HLPCAPTION SAP (Online help: Structure of description text) Structure details
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Structure field list including key, data, relationships and ABAP select examples
HLPCAPTION 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 "Online help: Structure of description text" 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_HLPCAPTION TYPE HLPCAPTION.
The HLPCAPTION table consists of various fields, each holding specific information or linking keys about Online help: Structure of description text data available in SAP. These include TAG (Character field, length 32), TEXT (Message Text), ACTION (Character field, length 4), VISIBLE (Character field of length 1).. 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 HLPCAPTION 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 |
| ID | Character field of length 6 | CHAR6 | CHAR | 6 | CHAR6 | ||||
| TAG | Character field, length 32 | CHAR_LG_32 | CHAR | 32 | CHAR_LG_32 | ||||
| TEXT | Message Text | NATXT | CHAR | 73 | NATXT | ||||
| ACTION | Character field, length 4 | CHAR_LG_04 | CHAR | 4 | CHAR_LG_04 | ||||
| VISIBLE | Character field of length 1 | CHAR_LG_01 | CHAR | 1 | CHAR_LG_01 | ||||
| ACTIVE | Character field of length 1 | CHAR_LG_01 | CHAR | 1 | CHAR_LG_01 | ||||
| CHECKED | Character field of length 1 | CHAR_LG_01 | CHAR | 1 | CHAR_LG_01 |
| Key field | Non-key field |
How do I retrieve data from SAP structure HLPCAPTION using ABAP code?
As HLPCAPTION 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 HLPCAPTION as there is no data to select.How to access SAP table HLPCAPTION
Within an ECC or HANA version of SAP you can also view further information about HLPCAPTION 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