LVC_S_EXPA SAP (Trace External to Internal Conversion) Structure details
Description: Trace External to Internal Conversion
Structure field list including key, data, relationships and ABAP select examples
LVC_S_EXPA 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 "Trace External to Internal Conversion" 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_LVC_S_EXPA TYPE LVC_S_EXPA.
The LVC_S_EXPA table consists of various fields, each holding specific information or linking keys about Trace External to Internal Conversion data available in SAP. These include EXTERN (ALV Control: Cell Content), INTERN (ALV Control: Cell Content), ACTIVE (Flag (character)), OLENGTH (ABAP: Output length of selection condition).. 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 LVC_S_EXPA 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 |
| OP | Not More Closely Defined Area, Possibly Used for Patchlevels | CHAR4 | CHAR | 4 | CHAR4 | ||||
| EXTERN | ALV Control: Cell Content | LVC_VALUE | CHAR | 128 | TEXT128 | ||||
| INTERN | ALV Control: Cell Content | LVC_VALUE | CHAR | 128 | TEXT128 | ||||
| ACTIVE | Flag (character) | RSSCR_CFLG | CHAR | 1 | RSSCR_CFLG | ||||
| OLENGTH | ABAP: Output length of selection condition | RSSCR_OLEN | INT4 | 10 | SYBIN4 | ||||
| DECIMALS | Number of decimal places | RSDECIMALS | INT4 | 10 | SYBIN4 | ||||
| SIGN | Flag for sign in numerical fields | SIGNFLAG | CHAR | 1 | AS4FLAG | ||||
| LOWER | ABAP: Is upper/lower case allowed in selection? | RSSCR_LOWC | CHAR | 1 | RSSCR_CFLG | ||||
| CONVEXIT | Conversion Routine | CONVEXIT | CHAR | 5 | CONVEXIT | ||||
| TABNAME | Table Name | TABNAME | CHAR | 30 | Assigned to domain | AS4TAB | DTB | ||
| FIELDNAME | Field Name | FIELDNAME | CHAR | 30 | Assigned to domain | FDNAME | DFD | ||
| LFIELDNAME | Field name | FNAM_____4 | CHAR | 132 | DYNFNAM | ||||
| CURRENCY | 30 Characters | CHAR30 | CHAR | 30 | CHAR30 |
| Key field | Non-key field |
How do I retrieve data from SAP structure LVC_S_EXPA using ABAP code?
As LVC_S_EXPA 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 LVC_S_EXPA as there is no data to select.How to access SAP table LVC_S_EXPA
Within an ECC or HANA version of SAP you can also view further information about LVC_S_EXPA 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