MVSEARCH SAP (Type Matching for Material Variants) Structure details

Dictionary Type: Structure
Description: Type Matching for Material Variants




ABAP Code to SELECT data from MVSEARCH
Related tables to MVSEARCH
Access table MVSEARCH




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

MVSEARCH 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 "Type Matching for Material Variants" 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_MVSEARCH TYPE MVSEARCH.

The MVSEARCH table consists of various fields, each holding specific information or linking keys about Type Matching for Material Variants data available in SAP. These include NTRL (Characteristic value excluded from type matching), MINUS (Characteristic value not relevant to type matching), WEPOSI (Additional values allowed).. 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 MVSEARCH 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
PLUSCharacteristic relevant to type matching PLUSCHAR1XFELD
NTRLCharacteristic value excluded from type matching NTRLCHAR1XFELD
MINUSCharacteristic value not relevant to type matching MINUSCHAR1XFELD
WEPOSIAdditional values allowed WEPOSICHAR1ATXFE

Key field Non-key field



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

As MVSEARCH 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 MVSEARCH as there is no data to select.

How to access SAP table MVSEARCH

Within an ECC or HANA version of SAP you can also view further information about MVSEARCH 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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