DDSHIFACE SAP (Interface description of a F4 help method) Structure details

Dictionary Type: Structure
Description: Interface description of a F4 help method




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




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

DDSHIFACE 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 "Interface description of a F4 help method" 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_DDSHIFACE TYPE DDSHIFACE.

The DDSHIFACE table consists of various fields, each holding specific information or linking keys about Interface description of a F4 help method data available in SAP. These include VALTABNAME (Structure to which an input help is assigned), VALFIELD (Field to which an input help is assigned), VALUE (Field contents on the screen), INTERNAL (Flag: value is already converted to internal representation).. 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 DDSHIFACE 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
SHLPFIELDField name for value transfer to F4 help DDSHLPSFLDCHAR30Assigned to domainFDNAME
VALTABNAMEStructure to which an input help is assigned DDSHLPDTABCHAR30TABNAME
VALFIELDField to which an input help is assigned DDSHLPDFLDCHAR132DYNFNAM
VALUEField contents on the screen DDSHVALUECHAR132F4CHAR132
INTERNALFlag: value is already converted to internal representation DDSHINTERNCHAR1DDFLAG
DISPFIELDScreen field is pure display field DDSHDISFLDCHAR1DDFLAG
F4FIELDFlag: F4 was pressed for this field DDSHF4FLDCHAR1DDFLAG
TOPSHLPNAMHigher-Level Search Help (Top Level) DDSHLPSSHNCHAR30Assigned to domainSHLPNAME
TOPSHLPFLDFeld of higher-level search help DDSHLPSSHFCHAR30Assigned to domainFDNAME

Key field Non-key field



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

As DDSHIFACE 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 DDSHIFACE as there is no data to select.

How to access SAP table DDSHIFACE

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