INFST04 SAP (ST04 - Informix Monitor Main List) Structure details

Dictionary Type: Structure
Description: ST04 - Informix Monitor Main List




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

INFST04 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 "ST04 - Informix Monitor Main List" 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_INFST04 TYPE INFST04.

The INFST04 table consists of various fields, each holding specific information or linking keys about ST04 - Informix Monitor Main List data available in SAP. These include SHMRES (Size of Resident Portion of Shared Memory (KB)), SHMVIRT (Size of Virtual Portion of Shared Memory (KB)), SHMMES (Message Portion of Shared Memory(KB)), PAGSIZE (Informix Page Size in Bytes).. 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 INFST04 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
SHMTOTALTotal amount of virtual shared memory SHMTOTALINT410SINT4_NOS
SHMRESSize of Resident Portion of Shared Memory (KB) SHMRESINT410SINT4_NOS
SHMVIRTSize of Virtual Portion of Shared Memory (KB) SHMVIRTINT410SINT4_NOS
SHMMESMessage Portion of Shared Memory(KB) SHMMESINT410SINT4_NOS
PAGSIZEInformix Page Size in Bytes PAGSIZEINT410SINT4_NOS
BUFFSIZESize of Data Buffer (KB) BUFFSIZEINT410SINT4_NOS
BUFREADRATBuffer Read Quality in % BUFREADRATINT410SINT4_NOS
BUFWRITRATBuffer Write Quality in % BUFWRITRATINT410SINT4_NOS
READSTotal Number of Physical and Buffer Reads INFREADSINT410SINT4_NOS
WRITESTotal Number of Writes INFWRITESINT410SINT4_NOS
CLEANERSNumber of database buffer cleaner processes CLEANERSINT410SINT4_NOS
LRUSNumber of LRU queues LRUSINT410SINT4_NOS
LRUMAXDIRTWhen to begin cleaning LRU queues LRUMAXDIRTINT410SINT4_NOS
LRUMINDIRTWhen to stop cleaning LRU queues LRUMINDIRTINT410SINT4_NOS
BUFFFLUSHNumber of buffer pool flushes BUFPOOLFLUINT410SINT4_NOS
FOREWRITENumber of foreground writes FGWRITESINT410SINT4_NOS
LRUWRITENumber of LRU writes LRUWRITESINT410SINT4_NOS
CHUNKWRITEWrites resulting from a checkpoint CHUNKWRITEINT410SINT4_NOS
PHYSBUFFSize of the two physical log buffers PHYSBUFFINT410SINT4_NOS
LOGBUFFSize of each of the three logical log buffers LOGBUFFINT410SINT4_NOS
PHYSWRITEPhysical Log Written Per I/O (KB) PHYSWRITEINT410SINT4_NOS
LOGWRITELogical Log Written Per I/O (KB) LOGWRITEINT410SINT4_NOS
NUMCPUVPSNumber of user (CPU) virtual processors NUMCPUVPSINT410SINT4_NOS
ACTIVESESSActive database server sessions ACTIVE_SESINT410SINT4_NOS
ISCALL_MINISAM Calls Per Minute ISCALL_MININT410SINT4_NOS
ISCALLS_TRISAM calls per transaction ISCALLS_TRINT410SINT4_NOS
ISCOMMITSISAM commits since database startup ISCOMMITSINT410SINT4_NOS
ISROLLBACKISAM rollbacks since database startup ISROLLBACKINT410SINT4_NOS
ISAMTOTTotal number of ISAM calls since database startup ISAMTOTINT410SINT4_NOS
SEQSCANSNumber of sequential scans since database startup SEQSCANSINT410SINT4_NOS
CKPTINTVLDatabase checkpoint interval (s) CKPTINTVLINT410SINT4_NOS
PHYSFILEPhysical log file size (KB) PHYSFILEINT410SINT4_NOS
LOGSIZSize of a single logical log LOGSIZINT410SINT4_NOS
NUMCKPTSNumber of checkpoints since database startup NUMCKPTSINT410SINT4_NOS
CHKPTCORRPercentage of checkpoints due to Checkpoint Interval CHKPTCORRINT410SINT4_NOS
PHYSCORR% of checkpoints which occur because physical log 75% full PHYSCORRINT410SINT4_NOS
NUMAIOVPSNumber of AIO virtual processors AIOVPSINT410SINT4_NOS
KAIOTHREADNumber of kaio threads for kernel asynchronous disk I/O KAIOTHREADINT410SINT4_NOS
DBFILESNumber of disk files used for INFORMIX database DBFILESINT410SINT4_NOS
CURR_TIMECurrent time of query CURR_TIMETIMS6T
CURR_DATECurrent date at time of query CURR_DATEDATS8DATS
DB_UP_DAYSTime of database start DB_UP_TIMETIMS6T
DB_UP_HOURSystem Time SYUZEITTIMS6SYTIME

Key field Non-key field



How do I retrieve data from SAP structure INFST04 using ABAP code?

As INFST04 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 INFST04 as there is no data to select.

How to access SAP table INFST04

Within an ECC or HANA version of SAP you can also view further information about INFST04 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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