ESO_S_MEAN SAP (International Article Numbers (EANs) for Material) Structure details

Dictionary Type: Structure
Description: International Article Numbers (EANs) for Material




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

ESO_S_MEAN 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 "International Article Numbers (EANs) for Material" 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_ESO_S_MEAN TYPE ESO_S_MEAN.

The ESO_S_MEAN table consists of various fields, each holding specific information or linking keys about International Article Numbers (EANs) for Material data available in SAP. These include MANDT (Client), MATNR (Material Number), MEINH (Unit of Measure for Display), LFNUM (Consecutive Number).. 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: Can be enhanced (character-type or numeric)


SAP ESO_S_MEAN 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
MANDTClient MANDTCLNT3T000MANDT
MATNRMaterial Number MATNRCHAR18MARAMATN1MATNRMATS_MAT1
MEINHUnit of Measure for Display MEINHUNIT3T006CUNITMEINS
LFNUMConsecutive Number LFNUMCHAR5CHAR5
EAN11International Article Number (EAN/UPC) EAN11CHAR18EAN11EAN11EAN
EANTPCategory of International Article Number (EAN) NUMTPCHAR2TNTPNUMTP
HPEANIndicator: Main EAN HPEANCHAR1XFELD
EAN11_EXTInternational Article Number (EAN/UPC) EAN11_EXTCHAR18

Key field Non-key field



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

As ESO_S_MEAN 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 ESO_S_MEAN as there is no data to select.

How to access SAP table ESO_S_MEAN

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