FLDPATH SAP (DD: field information and field name with entire path) Structure details
Description: DD: field information and field name with entire path
Structure field list including key, data, relationships and ABAP select examples
FLDPATH 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 "DD: field information and field name with entire path" 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_FLDPATH TYPE FLDPATH.
The FLDPATH table consists of various fields, each holding specific information or linking keys about DD: field information and field name with entire path data available in SAP. These include FLDPATH (DD: field name with full path), STRLEN (Dictionary length for DEC, CURR, QUAN types), POS (Verification: Column position).. 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 FLDPATH 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 |
| FLDNAME | Field Name | FIELDNAME | CHAR | 30 | Assigned to domain | FDNAME | DFD | ||
| FLDPATH | DD: field name with full path | DDFLDPATH | CHAR | 132 | DYNFNAM | ||||
| STRLEN | Dictionary length for DEC, CURR, QUAN types | DDINTLEN | INT2 | 5 | DDINT2 | ||||
| POS | Verification: Column position | POSITION | NUMC | 2 | NUMC2 |
| Key field | Non-key field |
How do I retrieve data from SAP structure FLDPATH using ABAP code?
As FLDPATH 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 FLDPATH as there is no data to select.How to access SAP table FLDPATH
Within an ECC or HANA version of SAP you can also view further information about FLDPATH 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