/BDL/DFIES SAP (DDIC-Interface: View on field attributes) Structure details
Description: DDIC-Interface: View on field attributes
Structure field list including key, data, relationships and ABAP select examples
/BDL/DFIES 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 "DDIC-Interface: View on field attributes" 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_/BDL/DFIES TYPE /BDL/DFIES.
The /BDL/DFIES table consists of various fields, each holding specific information or linking keys about DDIC-Interface: View on field attributes data available in SAP. These include FIELDNAME (30 Characters), SEQNO (2 byte integer (signed)), DATATYPE (Not More Closely Defined Area, Possibly Used for Patchlevels), INTLEN (Natural Number).. 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: Cannot Be Enhanced
SAP /BDL/DFIES 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 |
| TABNAME | 30 Characters | CHAR30 | CHAR | 30 | CHAR30 | ||||
| FIELDNAME | 30 Characters | CHAR30 | CHAR | 30 | CHAR30 | ||||
| SEQNO | 2 byte integer (signed) | INT2 | INT2 | 5 | INT2 | ||||
| DATATYPE | Not More Closely Defined Area, Possibly Used for Patchlevels | CHAR4 | CHAR | 4 | CHAR4 | ||||
| INTLEN | Natural Number | INT4 | INT4 | 10 | INT4 | ||||
| DECIMALS | Natural Number | INT4 | INT4 | 10 | INT4 | ||||
| FIELDTEXT | Text 60 characters | /BDL/_TEXT60 | CHAR | 60 | CHAR60 |
| Key field | Non-key field |
How do I retrieve data from SAP structure /BDL/DFIES using ABAP code?
As /BDL/DFIES 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 /BDL/DFIES as there is no data to select.How to access SAP table /BDL/DFIES
Within an ECC or HANA version of SAP you can also view further information about /BDL/DFIES 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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