ABFIELD SAP (DD: DDIC Type and Corresponding ABAP Type) Structure details
Description: DD: DDIC Type and Corresponding ABAP Type
Structure field list including key, data, relationships and ABAP select examples
ABFIELD 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 "DD: DDIC Type and Corresponding ABAP Type" 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_ABFIELD TYPE ABFIELD.
The ABFIELD table consists of various fields, each holding specific information or linking keys about DD: DDIC Type and Corresponding ABAP Type data available in SAP. These include INTTYPE (ABAP data type (C,D,N,...)), INTLEN (Internal Length in Bytes), ABDECIMALS (Number of Decimal Places), PROGTYPE (DD: ABAP Program Type, for example: C, N, FLTP, STRING).. 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 ABFIELD 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 |
| DDDATATYPE | Data Type in ABAP Dictionary | DATATYPE_D | CHAR | 4 | DTYPE | DATATYPE | |||
| INTTYPE | ABAP data type (C,D,N,...) | INTTYPE | CHAR | 1 | INTTYPE | ||||
| INTLEN | Internal Length in Bytes | INTLEN | NUMC | 6 | DDLENG | ||||
| ABDECIMALS | Number of Decimal Places | DECIMALS | NUMC | 6 | DDLENG | ||||
| PROGTYPE | DD: ABAP Program Type, for example: C, N, FLTP, STRING | DDPROGTYPE | CHAR | 10 | |||||
| PROGLENG | Internal Length in Bytes | INTLEN | NUMC | 6 | DDLENG | ||||
| PROGDECIMALS | Number of Decimal Places | DECIMALS | NUMC | 6 | DDLENG |
| Key field | Non-key field |
How do I retrieve data from SAP structure ABFIELD using ABAP code?
As ABFIELD 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 ABFIELD as there is no data to select.How to access SAP table ABFIELD
Within an ECC or HANA version of SAP you can also view further information about ABFIELD 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