HLPSETTING SAP (User-specific settings for online help) Table details

Dictionary Type: Table
Description: User-specific settings for online help




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

HLPSETTING is a standard SAP Table which is used to store User-specific settings for online help data and is available within R/3 SAP systems depending on the version and release level.

The HLPSETTING table consists of various fields, each holding specific information or linking keys about User-specific settings for online help data available in SAP. These include VIEWER (Single-Character Indicator), PRELOAD (Flag for loading F1 Help Viewer at logon), STATUS_BAR (Flag for displaying status bar in F1 Help Viewer).. 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: L - Table for storing temporary data, is delivered empty
Display/Maintenance via tcode SM30: Display/Maintenance Allowed but with Restrictions
SAP enhancement categories: Not classified


SAP HLPSETTING table 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
USERNAMEUser Name UNAMECHAR12UNAME
VIEWERSingle-Character Indicator CHAR1CHAR1CHAR1
PRELOADFlag for loading F1 Help Viewer at logon PRELOADCHAR1CHAR1
STATUS_BARFlag for displaying status bar in F1 Help Viewer STATUS_BARCHAR1CHAR1

Key field Non-key field



How do I retrieve data from SAP table HLPSETTING using ABAP code

The following ABAP code Example will allow you to do a basic selection on HLPSETTING to SELECT all data from the table
DATA: WA_HLPSETTING TYPE HLPSETTING.

SELECT SINGLE *
FROM HLPSETTING
INTO CORRESPONDING FIELDS OF WA_HLPSETTING
WHERE...

How to access SAP table HLPSETTING

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