PIMATERIAL SAP (Materials of a packing instruction with sub-packing instrns) Structure details
Description: Materials of a packing instruction with sub-packing instrns
Structure field list including key, data, relationships and ABAP select examples
PIMATERIAL 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 "Materials of a packing instruction with sub-packing instrns" 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_PIMATERIAL TYPE PIMATERIAL.
The PIMATERIAL table consists of various fields, each holding specific information or linking keys about Materials of a packing instruction with sub-packing instrns data available in SAP. These include MATTYPE (Item category in prototype HU item), CONTENT (Description of object to be packed), BASEUNIT (Base Unit of Measure), T_TRGQTY (Cumulated target quantity).. 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 (character-type or numeric)
SAP PIMATERIAL 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 |
| MATNR | Material number of mat. to be packed or of a pack.material | PL_MATNR | CHAR | 18 | Assigned to domain | MATN1 | MATNR | MAT1 | |
| MATTYPE | Item category in prototype HU item | PL_ITTYP | CHAR | 1 | PL_ITTYP | ||||
| CONTENT | Description of object to be packed | PL_CONTENT | CHAR | 40 | TEXT40 | ||||
| BASEUNIT | Base Unit of Measure | MEINS | UNIT | 3 | Assigned to domain | CUNIT | MEINS | ||
| T_TRGQTY | Cumulated target quantity | PL_T_TRGQTY | QUAN | 15(3) | MENG15 | ||||
| T_MINQTY | Cumulated minimum quantity | PL_T_MINQTY | QUAN | 15(3) | MENG15 | ||||
| T_RNDQTY | Cumulated rounding quantity | PL_T_RNDQTY | QUAN | 15(3) | MENG15 |
| Key field | Non-key field |
How do I retrieve data from SAP structure PIMATERIAL using ABAP code?
As PIMATERIAL 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 PIMATERIAL as there is no data to select.How to access SAP table PIMATERIAL
Within an ECC or HANA version of SAP you can also view further information about PIMATERIAL 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