DNTAB SAP (DD interface: nametab definition for GET_NAMETAB) Structure details
Description: DD interface: nametab definition for GET_NAMETAB
Structure field list including key, data, relationships and ABAP select examples
DNTAB 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 "DD interface: nametab definition for GET_NAMETAB" 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_DNTAB TYPE DNTAB.
The DNTAB table consists of various fields, each holding specific information or linking keys about DD interface: nametab definition for GET_NAMETAB data available in SAP. These include FIELDNAME (Field Name), LANGU (Language Key), POSITION (Position of the field in the table), OFFSET (Offset of a field).. 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 DNTAB 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 |
| TABNAME | Table Name | TABNAME | CHAR | 30 | Assigned to domain | AS4TAB | DTB | ||
| FIELDNAME | Field Name | FIELDNAME | CHAR | 30 | Assigned to domain | FDNAME | DFD | ||
| LANGU | Language Key | DDLANGUAGE | LANG | 1 | Assigned to domain | ISOLA | SPRAS | ||
| POSITION | Position of the field in the table | TABFDPOS | NUMC | 4 | AS4POS | ||||
| OFFSET | Offset of a field | DOFFSET | NUMC | 6 | DOFFSET | ||||
| KEYFLAG | Identifies a key field of a table | KEYFLAG | CHAR | 1 | KEYFLAG | ||||
| FIELDTEXT | Short Description of Repository Objects | AS4TEXT | CHAR | 60 | AS4TEXT | ||||
| DATATYPE | Data Type in ABAP Dictionary | DATATYPE_D | CHAR | 4 | DTYPE | DATATYPE | |||
| INTTYPE | ABAP data type (C,D,N,...) | INTTYPE | CHAR | 1 | INTTYPE | ||||
| DDLEN | Length (No. of Characters) | DDLENG | NUMC | 6 | DDLENG | ||||
| INTLEN | Internal Length in Bytes | INTLEN | NUMC | 6 | DDLENG | ||||
| DECIMALS | Number of Decimal Places | DECIMALS | NUMC | 6 | DDLENG | ||||
| CHECKTABLE | Check table name of the foreign key | CHECKTABLE | CHAR | 30 | Assigned to domain | AS4TAB | |||
| REFTABLE | Table for reference field | REFTABLE | CHAR | 30 | Assigned to domain | AS4TAB | |||
| REFFIELD | Reference field for currency and qty fields | REFFIELD | CHAR | 30 | Assigned to domain | FDNAME | |||
| PRECFIELD | Name of included table | PRECFIELD | CHAR | 30 | Assigned to domain | FDNAME | |||
| LOGFLAG | Indicator for writing change documents | LOGFLAG | CHAR | 1 | AS4FLAG | ||||
| MEMORYID | Set/Get parameter ID | MEMORYID | CHAR | 20 | Assigned to domain | MEMORYID | |||
| LOWERCASE | Lowercase letters allowed/not allowed | LOWERCASE | CHAR | 1 | AS4FLAG | ||||
| SIGN | Flag for sign in numerical fields | SIGNFLAG | CHAR | 1 | AS4FLAG | ||||
| VALEXI | Existence of fixed values | VALEXI | CHAR | 1 | AS4FLAG | ||||
| NOFORKEY | Flag (X or Blank) | AS4FLAG | CHAR | 1 | AS4FLAG | ||||
| CONVEXIT | Conversion Routine | CONVEXIT | CHAR | 5 | CONVEXIT |
| Key field | Non-key field |
How do I retrieve data from SAP structure DNTAB using ABAP code?
As DNTAB 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 DNTAB as there is no data to select.How to access SAP table DNTAB
Within an ECC or HANA version of SAP you can also view further information about DNTAB 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