FPIA_S_ACTION SAP (Assignment and Positioning of Actions) Structure details

Dictionary Type: Structure
Description: Assignment and Positioning of Actions




ABAP Code to SELECT data from FPIA_S_ACTION
Related tables to FPIA_S_ACTION
Access table FPIA_S_ACTION




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

FPIA_S_ACTION 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 "Assignment and Positioning of Actions" 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_FPIA_S_ACTION TYPE FPIA_S_ACTION.

The FPIA_S_ACTION table consists of various fields, each holding specific information or linking keys about Assignment and Positioning of Actions data available in SAP. These include NPOSITION (Action Position), ICON_NAME (Name of an Icon), ACTION_DESCR (Description of Action), BUTTON_TEXT (Text, 40 Characters Long).. 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 FPIA_S_ACTION 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
ACTIONSFunction Code UI_FUNCCHAR70SYCHAR70
NPOSITIONAction Position FPIA_POSITIONNUMC2NUM2
ICON_NAMEName of an Icon ICONNAMECHAR30ICONNAME
ACTION_DESCRDescription of Action FPIA_ACTION_DESCRCHAR60TEXT60
BUTTON_TEXTText, 40 Characters Long TEXT40CHAR40TEXT40
TOOLTIPQuickinfo for an icon ICONQUICKCHAR30ICONTEXT
XDISPLAYDisplay Mode Enabled FPIA_XDISPLAYCHAR1BOOLE

Key field Non-key field



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

As FPIA_S_ACTION 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 FPIA_S_ACTION as there is no data to select.

How to access SAP table FPIA_S_ACTION

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