DTA_MTHEADER SAP (Payment Medium: Header, Internat. S.W.I.F.T. MT Formats) Structure details
Description: Payment Medium: Header, Internat. S.W.I.F.T. MT Formats
Structure field list including key, data, relationships and ABAP select examples
DTA_MTHEADER 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 "Payment Medium: Header, Internat. S.W.I.F.T. MT Formats" 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_DTA_MTHEADER TYPE DTA_MTHEADER.
The DTA_MTHEADER table consists of various fields, each holding specific information or linking keys about Payment Medium: Header, Internat. S.W.I.F.T. MT Formats data available in SAP. These include SENDER (SWIFT/BIC for International Payments), MESSAGE_TYPE (SWIFT Message Type), RECEIVER (SWIFT/BIC for International Payments), DELIMITER (Separator Coming Between Prefix and Transaction Record).. 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 DTA_MTHEADER 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 |
| BEGINOFFILE | File Leading Character (BOF - Beginning of File) | PAYMSGN1_FPM | CHAR | 5 | CHAR5 | ||||
| SENDER | SWIFT/BIC for International Payments | SWIFT | CHAR | 11 | SWIFT | ||||
| MESSAGE_TYPE | SWIFT Message Type | 0 | |||||||
| RECEIVER | SWIFT/BIC for International Payments | SWIFT | CHAR | 11 | SWIFT | ||||
| DELIMITER | Separator Coming Between Prefix and Transaction Record | PAYMSGN4_FPM | CHAR | 5 | CHAR5 |
| Key field | Non-key field |
How do I retrieve data from SAP structure DTA_MTHEADER using ABAP code?
As DTA_MTHEADER 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 DTA_MTHEADER as there is no data to select.How to access SAP table DTA_MTHEADER
Within an ECC or HANA version of SAP you can also view further information about DTA_MTHEADER 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