E3SEGMH SAP (CA-EDI: Header data for segment transmission) Structure details

Dictionary Type: Structure
Description: CA-EDI: Header data for segment transmission




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Structure field list including key, data, relationships and ABAP select examples

E3SEGMH 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 "CA-EDI: Header data for segment transmission" 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_E3SEGMH TYPE E3SEGMH.

The E3SEGMH table consists of various fields, each holding specific information or linking keys about CA-EDI: Header data for segment transmission data available in SAP. These include SEGMENTDEF (IDoc Development : Segment definition), SEGLEN (Length of Field (Number of Characters)), PARSEG (Segment type in 30-character format), PARPNO (Sequential number of parent segment).. 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 E3SEGMH 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
SEGMENTTYPSegment type in 30-character format EDIHSEGTYPCHAR30CHAR30
SEGMENTDEFIDoc Development : Segment definition EDISEGDEFCHAR30EDISEGDEF
SEGLENLength of Field (Number of Characters) DDLENNUMC4DDLEN
PARSEGSegment type in 30-character format EDIHSEGTYPCHAR30CHAR30
PARPNOSequential number of parent segment PARPNONUMC4NUM4
PARFLGFlag for parent segment: Segment is start of segment group PARFLGCHAR1XFELD
MUSTFLFlag: Mandatory entry MUSTFLCHAR1XFELD
OCCMINMinimum number of segments in sequence OCCMINNUMC10NUM10
OCCMAXMaximum number of segments in sequence OCCMAXNUMC10NUM10
HLEVELHierarchy level of IDoc type segment HLEVELNUMC2EDI_HLEVEL
DESCRPShort description of object EDI_TEXT60CHAR60TEXT60
GRP_MUSTFLFlag for groups: Mandatory EDI_GMUSTFCHAR1XFELD
GRP_OCCMINMinimum number of groups in sequence EDI_GOCCMINUMC10NUM10
GRP_OCCMAXMaximum number of groups in sequence EDI_GOCCMANUMC10NUM10
REFSEGTYPSegment type in 30-character format EDIHSEGTYPCHAR30CHAR30

Key field Non-key field



How do I retrieve data from SAP structure E3SEGMH using ABAP code?

As E3SEGMH 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 E3SEGMH as there is no data to select.

How to access SAP table E3SEGMH

Within an ECC or HANA version of SAP you can also view further information about E3SEGMH 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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