LDTA SAP (Cumulated operation times) Structure details
Description: Cumulated operation times
Structure field list including key, data, relationships and ABAP select examples
LDTA 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 "Cumulated operation times" 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_LDTA TYPE LDTA.
The LDTA table consists of various fields, each holding specific information or linking keys about Cumulated operation times data available in SAP. These include PLNNR (Key for Task List Group), PLNAL (Group Counter), PLNFL (Sequence), PLNKN (Numeric field: Length 16).. 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 LDTA 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 |
| PLNTY | Task List Type | PLNTY | CHAR | 1 | TCA01 | PLNTY | PTY | H_TCA01 | |
| PLNNR | Key for Task List Group | PLNNR | CHAR | 8 | ALPHA | PLNNR | PLN | PLKS | |
| PLNAL | Group Counter | PLNAL | CHAR | 2 | ALPHA | ALTNR | PAL | ||
| PLNFL | Sequence | PLNFOLGE | CHAR | 6 | ALPHA | PLNFOLGE | |||
| PLNKN | Numeric field: Length 16 | NUM16 | NUMC | 16 | NUM16 | ||||
| SEQ_KEY | Natural Number | INT4 | INT4 | 10 | INT4 | ||||
| VORNR | Operation/Activity Number | VORNR | CHAR | 4 | NUMCV | VORNR | VGN | ||
| VPLTY | Type of the referenced task list | VPLNTY | CHAR | 1 | Assigned to domain | PLNTY | |||
| VPLNR | Group of the referenced task list | VPLNNR | CHAR | 8 | ALPHA | PLNNR | |||
| VPLAL | Group counter of the referenced task list | VPLNAL | CHAR | 2 | ALPHA | ALTNR | |||
| VGDZT | Execution time in seconds per operation | LD_VGDZT | QUAN | 11(3) | LD_DURZT | ||||
| LPFL | Flag for operation in critical path | LD_LPOFL | CHAR | 1 | LD_LPOFL | ||||
| ORIG_PLNKN | Number of the task list node | PLNKN | NUMC | 8 | KNTNR | ||||
| NVADD | Indicator for non-value-added operations | LD_NVADD | CHAR | 1 | ANKREUZ |
| Key field | Non-key field |
How do I retrieve data from SAP structure LDTA using ABAP code?
As LDTA 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 LDTA as there is no data to select.How to access SAP table LDTA
Within an ECC or HANA version of SAP you can also view further information about LDTA 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