CTS_FILE SAP (ECTS: File Attributes Including Object List Indicator) Structure details
Description: ECTS: File Attributes Including Object List Indicator
Structure field list including key, data, relationships and ABAP select examples
CTS_FILE 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 "ECTS: File Attributes Including Object List Indicator" 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_CTS_FILE TYPE CTS_FILE.
The CTS_FILE table consists of various fields, each holding specific information or linking keys about ECTS: File Attributes Including Object List Indicator data available in SAP. These include ID (UUID - identifier for file object (Char 32)), PHYSNAME (Name of a file object), APPLICATION (Technical type of a file object), PURPOSE (Deployment method of a file object).. 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: Can be enhanced (character-type)
SAP CTS_FILE 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 |
| ID | UUID - identifier for file object (Char 32) | CTS_GUID32 | CHAR | 32 | |||||
| PHYSNAME | Name of a file object | CTS_FILENAME | CHAR | 250 | TEXT_250 | ||||
| APPLICATION | Technical type of a file object | CTS_APPLID | CHAR | 8 | |||||
| PURPOSE | Deployment method of a file object | CTS_PURPOSE | CHAR | 30 | CTS_PURPOSE | ||||
| CREATED_FROM | Last Changed by | AS4USER | CHAR | 12 | AS4USER | ||||
| CREATED_AT | Time of change | TRTMST | CHAR | 14 | TRTMST | ||||
| APPLICATION_EXT | eCTS: Application Identifier | CTS_APPLIDENT | CHAR | 30 | CTS_APPLIDENT | ||||
| OBJLISTEXISTS | General Flag | FLAG | CHAR | 1 | FLAG |
| Key field | Non-key field |
How do I retrieve data from SAP structure CTS_FILE using ABAP code?
As CTS_FILE 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 CTS_FILE as there is no data to select.How to access SAP table CTS_FILE
Within an ECC or HANA version of SAP you can also view further information about CTS_FILE 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