CFROL SAP (Structure for data elements) Structure details
Description: Structure for data elements
Structure field list including key, data, relationships and ABAP select examples
CFROL 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 data elements" 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_CFROL TYPE CFROL.
The CFROL table consists of various fields, each holding specific information or linking keys about Structure for data elements data available in SAP. These include DOMNM (Domain), RTXTS (Data element short text), RTEXT (Description of data element), RTXTL (Data element long text).. 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 CFROL 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 |
| ROLNM | Data element (semantic domain) | ROLLNAME | CHAR | 30 | Assigned to domain | ROLLNAME | ROL | DD_DTEL | |
| DOMNM | Domain | CFDOMNM | CHAR | 30 | Assigned to domain | DOMNAME | |||
| RTXTS | Data element short text | CFRTXTS | CHAR | 10 | TXT10 | ||||
| RTEXT | Description of data element | CFRTEXT | CHAR | 20 | TXT20 | ||||
| RTXTL | Data element long text | CFRTXTL | CHAR | 40 | TEXT40 | ||||
| DTYPE | Data Type in ABAP Dictionary | DATATYPE_D | CHAR | 4 | DTYPE | DATATYPE | |||
| ITYPE | ABAP data type (C,D,N,...) | INTTYPE | CHAR | 1 | INTTYPE | ||||
| ILENG | Internal Length in Bytes | INTLEN | NUMC | 6 | DDLENG | ||||
| OUTLN | Output Length | OUTPUTLEN | NUMC | 6 | DDLENG | ||||
| DECIM | Number of Decimal Places | DECIMALS | NUMC | 6 | DDLENG | ||||
| CHTAB | Check table name of the foreign key | CHECKTABLE | CHAR | 30 | Assigned to domain | AS4TAB |
| Key field | Non-key field |
How do I retrieve data from SAP structure CFROL using ABAP code?
As CFROL 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 CFROL as there is no data to select.How to access SAP table CFROL
Within an ECC or HANA version of SAP you can also view further information about CFROL 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