DDYTFS SAP (Structure for Shadow DDXTF) Structure details

Dictionary Type: Structure
Description: Structure for Shadow DDXTF




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




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

DDYTFS 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 "Structure for Shadow DDXTF" 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_DDYTFS TYPE DDYTFS.

The DDYTFS table consists of various fields, each holding specific information or linking keys about Structure for Shadow DDXTF data available in SAP. These include MODEFLAG (Activation flag), POSITION (Position of the field in the table), FLAG1 (Flag 1 length 1 byte for field attributes), FLAG2 (Flag 2 length 1 byte for field attributes).. 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 DDYTFS 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
TABNAME4.0 version of TABNAME (name extension) V4TABNAMECHAR30CHAR30
MODEFLAGActivation flag ACTFLAGCHAR1ACTFLAG
POSITIONPosition of the field in the table TABFDPOSNUMC4AS4POS
FLAG1Flag 1 length 1 byte for field attributes FDFLAG1RAW1NTABSHORT
FLAG2Flag 2 length 1 byte for field attributes FDFLAG2RAW1NTABSHORT
FLAG3Flag 1 length 1 byte for field attributes FDFLAG1RAW1NTABSHORT
FLAG4Flag 2 length 1 byte for field attributes FDFLAG2RAW1NTABSHORT
DBTABPOSPosition number of table field in database FLPOSRAW2NTABLONG
FIELDTYPEABAP data type (coded) FLDTYPERAW1NTABSHORT
OFFSETTable field offset ROFFSETRAW4DDRAW4
DBLENGTHLength of field in ABAP DBLENGTHRAW2NTABLONG
DBLENGTH2Length in Database RSLENGTH2RAW4RSLENGTH2
EXLENGTHField output length OUTLENGTHRAW2NTABLONG
DECIMALSNumber of decimal places in the field INTDECIMRAW1NTABSHORT
DEPTHDepth in nested structures DDDEPTHUPRAW1NTABSHORT
FLDALIGNAlignment of types with different pointer lengths FLDALIGNUPRAW1NTABSHORT
FIELDNAME4.0 version of field name V4FIELDNAMCHAR30CHAR30
ROLLNAME4.0 version of field name V4FIELDNAMCHAR30CHAR30
ABTYPEABAP data type (nametab interface coded) ABTYPERAW1NTABSHORT
DTYPData Type in ABAP Dictionary DATATYPE_DCHAR4DTYPEDATATYPE
EXIDABAP data type (C,D,N,...) INTTYPECHAR1INTTYPE
REFTABLE4.0 version of TABNAME (name extension) V4TABNAMECHAR30CHAR30
REFFIELD4.0 version of field name V4FIELDNAMCHAR30CHAR30
PRECFIELDInternal precision PRECINTERNRAW2NTABLONG
CONVEXITConversion Routine CONVEXITCHAR5CONVEXIT
MEMORYID4.0 version of memory ID (name extension) V4MEMORYIDCHAR20CHAR20
CHECKTABLE4.0 version of TABNAME (name extension) V4TABNAMECHAR30CHAR30
DIGITSDictionary length for DEC, CURR, QUAN types DDINTLENGRAW2NTABLONG

Key field Non-key field



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

As DDYTFS 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 DDYTFS as there is no data to select.

How to access SAP table DDYTFS

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