DB6CATIX SAP (DB6: System Catalog Information of Index) Structure details
Description: DB6: System Catalog Information of Index
Structure field list including key, data, relationships and ABAP select examples
DB6CATIX 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 "DB6: System Catalog Information of Index" 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_DB6CATIX TYPE DB6CATIX.
The DB6CATIX table consists of various fields, each holding specific information or linking keys about DB6: System Catalog Information of Index data available in SAP. These include INDNAME (DB6: long table name), DEFINER (DB6: File Path), TABSCHEMA (DB6: Schema Name), TABNAME (DB6: long table name).. 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 DB6CATIX 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 |
INDSCHEMA | DB6: Schema Name | DB6SCHEMA | CHAR | 20 | |||||
INDNAME | DB6: long table name | DB6TABNAML | CHAR | 128 | |||||
DEFINER | DB6: File Path | DB6PATH | CHAR | 255 | DB6PATH | ||||
TABSCHEMA | DB6: Schema Name | DB6SCHEMA | CHAR | 20 | |||||
TABNAME | DB6: long table name | DB6TABNAML | CHAR | 128 | |||||
COLNAMES | Index Column Names | 0 | |||||||
UNIQUERULE | Unique Rule | 0 | |||||||
MADE_UNIQUE | Index created unique | 0 | |||||||
COLCOUNT | Number of columns in for the key | 0 | |||||||
UNIQUE_COLCOUNT | Number of columns required for a unique key | 0 | |||||||
INDEXTYPE | Type of index | 0 | |||||||
ENTRYTYPE | 0 | ||||||||
PCTFREE | 0 | ||||||||
IID | Internal index ID | 0 | |||||||
NLEAF | Number of leaf pages | 0 | |||||||
NLEVELS | Number of index levels | 0 | |||||||
FIRSTKEYCARD | Number of distinct first key values | 0 | |||||||
FIRST2KEYCARD | Number of distinct keys using the first two columns | 0 | |||||||
FIRST3KEYCARD | Number of distinct keys using the first three columns | 0 | |||||||
FIRST4KEYCARD | Number of distinct keys using the first four columns | 0 | |||||||
FULLKEYCARD | Number of distinct full key values | 0 | |||||||
CLUSTERRATIO | Degree of data clustering with the index | 0 | |||||||
CLUSTERFACTOR | Finer measurement of degree of clustering | 0 | |||||||
SEQUENTIAL_PAGES | 0 | ||||||||
DENSITY | 0 | ||||||||
USER_DEFINED | 1 if this index was defined by a user, else 0 | 0 | |||||||
SYSTEM_REQUIRED | 0 | ||||||||
CREATE_TIME | DBA: ISO conform timestamp with ms precission | DB6DATETIM | CHAR | 26 | |||||
STATS_TIME | DBA: ISO conform timestamp with ms precission | DB6DATETIM | CHAR | 26 | |||||
MINPCTUSED | 0 | ||||||||
REVERSE_SCANS | support for reverse scans (Y or N) | 0 | |||||||
INTERNAL_FORMAT | 0 | ||||||||
REMARKS | User-supplied comment, or null. | 0 | |||||||
INDEX_OBJECTID | Index object identifier for the table. | 0 | |||||||
NUMRIDS | Total number of row identifiers (RIDs) in the index. | 0 | |||||||
NUMRIDS_DELETED | Total number of RIDs in the index that are marked as deleted | 0 | |||||||
NUM_EMPTY_LEAFS | Leaf pages that have all of their RIDs marked as deleted | 0 | |||||||
AVERAGE_RANDOM_FETCH_PAGES | 0 | ||||||||
AVERAGE_RANDOM_PAGES | 0 | ||||||||
AVERAGE_SEQUENCE_GAP | 0 | ||||||||
AVERAGE_SEQUENCE_FETCH_GAP | 0 | ||||||||
AVERAGE_SEQUENCE_PAGES | 0 | ||||||||
AVERAGE_SEQUENCE_FETCH_PAGES | 0 | ||||||||
TBSPACEID | Internal identifier for the index table space. | 0 | |||||||
PCTPAGESSAVED | 0 | ||||||||
COMPRESSION | 0 | ||||||||
INDCARD | DB6: Index Cardinality | 0 | |||||||
AVGLEAFKEYSIZE | 0 | ||||||||
AVGNLEAFKEYSIZE | 0 | ||||||||
COLLECTSTATISTICS | 0 | ||||||||
LASTUSED | DBA: ISO conform timestamp with ms precission | DB6DATETIM | CHAR | 26 | |||||
SNAPSHOT_TIMESTAMP | DBA: ISO conform timestamp with ms precission | DB6DATETIM | CHAR | 26 |
Key field | Non-key field |
How do I retrieve data from SAP structure DB6CATIX using ABAP code?
As DB6CATIX 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 DB6CATIX as there is no data to select.How to access SAP table DB6CATIX
Within an ECC or HANA version of SAP you can also view further information about DB6CATIX 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