CDITAB SAP (DDIC Interface: Table Information) Structure details
Description: DDIC Interface: Table Information
Structure field list including key, data, relationships and ABAP select examples
CDITAB 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: Table Information" 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_CDITAB TYPE CDITAB.
The CDITAB table consists of various fields, each holding specific information or linking keys about DDIC Interface: Table Information data available in SAP. These include TXT_M (Description), TBSTA (Status of table), STATX (Description of status), TABCL (Table category).. 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 CDITAB 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 | ||
| TXT_M | Description | CGSTXT_M | CHAR | 20 | TEXT20 | ||||
| TBSTA | Status of table | CGSTBSTA | NUMC | 1 | CGSTBSTA | ||||
| STATX | Description of status | CGSSTATX | CHAR | 20 | TEXT20 | ||||
| TABCL | Table category | TABCLASS | CHAR | 8 | TABCLASS | ||||
| APPLC | Application class for DD objects (not used) | APPLCLASS | CHAR | 4 | TAPPL | APPLCLASS | APP | ||
| SQLTB | Name of an SQL table or an appended table | SQLAPPDTAB | CHAR | 30 | Assigned to domain | AS4TAB | |||
| EXIDB | Flag: SQL table exists | CGSEXIDB | CHAR | 1 | XFELD | ||||
| EXIDA | Flag: Data exists | CGSEXIDA | CHAR | 1 | XFELD | ||||
| CHDAT | Changed On | CGSCHDAT | DATS | 8 | AS4DATE | ||||
| CHTIM | Time of Change | CGSCHTIM | TIMS | 6 | AS4TIME | ||||
| CHNAM | User | CGSCHNAM | CHAR | 12 | CHAR12 |
| Key field | Non-key field |
How do I retrieve data from SAP structure CDITAB using ABAP code?
As CDITAB 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 CDITAB as there is no data to select.How to access SAP table CDITAB
Within an ECC or HANA version of SAP you can also view further information about CDITAB 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