NTAB_HDR SAP (Nametab of View or Table: Header) Structure details

Dictionary Type: Structure
Description: Nametab of View or Table: Header




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

NTAB_HDR 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 "Nametab of View or Table: Header" 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_NTAB_HDR TYPE NTAB_HDR.

The NTAB_HDR table consists of various fields, each holding specific information or linking keys about Nametab of View or Table: Header data available in SAP. These include KEYLEN (Data Object Length), TABLEN (Data Object Length), TEXTKEYLEN (Data Object Length), TEXTTABLEN (Data Object Length).. 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 NTAB_HDR 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
VIEWNAMEName of SAP table view VIEWNAMECHAR30Assigned to domainVIEWNAMEDVI
KEYLENData Object Length SYFLENGINT410SYST_SHORT
TABLENData Object Length SYFLENGINT410SYST_SHORT
TEXTKEYLENData Object Length SYFLENGINT410SYST_SHORT
TEXTTABLENData Object Length SYFLENGINT410SYST_SHORT
CLIDEPFlag indicating client-specific entries CLIDEPCHAR1CLIDEP
TEXTCLIDEPFlag indicating client-specific entries CLIDEPCHAR1CLIDEP
DDTEXTShort Description of Repository Objects AS4TEXTCHAR60AS4TEXT

Key field Non-key field



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

As NTAB_HDR 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 NTAB_HDR as there is no data to select.

How to access SAP table NTAB_HDR

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