DDSHICON SAP (Management of Icon Information) Structure details

Dictionary Type: Structure
Description: Management of Icon Information




ABAP Code to SELECT data from DDSHICON
Related tables to DDSHICON
Access table DDSHICON




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

DDSHICON 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 "Management of Icon Information" 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_DDSHICON TYPE DDSHICON.

The DDSHICON table consists of various fields, each holding specific information or linking keys about Management of Icon Information data available in SAP. These include TEXT (Text of length 1000), QUICKINFO (Quickinfo for an icon).. 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 DDSHICON 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
NAMEName of an Icon ICONNAMECHAR30ICONNAME
TEXTText of length 1000 TEXT1000CHAR1000TEXT1000
QUICKINFOQuickinfo for an icon ICONQUICKCHAR30ICONTEXT

Key field Non-key field



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

As DDSHICON 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 DDSHICON as there is no data to select.

How to access SAP table DDSHICON

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