IMCTL SAP (Information Model-Control) Structure details
Description: Information Model-Control
Structure field list including key, data, relationships and ABAP select examples
IMCTL 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 "Information Model-Control" 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_IMCTL TYPE IMCTL.
The IMCTL table consists of various fields, each holding specific information or linking keys about Information Model-Control data available in SAP. These include DELETE_OBJ (IM control flag 'delete object'), KEEP_VALUE (IM control flag 'keep input data'), EDI_CALLED (IM control flag 'editor was called'), OBJ_SAVED (IM control flag 'Object was saved').. 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 IMCTL 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 |
| LIST_AGAIN | IM control flag to regenerate an object list | UDCTLLIST | CHAR | 1 | UDCHA1 | ||||
| DELETE_OBJ | IM control flag 'delete object' | UDCTLDELE | CHAR | 1 | UDCHA1 | ||||
| KEEP_VALUE | IM control flag 'keep input data' | UDCTLKEEP | CHAR | 1 | UDCHA1 | ||||
| EDI_CALLED | IM control flag 'editor was called' | UDCTLEDIT | CHAR | 1 | UDCHA1 | ||||
| OBJ_SAVED | IM control flag 'Object was saved' | UDCTLSAVE | CHAR | 1 | UDCHA1 | ||||
| OBJ_NEW | IM control flag 'object is new' | UDCTLNEW | CHAR | 1 | UDCHA1 | ||||
| LEAVE_OBJ | IM control flag 'leave object maintenance' | UDCTLBACK | CHAR | 1 | UDCHA1 | ||||
| END_OBJ | IM control flag 'exit object' | UDCTLEND | CHAR | 1 | UDCHA1 |
| Key field | Non-key field |
How do I retrieve data from SAP structure IMCTL using ABAP code?
As IMCTL 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 IMCTL as there is no data to select.How to access SAP table IMCTL
Within an ECC or HANA version of SAP you can also view further information about IMCTL 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