BTCH4420 SAP (Start date and time definition) Structure details
Description: Start date and time definition
Structure field list including key, data, relationships and ABAP select examples
BTCH4420 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 "Start date and time definition" 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_BTCH4420 TYPE BTCH4420.
The BTCH4420 table consists of various fields, each holding specific information or linking keys about Start date and time definition data available in SAP. These include FROM_TIME (Time of a scheduled job/step), TO_DATE (Planned Start Date for Background Job), TO_TIME (Planned start time for background Job), PERD_DT (Single-Character Indicator).. 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 BTCH4420 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 |
FROM_DATE | Date of job/step scheduling | BTCSDLDATE | DATS | 8 | SYDATS | ||||
FROM_TIME | Time of a scheduled job/step | BTCSDLTIME | TIMS | 6 | SYTIME | ||||
TO_DATE | Planned Start Date for Background Job | BTCSDATE | DATS | 8 | SYDATS | ||||
TO_TIME | Planned start time for background Job | BTCSTIME | TIMS | 6 | SYTIME | ||||
PERD_DT | Single-Character Indicator | CHAR1 | CHAR | 1 | CHAR1 | ||||
RESTR | Single-Character Indicator | CHAR1 | CHAR | 1 | CHAR1 |
Key field | Non-key field |
How do I retrieve data from SAP structure BTCH4420 using ABAP code?
As BTCH4420 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 BTCH4420 as there is no data to select.How to access SAP table BTCH4420
Within an ECC or HANA version of SAP you can also view further information about BTCH4420 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