ABADR_DESC SAP (ABADR: Field Description (Internal)) Structure details
Description: ABADR: Field Description (Internal)
Structure field list including key, data, relationships and ABAP select examples
ABADR_DESC 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 "ABADR: Field Description (Internal)" 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_ABADR_DESC TYPE ABADR_DESC.
The ABADR_DESC table consists of various fields, each holding specific information or linking keys about ABADR: Field Description (Internal) data available in SAP. These include IDENTIFIER (ABADR Identifier), FIELDNAME (Field Name), TABNAME (Table Name), KEYFLAG (Identifies a key field of a table).. 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 ABADR_DESC 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 |
| NAME | 0 | ||||||||
| IDENTIFIER | ABADR Identifier | ABADR_IDENTIFIER | CHAR | 32 | CHAR32 | ||||
| FIELDNAME | Field Name | FIELDNAME | CHAR | 30 | FDNAME | DFD | |||
| TABNAME | Table Name | TABNAME | CHAR | 30 | AS4TAB | DTB | |||
| KEYFLAG | Identifies a key field of a table | KEYFLAG | CHAR | 1 | KEYFLAG | ||||
| SEQ_NO | 0 | ||||||||
| ASSIGN_INDEX | Natural Number | INT4 | INT4 | 10 | INT4 | ||||
| DTELM | Data element (semantic domain) | ROLLNAME | CHAR | 30 | Assigned to domain | ROLLNAME | ROL | DD_DTEL | |
| CHECKTABLE | Table Name | TABNAME | CHAR | 30 | Assigned to domain | AS4TAB | DTB | ||
| TYPE | ABAP data type (C,D,N,...) | INTTYPE | CHAR | 1 | INTTYPE | ||||
| POSITION | Position of the field in the table | TABFDPOS | NUMC | 4 | AS4POS | ||||
| OFFSET | Offset of a field | DOFFSET | NUMC | 6 | DOFFSET | ||||
| LENGTH | Internal Length in Bytes | INTLEN | NUMC | 6 | DDLENG | ||||
| DECIMALS | Number of Decimal Places | DECIMALS | NUMC | 6 | DDLENG | ||||
| REFTABLE | Table for reference field | REFTABLE | CHAR | 30 | Assigned to domain | AS4TAB | |||
| REFFIELD | Reference field for currency and qty fields | REFFIELD | CHAR | 30 | Assigned to domain | FDNAME | |||
| CONVEXIT | Conversion Routine | CONVEXIT | CHAR | 5 | CONVEXIT | ||||
| OUTPUTLEN | Output Length | OUTPUTLEN | NUMC | 6 | DDLENG | ||||
| DATATYPE | ABAP/4 Dictionary: Screen data type for Screen Painter | DYNPTYPE | CHAR | 4 | DATATYPE | ||||
| COMPRESSED_OFFSET | Offset of a field | DOFFSET | NUMC | 6 | DOFFSET | ||||
| IS_FLOAT | Indicator | ABADR_FLAG | CHAR | 1 | CHAR1 | ||||
| NO_CHECK | Indicator | ABADR_FLAG | CHAR | 1 | CHAR1 | ||||
| NO_TEXT | Indicator | ABADR_FLAG | CHAR | 1 | CHAR1 |
| Key field | Non-key field |
How do I retrieve data from SAP structure ABADR_DESC using ABAP code?
As ABADR_DESC 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 ABADR_DESC as there is no data to select.How to access SAP table ABADR_DESC
Within an ECC or HANA version of SAP you can also view further information about ABADR_DESC 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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