SMCHP SAP (Linking Status and Short Text) Structure details
Description: Linking Status and Short Text
Structure field list including key, data, relationships and ABAP select examples
SMCHP 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 "Linking Status and Short Text" 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_SMCHP TYPE SMCHP.
The SMCHP table consists of various fields, each holding specific information or linking keys about Linking Status and Short Text data available in SAP. These include MATNR (Material Number), CHARG (Batch Number), EBRID (Batch record number), WERKS (Plant).. 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)
SAP SMCHP 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 |
| MANDT | Client | MANDT | CLNT | 3 | Assigned to domain | MANDT | |||
| MATNR | Material Number | MATNR | CHAR | 18 | Assigned to domain | MATN1 | MATNR | MAT | S_MAT1 |
| CHARG | Batch Number | CHARG_D | CHAR | 10 | Assigned to domain | CHARG | CHA | ||
| EBRID | Batch record number | EBRID | CHAR | 15 | EBRID | ||||
| WERKS | Plant | WERKS_D | CHAR | 4 | Assigned to domain | WERKS | WRK | H_T001W_C | |
| EBRSTATUS | Status of the batch record | EBRSTATUS | CHAR | 1 | EBRSTATUS | ||||
| DOKNR | Document number | DOKNR | CHAR | 25 | Assigned to domain | ALPHA | DOKNR | CV1 | |
| DOKAR | Document Type | DOKAR | CHAR | 3 | Assigned to domain | DOKAR | CV2 | ||
| DOKTL | Document Part | DOKTL_D | CHAR | 3 | DOKTL | CV4 | |||
| DOKVR | Document Version | DOKVR | CHAR | 2 | DOKVR | CV3 | |||
| VALDAT | Availability date of batch record | CHARG_DAT | DATS | 8 | DATUM | ||||
| TEXT | Status of the batch record | EBRTEXT | CHAR | 16 | EBRTEXT | ||||
| DATUM_AB | Date | DATUM | DATS | 8 | DATUM | ||||
| DATUM_BIS | Date | DATUM | DATS | 8 | DATUM | ||||
| UHRZEIT_AB | Field of type TIMS | TIMS | TIMS | 6 | TIME | ||||
| UHRZEIT_BIS | Field of type TIMS | TIMS | TIMS | 6 | TIME | ||||
| USER_NAME | First and last name of person in charge of batch record | USER_NAME | CHAR | 61 | USER_NAME | ||||
| ACTIVITY | Character Field Length 1 | CHAR01 | CHAR | 1 | CHAR1 |
| Key field | Non-key field |
How do I retrieve data from SAP structure SMCHP using ABAP code?
As SMCHP 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 SMCHP as there is no data to select.How to access SAP table SMCHP
Within an ECC or HANA version of SAP you can also view further information about SMCHP 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