DDSHLTABI SAP (Description of Table Section of F4 Help) Structure details
Description: Description of Table Section of F4 Help
Structure field list including key, data, relationships and ABAP select examples
DDSHLTABI 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 "Description of Table Section of F4 Help" 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_DDSHLTABI TYPE DDSHLTABI.
The DDSHLTABI table consists of various fields, each holding specific information or linking keys about Description of Table Section of F4 Help data available in SAP. These include BREADTH (Found Location in Byte or Character String), FSTCOLHEAD (Current Line in List), LSTCOLHEAD (Current Line in List), FSTCONTLIN (Current Line in List).. 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 DDSHLTABI 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 |
| MULTISEL | DD: truth value | DDBOOL_D | CHAR | 1 | DDBOOL | ||||
| BREADTH | Found Location in Byte or Character String | SYFDPOS | INT4 | 10 | SYST_SHORT | ||||
| FSTCOLHEAD | Current Line in List | SYLINNO | INT4 | 10 | SYST_SHORT | ||||
| LSTCOLHEAD | Current Line in List | SYLINNO | INT4 | 10 | SYST_SHORT | ||||
| FSTCONTLIN | Current Line in List | SYLINNO | INT4 | 10 | SYST_SHORT | ||||
| LSTCONTLIN | Current Line in List | SYLINNO | INT4 | 10 | SYST_SHORT | ||||
| LINS_P_ROW | Number of Display Lines for each Logical Line | 0 | |||||||
| STRT_DELIM | 0 | ||||||||
| CHECKBOX | DD: truth value | DDBOOL_D | CHAR | 1 | DDBOOL | ||||
| ICON | Icon in text fields (substitute display, alias) | ICON_D | CHAR | 4 | ICON | ||||
| TEXT | Text of length 1000 | TEXT1000 | CHAR | 1000 | TEXT1000 | ||||
| RIGHT_JUST | DD: truth value | DDBOOL_D | CHAR | 1 | DDBOOL | ||||
| TRIANGLE | DD: truth value | DDBOOL_D | CHAR | 1 | DDBOOL | ||||
| QUICKINFO | Quickinfo for an icon | ICONQUICK | CHAR | 30 | ICONTEXT | ||||
| COL_LENG | Length in which TEXT is written | 0 | |||||||
| ICON_LENG | Output Length of Icon | 0 | |||||||
| FORMAT | Output Format on F4 Hit List | DDSHLFORMT | INT4 | 10 | DDSHLFORMT | ||||
| HOTSPOT | DD: truth value | DDBOOL_D | CHAR | 1 | DDBOOL | ||||
| COLUMNS | 0 | ||||||||
| SORTED_BY | Name of a search help parameter | SHLPFIELD | CHAR | 30 | Assigned to domain | FDNAME | |||
| DESCENDING | DD: truth value | DDBOOL_D | CHAR | 1 | DDBOOL | ||||
| CONTENTS | 0 |
| Key field | Non-key field |
How do I retrieve data from SAP structure DDSHLTABI using ABAP code?
As DDSHLTABI 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 DDSHLTABI as there is no data to select.How to access SAP table DDSHLTABI
Within an ECC or HANA version of SAP you can also view further information about DDSHLTABI and the data within it using relevant transactions such asSE11 (ABAP Dictionary Maintenance)
SM30 (Maintain Table Data)
SE80 (Object Navigator)
SE16 (Data Browser).
Search for further information about these or an SAP related objects