IFFIELDS SAP (Dialog fields for interfaces) Structure details
Description: Dialog fields for interfaces
Structure field list including key, data, relationships and ABAP select examples
IFFIELDS 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 "Dialog fields for interfaces" 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_IFFIELDS TYPE IFFIELDS.
The IFFIELDS table consists of various fields, each holding specific information or linking keys about Dialog fields for interfaces data available in SAP. These include PROHIBITOR (Separators between two of these characters are ignored), ATTRBSLENG (Length of attribute line in interface structure), SAVEMODE (Interface: range of data to be saved), UNITMODE (Interface: Unit format).. 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 IFFIELDS 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 |
| SEPARATOR | Separator between data fields in the interface | IFSEPARATE | CHAR | 1 | TEXT1 | ||||
| PROHIBITOR | Separators between two of these characters are ignored | IFPROHIBIT | CHAR | 1 | TEXT1 | ||||
| ATTRBSLENG | Length of attribute line in interface structure | IFATTRSLEN | NUMC | 4 | NUMC4 | ||||
| SAVEMODE | Interface: range of data to be saved | IFSAVEMODE | CHAR | 1 | IFSAVEMODE | ||||
| UNITMODE | Interface: Unit format | IFUNITMODE | CHAR | 1 | IFUNITMODE | ||||
| READ2ATTRB | Interface: indicator: data output on Read in ATTRIBUTES | IFREAD2ATR | CHAR | 1 | XFELD |
| Key field | Non-key field |
How do I retrieve data from SAP structure IFFIELDS using ABAP code?
As IFFIELDS 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 IFFIELDS as there is no data to select.How to access SAP table IFFIELDS
Within an ECC or HANA version of SAP you can also view further information about IFFIELDS 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