EAM_HIERARCHY_ELEMENT SAP (Hierarchy of Technical Objects) Structure details
Description: Hierarchy of Technical Objects
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Access table EAM_HIERARCHY_ELEMENT
Structure field list including key, data, relationships and ABAP select examples
EAM_HIERARCHY_ELEMENT 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 "Hierarchy of Technical Objects" 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_EAM_HIERARCHY_ELEMENT TYPE EAM_HIERARCHY_ELEMENT.
The EAM_HIERARCHY_ELEMENT table consists of various fields, each holding specific information or linking keys about Hierarchy of Technical Objects data available in SAP. These include OBJECT (ID for an Object in Technical Object Hierarchy), PRED_TYPE (Object Category in Hierarchy of Technical Objects), PREDECESSOR (ID for an Object in Technical Object Hierarchy), HLEVEL (Level in a Hierarchy).. 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: Cannot Be Enhanced
SAP EAM_HIERARCHY_ELEMENT 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 |
| OBJECT_TYPE | Object Category in Hierarchy of Technical Objects | HIER_OBJTYPE | CHAR | 1 | HIER_OBJTYPE | ||||
| OBJECT | ID for an Object in Technical Object Hierarchy | PM_HIER_OBJID | CHAR | 40 | PM_HIER_OBJID | ||||
| PRED_TYPE | Object Category in Hierarchy of Technical Objects | HIER_OBJTYPE | CHAR | 1 | HIER_OBJTYPE | ||||
| PREDECESSOR | ID for an Object in Technical Object Hierarchy | PM_HIER_OBJID | CHAR | 40 | PM_HIER_OBJID | ||||
| HLEVEL | Level in a Hierarchy | PM_HIER_LEVEL | INT4 | 10 | PM_HIER_LEVEL | ||||
| POSNR | Position in superior technical object | ILOM_POSNR | CHAR | 4 | CHAR4 | ||||
| DESCRIPTION | Description of technical object | KTX01 | CHAR | 40 | TEXT40 | ||||
| LANGUAGE | Language Key | SPRAS | LANG | 1 | Assigned to domain | ISOLA | SPRAS | SPR | H_T002 |
| Key field | Non-key field |
How do I retrieve data from SAP structure EAM_HIERARCHY_ELEMENT using ABAP code?
As EAM_HIERARCHY_ELEMENT 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 EAM_HIERARCHY_ELEMENT as there is no data to select.How to access SAP table EAM_HIERARCHY_ELEMENT
Within an ECC or HANA version of SAP you can also view further information about EAM_HIERARCHY_ELEMENT 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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