SHMA_ATTRIBUTES SAP (Area Attributes (ABAP Shared Objects)) Table details
Dictionary Type: Table
Description: Area Attributes (ABAP Shared Objects)
Description: Area Attributes (ABAP Shared Objects)
ABAP Code to SELECT data from SHMA_ATTRIBUTES
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Access table SHMA_ATTRIBUTES
Table field list including key, data, relationships and ABAP select examples
SHMA_ATTRIBUTES is a standard SAP Table which is used to store Area Attributes (ABAP Shared Objects) data and is available within R/3 SAP systems depending on the version and release level.
The SHMA_ATTRIBUTES table consists of various fields, each holding specific information or linking keys about Area Attributes (ABAP Shared Objects) data available in SAP. These include DESCRIPT (Short Description), ROOT (Name of Root Data Class), AUTO_BUILD (Flag for Automatic Area Creation), HAS_VERSIONS (Flag for Version Creation).. 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: S - System table, maint. only by SAP, change = modificationDisplay/Maintenance via tcode SM30: Display/Maintenance Allowed but with Restrictions
SAP enhancement categories: Can be enhanced (character-type or numeric)
SAP SHMA_ATTRIBUTES table 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 |
AREA_NAME | Name of an Area Class | SHM_AREA_NAME | CHAR | 30 | SEOCLSNAME | SHM_AREA_NAME | |||
DESCRIPT | Short Description | SEODESCR | CHAR | 60 | AS4TEXT | ||||
ROOT | Name of Root Data Class | SHM_ROOT_CLASS_NAME | CHAR | 30 | SEOCLSNAME | ||||
AUTO_BUILD | Flag for Automatic Area Creation | SHM_AUTO_BUILD | CHAR | 1 | SHM_BOOL | ||||
HAS_VERSIONS | Flag for Version Creation | SHM_HAS_VERSIONS | CHAR | 1 | SHM_BOOL | ||||
TRANSACTIONAL | ID for Transactional Area | SHM_TRANSACTIONAL | CHAR | 1 | SHM_BOOL | ||||
CLIENT_DEPENDENT | Flag for Client-Specific Area | SHM_CLIENT_SPECIFIED | CHAR | 1 | SHM_BOOL | ||||
AUTO_BUILD_CLASS | Name of Area Constructor Class | SHM_AUTO_BUILD_CLASS_NAME | CHAR | 30 | SEOCLSNAME | ||||
LIFE_CONTEXT | Lifetime of an Area (Constants in CL_SHM_AREA) | SHM_LIFE_CONTEXT | INT4 | 10 | SHM_LIFE_CONTEXT | ||||
PROPAGATION_KIND | Type of Synchronization (Constants in Class CL_SHM_AREA) | SHM_PROPAGATION_KIND | INT4 | 10 | SHM_PROPAGATION_KIND | ||||
DISPLACE_KIND | Flag for Displacement Type (Constants in CL_SHM_AREA) | SHM_DISPLACE_KIND | INT4 | 10 | SHM_DISPLACE_KIND | ||||
MAX_VERSIONS | Number of Permitted Versions | SHM_MAX_VERSIONS | DEC | 20 | SHM_LONG_CNT_P | ||||
MAX_AREA_SIZE | Maximum Size (KB) of an Area | SHM_MAX_AREA_SIZE | DEC | 20 | SHM_AREA_SIZE | ||||
MAX_VERSION_SIZE | Maximum Size (KB) of an Area Version for Shared Objects | SHM_MAX_VERSION_SIZE | DEC | 20 | SHM_AREA_SIZE | ||||
REFRESH_TIME | Refresh Time for Data of an Area for Shared Objects | SHM_REFRESH_TIME | INT4 | 10 | |||||
INVALIDATE_TIME | Expiry Time of an Area for Shared Objects | SHM_INVALIDATION_TIME | INT4 | 10 | |||||
IDLE_TIME | Maximum Unused Time of an Area - Shared Objects | SHM_IDLE_TIME | INT4 | 10 | |||||
BUILD_KIND | Flag for Auto Start (Constants in CL_SHM_AREA) | SHM_BUILD_KIND | INT4 | 10 | SHM_BUILD_KIND | ||||
CHG_USER | Last changed by | 0 | |||||||
CHG_DATE | Changed On | 0 | |||||||
CHG_TIME | Time of the last change | 0 | |||||||
CLS_GEN_USER | Name of Last Generator of Area Class | 0 | |||||||
CLS_GEN_DATE | Generation Date | 0 | |||||||
CLS_GEN_TIME | Generation Time | 0 |
Key field | Non-key field |
How do I retrieve data from SAP table SHMA_ATTRIBUTES using ABAP code
The following ABAP code Example will allow you to do a basic selection on SHMA_ATTRIBUTES to SELECT all data from the tableDATA: WA_SHMA_ATTRIBUTES TYPE SHMA_ATTRIBUTES.
SELECT SINGLE *
FROM SHMA_ATTRIBUTES
INTO CORRESPONDING FIELDS OF WA_SHMA_ATTRIBUTES
WHERE...
How to access SAP table SHMA_ATTRIBUTES
Within an ECC or HANA version of SAP you can also view further information about SHMA_ATTRIBUTES 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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