COMPL_TYPE SAP (Structure for displaying complex types) Structure details

Dictionary Type: Structure
Description: Structure for displaying complex types




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




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
FIELDNAMEField Name FIELDNAMECHAR30Assigned to domainFDNAMEDFD
POSITIONPosition of the field in the table TABFDPOSNUMC4AS4POS
COMPTYPEDD: Component Type COMPTYPECHAR1COMPTYPE
INTTYPEABAP data type (C,D,N,...) INTTYPECHAR1INTTYPE
INTLENInternal Length in Bytes INTLENNUMC6DDLENG
DEPTHDD: Depth for structured types TYPEDEPTHNUMC2TYPEDEPTH
TABLETYPEDD: Flag if it is a table DDTABTYPECHAR1DDFLAG
DDTEXTExplanatory short text DDTEXTCHAR60DDTEXT
DATATYPEData Type in ABAP Dictionary DATATYPE_DCHAR4DTYPEDATATYPE
ROLLNAMEData element (semantic domain) ROLLNAMECHAR30Assigned to domainROLLNAMEROLDD_DTEL
ROWTYPEName of row type for table types TTROWTYPECHAR30OBJECTNAMEDD_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 as

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


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