COMPL_TYPE SAP (Structure for displaying complex types) Structure details
Description: Structure for displaying complex types
Structure field list including key, data, relationships and ABAP select examples
COMPL_TYPE 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 displaying complex types" 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_COMPL_TYPE TYPE COMPL_TYPE.
The COMPL_TYPE table consists of various fields, each holding specific information or linking keys about Structure for displaying complex types data available in SAP. These include POSITION (Position of the field in the table), COMPTYPE (DD: Component Type), INTTYPE (ABAP data type (C,D,N,...)), INTLEN (Internal Length in Bytes).. 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 COMPL_TYPE 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 |
FIELDNAME | Field Name | FIELDNAME | CHAR | 30 | Assigned to domain | FDNAME | DFD | ||
POSITION | Position of the field in the table | TABFDPOS | NUMC | 4 | AS4POS | ||||
COMPTYPE | DD: Component Type | COMPTYPE | CHAR | 1 | COMPTYPE | ||||
INTTYPE | ABAP data type (C,D,N,...) | INTTYPE | CHAR | 1 | INTTYPE | ||||
INTLEN | Internal Length in Bytes | INTLEN | NUMC | 6 | DDLENG | ||||
DEPTH | DD: Depth for structured types | TYPEDEPTH | NUMC | 2 | TYPEDEPTH | ||||
TABLETYPE | DD: Flag if it is a table | DDTABTYPE | CHAR | 1 | DDFLAG | ||||
DDTEXT | Explanatory short text | DDTEXT | CHAR | 60 | DDTEXT | ||||
DATATYPE | Data Type in ABAP Dictionary | DATATYPE_D | CHAR | 4 | DTYPE | DATATYPE | |||
ROLLNAME | Data element (semantic domain) | ROLLNAME | CHAR | 30 | Assigned to domain | ROLLNAME | ROL | DD_DTEL | |
ROWTYPE | Name of row type for table types | TTROWTYPE | CHAR | 30 | OBJECTNAME | DD_TYPES_AND_IMPLEM_CLIFS |
Key field | Non-key field |
How do I retrieve data from SAP structure COMPL_TYPE using ABAP code?
As COMPL_TYPE 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 COMPL_TYPE as there is no data to select.How to access SAP table COMPL_TYPE
Within an ECC or HANA version of SAP you can also view further information about COMPL_TYPE 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