CFDOWNLOAD SAP (Structure for saving in a file) Structure details
Description: Structure for saving in a file
Structure field list including key, data, relationships and ABAP select examples
CFDOWNLOAD 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 "Structure for saving in a file" 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_CFDOWNLOAD TYPE CFDOWNLOAD.
The CFDOWNLOAD table consists of various fields, each holding specific information or linking keys about Structure for saving in a file data available in SAP. These include FORMAT_TAB (Selection of a table of all columns as output format), FORMAT_TA1 (Selection of a table of displayed columns), FORMAT_TEX (Selection of text as output format), FORMAT_TE1 (Selection of text with the displayed columns as output).. 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 CFDOWNLOAD 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 |
| SERVER | Selection of the server | CFDLSERVER | CHAR | 25 | CHAR25 | ||||
| FORMAT_TAB | Selection of a table of all columns as output format | CFDLTABLE | CHAR | 1 | XFELD | DLT | |||
| FORMAT_TA1 | Selection of a table of displayed columns | CFDLTABLE1 | CHAR | 1 | XFELD | DT1 | |||
| FORMAT_TEX | Selection of text as output format | CFDLTEXT | CHAR | 1 | XFELD | DLX | |||
| FORMAT_TE1 | Selection of text with the displayed columns as output | CFDLTEXT1 | CHAR | 1 | XFELD | DX1 | |||
| FORMAT_RTF | Selection of RTF as output format | CFDLRTF | CHAR | 1 | XFELD | DLR | |||
| FORMAT_EXC | Selection of Excel as output format | CFDLEXCEL | CHAR | 1 | XFELD | DLE | |||
| FORMAT_HTM | Selection of HTML as output format | CFDLHTML | CHAR | 1 | XFELD | DLH | |||
| HEADER | Selection of the list header | CFDLHEADER | CHAR | 1 | XFELD | DPH | |||
| COL_HEADER | Selection of column header | CFDLCOLUMN | CHAR | 1 | XFELD | DPO | |||
| FORMAT_DIS | Selection of the format display | CFDFORMAT | CHAR | 1 | XFELD | DPM | |||
| VALUE_AREA | Selection of the value range | CFDLVALUES | CHAR | 1 | XFELD | DPV | |||
| FOOTER | Selection of the footers | CFDLFOOTER | CHAR | 1 | XFELD | DPF | |||
| COMMENTARY | Selection of the report comment | CFDLCOMM | CHAR | 1 | XFELD | DPC | |||
| MARK_ALL | Pushbutton 'Select all' | CFDLALL | CHAR | 25 | CHAR25 | ||||
| UNDEFINED | Display of an undefined value | CFUNDEFIN | CHAR | 1 | CHAR1 | DLU | |||
| UNDEF_NULL | Selection of display of an undefined value | CFDLNULL | CHAR | 1 | XFELD | ||||
| UNDEF_TEXT | Selection: Display of an undefined value using text | CFDLU_TEXT | CHAR | 1 | XFELD | ||||
| SIGN_DISP | +/- sign display when saving in a file as *.dat | CFSIGNDISP | CHAR | 1 | CHAR1 | ||||
| SIGN_LEFT | +/- Sign left | CFSIGNLEFT | CHAR | 1 | XFELD | ||||
| SIGN_LIST | +/- sign as in the list | CFSIGNLIST | CHAR | 1 | XFELD | ||||
| OPEN_FILE | Selection of 'Open file' | CFDLOPEN | CHAR | 1 | XFELD | DLO | |||
| FILE | File name | CFDLFILE | CHAR | 128 | TEXT128 | DLF | |||
| PCPROGRAM | Program on the presentation server | CFDLPROG | CHAR | 128 | CHAR128 | DLP | |||
| PARAM | Selection 'with parameter' | CFDLPARAM | CHAR | 1 | XFELD | DLA | |||
| COMMAND | Command line | CFCOMMAND | CHAR | 55 | CHAR55 | DLC | |||
| DEF_INPUT | Selection 'Take on entries as default' | CFDLINPUT | CHAR | 1 | XFELD | ||||
| NO_COLORS | RTF format: color/black & white | CFRTF_NO_COLORS | CHAR | 1 | XFELD | DBW |
| Key field | Non-key field |
How do I retrieve data from SAP structure CFDOWNLOAD using ABAP code?
As CFDOWNLOAD 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 CFDOWNLOAD as there is no data to select.How to access SAP table CFDOWNLOAD
Within an ECC or HANA version of SAP you can also view further information about CFDOWNLOAD 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