MREFTAB SAP (Management of Add. Reference Handling: Mat. Master Mainten.) Structure details

Dictionary Type: Structure
Description: Management of Add. Reference Handling: Mat. Master Mainten.




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Structure field list including key, data, relationships and ABAP select examples

MREFTAB 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 "Management of Add. Reference Handling: Mat. Master Mainten." 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_MREFTAB TYPE MREFTAB.

The MREFTAB table consists of various fields, each holding specific information or linking keys about Management of Add. Reference Handling: Mat. Master Mainten. data available in SAP. These include TBNAM (Table name), STATM (Maintenance status of material master record).. 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 MREFTAB 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
RFTYPSingle-Character Indicator CHAR1CHAR1CHAR1
TBNAMTable name TBNAMCHAR30Assigned to domainAS4TAB
STATMMaintenance status of material master record STATMCHAR1T132STATM

Key field Non-key field



How do I retrieve data from SAP structure MREFTAB using ABAP code?

As MREFTAB 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 MREFTAB as there is no data to select.

How to access SAP table MREFTAB

Within an ECC or HANA version of SAP you can also view further information about MREFTAB and the data within it using relevant transactions such as

SE11 (ABAP Dictionary Maintenance)
SM30 (Maintain Table Data)
SE80 (Object Navigator)
SE16 (Data Browser).


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