DB2BACKUP SAP (DB2/390: Backup Needed) Structure details

Dictionary Type: Structure
Description: DB2/390: Backup Needed




ABAP Code to SELECT data from DB2BACKUP
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Access table DB2BACKUP




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

DB2BACKUP 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 "DB2/390: Backup Needed" 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_DB2BACKUP TYPE DB2BACKUP.

The DB2BACKUP table consists of various fields, each holding specific information or linking keys about DB2/390: Backup Needed data available in SAP. These include TSNAME (Name of the tablespace), TBNAME (DB2 table name), BTIMESTAMP (Column TIMESTAMP of table SYSIBM.SYSCOPY (DB2 on OS/390)), BDATE (Field type date, YYYYMMDD).. 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 DB2BACKUP 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
DBNAMEDatabase name DB2DBNAMECHAR8D2DBNAME
TSNAMEName of the tablespace DB2TSNAMECHAR8CHAR8
TBNAMEDB2 table name DB2TABNAMECHAR18CHAR18
BTIMESTAMPColumn TIMESTAMP of table SYSIBM.SYSCOPY (DB2 on OS/390) D2TIMESTMPCHAR26D2TIMESTMP
BDATEField type date, YYYYMMDD DB2DATEDATS8DB2DATE
CATEGORYField type numc, length 10, integer DB2NUMC10INT410DB2INT4

Key field Non-key field



How do I retrieve data from SAP structure DB2BACKUP using ABAP code?

As DB2BACKUP 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 DB2BACKUP as there is no data to select.

How to access SAP table DB2BACKUP

Within an ECC or HANA version of SAP you can also view further information about DB2BACKUP 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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