DD27P SAP (View of Fields in an SAP Table View) Structure details

Dictionary Type: Structure
Description: View of Fields in an SAP Table View




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

DD27P 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 "View of Fields in an SAP Table View" 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_DD27P TYPE DD27P.

The DD27P table consists of various fields, each holding specific information or linking keys about View of Fields in an SAP Table View data available in SAP. These include OBJPOS (Position in a repetition group), DDLANGUAGE (Language Key), VIEWFIELD (Field Name), TABNAME (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: L - Table for storing temporary data, is delivered empty
Display/Maintenance via tcode SM30: Display/Maintenance Allowed but with Restrictions
SAP enhancement categories: Cannot Be Enhanced


SAP DD27P 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
VIEWNAMEName of SAP table view VIEWNAMECHAR30Assigned to domainVIEWNAMEDVI
OBJPOSPosition in a repetition group MCPOSNUMC4AS4POS
DDLANGUAGELanguage Key DDLANGUAGELANG1Assigned to domainISOLASPRAS
VIEWFIELDField Name FIELDNAMECHAR30Assigned to domainFDNAMEDFD
TABNAMETable Name TABNAMECHAR30Assigned to domainAS4TABDTB
FIELDNAMEField Name FIELDNAMECHAR30Assigned to domainFDNAMEDFD
KEYFLAGFlag: field belongs to primary key MCKEYFLAGCHAR1AS4FLAG
MCFIELDIDMatchcode field ID MCFIELDIDCHAR3MCFIELDID
EFORMName of ABAP form FORMROUTCHAR16FORMROUT
ROLLNAMEData element (semantic domain) ROLLNAMECHAR30DD04LROLLNAMEROLDD_DTEL
ROLLNAMEVIData element of a view field ROLLNAMEVICHAR30Assigned to domainROLLNAME
ROLLCHANGEIndicator for change to data element ROLLCHANGECHAR1DDFLAG
ENQMODELock mode ENQMODECHAR1ENQMODE
RDONLYMaintenance attribute for view field VFLDROFLAGCHAR1VFLDRDONLY
MEMORYIDSet/Get parameter ID MEMORYIDCHAR20Assigned to domainMEMORYID
DOMNAMEDomain name DOMNAMECHAR30Assigned to domainDOMNAMEDD_DOMA
DATATYPEData Type in ABAP Dictionary DATATYPE_DCHAR4DTYPEDATATYPE
FLENGTHLength (No. of Characters) DDLENGNUMC6DDLENG
CHECKTABLECheck table name of the foreign key CHECKTABLECHAR30Assigned to domainAS4TAB
SHLPORIGINOrigin of an Input Help SHLPORIGINCHAR1SHLPORIGIN
SHLPNAMEName of a Search Help SHLPNAMECHAR30Assigned to domainSHLPNAMESHLPDD_SHLP
SHLPFIELDName of a search help parameter SHLPFIELDCHAR30Assigned to domainFDNAME
REFTABLETable for reference field REFTABLECHAR30Assigned to domainAS4TAB
REFFIELDReference field for currency and qty fields REFFIELDCHAR30Assigned to domainFDNAME
ENTITYTABValue table ENTITYTABCHAR30Assigned to domainAS4TABDD_DBTB
INTTYPEABAP data type (C,D,N,...) INTTYPECHAR1INTTYPE
INTLENInternal Length in Bytes INTLENNUMC6DDLENG
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
OUTPUTLENOutput Length OUTPUTLENNUMC6DDLENG
DECIMALSNumber of Decimal Places DECIMALSNUMC6DDLENG
LOWERCASELowercase letters allowed/not allowed LOWERCASECHAR1AS4FLAG
SIGNFLAGFlag for sign in numerical fields SIGNFLAGCHAR1AS4FLAG
VALEXIExistence of fixed values VALEXICHAR1AS4FLAG
CONVEXITConversion Routine CONVEXITCHAR5CONVEXIT
DDTEXTShort Description of Repository Objects AS4TEXTCHAR60AS4TEXT
REPTEXTHeading REPTEXTCHAR55REPTEXT
SCRTEXT_SShort Field Label SCRTEXT_SCHAR10SCRTEXT_S
SCRTEXT_MMedium Field Label SCRTEXT_MCHAR20SCRTEXT_M
SCRTEXT_LLong Field Label SCRTEXT_LCHAR40SCRTEXT_L
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
OUTPUTSTYLEDD: Output Style (Output Style) for Decfloat Types OUTPUTSTYLENUMC2OUTPUTSTYLE
NOHISTORYDD: Flag for Deactivating Input History in Screen Field DDNOHISTORYCHAR1DDBOOL
AMPMFORMATDD: Indicator whether AM/PM time format is required DDAMPMFORMATCHAR1DDAMPMFORMAT
DBVIEWFIELDDD: Concatenated Field Name DDFIELDNAME_LCHAR256DDFIELDNAME_L
EXVDATATYPEData Type in ABAP Dictionary DATATYPE_DCHAR4DTYPEDATATYPE
EXVFLENGTHLength (No. of Characters) DDLENGNUMC6DDLENG
EXVDECIMALSNumber of Decimal Places DECIMALSNUMC6DDLENG

Key field Non-key field



How do I retrieve data from SAP structure DD27P using ABAP code?

As DD27P 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 DD27P as there is no data to select.

How to access SAP table DD27P

Within an ECC or HANA version of SAP you can also view further information about DD27P 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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