APP_CAT SAP (Transfer Structure: Appraisals Catalog) Structure details
Description: Transfer Structure: Appraisals Catalog
Structure field list including key, data, relationships and ABAP select examples
APP_CAT 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 "Transfer Structure: Appraisals Catalog" 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_APP_CAT TYPE APP_CAT.
The APP_CAT table consists of various fields, each holding specific information or linking keys about Transfer Structure: Appraisals Catalog data available in SAP. These include OTYPE (Object Type), OBJID (Object ID), REALO (Extended Object ID), SHORT (Object Abbreviation).. 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: Not classified
SAP APP_CAT 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 |
| OTYPE | Object Type | OTYPE | CHAR | 2 | Assigned to domain | OTYPE | POT | ||
| OBJID | Object ID | PD_OBJID_R | NUMC | 8 | NUM08 | PON | |||
| REALO | Extended Object ID | REALO | CHAR | 45 | CHAR45 | ||||
| SHORT | Object Abbreviation | SHORT_D | CHAR | 12 | TEXT12 | ||||
| STEXT | Object Name | STEXT | CHAR | 40 | TEXT40 | ||||
| BEGDA | Start Date | BEGDATUM | DATS | 8 | DATUM | BEG | |||
| ENDDA | End Date | ENDDATUM | DATS | 8 | DATUM | END | |||
| SBEGD | Start Date | BEGDATUM | DATS | 8 | DATUM | BEG | |||
| SENDD | End Date | ENDDATUM | DATS | 8 | DATUM | END | |||
| ISTAT | Planning Status | ISTAT_D | CHAR | 1 | Assigned to domain | ISTAT | PST | ||
| PRIOX | Priority | PRIOX | CHAR | 2 | CHAR2 | ||||
| SEQNR | Index of Entry | SSEQNR | INT4 | 10 | PDTABIX | ||||
| VCOUNT | Number of Objects Directly Related to a Node | VCOUNT | INT4 | 10 | PDTABIX | ||||
| LEVEL | Level of Element in Structure | SLEVEL_D | INT4 | 10 | PDTABIX | ||||
| VRSIGN | Relationship Specification | RSIGN | CHAR | 1 | RSIGN | ||||
| VRELAT | Relationship Between Objects | RELAT | CHAR | 3 | Assigned to domain | RELAT | |||
| VBEGDA | Start Date | BEGDATUM | DATS | 8 | DATUM | BEG | |||
| VENDDA | End Date | ENDDATUM | DATS | 8 | DATUM | END | |||
| PUP | Pointer Up | PUP | INT4 | 10 | PDTABIX | ||||
| PUP_OTYPE | Object Type | OTYPE | CHAR | 2 | Assigned to domain | OTYPE | POT | ||
| PUP_OBJID | Object ID | PD_OBJID_R | NUMC | 8 | NUM08 | PON | |||
| PUP_STEXT | Object Name | STEXT | CHAR | 40 | TEXT40 | ||||
| PUP_BEGDA | Start Date | BEGDATUM | DATS | 8 | DATUM | BEG | |||
| PUP_ENDDA | End Date | ENDDATUM | DATS | 8 | DATUM | END | |||
| PUP_ISTAT | Planning Status | ISTAT_D | CHAR | 1 | Assigned to domain | ISTAT | PST | ||
| RANK | Define sorting | APPSORT | NUMC | 4 | NUM4 | ||||
| EVAL | Weighting | EVALUATION | DEC | 5(2) | DEC3_2 |
| Key field | Non-key field |
How do I retrieve data from SAP structure APP_CAT using ABAP code?
As APP_CAT 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 APP_CAT as there is no data to select.How to access SAP table APP_CAT
Within an ECC or HANA version of SAP you can also view further information about APP_CAT 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