INSTJOBS SAP (SAP Installation: Job Definitions) Structure details
Description: SAP Installation: Job Definitions
Structure field list including key, data, relationships and ABAP select examples
INSTJOBS 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 "SAP Installation: Job Definitions" 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_INSTJOBS TYPE INSTJOBS.
The INSTJOBS table consists of various fields, each holding specific information or linking keys about SAP Installation: Job Definitions data available in SAP. These include JOBCOUNT (Job ID), AUTHCKNAM (Background User Name for Authorization Check), AUTHCKMAN (Background client for authorization check), EVENTID (Background Processing Event).. 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 INSTJOBS 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 |
| JOBNAME | Background job name | BTCJOB | CHAR | 32 | CHAR32 | ||||
| JOBCOUNT | Job ID | BTCJOBCNT | CHAR | 8 | CHAR8 | ||||
| AUTHCKNAM | Background User Name for Authorization Check | BTCAUTHNAM | CHAR | 12 | CHAR12 | ||||
| AUTHCKMAN | Background client for authorization check | BTCAUTHMAN | CLNT | 3 | Assigned to domain | MANDT | |||
| EVENTID | Background Processing Event | BTCEVENTID | CHAR | 32 | CHAR32 | ||||
| EVENTPARM | Background Event Parameters (Such as, Jobname/Jobcount) | BTCEVTPARM | CHAR | 64 | TEXT64 | ||||
| PERIODIC | Periodic Jobs Indicator | BTCPFLAG | CHAR | 1 | CHAR1 | ||||
| PRDHOURS | Duration period (in hours) for a batch job | BTCPHOUR | NUMC | 2 | NUM02 | ||||
| PRDDAYS | Duration (in days) of DBA action | BTCPDAY | NUMC | 3 | NUM03 | ||||
| PRDMONTHS | Duration period (in months) for a batch job | BTCPMNTH | NUMC | 2 | NUM02 | ||||
| STRTDATE | Job start date | BTCXDATE | DATS | 8 | SYDATS | ||||
| STRTTIME | Batch job start time | BTCXTIME | TIMS | 6 | SYTIME | ||||
| TMGAP | Integer 2 | INTEGER2 | INT2 | 5 | INT2 | ||||
| JOBMAND | Integer 2 | INTEGER2 | INT2 | 5 | INT2 |
| Key field | Non-key field |
How do I retrieve data from SAP structure INSTJOBS using ABAP code?
As INSTJOBS 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 INSTJOBS as there is no data to select.How to access SAP table INSTJOBS
Within an ECC or HANA version of SAP you can also view further information about INSTJOBS 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