COMT_CATEGORY_MAINTAIN_API SAP (API Structure: General Category Data) Structure details
Description: API Structure: General Category Data
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Access table COMT_CATEGORY_MAINTAIN_API
Structure field list including key, data, relationships and ABAP select examples
COMT_CATEGORY_MAINTAIN_API 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 "API Structure: General Category Data" 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_COMT_CATEGORY_MAINTAIN_API TYPE COMT_CATEGORY_MAINTAIN_API.
The COMT_CATEGORY_MAINTAIN_API table consists of various fields, each holding specific information or linking keys about API Structure: General Category Data data available in SAP. These include CLIENT (Client), CATEGORY_GUID (Category GUID), CATEGORY_ID (Category ID), HIERARCHY_GUID (Category Hierarchy GUID).. 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: Cannot Be Enhanced
SAP COMT_CATEGORY_MAINTAIN_API 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 |
| CATEGORY | 0 | ||||||||
| CLIENT | Client | MANDT | CLNT | 3 | MANDT | ||||
| CATEGORY_GUID | Category GUID | COMT_CATEGORY_GUID | RAW | 16 | SYSUUID | ||||
| CATEGORY_ID | Category ID | COMT_CATEGORY_ID | CHAR | 20 | COM_CATEGORY_ID | COM_CATEGORY_ID | COM_CAT_HIER | ||
| HIERARCHY_GUID | Category Hierarchy GUID | COMT_HIERARCHY_GUID | RAW | 16 | SYSUUID | ||||
| PARENT_GUID | Category GUID | COMT_CATEGORY_GUID | RAW | 16 | SYSUUID | ||||
| NON_ASSIGNABLE | Products Cannot Be Assigned to the Category | COMT_NON_ASSIGNABLE_CATEGORY | CHAR | 1 | COM_NON_ASSIGNABLE_CATEGORY | ||||
| VALID_FROM | Valid From (Time Stamp) | COMT_VALID_FROM | DEC | 15 | TSTPS | BCOS_TSTMP | |||
| VALID_TO | Valid To (Time Stamp) | COMT_VALID_TO | DEC | 15 | TSTPS | BCOS_TSTMP | |||
| UPNAME | Name of the User Who Last Changed the Set | COMT_UPNAME | CHAR | 12 | UNAME | ||||
| HISTEX | History Exists | COMT_HISTEX | CHAR | 1 | COM_BOOLEAN | ||||
| LOGSYS | Original System | COMT_LOGSYS | CHAR | 10 | ALPHA | LOGSYS | COM_LOGSYS | COM_PRODUCT_LOGSYS | |
| PARENT_ID | Category ID | COMT_CATEGORY_ID | CHAR | 20 | COM_CATEGORY_ID | COM_CATEGORY_ID | COM_CAT_HIER | ||
| PARENT_LOGSYS | Original System | COMT_LOGSYS | CHAR | 10 | ALPHA | LOGSYS | COM_LOGSYS | COM_PRODUCT_LOGSYS | |
| TEXT | 0 | ||||||||
| SETTYPES | 0 | ||||||||
| UPDATE_TYPE | Type of Change | UPDATE_TYPE | CHAR | 1 | UPDATE_TYPE |
| Key field | Non-key field |
How do I retrieve data from SAP structure COMT_CATEGORY_MAINTAIN_API using ABAP code?
As COMT_CATEGORY_MAINTAIN_API 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 COMT_CATEGORY_MAINTAIN_API as there is no data to select.How to access SAP table COMT_CATEGORY_MAINTAIN_API
Within an ECC or HANA version of SAP you can also view further information about COMT_CATEGORY_MAINTAIN_API and the data within it using relevant transactions such asSE11 (ABAP Dictionary Maintenance)
SM30 (Maintain Table Data)
SE80 (Object Navigator)
SE16 (Data Browser).
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