BAPILAYA SAP (BAPI communication structure: layout area) Structure details
Description: BAPI communication structure: layout area
Structure field list including key, data, relationships and ABAP select examples
BAPILAYA 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 "BAPI communication structure: layout area" 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_BAPILAYA TYPE BAPILAYA.
The BAPILAYA table consists of various fields, each holding specific information or linking keys about BAPI communication structure: layout area data available in SAP. These include AREA (Layout area number), PARENT (Higher level layout area), CHILD (Relative grouping number), LEAF (Indicator for base layout area).. 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: Can be enhanced (character-type)
SAP BAPILAYA 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 |
| LAYOUT | Layout | LAYVAR | CHAR | 10 | TWGV | LAYVAR | |||
| AREA | Layout area number | LAYPOSNR | NUMC | 10 | TWGLV | NUMC10 | |||
| PARENT | Higher level layout area | LBUEB | NUMC | 10 | TWGLV | NUMC10 | |||
| CHILD | Relative grouping number | REONR | NUMC | 3 | NUMC3 | ||||
| LEAF | Indicator for base layout area | IND_LEAF | CHAR | 1 | XFELD | ||||
| DEPTH | Layout area level | LBLEVEL | NUMC | 3 | NUMC3 | ||||
| .INCLU--AP | 0 |
| Key field | Non-key field |
How do I retrieve data from SAP structure BAPILAYA using ABAP code?
As BAPILAYA 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 BAPILAYA as there is no data to select.How to access SAP table BAPILAYA
Within an ECC or HANA version of SAP you can also view further information about BAPILAYA 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