MASSTABS SAP (Display of Table Information) Structure details
Description: Display of Table Information
Structure field list including key, data, relationships and ABAP select examples
MASSTABS 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 "Display of Table Information" 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_MASSTABS TYPE MASSTABS.
The MASSTABS table consists of various fields, each holding specific information or linking keys about Display of Table Information data available in SAP. These include TABNAME (Table Name), TABTXT (Short Description of Repository Objects), SHOWORDER (Natural Number), TABNAME_DB (Table name of actual database table).. 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 MASSTABS 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 |
| MARK | Single-Character Indicator | CHAR1 | CHAR | 1 | CHAR1 | ||||
| TABNAME | Table Name | TABNAME | CHAR | 30 | Assigned to domain | AS4TAB | DTB | ||
| TABTXT | Short Description of Repository Objects | AS4TEXT | CHAR | 60 | AS4TEXT | ||||
| SHOWORDER | Natural Number | INT4 | INT4 | 10 | INT4 | ||||
| TABNAME_DB | Table name of actual database table | MASSTBLDB | CHAR | 30 | Assigned to domain | AS4TAB | |||
| SEL_FUNC | Function module for selection | MASSSFUNC | CHAR | 30 | Assigned to domain | FUNCNAME | |||
| NO_NEWSEG | Not Possible to Create New Segments | MASSNONEW | CHAR | 1 | XFELD |
| Key field | Non-key field |
How do I retrieve data from SAP structure MASSTABS using ABAP code?
As MASSTABS 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 MASSTABS as there is no data to select.How to access SAP table MASSTABS
Within an ECC or HANA version of SAP you can also view further information about MASSTABS 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