DD04L SAP (Data elements) Table details

Dictionary Type: Table
Description: Data elements




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DD04L is a standard SAP Table which is used to store Data elements data and is available within R/3 SAP systems depending on the version and release level.

The DD04L table consists of various fields, each holding specific information or linking keys about Data elements data available in SAP. These include AS4LOCAL (Activation Status of a Repository Object), AS4VERS (Version of the entry (not used)), DOMNAME (Domain name), ROUTPUTLEN (Length (No. of Characters)).. 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: W - System table, contents transportable via separate TR objects
Display/Maintenance via tcode SM30: Display/Maintenance Allowed but with Restrictions
SAP enhancement categories: Cannot Be Enhanced


SAP DD04L table 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
ROLLNAMEData element (semantic domain) ROLLNAMECHAR30ROLLNAMEROLDD_DTEL
AS4LOCALActivation Status of a Repository Object AS4LOCALCHAR1AS4LOCAL
AS4VERSVersion of the entry (not used) AS4VERSNUMC4AS4VERS
DOMNAMEDomain name DOMNAMECHAR30DD01LDOMNAMEDD_DOMA
ROUTPUTLENLength (No. of Characters) DDLENGNUMC6DDLENG
MEMORYIDSet/Get parameter ID MEMORYIDCHAR20TPARAMEMORYID
LOGFLAGIndicator for writing change documents LOGFLAGCHAR1AS4FLAG
HEADLENMaximum length of heading HEADLENNUMC2SCRLEN
SCRLEN1Max. length for short field label SCRLEN_SNUMC2SCRLEN
SCRLEN2Max. length for medium field label SCRLEN_MNUMC2SCRLEN
SCRLEN3Max. length for long field label SCRLEN_LNUMC2SCRLEN
ACTFLAGActivation flag DTACTFLAGCHAR1DTACTFLAG
APPLCLASSApplication class for DD objects (not used) APPLCLASSCHAR4Assigned to domainAPPLCLASSAPP
AUTHCLASSActivation type AUTHCLASS_NUMC2AUTHCLASS
AS4USERLast Changed by AS4USERCHAR12AS4USER
AS4DATEDate of Last Change AS4DATEDATS8AS4DATE
AS4TIMELast changed at AS4TIMETIMS6AS4TIME
DTELMASTEROriginal Language in Repository objects MASTERLANGLANG1Assigned to domainISOLASPRASH_T002
RESERVEDTESDIC: Reserve for data elements (not used) RESERVEDTECHAR4CHAR4
DTELGLOBALFlag for private DD objects (not used) GLOBALFLAGCHAR1GLOBALFLAG
SHLPNAMEName of a Search Help SHLPNAMECHAR30Assigned to domainSHLPNAMESHLPDD_SHLP
SHLPFIELDName of a search help parameter SHLPFIELDCHAR30Assigned to domainFDNAME
DEFFDNAMEDefault name for components using the data element DEFFDNAMECHAR30DEFFDNAME
DATATYPEData Type in ABAP Dictionary DATATYPE_DCHAR4DTYPEDATATYPE
LENGLength (No. of Characters) DDLENGNUMC6DDLENG
DECIMALSNumber of Decimal Places DECIMALSNUMC6DDLENG
OUTPUTLENOutput Length OUTPUTLENNUMC6DDLENG
LOWERCASELowercase letters allowed/not allowed LOWERCASECHAR1AS4FLAG
SIGNFLAGFlag for sign in numerical fields SIGNFLAGCHAR1AS4FLAG
CONVEXITConversion Routine CONVEXITCHAR5CONVEXIT
VALEXIExistence of fixed values VALEXICHAR1AS4FLAG
ENTITYTABValue table ENTITYTABCHAR30DD02LAS4TABDD_DBTB
REFKINDCategory of Dictionary Type TYPEKINDCHAR1TYPEKIND
REFTYPEType of Object Referenced DDREFTYPECHAR1DDREFTYPE
PROXYTYPEDD: Is a generated proxy object DDPROXYTYCHAR1DDPROXYTY
LTRFLDDISBasic write direction has been defined LTR (left-to-right) DDLTRFLDDICHAR1DDBOOL
BIDICTRLCDD: No Filtering of BIDI Formatting Characters DDBIDICTRLCHAR1DDBOOL
NOHISTORYDD: Flag for Deactivating Input History in Screen Field DDNOHISTORYCHAR1DDBOOL

Key field Non-key field



How do I retrieve data from SAP table DD04L using ABAP code

The following ABAP code Example will allow you to do a basic selection on DD04L to SELECT all data from the table
DATA: WA_DD04L TYPE DD04L.

SELECT SINGLE *
FROM DD04L
INTO CORRESPONDING FIELDS OF WA_DD04L
WHERE...

How to access SAP table DD04L

Within an ECC or HANA version of SAP you can also view further information about DD04L 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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