N2PMDELEMDEF SAP (PMD: Element Description (External)) Structure details
Description: PMD: Element Description (External)
Structure field list including key, data, relationships and ABAP select examples
N2PMDELEMDEF 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 "PMD: Element Description (External)" 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_N2PMDELEMDEF TYPE N2PMDELEMDEF.
The N2PMDELEMDEF table consists of various fields, each holding specific information or linking keys about PMD: Element Description (External) data available in SAP. These include ALIAS_MULT (PMD: ALIAS of Superordinate Multiple Structure), ALIAS_CARD (PMD: ALIAS of Tab Page), ALIAS_REG (PMD: ALIAS of Tab), ELEMLEVEL (Path Level of Documentation Element).. 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 N2PMDELEMDEF 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 |
| ALIAS_ME | PMD: Alias Name of Element | N2ALIAS | CHAR | 12 | N2_ALIAS1 | ||||
| ALIAS_MULT | PMD: ALIAS of Superordinate Multiple Structure | N2ALIAS_MULT | CHAR | 12 | N2_ALIAS1 | ||||
| ALIAS_CARD | PMD: ALIAS of Tab Page | N2ALIAS_CARD | CHAR | 12 | N2_ALIAS1 | ||||
| ALIAS_REG | PMD: ALIAS of Tab | N2ALIAS_REG | CHAR | 12 | N2_ALIAS1 | ||||
| ELEMLEVEL | Path Level of Documentation Element | N2_PFLEVEL | NUMC | 2 | NUM02 | ||||
| TYP | PMD: Element Type | N2ELEMTYP | CHAR | 1 | |||||
| DDIC_TYPE | Data element (semantic domain) | ROLLNAME | CHAR | 30 | Assigned to domain | ROLLNAME | ROL | DD_DTEL | |
| GROUPING | PMD: Element Grouping | N2_GROUPING | CHAR | 20 | N2_GROUPING | ||||
| DIALOG_LABEL | Dialog Label | N2_TEXT | CHAR | 80 | TEXT80 | ||||
| SCREENFIELD | Name of a Screen Element | SCRFNAME | CHAR | 132 | DYNFNAM | ||||
| OBLIG | Mandatory Entry | N2_OBLIG | CHAR | 1 | N2_OBLIG | ||||
| FD_QPARAM | PMD: Fixed Parameters for Query Routine | N2_PARAMST | CHAR | 65 | TEXT65 | ||||
| FD_MODULE | PMD: Name of External Data Module (ID) | N2_FDBSID | CHAR | 10 | Assigned to domain | N2_FDBSID | |||
| LINK_MODULE | Name of the Link Module (ID) | N2_LABSID | CHAR | 30 | Assigned to domain | N2_LABSID | |||
| ELEM_ID | Ident. of Documentation Element | N2_DEID | CHAR | 10 | Assigned to domain | N2_DEID | |||
| SUPPRESS_EMPTY_PRINT | Suppress descriptor when no data | N2_PW1SUPR | CHAR | 1 | XFELD |
| Key field | Non-key field |
How do I retrieve data from SAP structure N2PMDELEMDEF using ABAP code?
As N2PMDELEMDEF 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 N2PMDELEMDEF as there is no data to select.How to access SAP table N2PMDELEMDEF
Within an ECC or HANA version of SAP you can also view further information about N2PMDELEMDEF 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