SAP BAPICATEGORY Business event group data Table data and field list

BAPICATEGORY 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 "Business event group data" 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_BAPICATEGORY TYPE BAPICATEGORY.

The BAPICATEGORY table consists of various fields, each holding specific information or linking keys about Business event group data data available in SAP. These include EGRID (Object ID of requested business event group), EGSHT (Business event group), EGSTX (Business Event Group Name), EGBEG (Start Date)... 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. .

BAPICATEGORY structure Technical Details:

Delivery Class:
Display/Maintenance via tcode SM30: Display/Maintenance Allowed but with Restrictions
SAP enhancement categories: Cannot Be Enhanced


SAP BAPICATEGORY structure fields - Full list of fields found in SAP data dictionary

Looking for S/4HANA specific information? Click here to explore the details, fields and extensibility available for this table in the SAP S/4HANA version of the BAPICATEGORY table. Also check whether the table still exists or has been transformed into a CDS view as part of the HANA simplifications.
Field Description Data Element Data Type length (Dec) Check table Conversion Routine Domain Name MemoryID SHLP
PLVARPlan Version PLVARCHAR2T778PPLVARPOP
EGRIDObject ID of requested business event group GROUP_IDNUMC8Assigned to domainHROBJIDPON
EGSHTBusiness event group EVGRPCHAR12TEXT12
EGSTXBusiness Event Group Name EVGTXCHAR40TEXT40
EGBEGStart Date BEGDATUMDATS8DATUMBEG
EGENDEnd Date ENDDATUMDATS8DATUMEND

Key field Non-key field



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

As BAPICATEGORY 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 BAPICATEGORY as there is no data to select.

How to access SAP table BAPICATEGORY

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

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