IMPT_CABN SAP (Characteristic Fields for Measuring Point) Structure details
Description: Characteristic Fields for Measuring Point
Structure field list including key, data, relationships and ABAP select examples
IMPT_CABN 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 "Characteristic Fields for Measuring Point" 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_IMPT_CABN TYPE IMPT_CABN.
The IMPT_CABN table consists of various fields, each holding specific information or linking keys about Characteristic Fields for Measuring Point data available in SAP. These include ATFOR (Data type of characteristic), ATVOR (Indicator: Negative Values Allowed), MSEHI (Unit of Measurement), ATDIM (Exponent display).. 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 IMPT_CABN 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 |
| ATNAM | Characteristic Name | ATNAM | CHAR | 30 | ATNAM | FEA | |||
| ATFOR | Data type of characteristic | ATFOR | CHAR | 4 | ATFOR | ||||
| ATVOR | Indicator: Negative Values Allowed | IMRC_INEGV | CHAR | 1 | X | ||||
| MSEHI | Unit of Measurement | MSEHI | UNIT | 3 | Assigned to domain | CUNIT | MEINS | ||
| ATDIM | Exponent display | ATDIM | INT2 | 5 | EXP10 | ||||
| ANZDZ | Number of Decimal Places | ANZDZ | INT2 | 5 | ANZDZ | ||||
| AUSWAHLMGE | Selected Set | QAUSWAHLMG | CHAR | 8 | Assigned to domain | QAUSWAHLMG | AWM |
| Key field | Non-key field |
How do I retrieve data from SAP structure IMPT_CABN using ABAP code?
As IMPT_CABN 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 IMPT_CABN as there is no data to select.How to access SAP table IMPT_CABN
Within an ECC or HANA version of SAP you can also view further information about IMPT_CABN 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