MALH SAP (Header and Item Information in Change Documents) Structure details
Description: Header and Item Information in Change Documents
Structure field list including key, data, relationships and ABAP select examples
MALH 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 "Header and Item Information in Change Documents" 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_MALH TYPE MALH.
The MALH table consists of various fields, each holding specific information or linking keys about Header and Item Information in Change Documents data available in SAP. These include UDATE (Creation date of the change document), UTIME (Time changed), CHANGENR (Document change number), AENNR (Change Number).. 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 MALH 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 |
| USERNAME | User name of the person responsible in change document | CDUSERNAME | CHAR | 12 | CHAR12 | ||||
| UDATE | Creation date of the change document | CDDATUM | DATS | 8 | DATUM | ||||
| UTIME | Time changed | CDUZEIT | TIMS | 6 | UZEIT | ||||
| CHANGENR | Document change number | CDCHANGENR | CHAR | 10 | ALPHA | CDCHANGENR | |||
| AENNR | Change Number | AENNR | CHAR | 12 | Assigned to domain | AENNR | AENNR | AEN | |
| TABNAME | Change document creation: Table name | CDTABNAME | CHAR | 30 | Assigned to domain | AS4TAB | |||
| TABKEY | Changed table record key | CDTABKEY | CHAR | 70 | CHAR70 | ||||
| KEYLEN | Table key length | CDINTLEN | NUMC | 4 | DDLEN | ||||
| CHNGIND | Change type: U,I,E,D | CDSHWIND | CHAR | 1 | XFELD | ||||
| FNAME | Field Name | FIELDNAME | CHAR | 30 | Assigned to domain | FDNAME | DFD | ||
| FTEXT | Explanatory short text | DDTEXT | CHAR | 60 | DDTEXT | ||||
| TEXTART | Create change document: Text type | CDTEXTART | CHAR | 4 | CDTEXTART | ||||
| SPRACHE | Language Key | SPRAS | LANG | 1 | Assigned to domain | ISOLA | SPRAS | SPR | H_T002 |
| TEXT_CASE | Text change flag ('X') | CDTEXTIND | CHAR | 1 | XFELD | ||||
| OUTLEN | Output length of the old and new value | CDOUTLEN | NUMC | 4 | DDLEN | ||||
| F_OLD | Field contents of changed field | CDFIELDVAL | CHAR | 254 | FIELDVAL | ||||
| F_NEW | Field contents of changed field | CDFIELDVAL | CHAR | 254 | FIELDVAL |
| Key field | Non-key field |
How do I retrieve data from SAP structure MALH using ABAP code?
As MALH 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 MALH as there is no data to select.How to access SAP table MALH
Within an ECC or HANA version of SAP you can also view further information about MALH 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