DSEC SAP (Table fields) Structure details

Dictionary Type: Structure
Description: Table fields




ABAP Code to SELECT data from DSEC
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Structure field list including key, data, relationships and ABAP select examples

DSEC 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 "Table fields" 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_DSEC TYPE DSEC.

The DSEC table consists of various fields, each holding specific information or linking keys about Table fields data available in SAP. These include FIELDNAME (Field Name), KEYFLAG (Identifies a key field of a table), DATATYPE (Data Type in ABAP Dictionary), LENG (Length (No. of Characters)).. 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: Can be enhanced (character-type)


SAP DSEC 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
TABNAMETable Name TABNAMECHAR30Assigned to domainAS4TABDTB
FIELDNAMEField Name FIELDNAMECHAR30Assigned to domainFDNAMEDFD
KEYFLAGIdentifies a key field of a table KEYFLAGCHAR1KEYFLAG
DATATYPEData Type in ABAP Dictionary DATATYPE_DCHAR4DTYPEDATATYPE
LENGLength (No. of Characters) DDLENGNUMC6DDLENG
DECIMALSNumber of Decimal Places DECIMALSNUMC6DDLENG
SIGNFLAGFlag for sign in numerical fields SIGNFLAGCHAR1AS4FLAG
SCRTEXT_SShort Field Label SCRTEXT_SCHAR10SCRTEXT_S
POSITIONPosition of the field in the table TABFDPOSNUMC4AS4POS
INTTYPEABAP data type (C,D,N,...) INTTYPECHAR1INTTYPE
INTLENInternal Length in Bytes INTLENNUMC6DDLENG
DOMNAMEDomain name DOMNAMECHAR30Assigned to domainDOMNAMEDD_DOMA
OUTPUTLENOutput Length OUTPUTLENNUMC6DDLENG
MASKLENTemplate length (not used) MASKLENNUMC4MASKLEN
MASKTemplate (not used) AS4MASKCHAR20AS4MASK
DDTEXTShort Description of Repository Objects AS4TEXTCHAR60AS4TEXT
SCRTEXT_MMedium Field Label SCRTEXT_MCHAR20SCRTEXT_M
SCRTEXT_LLong Field Label SCRTEXT_LCHAR40SCRTEXT_L

Key field Non-key field



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

As DSEC 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 DSEC as there is no data to select.

How to access SAP table DSEC

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