BAPIMEDCM SAP (Version Management) Structure details
Description: Version Management
Structure field list including key, data, relationships and ABAP select examples
BAPIMEDCM 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 "Version Management" 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_BAPIMEDCM TYPE BAPIMEDCM.
The BAPIMEDCM table consists of various fields, each holding specific information or linking keys about Version Management data available in SAP. These include COMPLETED (Status 'version completed'), REASON (Reason for change), DESCRIPTION (Description of version), REQ_BY (Person requesting change).. 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 BAPIMEDCM 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 |
POST_DATE | Posting date of version | DCM_BUDAT | DATS | 8 | DATUM | ||||
COMPLETED | Status 'version completed' | DCM_REVOK | CHAR | 1 | XFELD | ||||
REASON | Reason for change | RSCOD | CHAR | 4 | Assigned to domain | RSCOD | |||
DESCRIPTION | Description of version | TXZ01_DCM | CHAR | 60 | TEXT60 | ||||
REQ_BY | Person requesting change | DCM_AFNAM | CHAR | 12 | AFNAM | ||||
REQ_BY_EXT | External Change Number of Version | DCM_EXTNR | CHAR | 20 | CHAR20 | ||||
ACTIVITY | Processing Type - Not Yet Usable in mySAP ERP | DCM_ACTIVITY | CHAR | 1 | DCM_ACTIVITY |
Key field | Non-key field |
How do I retrieve data from SAP structure BAPIMEDCM using ABAP code?
As BAPIMEDCM 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 BAPIMEDCM as there is no data to select.How to access SAP table BAPIMEDCM
Within an ECC or HANA version of SAP you can also view further information about BAPIMEDCM 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