BCINSTSTEP SAP (SAP Installation: Step List) Structure details
Description: SAP Installation: Step List
Structure field list including key, data, relationships and ABAP select examples
BCINSTSTEP 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 "SAP Installation: Step List" 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_BCINSTSTEP TYPE BCINSTSTEP.
The BCINSTSTEP table consists of various fields, each holding specific information or linking keys about SAP Installation: Step List data available in SAP. These include STATUS (Execution status), HELP (Documentation), INSTTEXT (SAP installation: Installation step name), SEQNR (SAP installation: Sequence number for ABAP).. 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: Not classified
SAP BCINSTSTEP 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 |
| MARK | Selection criteria | INSTMARK | CHAR | 4 | Assigned to domain | ICON | |||
| STATUS | Execution status | SAASTAT | CHAR | 4 | Assigned to domain | ICON | |||
| HELP | Documentation | SAAH_ICON | CHAR | 4 | Assigned to domain | ICON | |||
| INSTTEXT | SAP installation: Installation step name | INSTTEXT | CHAR | 60 | TEXT60 | ||||
| SEQNR | SAP installation: Sequence number for ABAP | INSTSORT | NUMC | 3 | NUM3 | ||||
| INSTREPEAT | Repeatable | INSTMARKW | CHAR | 4 | Assigned to domain | ICON | |||
| INSTRESTRT | Can be restarted | INSTMARKR | CHAR | 4 | Assigned to domain | ICON | |||
| UPGRALLOW | Possible after upgrade | INSTMARKU | CHAR | 4 | Assigned to domain | ICON | |||
| INSTTYPE | Installation type (for icon display) | INSTMARKT | CHAR | 4 | INSTMARKT | ||||
| COMPONENT | Software Component | DLVUNIT | CHAR | 30 | Assigned to domain | DLVUNIT | H_CVERS |
| Key field | Non-key field |
How do I retrieve data from SAP structure BCINSTSTEP using ABAP code?
As BCINSTSTEP 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 BCINSTSTEP as there is no data to select.How to access SAP table BCINSTSTEP
Within an ECC or HANA version of SAP you can also view further information about BCINSTSTEP 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