ETEXTTOOL SAP (Logon Data for External Tool) Structure details
Description: Logon Data for External Tool
Structure field list including key, data, relationships and ABAP select examples
ETEXTTOOL 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 "Logon Data for External Tool" 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_ETEXTTOOL TYPE ETEXTTOOL.
The ETEXTTOOL table consists of various fields, each holding specific information or linking keys about Logon Data for External Tool data available in SAP. These include PASSWORD (Password for External Tool), PROJECT (Project Name in External Tool), CANCEL (eCATT Switch On/Off), OLD_LOG_ID (Current operation 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: Cannot Be Enhanced
SAP ETEXTTOOL 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 |
| USERNAME | User for External Tool | ETEXTTOOL_USER | CHAR | 32 | TEXT32 | ||||
| PASSWORD | Password for External Tool | ETEXTTOOL_PWD | CHAR | 32 | TEXT32 | ||||
| PROJECT | Project Name in External Tool | ETEXTTOOL_PROJECT | CHAR | 32 | CHAR32 | ||||
| CANCEL | eCATT Switch On/Off | ETONOFF | CHAR | 1 | CHAR1_X | ||||
| OLD_LOG_ID | Current operation number | ETLOG_ID | NUMC | 10 | NUM10 |
| Key field | Non-key field |
How do I retrieve data from SAP structure ETEXTTOOL using ABAP code?
As ETEXTTOOL 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 ETEXTTOOL as there is no data to select.How to access SAP table ETEXTTOOL
Within an ECC or HANA version of SAP you can also view further information about ETEXTTOOL 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