IWP_DP_ST_VIEW_META SAP (View Metadata for Descriptor) Structure details
Description: View Metadata for Descriptor
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Access table IWP_DP_ST_VIEW_META
Structure field list including key, data, relationships and ABAP select examples
IWP_DP_ST_VIEW_META 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 "View Metadata for Descriptor" 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_IWP_DP_ST_VIEW_META TYPE IWP_DP_ST_VIEW_META.
The IWP_DP_ST_VIEW_META table consists of various fields, each holding specific information or linking keys about View Metadata for Descriptor data available in SAP. These include VKEYFLAG (Identifies a key field of a table), VKEYPOS (Position of the field in the table), VALLOWED (Boolean Variable (X=True, -=False, Space=Unknown)), TABNAME (Table Name).. 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 IWP_DP_ST_VIEW_META 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 |
| VFIELDNAME | Field Name | FIELDNAME | CHAR | 30 | Assigned to domain | FDNAME | DFD | ||
| VKEYFLAG | Identifies a key field of a table | KEYFLAG | CHAR | 1 | KEYFLAG | ||||
| VKEYPOS | Position of the field in the table | TABFDPOS | NUMC | 4 | AS4POS | ||||
| VALLOWED | Boolean Variable (X=True, -=False, Space=Unknown) | BOOLEAN | CHAR | 1 | BOOLEAN | ||||
| TABNAME | Table Name | TABNAME | CHAR | 30 | Assigned to domain | AS4TAB | DTB | ||
| FIELDNAME | Field Name | FIELDNAME | CHAR | 30 | Assigned to domain | FDNAME | DFD | ||
| SEQUENCE_NO | Sequence Number | SILM_SEQNO | NUMC | 3 | NUMC3 |
| Key field | Non-key field |
How do I retrieve data from SAP structure IWP_DP_ST_VIEW_META using ABAP code?
As IWP_DP_ST_VIEW_META 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 IWP_DP_ST_VIEW_META as there is no data to select.How to access SAP table IWP_DP_ST_VIEW_META
Within an ECC or HANA version of SAP you can also view further information about IWP_DP_ST_VIEW_META 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