SOFDS SAP (SAPoffice: Search Criteria when Viewing Folders) Structure details
Description: SAPoffice: Search Criteria when Viewing Folders
SOFDS 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 "SAPoffice: Search Criteria when Viewing Folders" 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_SOFDS TYPE SOFDS.
The SOFDS table consists of various fields, each holding specific information or linking keys about SAPoffice: Search Criteria when Viewing Folders data available in SAP. These include FOLDES (Short description of contents), LIFDAT (Date of Last Change), DL (Search of private or shared folders), ABO (Search of private or shared folders)... 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. .
SOFDS structure Technical Details:
Delivery Class:Display/Maintenance via tcode SM30: Display/Maintenance Allowed but with Restrictions
SAP enhancement categories: Not classified
SAP SOFDS 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 |
| FOLNAM | Name of document, folder or distribution list | SO_OBJ_NAM | CHAR | 12 | SO_OBJ_NAM | ||||
| FOLDES | Short description of contents | SO_OBJ_DES | CHAR | 50 | SO_OBJ_DES | ||||
| LIFDAT | Date of Last Change | SO_DAT_CH | DATS | 8 | DATUM | ||||
| DL | Search of private or shared folders | SO_FLAG | CHAR | 1 | SO_FLAG | ||||
| ABO | Search of private or shared folders | SO_FLAG | CHAR | 1 | SO_FLAG | ||||
| DOCUMENT | Search of private or shared folders | SO_FLAG | CHAR | 1 | SO_FLAG | ||||
| OBJNAM | Name of document, folder or distribution list | SO_OBJ_NAM | CHAR | 12 | SO_OBJ_NAM | ||||
| OBJDES | Short description of contents | SO_OBJ_DES | CHAR | 50 | SO_OBJ_DES | ||||
| NOFOL | Search of private or shared folders | SO_FLAG | CHAR | 1 | SO_FLAG | ||||
| OBJFOL | Search of private or shared folders | SO_FLAG | CHAR | 1 | SO_FLAG | ||||
| NOCREA | Search of private or shared folders | SO_FLAG | CHAR | 1 | SO_FLAG |
| Key field | Non-key field |
How do I retrieve data from SAP structure SOFDS using ABAP code?
As SOFDS 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 SOFDS as there is no data to select.How to access SAP table SOFDS
Within an ECC or HANA version of SAP you can also view further information about SOFDS 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