CHAR_VA_SEL SAP (Characteristic Selection for Sales Doc. Characteristic Oview) Structure details

Dictionary Type: Structure
Description: Characteristic Selection for Sales Doc. Characteristic Oview




ABAP Code to SELECT data from CHAR_VA_SEL
Related tables to CHAR_VA_SEL
Access table CHAR_VA_SEL




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

CHAR_VA_SEL 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 "Characteristic Selection for Sales Doc. Characteristic Oview" 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_CHAR_VA_SEL TYPE CHAR_VA_SEL.

The CHAR_VA_SEL table consists of various fields, each holding specific information or linking keys about Characteristic Selection for Sales Doc. Characteristic Oview data available in SAP. These include ATBEZ (Characteristic description), CLENG (Visible column width).. 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 CHAR_VA_SEL 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
ATNAMCharacteristic Name ATNAMCHAR30ATNAMFEA
ATBEZCharacteristic description ATBEZCHAR30TEXT30
CLENGVisible column width CLENGDEC2DEC2

Key field Non-key field



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

As CHAR_VA_SEL 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 CHAR_VA_SEL as there is no data to select.

How to access SAP table CHAR_VA_SEL

Within an ECC or HANA version of SAP you can also view further information about CHAR_VA_SEL 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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