E3CABNM SAP (Master characteristic basic data) Structure details
Description: Master characteristic basic data
Structure field list including key, data, relationships and ABAP select examples
E3CABNM 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 "Master characteristic basic data" 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_E3CABNM TYPE E3CABNM.
The E3CABNM table consists of various fields, each holding specific information or linking keys about Master characteristic basic data data available in SAP. These include ATNAM (Characteristic Name), ATIDN (Object identification), ATFOR (Data type of characteristic), ANZST (Number 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: Not classified
SAP E3CABNM 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 |
| MSGFN | Function | MSGFN | CHAR | 3 | MSGFN | ||||
| ATNAM | Characteristic Name | ATNAM | CHAR | 30 | ATNAM | FEA | |||
| ATIDN | Object identification | ATIDN | CHAR | 2 | ATIDN | FEI | |||
| ATFOR | Data type of characteristic | ATFOR | CHAR | 4 | ATFOR | ||||
| ANZST | Number of Characters | ANZST | INT2 | 5 | ANZST | ||||
| ANZDZ | Number of Decimal Places | ANZDZ | INT2 | 5 | ANZDZ | ||||
| ATVOR | Value with Plus or Minus Sign | ATVOR | CHAR | 1 | XFELD | ||||
| ATSCH | Value with template | ATSCH | CHAR | 30 | CHAR30 | ||||
| ATKLE | Case Sensitive | ATKLE | CHAR | 1 | XFELD | ||||
| ATKON | Name of Conversion Routine | ATKON | CHAR | 5 | UCNV_____4 | ||||
| ATKLA | Chars Group | ATKLA | CHAR | 10 | Assigned to domain | ATKLA | |||
| ATERF | Entry Required | ATERF | CHAR | 1 | ATXFE | ||||
| ATEIN | Single value | ATEIN | CHAR | 1 | XFELD | ||||
| MSEHI | Unit of Measurement | MSEHI | UNIT | 3 | Assigned to domain | CUNIT | MEINS | ||
| ATDIM | Exponent display | ATDIM | INT2 | 5 | EXP10 | ||||
| ATGLO | Indicator: Whether You Can Make an Entry for Ref. Chars | ATGLO | CHAR | 1 | ATXFE | ||||
| ATGLA | Indicator: restrictable characteristic | ATGLA | CHAR | 1 | XFELD | ||||
| ATINT | Interval Values Allowed | ATINT | CHAR | 1 | ATXFE | ||||
| ATSON | Indicator: Additional Values | ATSON | CHAR | 1 | ATXFE | ||||
| ATTAB | Table Name | ATTAB | CHAR | 30 | UDTAB | ||||
| ATFEL | Field Name | ATFEL | CHAR | 30 | Assigned to domain | FDNAME | |||
| ATWRD | Display Allowed Values Defined in Characteristic | ATWRD | CHAR | 1 | ATXFE | ||||
| ATFOD | Unformatted Entry Control | ATFOD | CHAR | 1 | ATXFE | ||||
| ATHIE | Explode value hierarchy | ATHIE | CHAR | 1 | ATXFE | ||||
| ATDEX | Exponent Display Format | ATDEX | NUMC | 1 | ATDEX | ||||
| ATFGA | Indicator: formatted editing | ATFGA | CHAR | 1 | XFELD | ||||
| ATVSC | Indicator: Display Template When Assigning Values | ATVSC | CHAR | 1 | ATXFE | ||||
| ANAME | Name of Person who Created the Object | ERNAM | CHAR | 12 | USNAM | ||||
| ADATU | Date on Which Record Was Created | ERDAT | DATS | 8 | DATUM | ||||
| VNAME | Name of Person Who Changed Object | AENAM | CHAR | 12 | USNAM | ||||
| VDATU | Changed On | AEDAT | DATS | 8 | DATUM | ||||
| ATXAC | Indicator for Multiple Table Assignments | ATXAC | CHAR | 1 | XFELD | ||||
| ATMST | Status of a characteristic | ATMST | CHAR | 1 | Assigned to domain | ATMST | |||
| DATUV | Valid-From Date | DATUV | DATS | 8 | DATUM | ||||
| AENNR | Change Number | AENNR | CHAR | 12 | Assigned to domain | AENNR | AENNR | AEN | |
| LKENZ | Deletion Indicator | LKENZ | CHAR | 1 | XFELD | ||||
| ATINP | No Entry Can be Made for Characteristic | ATINP | CHAR | 1 | ATXFE | ||||
| ATVIE | Characteristic Not to be Displayed | ATVIE | CHAR | 1 | ATXFE | ||||
| ATHKA | Indicator: display node in a value hierarchy | ATHKA | CHAR | 1 | ATXFE | ||||
| ATHKO | Indicator: nodes are selectable | ATHKO | CHAR | 1 | ATXFE | ||||
| CLASS | Class number | KLASSE_D | CHAR | 18 | KLASSE | KLA | |||
| ATTOL | Indicator for Allowed Tolerances | ATTOL | CHAR | 1 | ATXFE | ||||
| ATZUS | Indicator: Values Can Be Assigned to Ref. Characteristics | ATZUS | CHAR | 1 | XFELD |
| Key field | Non-key field |
How do I retrieve data from SAP structure E3CABNM using ABAP code?
As E3CABNM 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 E3CABNM as there is no data to select.How to access SAP table E3CABNM
Within an ECC or HANA version of SAP you can also view further information about E3CABNM and the data within it using relevant transactions such asSE11 (ABAP Dictionary Maintenance)
SM30 (Maintain Table Data)
SE80 (Object Navigator)
SE16 (Data Browser).
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