SAP BSFC_ANSWER_SCREEN Display of Answers in Maintenance Table data and field list

BSFC_ANSWER_SCREEN 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 "Display of Answers in Maintenance" 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_BSFC_ANSWER_SCREEN TYPE BSFC_ANSWER_SCREEN.

The BSFC_ANSWER_SCREEN table consists of various fields, each holding specific information or linking keys about Display of Answers in Maintenance data available in SAP. These include AVARIANT (Variant of a Question Sequence), NEXTQUESTION (Next question), ACTION (Action Triggered Upon Selection of Answer), APOSITION (Position of the Answer (Seq.No.))... 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. .

BSFC_ANSWER_SCREEN structure Technical Details:

Delivery Class:
Display/Maintenance via tcode SM30: Display/Maintenance Allowed but with Restrictions
SAP enhancement categories: Can be enhanced (character-type)

SAP BSFC_ANSWER_SCREEN 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 BSFC_ANSWER_SCREEN 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
ANSWER	Facts Capture: Answer	BSFC_ANSWER	CHAR	3	Assigned to domain		BSFC_ANSWER
AVARIANT	Variant of a Question Sequence	BSFC_VARIANT	NUMC	2			NUMC02
NEXTQUESTION	Next question	BSFC_NEXTQUESTION	CHAR	5	Assigned to domain		BSFC_NEXTQUESTION
ACTION	Action Triggered Upon Selection of Answer	BSFC_ACTION	CHAR	20	Assigned to domain		BRF_ACTION
APOSITION	Position of the Answer (Seq.No.)	BSFC_ANSWERPOS	NUMC	3			NUMC3
XFREETEXT	Category for User-Defined Text Input	BSFC_XFREETEXT	CHAR	1			BSFC_XFREETEXT
XFREETEXTN	Description of Category for User-Defined Text Input	BSFC_XFREETEXTN	CHAR	60			TEXT60
A_TEXT_SHORT	Structured Facts Capture: Answer Short Text	BSFC_ANSWER_ST	CHAR	30			TEXT30
A_TEXT_LONG	Structured Facts Capture: Answer Long Text	BSFC_ANSWER_LT	CHAR	254			TEXT254
CHECK_FUNCTION	Module Name for Plausibility Check	BSFC_CHECK_FUNCTION	CHAR	30	TFDIR		FUNCNAME
ACTION_TEXT	BRF: General Short Text	BRF_SHORT_TEXT	CHAR	80			BRF_SHORT_TEXT

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Non-key field

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

As BSFC_ANSWER_SCREEN 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 BSFC_ANSWER_SCREEN as there is no data to select.

How to access SAP table BSFC_ANSWER_SCREEN

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

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