RSPOSPCTL SAP (Spool: Maintain a Print Control) Structure details

Dictionary Type: Structure
Description: Spool: Maintain a Print Control




ABAP Code to SELECT data from RSPOSPCTL
Related tables to RSPOSPCTL
Access table RSPOSPCTL




Structure field list including key, data, relationships and ABAP select examples

RSPOSPCTL 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 "Spool: Maintain a Print Control" 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_RSPOSPCTL TYPE RSPOSPCTL.

The RSPOSPCTL table consists of various fields, each holding specific information or linking keys about Spool: Maintain a Print Control data available in SAP. These include TYP (Spool: Device type name), PRCTL (Spool: print control name), Z01 (Spool: Filler for R/2 compatibility), VAR (Spool: Variant for use of print control sequences).. 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 RSPOSPCTL 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
TYPSpool: Device type name RSPOPTYPECHAR8TSP0ARSPOPTYPESPOOL_PTYPE
PRCTLSpool: print control name RSPOPRCTLCHAR5Assigned to domainRSPOPRCTLSPOOL_PRCTL
Z01Spool: Filler for R/2 compatibility RSPODUM1CHAR1CHAR1
VARSpool: Variant for use of print control sequences RSPO22VARCHAR1CHAR1
HEXSpool: Indicates whether hexadecimal sequence stored RSPO22HEXCHAR1CHAR1
DEFSpool: ID for a 'normal' entry RSPO22DEFCHAR1CHAR1
Z02Spool: Filler for R/2 compatibility RSPODUM2CHAR4CHAR4
DATSpool: Replacement text for print controls RSPO22DATCHAR58TEXT58
VAR_ONCESpool: flag for print control variant ONCE RSPOFOCECHAR1FLAG
VAR_ESCAPSpool: flag for print control variant ESCAP RSPOFESCCHAR1FLAG
MODE_RAWSpool: flag for print control interpretation mode RAW RSPOFRAWCHAR1FLAG
MODE_CNVSpool: flag for print control interpreation mode CONV RSPOFCNVCHAR1FLAG
MODE_HEXSpool: flag for print control interpretation mode HEX RSPOFHEXCHAR1FLAG
MODE_ACTSpool: flag for print control interpretation mode ACTION RSPOFACTCHAR1FLAG
BASESpool: Device type name RSPOPTYPECHAR8Assigned to domainRSPOPTYPESPOOL_PTYPE

Key field Non-key field



How do I retrieve data from SAP structure RSPOSPCTL using ABAP code?

As RSPOSPCTL 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 RSPOSPCTL as there is no data to select.

How to access SAP table RSPOSPCTL

Within an ECC or HANA version of SAP you can also view further information about RSPOSPCTL and the data within it using relevant transactions such as

SE11 (ABAP Dictionary Maintenance)
SM30 (Maintain Table Data)
SE80 (Object Navigator)
SE16 (Data Browser).


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