LVC_S_SORT SAP (ALV control: Sort order) Structure details
Description: ALV control: Sort order
Structure field list including key, data, relationships and ABAP select examples
LVC_S_SORT 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 "ALV control: Sort order" 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_SORT TYPE LVC_S_SORT.
The LVC_S_SORT table consists of various fields, each holding specific information or linking keys about ALV control: Sort order data available in SAP. These include SPOS (Sort sequence), FIELDNAME (ALV control: Field name of internal table field), UP (Single-Character Indicator), DOWN (Single-Character Indicator).. 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_SORT 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 |
| SPOS | Sort sequence | SLIS_SPOS | NUMC | 2 | NUMC2 | ||||
| FIELDNAME | ALV control: Field name of internal table field | LVC_FNAME | CHAR | 30 | CHAR30 | ||||
| UP | Single-Character Indicator | CHAR1 | CHAR | 1 | CHAR1 | ||||
| DOWN | Single-Character Indicator | CHAR1 | CHAR | 1 | CHAR1 | ||||
| GROUP | Control Break: Insert Page Break, Underlines | SLIS_CTRLS | CHAR | 2 | SLIS_CTRLS | ||||
| SUBTOT | Output subtotal | SLIS_DOSUB | CHAR | 1 | FLAG | ||||
| COMP | Single-Character Indicator | CHAR1 | CHAR | 1 | CHAR1 | ||||
| EXPA | Single-Character Indicator | CHAR1 | CHAR | 1 | CHAR1 | ||||
| SELTEXT | Sort criterion | SLIS_SCRIT | CHAR | 40 | TEXT40 | ||||
| OBLIGATORY | Single-Character Indicator | CHAR1 | CHAR | 1 | CHAR1 | ||||
| LEVEL | Natural Number | INT4 | INT4 | 10 | INT4 | ||||
| NO_OUT | Single-Character Indicator | CHAR1 | CHAR | 1 | CHAR1 | ||||
| INTOPT | ALV control: Internal optimization (INTERNAL USE) | LVCIFLAG | RAW | 2 | LVCX2 |
| Key field | Non-key field |
How do I retrieve data from SAP structure LVC_S_SORT using ABAP code?
As LVC_S_SORT 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_SORT as there is no data to select.How to access SAP table LVC_S_SORT
Within an ECC or HANA version of SAP you can also view further information about LVC_S_SORT 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