COPA_YS_CHARACTERISTIC SAP (CO-PA: Characteristic + Characteristic Value) Structure details

Dictionary Type: Structure
Description: CO-PA: Characteristic + Characteristic Value




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




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

COPA_YS_CHARACTERISTIC 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 "CO-PA: Characteristic + Characteristic Value" 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_COPA_YS_CHARACTERISTIC TYPE COPA_YS_CHARACTERISTIC.

The COPA_YS_CHARACTERISTIC table consists of various fields, each holding specific information or linking keys about CO-PA: Characteristic + Characteristic Value data available in SAP. These include VALUE (CO-PA characteristic value), TEXT_M (Medium Field Label), TEXT_L (KE 60-character description in RKB1T), LINE (Row Index of Internal Tables).. 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 COPA_YS_CHARACTERISTIC 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
VALUECO-PA characteristic value RKB1T_CHARCHAR50KEYID
TEXT_MMedium Field Label SCRTEXT_MCHAR20SCRTEXT_M
TEXT_LKE 60-character description in RKB1T RKB1T_LTXTCHAR60RKB1T_LTXT
LINERow Index of Internal Tables SYTABIXINT410SYST_LONG

Key field Non-key field



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

As COPA_YS_CHARACTERISTIC 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 COPA_YS_CHARACTERISTIC as there is no data to select.

How to access SAP table COPA_YS_CHARACTERISTIC

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