DTYPINFO SAP (DD: data type information (part of nametab information)) Structure details
Description: DD: data type information (part of nametab information)
Structure field list including key, data, relationships and ABAP select examples
DTYPINFO 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: data type information (part of nametab information)" 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_DTYPINFO TYPE DTYPINFO.
The DTYPINFO table consists of various fields, each holding specific information or linking keys about DD: data type information (part of nametab information) data available in SAP. These include ABTYPE (ABAP data type (nametab interface coded)), DTYP (Data Type in ABAP Dictionary), EXID (ABAP data type (C,D,N,...)), DBLENGTH (Length of field in ABAP).. 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 DTYPINFO 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 |
| FIELDTYPE | ABAP data type (coded) | FLDTYPE | RAW | 1 | NTABSHORT | ||||
| ABTYPE | ABAP data type (nametab interface coded) | ABTYPE | RAW | 1 | NTABSHORT | ||||
| DTYP | Data Type in ABAP Dictionary | DATATYPE_D | CHAR | 4 | DTYPE | DATATYPE | |||
| EXID | ABAP data type (C,D,N,...) | INTTYPE | CHAR | 1 | INTTYPE | ||||
| DBLENGTH | Length of field in ABAP | DBLENGTH | RAW | 2 | NTABLONG | ||||
| DBLENGTH2 | ABAP Dictionary: Length on Database | DBLENGTH2 | RAW | 4 | DDRAW4 | ||||
| DECIMALS | Number of decimal places in the field | INTDECIM | RAW | 1 | NTABSHORT | ||||
| DIGITS | Dictionary length for DEC, CURR, QUAN types | DDINTLENG | RAW | 2 | NTABLONG | ||||
| EXLENGTH | Field output length | OUTLENGTH | RAW | 2 | NTABLONG | ||||
| CONVEXIT | Conversion Routine | CONVEXIT | CHAR | 5 | CONVEXIT | ||||
| MEMORYID | Set/Get parameter ID | MEMORYID | CHAR | 20 | Assigned to domain | MEMORYID | |||
| SIGN | Flag for sign in numerical fields | SIGNFLAG | CHAR | 1 | AS4FLAG | ||||
| LOWERCASE | Lowercase letters allowed/not allowed | LOWERCASE | CHAR | 1 | AS4FLAG | ||||
| VALEXI | Existence of fixed values | VALEXI | CHAR | 1 | AS4FLAG | ||||
| LOGFLAG | Indicator for writing change documents | LOGFLAG | CHAR | 1 | AS4FLAG | ||||
| CONVEXFLG | Indicator if a conversion exit is in use | DDCONVEXIT | CHAR | 1 | AS4FLAG | ||||
| PARAMID | Indicator if a set/get parameter ID is in use | DDMEMORYID | CHAR | 1 | AS4FLAG | ||||
| DIGITFLG | Indicator of ABAP data type P | DDDIGITS | CHAR | 1 | AS4FLAG | ||||
| SHLPEX | Search help exists | DDSHLPEX | CHAR | 1 | DDFLAG | ||||
| F4AVAILABL | F4 help exists | DDF4HELPEX | CHAR | 1 | DDFLAG | ||||
| LTRFLDDIS | Basic write direction has been defined LTR (left-to-right) | DDLTRFLDDI | CHAR | 1 | DDBOOL | ||||
| BIDICTRLC | DD: No Filtering of BIDI Formatting Characters | DDBIDICTRL | CHAR | 1 | DDBOOL | ||||
| NOHISTORY | DD: Flag for Deactivating Input History in Screen Field | DDNOHISTORY | CHAR | 1 | DDBOOL |
| Key field | Non-key field |
How do I retrieve data from SAP structure DTYPINFO using ABAP code?
As DTYPINFO 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 DTYPINFO as there is no data to select.How to access SAP table DTYPINFO
Within an ECC or HANA version of SAP you can also view further information about DTYPINFO 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