MDG_GN_DTEL_SOURCE SAP (Source Data of a Data Element) Structure details
Dictionary Type: Structure
Description: Source Data of a Data Element
Description: Source Data of a Data Element
ABAP Code to SELECT data from MDG_GN_DTEL_SOURCE
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Access table MDG_GN_DTEL_SOURCE
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Access table MDG_GN_DTEL_SOURCE
Structure field list including key, data, relationships and ABAP select examples
MDG_GN_DTEL_SOURCE 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 "Source Data of a Data Element" 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_MDG_GN_DTEL_SOURCE TYPE MDG_GN_DTEL_SOURCE.
The MDG_GN_DTEL_SOURCE table consists of various fields, each holding specific information or linking keys about Source Data of a Data Element data available in SAP. These include ROLLNAME (Data element (semantic domain)), DDLANGUAGE (Language Key), DOMNAME (Domain name), ROUTPUTLEN (Length (No. of Characters)).. 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: Cannot Be Enhanced
SAP MDG_GN_DTEL_SOURCE 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 |
| ROLLNAME | Data element (semantic domain) | ROLLNAME | CHAR | 30 | Assigned to domain | ROLLNAME | ROL | DD_DTEL | |
| DDLANGUAGE | Language Key | DDLANGUAGE | LANG | 1 | Assigned to domain | ISOLA | SPRAS | ||
| DOMNAME | Domain name | DOMNAME | CHAR | 30 | DD01L | DOMNAME | DD_DOMA | ||
| ROUTPUTLEN | Length (No. of Characters) | DDLENG | NUMC | 6 | DDLENG | ||||
| MEMORYID | Set/Get parameter ID | MEMORYID | CHAR | 20 | TPARA | MEMORYID | |||
| LOGFLAG | Indicator for writing change documents | LOGFLAG | CHAR | 1 | AS4FLAG | ||||
| HEADLEN | Maximum length of heading | HEADLEN | NUMC | 2 | SCRLEN | ||||
| SCRLEN1 | Max. length for short field label | SCRLEN_S | NUMC | 2 | SCRLEN | ||||
| SCRLEN2 | Max. length for medium field label | SCRLEN_M | NUMC | 2 | SCRLEN | ||||
| SCRLEN3 | Max. length for long field label | SCRLEN_L | NUMC | 2 | SCRLEN | ||||
| DDTEXT | Short Description of Repository Objects | AS4TEXT | CHAR | 60 | AS4TEXT | ||||
| REPTEXT | Heading | REPTEXT | CHAR | 55 | REPTEXT | ||||
| SCRTEXT_S | Short Field Label | SCRTEXT_S | CHAR | 10 | SCRTEXT_S | ||||
| SCRTEXT_M | Medium Field Label | SCRTEXT_M | CHAR | 20 | SCRTEXT_M | ||||
| SCRTEXT_L | Long Field Label | SCRTEXT_L | CHAR | 40 | SCRTEXT_L | ||||
| ACTFLAG | Activation flag | DTACTFLAG | CHAR | 1 | DTACTFLAG | ||||
| APPLCLASS | Application class for DD objects (not used) | APPLCLASS | CHAR | 4 | Assigned to domain | APPLCLASS | APP | ||
| AUTHCLASS | Activation type | AUTHCLASS_ | NUMC | 2 | AUTHCLASS | ||||
| AS4USER | Last Changed by | AS4USER | CHAR | 12 | AS4USER | ||||
| AS4DATE | Date of Last Change | AS4DATE | DATS | 8 | AS4DATE | ||||
| AS4TIME | Last changed at | AS4TIME | TIMS | 6 | AS4TIME | ||||
| DTELMASTER | Original Language in Repository objects | MASTERLANG | LANG | 1 | Assigned to domain | ISOLA | SPRAS | H_T002 | |
| RESERVEDTE | SDIC: Reserve for data elements (not used) | RESERVEDTE | CHAR | 4 | CHAR4 | ||||
| DTELGLOBAL | Flag for private DD objects (not used) | GLOBALFLAG | CHAR | 1 | GLOBALFLAG | ||||
| SHLPNAME | Name of a Search Help | SHLPNAME | CHAR | 30 | Assigned to domain | SHLPNAME | SHLP | DD_SHLP | |
| SHLPFIELD | Name of a search help parameter | SHLPFIELD | CHAR | 30 | Assigned to domain | FDNAME | |||
| DEFFDNAME | Default name for components using the data element | DEFFDNAME | CHAR | 30 | DEFFDNAME | ||||
| DATATYPE | Data Type in ABAP Dictionary | DATATYPE_D | CHAR | 4 | DTYPE | DATATYPE | |||
| LENG | Length (No. of Characters) | DDLENG | NUMC | 6 | DDLENG | ||||
| DECIMALS | Number of Decimal Places | DECIMALS | NUMC | 6 | DDLENG | ||||
| OUTPUTLEN | Output Length | OUTPUTLEN | NUMC | 6 | DDLENG | ||||
| LOWERCASE | Lowercase letters allowed/not allowed | LOWERCASE | CHAR | 1 | AS4FLAG | ||||
| SIGNFLAG | Flag for sign in numerical fields | SIGNFLAG | CHAR | 1 | AS4FLAG | ||||
| CONVEXIT | Conversion Routine | CONVEXIT | CHAR | 5 | CONVEXIT | ||||
| VALEXI | Existence of fixed values | VALEXI | CHAR | 1 | AS4FLAG | ||||
| ENTITYTAB | Value table | ENTITYTAB | CHAR | 30 | DD02L | AS4TAB | DD_DBTB | ||
| REFKIND | Category of Dictionary Type | TYPEKIND | CHAR | 1 | TYPEKIND | ||||
| REFTYPE | Type of Object Referenced | DDREFTYPE | CHAR | 1 | DDREFTYPE | ||||
| PROXYTYPE | DD: Is a generated proxy object | DDPROXYTY | CHAR | 1 | DDPROXYTY | ||||
| LTRFLDDIS | Basic write direction has been defined LTR (left-to-right) | DDLTRFLDDI | CHAR | 1 | DDBOOL | ||||
| BIDICTRLC | DD: No Filtering of BIDI Formatting Characters | DDBIDICTRL | CHAR | 1 | DDBOOL | ||||
| NOHISTORY | DD: Flag for Deactivating Input History in Screen Field | DDNOHISTORY | CHAR | 1 | DDBOOL |
| Key field | Non-key field |
How do I retrieve data from SAP structure MDG_GN_DTEL_SOURCE using ABAP code?
As MDG_GN_DTEL_SOURCE 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 MDG_GN_DTEL_SOURCE as there is no data to select.How to access SAP table MDG_GN_DTEL_SOURCE
Within an ECC or HANA version of SAP you can also view further information about MDG_GN_DTEL_SOURCE 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