POC_METADATA SAP (Domain Model: Structure for Meta Data) Structure details
Description: Domain Model: Structure for Meta Data
Structure field list including key, data, relationships and ABAP select examples
POC_METADATA 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 "Domain Model: Structure for Meta Data" 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_POC_METADATA TYPE POC_METADATA.
The POC_METADATA table consists of various fields, each holding specific information or linking keys about Domain Model: Structure for Meta Data data available in SAP. These include VALUE (Type-Independent Value (String)), DOMAINTYPE (Domain model: type of value domain), DOMAINNAME (Domain Model: Description of a Value Domain).. 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 POC_METADATA 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 |
| VALUENAME | Value name | POC_VALUENAME | CHAR | 30 | |||||
| VALUE | Type-Independent Value (String) | POC_VALUE | STRG | 0 | |||||
| DOMAINTYPE | Domain model: type of value domain | POC_DOMAINTYPE | CHAR | 1 | POC_DOMAINTYPE | ||||
| DOMAINNAME | Domain Model: Description of a Value Domain | POC_DOMAIN | CHAR | 30 |
| Key field | Non-key field |
How do I retrieve data from SAP structure POC_METADATA using ABAP code?
As POC_METADATA 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 POC_METADATA as there is no data to select.How to access SAP table POC_METADATA
Within an ECC or HANA version of SAP you can also view further information about POC_METADATA 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