MSSPARTDIST SAP (Partition distribution information for a partitioned table) Structure details
Description: Partition distribution information for a partitioned table
Structure field list including key, data, relationships and ABAP select examples
MSSPARTDIST 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 "Partition distribution information for a partitioned table" 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_MSSPARTDIST TYPE MSSPARTDIST.
The MSSPARTDIST table consists of various fields, each holding specific information or linking keys about Partition distribution information for a partitioned table data available in SAP. These include FUNCNAME (Partition function name), PARTNO (Partition ordinal (or ID)), LOW_BOUNDARY (Description of the low boundary of a partition), HIGH_BOUNDARY (Description of the high boundary of a partition).. 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 MSSPARTDIST 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 |
| COLNAME | Column name | MSSCOLUMN | CHAR | 128 | MSSSYSNAME | ||||
| FUNCNAME | Partition function name | MSSPARTFUNC | CHAR | 128 | MSSSYSNAME | ||||
| PARTNO | Partition ordinal (or ID) | MSSPARTORD | INT2 | 5 | INT2 | ||||
| LOW_BOUNDARY | Description of the low boundary of a partition | MSSPARTLOWBOUND | CHAR | 128 | MSSPARTVAL | ||||
| HIGH_BOUNDARY | Description of the high boundary of a partition | MSSPARTHIGHBOUND | CHAR | 128 | MSSPARTVAL | ||||
| NROWS | Number of rows in a partition (possibly '-') therefore char | MSSPARTNUMROWS | CHAR | 16 | |||||
| MIN_VAL | Minimum val stored in a partition for the partitioning field | MSSPARTVALMIN | CHAR | 128 | MSSPARTVAL | ||||
| MAX_VAL | Max value stored in a partition for the partitioning field | MSSPARTVALMAX | CHAR | 128 | MSSPARTVAL |
| Key field | Non-key field |
How do I retrieve data from SAP structure MSSPARTDIST using ABAP code?
As MSSPARTDIST 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 MSSPARTDIST as there is no data to select.How to access SAP table MSSPARTDIST
Within an ECC or HANA version of SAP you can also view further information about MSSPARTDIST 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