CDIFKY SAP (DDIC interface: Structure for foreign key dependency) Structure details
Description: DDIC interface: Structure for foreign key dependency
Structure field list including key, data, relationships and ABAP select examples
CDIFKY 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 "DDIC interface: Structure for foreign key dependency" 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_CDIFKY TYPE CDIFKY.
The CDIFKY table consists of various fields, each holding specific information or linking keys about DDIC interface: Structure for foreign key dependency data available in SAP. These include FIENM (Name of the field to be checked), POSIT (Item), FORTB (Table of the foreign key field), DPFIE (Dependent field (compound characteristics)).. 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 CDIFKY 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 |
TABNM | Table Name | TABNAME | CHAR | 30 | Assigned to domain | AS4TAB | DTB | ||
FIENM | Name of the field to be checked | FORFIELD | CHAR | 30 | Assigned to domain | FDNAME | |||
POSIT | Item | CGSPOSIT | NUMC | 4 | AS4POS | ||||
FORTB | Table of the foreign key field | FORTABLE | CHAR | 30 | Assigned to domain | AS4TAB | |||
DPFIE | Dependent field (compound characteristics) | CGSDPFIE | CHAR | 30 | Assigned to domain | FDNAME | |||
DOMNM | Domain name | DOMNAME | CHAR | 30 | Assigned to domain | DOMNAME | DD_DOMA | ||
CHTAB | Check table | CGSCHTAB | CHAR | 30 | TABNAME | ||||
CHFIE | Check table field | CGSCHFIE | CHAR | 30 | Assigned to domain | FDNAME |
Key field | Non-key field |
How do I retrieve data from SAP structure CDIFKY using ABAP code?
As CDIFKY 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 CDIFKY as there is no data to select.How to access SAP table CDIFKY
Within an ECC or HANA version of SAP you can also view further information about CDIFKY 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