E3NUM SAP (Basic data of numeric characteristic) Structure details
Description: Basic data of numeric characteristic
Structure field list including key, data, relationships and ABAP select examples
E3NUM 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 "Basic data of numeric characteristic" 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_E3NUM TYPE E3NUM.
The E3NUM table consists of various fields, each holding specific information or linking keys about Basic data of numeric characteristic data available in SAP. These include CHARID (Internal counter for objects in an SCE knowledge base), UNIT (Base unit of measure), LENGTH (Number of characters of characteristic value), SCALE (Number of decimal places of numeric characteristic value).. 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 E3NUM 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 | ||||
| CHARID | Internal counter for objects in an SCE knowledge base | SCEID | NUMC | 6 | NUMC6 | ||||
| UNIT | Base unit of measure | SCEUNIT | UNIT | 3 | Assigned to domain | CUNIT | MEINS | ||
| LENGTH | Number of characters of characteristic value | SCELENGTH | NUMC | 2 | NUMC2 | ||||
| SCALE | Number of decimal places of numeric characteristic value | SCESCALE | NUMC | 2 | NUMC2 | ||||
| TEMPLATE | Template | SCETEMPL | CHAR | 30 | CHAR30 |
| Key field | Non-key field |
How do I retrieve data from SAP structure E3NUM using ABAP code?
As E3NUM 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 E3NUM as there is no data to select.How to access SAP table E3NUM
Within an ECC or HANA version of SAP you can also view further information about E3NUM 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