CFBCH01 SAP (Table of Characteristic Values) Structure details

Dictionary Type: Structure
Description: Table of Characteristic Values




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Structure field list including key, data, relationships and ABAP select examples

CFBCH01 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 "Table of Characteristic Values" 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_CFBCH01 TYPE CFBCH01.

The CFBCH01 table consists of various fields, each holding specific information or linking keys about Table of Characteristic Values data available in SAP. These include KEYID (Characteristic value), LNMI (Description), OUTKEYID (Characteristic value), VARTYP (Type of variable).. 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 CFBCH01 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
FIELDField Name FIELDNAMECHAR30Assigned to domainFDNAMEDFD
KEYIDCharacteristic value CFKEYID_LCHAR50KEYID
LNMIDescription CGSTXT_MCHAR20TEXT20
OUTKEYIDCharacteristic value CFKEYID_LCHAR50KEYID
VARTYPType of variable CFVARTYPCHAR1CFVARTYP
HCLASSBRST Class of hierarchies (Sets, etc.) RSTHCLASSCHAR4Assigned to domainRSTHCLASS
TYPENode type SEU_TYPECHAR4SEU_TYPE
TXT20Description of object CFTXT20CHAR20TXT20
LTEXTKE 60-character description in RKB1T RKB1T_LTXTCHAR60RKB1T_LTXT
F_TFLAGFlag to indicate text CFTFLAGCHAR1CHAR1
L_TFLAGFlag to indicate text CFTFLAGCHAR1CHAR1
LENGTHLength (No. of Characters) DDLENGNUMC6DDLENG
DATATYPEABAP/4 Dictionary: Screen data type for Screen Painter DYNPTYPECHAR4DATATYPE
MEMORYIDSet/Get parameter ID MEMORYIDCHAR20Assigned to domainMEMORYID
CHAINCharacteristic Value Indicator CGSCHAINCHAR1RKE_MKEKZ
PARAMETERParameter variables for structure CFFORMPACHAR10CFFORMPA

Key field Non-key field



How do I retrieve data from SAP structure CFBCH01 using ABAP code?

As CFBCH01 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 CFBCH01 as there is no data to select.

How to access SAP table CFBCH01

Within an ECC or HANA version of SAP you can also view further information about CFBCH01 and the data within it using relevant transactions such as

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


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