ARCH_S_NAMETAB SAP (Field List for Archived Name Tab of a Structure) Structure details

Dictionary Type: Structure
Description: Field List for Archived Name Tab of a Structure




ABAP Code to SELECT data from ARCH_S_NAMETAB
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Structure field list including key, data, relationships and ABAP select examples

ARCH_S_NAMETAB 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 "Field List for Archived Name Tab of a Structure" 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_ARCH_S_NAMETAB TYPE ARCH_S_NAMETAB.

The ARCH_S_NAMETAB table consists of various fields, each holding specific information or linking keys about Field List for Archived Name Tab of a Structure data available in SAP. These include OFFSET (Offset of a field), LENG (Length (No. of Characters)), INTLEN (Internal Length in Bytes), DECIMALS (Number of Decimal Places).. 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 ARCH_S_NAMETAB 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
FIELDNAMEField Name FIELDNAMECHAR30Assigned to domainFDNAMEDFD
OFFSETOffset of a field DOFFSETNUMC6DOFFSET
LENGLength (No. of Characters) DDLENGNUMC6DDLENG
INTLENInternal Length in Bytes INTLENNUMC6DDLENG
DECIMALSNumber of Decimal Places DECIMALSNUMC6DDLENG
INTTYPEABAP data type (C,D,N,...) INTTYPECHAR1INTTYPE
DATATYPEABAP/4 Dictionary: Screen data type for Screen Painter DYNPTYPECHAR4DATATYPE

Key field Non-key field



How do I retrieve data from SAP structure ARCH_S_NAMETAB using ABAP code?

As ARCH_S_NAMETAB 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 ARCH_S_NAMETAB as there is no data to select.

How to access SAP table ARCH_S_NAMETAB

Within an ECC or HANA version of SAP you can also view further information about ARCH_S_NAMETAB and the data within it using relevant transactions such as

SE11 (ABAP Dictionary Maintenance)
SM30 (Maintain Table Data)
SE80 (Object Navigator)
SE16 (Data Browser).


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