COMT_CATEGORYH SAP (Category (History)) Structure details
Description: Category (History)
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Access table COMT_CATEGORYH
Structure field list including key, data, relationships and ABAP select examples
COMT_CATEGORYH 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 "Category (History)" 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_CATEGORYH TYPE COMT_CATEGORYH.
The COMT_CATEGORYH table consists of various fields, each holding specific information or linking keys about Category (History) data available in SAP. These include CLIENT (Client), CATEGORY_GUID (Category GUID), VALID_TO (Valid To (Time Stamp)), CATEGORY_ID (Category ID).. 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_CATEGORYH 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 |
| CLIENT | Client | MANDT | CLNT | 3 | Assigned to domain | MANDT | |||
| CATEGORY_GUID | Category GUID | COMT_CATEGORY_GUID | RAW | 16 | SYSUUID | ||||
| VALID_TO | Valid To (Time Stamp) | COMT_VALID_TO | DEC | 15 | TSTPS | BCOS_TSTMP | |||
| 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 | COMM_HIERARCHY | 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 | |||
| UPNAME | Name of the User Who Last Changed the Set | COMT_UPNAME | CHAR | 12 | UNAME | ||||
| LOGSYS | Original System | COMT_LOGSYS | CHAR | 10 | Assigned to domain | ALPHA | LOGSYS | COM_LOGSYS | COM_PRODUCT_LOGSYS |
| 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_CATEGORYH using ABAP code?
As COMT_CATEGORYH 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_CATEGORYH as there is no data to select.How to access SAP table COMT_CATEGORYH
Within an ECC or HANA version of SAP you can also view further information about COMT_CATEGORYH 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