DCMATCHCTR SAP (Field description for proposal for matching) Structure details
Description: Field description for proposal for matching
Structure field list including key, data, relationships and ABAP select examples
DCMATCHCTR 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 "Field description for proposal for matching" 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_DCMATCHCTR TYPE DCMATCHCTR.
The DCMATCHCTR table consists of various fields, each holding specific information or linking keys about Field description for proposal for matching data available in SAP. These include POSITION (Position of the field in the table), ROLLNAME (Data element (semantic domain)), DOMNAME (Domain name), DATATYPE (Data Type in ABAP Dictionary).. 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 DCMATCHCTR 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 |
FIELDNAME | Field Name | FIELDNAME | CHAR | 30 | Assigned to domain | FDNAME | DFD | ||
POSITION | Position of the field in the table | TABFDPOS | NUMC | 4 | AS4POS | ||||
ROLLNAME | Data element (semantic domain) | ROLLNAME | CHAR | 30 | Assigned to domain | ROLLNAME | ROL | DD_DTEL | |
DOMNAME | Domain name | DOMNAME | CHAR | 30 | Assigned to domain | DOMNAME | DD_DOMA | ||
DATATYPE | Data Type in ABAP Dictionary | DATATYPE_D | CHAR | 4 | DTYPE | DATATYPE | |||
LENG | Length (No. of Characters) | DDLENG | NUMC | 6 | DDLENG | ||||
DECIMALS | Number of Decimal Places | DECIMALS | NUMC | 6 | DDLENG | ||||
REQUIRED | Flag if field must, should or may occur in matching | DCMATCHREQ | NUMC | 2 | DCMATCHREQ | ||||
MINMATCH | Minimum requirements for data compatibility | DCMATCHMIN | NUMC | 1 | DCMATCHFOR | ||||
WANTMATCH | Desired correspondence of types when matching | DCMATCHWAN | NUMC | 1 | DCMATCHFOR | ||||
DOUBLE | Analysis of multiple occurrences when matching | DCMATCHDOU | NUMC | 2 | DCMATCHDOU | ||||
TYPE | Field identification when matching | DCMATCHTYP | CHAR | 1 | DCMATCHTYP |
Key field | Non-key field |
How do I retrieve data from SAP structure DCMATCHCTR using ABAP code?
As DCMATCHCTR 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 DCMATCHCTR as there is no data to select.How to access SAP table DCMATCHCTR
Within an ECC or HANA version of SAP you can also view further information about DCMATCHCTR 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