MDG_YS_META_DESCRIPT SAP (General Description and Metadata for an Object) Structure details
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Access table MDG_YS_META_DESCRIPT
Structure field list including key, data, relationships and ABAP select examples
MDG_YS_META_DESCRIPT 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 "General Description and Metadata for an Object" 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_YS_META_DESCRIPT TYPE MDG_YS_META_DESCRIPT.
The MDG_YS_META_DESCRIPT table consists of various fields, each holding specific information or linking keys about General Description and Metadata for an Object data available in SAP. These include SCRTEXT_M (Medium Field Label), SCRTEXT_L (Long Field Label), INTLEN (Internal Length in Bytes), INTTYPE (ABAP data type (C,D,N,...)).. 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_YS_META_DESCRIPT 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 |
FIELDNAME | Field Name | FIELDNAME | CHAR | 30 | Assigned to domain | FDNAME | DFD | ||
SCRTEXT_M | Medium Field Label | SCRTEXT_M | CHAR | 20 | SCRTEXT_M | ||||
SCRTEXT_L | Long Field Label | SCRTEXT_L | CHAR | 40 | SCRTEXT_L | ||||
INTLEN | Internal Length in Bytes | INTLEN | NUMC | 6 | DDLENG | ||||
INTTYPE | ABAP data type (C,D,N,...) | INTTYPE | CHAR | 1 | INTTYPE | ||||
DECIMALS | Number of Decimal Places | DECIMALS | NUMC | 6 | DDLENG | ||||
DATATYPE | Data Type in ABAP Dictionary | DATATYPE_D | CHAR | 4 | DTYPE | DATATYPE | |||
LENG | Length (No. of Characters) | DDLENG | NUMC | 6 | DDLENG | ||||
OUTPUTLEN | Output Length | OUTPUTLEN | NUMC | 6 | DDLENG | ||||
REPTEXT | Heading | REPTEXT | CHAR | 55 | REPTEXT | ||||
ROLLNAME | Data element (semantic domain) | ROLLNAME | CHAR | 30 | Assigned to domain | ROLLNAME | ROL | DD_DTEL | |
UNIT_FNAME | Field Name | FIELDNAME | CHAR | 30 | Assigned to domain | FDNAME | DFD | ||
KEYFIGURE | Data element for domain BOOLE: TRUE (='X') and FALSE (=' ') | BOOLE_D | CHAR | 1 | BOOLE | ||||
HAS_TEXTTABLE | Data element for domain BOOLE: TRUE (='X') and FALSE (=' ') | BOOLE_D | CHAR | 1 | BOOLE | ||||
HAS_CHECKTABLE | Data element for domain BOOLE: TRUE (='X') and FALSE (=' ') | BOOLE_D | CHAR | 1 | BOOLE | ||||
HAS_FIXVAL | Data element for domain BOOLE: TRUE (='X') and FALSE (=' ') | BOOLE_D | CHAR | 1 | BOOLE | ||||
TYPE | Obsolete (Use KEYFIGURE) | 0 | |||||||
REGISTRATION | Obsolete | 0 | |||||||
ORIGIN | Obsolete | 0 | |||||||
ROLE | Obsolete | 0 | |||||||
HAS_HIERARCHY | Obsolete | 0 |
Key field | Non-key field |
How do I retrieve data from SAP structure MDG_YS_META_DESCRIPT using ABAP code?
As MDG_YS_META_DESCRIPT 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_YS_META_DESCRIPT as there is no data to select.How to access SAP table MDG_YS_META_DESCRIPT
Within an ECC or HANA version of SAP you can also view further information about MDG_YS_META_DESCRIPT and the data within it using relevant transactions such asSE11 (ABAP Dictionary Maintenance)
SM30 (Maintain Table Data)
SE80 (Object Navigator)
SE16 (Data Browser).
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