SAP ISAAC System Administration Assistant: Determining components Table data and field list

ISAAC 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 "System Administration Assistant: Determining components" 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_ISAAC TYPE ISAAC.

The ISAAC table consists of various fields, each holding specific information or linking keys about System Administration Assistant: Determining components data available in SAP. These include HIGH_NUM (Sort Sequence), ORIG (Name of SAP System), MASTERLANG (Language Key), NO_TADIR (No TADIR entry)... 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. .

ISAAC structure Technical Details:

Delivery Class:
Display/Maintenance via tcode SM30: Display/Maintenance Allowed but with Restrictions
SAP enhancement categories: Not classified


SAP ISAAC structure fields - Full list of fields found in SAP data dictionary

Looking for S/4HANA specific information? Click here to explore the details, fields and extensibility available for this table in the SAP S/4HANA version of the ISAAC table. Also check whether the table still exists or has been transformed into a CDS view as part of the HANA simplifications.
Field Description Data Element Data Type length (Dec) Check table Conversion Routine Domain Name MemoryID SHLP
SAANODEStructure node SAANODECHAR12SAANODE
HIGH_NUMSort Sequence SAASORTNUMC9NUM9
ORIGName of SAP System SYSYSIDCHAR8SYCHAR08
MASTERLANGLanguage Key SYLANGULANG1ISOLASYLANGU
NO_TADIR No TADIR entry0
TRNSPACERole of namespace TRNROLECHAR1TRNROLE
CUSTOMER SAP or CUSTOMER0
SORT Sorting sequence0
COMPTEXTName SAATEXTCHAR60TEXT60
MODIF Modifiable0
STANDALONEStandalone Task Area SAAALONECHAR1CHAR1

Key field Non-key field



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

As ISAAC 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 ISAAC as there is no data to select.

How to access SAP table ISAAC

Within an ECC or HANA version of SAP you can also view further information about ISAAC and the data within it using relevant transactions such as

SE11 (ABAP Dictionary Maintenance)
SM30 (Maintain Table Data)
SE80 (Object Navigator)
SE16 (Data Browser).