PER_DAYS SAP (period and number of days) Structure details

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

PER_DAYS 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 "period and number of days" 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_PER_DAYS TYPE PER_DAYS.

The PER_DAYS table consists of various fields, each holding specific information or linking keys about period and number of days data available in SAP. These include DAY_PER (Number of days in a period).. 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 PER_DAYS structure fields - Full list of fields found in SAP data dictionary

Key field

Non-key field

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

As PER_DAYS 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 PER_DAYS as there is no data to select.

How to access SAP table PER_DAYS

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