MSSTABCOL SAP (Table column properties) Structure details
Description: Table column properties
Structure field list including key, data, relationships and ABAP select examples
MSSTABCOL 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 "Table column properties" 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_MSSTABCOL TYPE MSSTABCOL.
The MSSTABCOL table consists of various fields, each holding specific information or linking keys about Table column properties data available in SAP. These include POSITION (Position of the column in the table), TYPE (Data type name), LENGTH (Storage length of the column), PRECISION (Precison of the column).. 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 MSSTABCOL 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 |
| NAME | Column name | MSSCOLUMN | CHAR | 128 | MSSSYSNAME | ||||
| POSITION | Position of the column in the table | MSSCOLPOS | INT2 | 5 | |||||
| TYPE | Data type name | MSSDATATYPE | CHAR | 128 | MSSSYSNAME | ||||
| LENGTH | Storage length of the column | MSSCOLLENGTH | INT2 | 5 | |||||
| PRECISION | Precison of the column | MSSCOLPREC | INT2 | 5 | |||||
| SCALE | Scale of the column (only if the data type is numeric) | MSSCOLSCALE | INT1 | 3 | |||||
| ISNULLABLE | 1/0: column is nullable / not-nullable | MSSCOLISNULL | INT1 | 3 | |||||
| DEFAULT | Default name | MSSDEFAULT | CHAR | 128 | MSSSYSNAME |
| Key field | Non-key field |
How do I retrieve data from SAP structure MSSTABCOL using ABAP code?
As MSSTABCOL 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 MSSTABCOL as there is no data to select.How to access SAP table MSSTABCOL
Within an ECC or HANA version of SAP you can also view further information about MSSTABCOL 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