COV_METADATA SAP (Coverage-Specific Metadata of Programs) Table details

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

COV_METADATA is a standard SAP Table which is used to store Coverage-Specific Metadata of Programs data and is available within R/3 SAP systems depending on the version and release level.

The COV_METADATA table consists of various fields, each holding specific information or linking keys about Coverage-Specific Metadata of Programs data available in SAP. These include SCOV_VERSION (Coverage Analyzer: Version Number), PROG_HASH_MD (32-Bit CRC Value), OFFSET_HASH_MD (32-Bit CRC Value), METADATA (Metadata).. 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: S - System table, maint. only by SAP, change = modification
Display/Maintenance via tcode SM30: Display/Maintenance Allowed but with Restrictions
SAP enhancement categories: Cannot Be Enhanced

SAP COV_METADATA table fields - Full list of fields found in SAP data dictionary

Key field

Non-key field

How do I retrieve data from SAP table COV_METADATA using ABAP code

The following ABAP code Example will allow you to do a basic selection on COV_METADATA to SELECT all data from the table
DATA: WA_COV_METADATA TYPE COV_METADATA.

SELECT SINGLE *
FROM COV_METADATA
INTO CORRESPONDING FIELDS OF WA_COV_METADATA
WHERE...

How to access SAP table COV_METADATA

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