application Object Type | PPE_APPLOBJ_TYPE | CHAR | 4 | CHAR4 | ||||
| PREL_TYPE | iPPE Relationship Type | PVS_REL_TYPE | CHAR | 1 | PVS_REL_TYPE | ||||
| AENNR | Change Number in iPPE | PVS_AENNR | CHAR | 12 | ALPHA | PPE_AENNR | |||
| SORT | Sort Field for iPPE Relationships | PPE_PRELID_SORT | NUMC | 6 | |||||
| DELFLG | Deletion Indicator | PVS_DELFLG | CHAR | 1 | XFELD | ||||
| CREADAT | Date of Application | PVS_ANDAT | DATS | 8 | DATUM | ||||
| CREABY | User who created record | PVS_ANNAM | CHAR | 12 | USNAM | ||||
| CHNGDAT | Date of Last Change | PVS_AEDAT | DATS | 8 | DATUM | ||||
| CHNGBY | Name of Person Who Changed Object | PVS_AENAM | CHAR | 12 | USNAM | ||||
| LOGSYS | Logical system | LOGSYS | CHAR | 10 | Assigned to domain | ALPHA | LOGSYS |
| Key field | Non-key field |
How do I retrieve data from SAP structure PVS_STRUCT using ABAP code?
As PVS_STRUCT 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 PVS_STRUCT as there is no data to select.How to access SAP table PVS_STRUCT
Within an ECC or HANA version of SAP you can also view further information about PVS_STRUCT 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