DD08BV SAP (DD: Associations for Structured Objects (with Short Text)) Structure details

Dictionary Type: Structure
Description: DD: Associations for Structured Objects (with Short Text)




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

DD08BV 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 "DD: Associations for Structured Objects (with Short Text)" 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_DD08BV TYPE DD08BV.

The DD08BV table consists of various fields, each holding specific information or linking keys about DD: Associations for Structured Objects (with Short Text) data available in SAP. These include NODENAME (Node Name of a BO in the ABAP Dictionary), ASSOCIATIONNAME (DD: Name of an Association), DDLANGUAGE (Language Key), STRUCOBJN_T (DD: Name of Structured Object (For Example, Entity, Context)).. 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 DD08BV 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
STRUCOBJNDD: Name of Structured Object (For Example, Entity, Context) DDSTRUCOBJNAMECHAR30DDSTRUCOBJNAME
NODENAMENode Name of a BO in the ABAP Dictionary DDNODENAMECHAR30DDNODENAME
ASSOCIATIONNAMEDD: Name of an Association DDASSOCIATIONNAMECHAR30DDASSOCIATIONNAME
DDLANGUAGELanguage Key DDLANGUAGELANG1Assigned to domainISOLASPRAS
STRUCOBJN_TDD: Name of Structured Object (For Example, Entity, Context) DDSTRUCOBJNAMECHAR30DDSTRUCOBJNAME
NODENAME_TNode Name of a BO in the ABAP Dictionary DDNODENAMECHAR30DDNODENAME
ASSOCIATIONKINDType of Association DDASSKINDINT13DDASSKIND
CHECKINDICATORDD: Carries the information whether check should take place DDCHECKINDICATORCHAR1DDCHECKINDICATOR
CARDINALITYDD: Cardinality of Target Node DDTARGETCARDCHAR2CARD
DDTEXTExplanatory short text DDTEXTCHAR60DDTEXT
ASSORIGINDD: Origin of an Association DDASSORIGINCHAR1DDASSORIGIN
DOPATH_TDD: DO prefixes also concatenated at target (DO path) DDDOPATHCHAR125DDDOPATH

Key field Non-key field



How do I retrieve data from SAP structure DD08BV using ABAP code?

As DD08BV 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 DD08BV as there is no data to select.

How to access SAP table DD08BV

Within an ECC or HANA version of SAP you can also view further information about DD08BV 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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