SAP BUS_EI_BUPA_COMMUSAGE External Interface: Data for Communication Usage Table data and field list

BUS_EI_BUPA_COMMUSAGE 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 "External Interface: Data for Communication Usage" 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_BUS_EI_BUPA_COMMUSAGE TYPE BUS_EI_BUPA_COMMUSAGE.

The BUS_EI_BUPA_COMMUSAGE table consists of various fields, each holding specific information or linking keys about External Interface: Data for Communication Usage data available in SAP. These include DATA_KEY (), COMM_USAGE (Communication Usage: Key Field), VALID_TO (Communication Data: Valid To (YYYYMMDDHHMMSS)), DATA ()... 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. .

BUS_EI_BUPA_COMMUSAGE structure Technical Details:

Delivery Class:
Display/Maintenance via tcode SM30: Display/Maintenance Allowed but with Restrictions
SAP enhancement categories: Cannot Be Enhanced

SAP BUS_EI_BUPA_COMMUSAGE 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 BUS_EI_BUPA_COMMUSAGE 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
TASK	External Interface: Change Indicator Communication Usage	BUS_EI_COMMUSAGE_TASK	CHAR	1			BU_EI_COMMUSAGE_TASK
DATA_KEY				0
COMM_USAGE	Communication Usage: Key Field	AD_CUSAGE	CHAR	10			AD_CUSAGE
VALID_TO	Communication Data: Valid To (YYYYMMDDHHMMSS)	AD_VALTO	CHAR	14			TIMESTAMP
DATA				0
VALID_FROM	Communication Data: Valid From (YYYYMMDDHHMMSS)	AD_VALFROM	CHAR	14			TIMESTMP
DEF_USAGE	Indicator: Default for this Usage	AD_CDEFUSE	CHAR	1			XFELD
DATAX				0
VALID_FROM	Updated information in related user data field	BAPIUPDATE	CHAR	1			BAPIUPDATE
DEF_USAGE	Updated information in related user data field	BAPIUPDATE	CHAR	1			BAPIUPDATE
CURRENTLY_VALID	External Interface: Data Currently Valid	BUS_EI_CURRENTLY_VALID	CHAR	1			BU_EI_CURRENTLY_VALID

Key field

Non-key field

< BUS_EI_BUPA_CENTRAL_MAIN2 - Copy of BUS_EI_BUPA_CENTRAL_MAIN for ALE BUS_EI_BUPA_COMMUSAGE_KEY - External Interface: Key for Communication Usages >

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

As BUS_EI_BUPA_COMMUSAGE 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 BUS_EI_BUPA_COMMUSAGE as there is no data to select.

How to access SAP table BUS_EI_BUPA_COMMUSAGE

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

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