HITAB SAP (Structure for Internal Hierarchy Tables) Structure details
Description: Structure for Internal Hierarchy Tables
Structure field list including key, data, relationships and ABAP select examples
HITAB 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 "Structure for Internal Hierarchy Tables" 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_HITAB TYPE HITAB.
The HITAB table consists of various fields, each holding specific information or linking keys about Structure for Internal Hierarchy Tables data available in SAP. These include OBJTO (TO object in hierarchy), EBENE (Hierarchy levels), TEXT (Hierarchy item title), ATTRIBUTES (Collective field for attributes 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: Can be enhanced (character-type or numeric)
SAP HITAB 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 |
| OBJFR | FROM object in hierarchy | HI_OBJFR | CHAR | 50 | HI_OBJECT | ||||
| OBJTO | TO object in hierarchy | HI_OBJTO | CHAR | 50 | HI_OBJECT | ||||
| EBENE | Hierarchy levels | HI_EBENE | INT1 | 3 | HI_EBENE | ||||
| TEXT | Hierarchy item title | HI_TEXTSTR | CHAR | 80 | HI_TEXT | ||||
| ATTRIBUTES | Collective field for attributes in a hierarchy | HI_ATTRIBS | CHAR | 200 | HI_ATTRIB | ||||
| ATTR1B | Beginning of field in attribute field | HI_ATTRBEG | INT2 | 5 | HI_ATTRPOS | ||||
| ATTR1E | End of field in attribute field | HI_ATTREND | INT2 | 5 | HI_ATTRPOS | ||||
| ATTR1S | Position on screen | HI_SCRPOS | INT1 | 3 | HI_SCRPOS | ||||
| ATTR2B | Beginning of field in attribute field | HI_ATTRBEG | INT2 | 5 | HI_ATTRPOS | ||||
| ATTR2E | End of field in attribute field | HI_ATTREND | INT2 | 5 | HI_ATTRPOS | ||||
| ATTR2S | Position on screen | HI_SCRPOS | INT1 | 3 | HI_SCRPOS | ||||
| ATTR3B | Beginning of field in attribute field | HI_ATTRBEG | INT2 | 5 | HI_ATTRPOS | ||||
| ATTR3E | End of field in attribute field | HI_ATTREND | INT2 | 5 | HI_ATTRPOS | ||||
| ATTR3S | Position on screen | HI_SCRPOS | INT1 | 3 | HI_SCRPOS | ||||
| NO_SUB | Indicator for: No subchapters possible | HI_NOSUB | CHAR | 1 | HI_CROSS | ||||
| IMPLODE | Indicator for: Imploded | HI_IMPLODE | CHAR | 1 | HI_CROSS | ||||
| EXPLODE | Flag: chapter has exploded subchapters | HI_EXPLODE | CHAR | 1 | HI_CROSS | ||||
| VISIBLE | Indicator for: Visible | HI_VISIBLE | CHAR | 1 | HI_CROSS | ||||
| MARKED | Selected | HI_MARKED | CHAR | 1 | HI_CROSS | ||||
| LOG_MARKED | Selected | HI_MARKED | CHAR | 1 | HI_CROSS | ||||
| NO_CHANGE | Indicator for: No changes | HI_NOCHAG | CHAR | 1 | HI_CROSS | ||||
| LAST_CHILD | Indicator for last child on this level | HI_LCHILD | CHAR | 1 | HI_CROSS | ||||
| FOUND | Indicator for found during search | HI_FOUND | CHAR | 1 | HI_CROSS | ||||
| MODIFIED | Flag: chapter is modification | HI_MODIFIC | CHAR | 1 | HI_CROSS | ||||
| ORIG_OUTL | Original structure for OBJFR | HI_OUTLINE | CHAR | 12 | Assigned to domain | DOKU_OUTLI | |||
| GOT_INFO | Checkbox | XFELD | CHAR | 1 | XFELD |
| Key field | Non-key field |
How do I retrieve data from SAP structure HITAB using ABAP code?
As HITAB 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 HITAB as there is no data to select.How to access SAP table HITAB
Within an ECC or HANA version of SAP you can also view further information about HITAB 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