PAY_REFERENCE SAP (References for External Payments) Structure details

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

PAY_REFERENCE 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 "References for External Payments" 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_PAY_REFERENCE TYPE PAY_REFERENCE.

The PAY_REFERENCE table consists of various fields, each holding specific information or linking keys about References for External Payments data available in SAP. These include REF_VKONT (), REF_VTREF (), REF_RGNID (), REF_PAYFM ().. 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: Can Be Enhanced (Deep)

SAP PAY_REFERENCE structure fields - Full list of fields found in SAP data dictionary

Key field

Non-key field

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

As PAY_REFERENCE 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 PAY_REFERENCE as there is no data to select.

How to access SAP table PAY_REFERENCE

Within an ECC or HANA version of SAP you can also view further information about PAY_REFERENCE and the data within it using relevant transactions such as

SE11 (ABAP Dictionary Maintenance)
SM30 (Maintain Table Data)
SE80 (Object Navigator)
SE16 (Data Browser).

Search for further information about these or an SAP related objects