BUS_HIER SAP (Business Objects: Parent-Child Relationships) Structure details
Description: Business Objects: Parent-Child Relationships
Structure field list including key, data, relationships and ABAP select examples
BUS_HIER 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 "Business Objects: Parent-Child Relationships" 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_HIER TYPE BUS_HIER.
The BUS_HIER table consists of various fields, each holding specific information or linking keys about Business Objects: Parent-Child Relationships data available in SAP. These include PARENTSOURCEINSTANCE (Object key), PARENTTARGETINSTANCE (Object key), CHILDOBJTYP (Object Type), CHILDSOURCEINSTANCE (Object key).. 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 BUS_HIER 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 |
| PARENTOBJTYP | Object Type | SWO_OBJTYP | CHAR | 10 | Assigned to domain | OJ_NAME | OBJ | ||
| PARENTSOURCEINSTANCE | Object key | SWO_TYPEID | CHAR | 70 | SWO_TYPEID | ||||
| PARENTTARGETINSTANCE | Object key | SWO_TYPEID | CHAR | 70 | SWO_TYPEID | ||||
| CHILDOBJTYP | Object Type | SWO_OBJTYP | CHAR | 10 | Assigned to domain | OJ_NAME | OBJ | ||
| CHILDSOURCEINSTANCE | Object key | SWO_TYPEID | CHAR | 70 | SWO_TYPEID | ||||
| CHILDTARGETINSTANCE | Object key | SWO_TYPEID | CHAR | 70 | SWO_TYPEID | ||||
| HIRARCHYLEVEL | Count parameters | NUMC4 | NUMC | 4 | NUMC4 |
| Key field | Non-key field |
How do I retrieve data from SAP structure BUS_HIER using ABAP code?
As BUS_HIER 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_HIER as there is no data to select.How to access SAP table BUS_HIER
Within an ECC or HANA version of SAP you can also view further information about BUS_HIER 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