BAPIMATERIAL SAP (Ranges Table for Material) Structure details
Description: Ranges Table for Material
Structure field list including key, data, relationships and ABAP select examples
BAPIMATERIAL 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 "Ranges Table for Material" 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_BAPIMATERIAL TYPE BAPIMATERIAL.
The BAPIMATERIAL table consists of various fields, each holding specific information or linking keys about Ranges Table for Material data available in SAP. These include OPTION (OPTION field in structure of SELECT-OPTIONS tables), LOW (Material Number), HIGH (Material Number), HIGH_EXTERNAL (Long Material Number for HIGH Field).. 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 BAPIMATERIAL 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 |
| SIGN | SIGN field in creation of SELECT-OPTIONS tables | RALDB_SIGN | CHAR | 1 | RALDB_SIGN | ||||
| OPTION | OPTION field in structure of SELECT-OPTIONS tables | RALDB_OPTI | CHAR | 2 | RALDB_OPTI | ||||
| LOW | Material Number | MATNR | CHAR | 18 | MARA | MATN1 | MATNR | MAT | S_MAT1 |
| HIGH | Material Number | MATNR | CHAR | 18 | MARA | MATN1 | MATNR | MAT | S_MAT1 |
| .INCLU--AP | 0 | ||||||||
| HIGH_EXTERNAL | Long Material Number for HIGH Field | MGV_HIGH_EXTERNAL | CHAR | 40 | MATNR_EXT | ||||
| HIGH_GUID | External GUID for HIGH Field | MGV_HIGH_GUID | CHAR | 32 | MATNR_EGUID | ||||
| HIGH_VERSION | Version Number for HIGH Field | MGV_HIGH_VERSION | CHAR | 10 | MATNW | MATNR_VERS | |||
| LOW_EXTERNAL | Long Material Number for LOW Field | MGV_LOW_EXTERNAL | CHAR | 40 | MATNR_EXT | ||||
| LOW_GUID | External GUID for LOW Field | MGV_LOW_GUID | CHAR | 32 | MATNR_EGUID | ||||
| LOW_VERSION | Version Number for LOW Field | MGV_LOW_VERSION | CHAR | 10 | MATNW | MATNR_VERS |
| Key field | Non-key field |
How do I retrieve data from SAP structure BAPIMATERIAL using ABAP code?
As BAPIMATERIAL 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 BAPIMATERIAL as there is no data to select.How to access SAP table BAPIMATERIAL
Within an ECC or HANA version of SAP you can also view further information about BAPIMATERIAL 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