PPCAD SAP (Personnel Cost Planning: Admin.Data for Scenario Group) Structure details

Dictionary Type: Structure
Description: Personnel Cost Planning: Admin.Data for Scenario Group




ABAP Code to SELECT data from PPCAD
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Structure field list including key, data, relationships and ABAP select examples

PPCAD 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 "Personnel Cost Planning: Admin.Data for Scenario Group" 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_PPCAD TYPE PPCAD.

The PPCAD table consists of various fields, each holding specific information or linking keys about Personnel Cost Planning: Admin.Data for Scenario Group data available in SAP. These include PLVAR (Plan Version), VERSN (Version Number (Plan Scenario = Plan Version + Version No.)), BEGDA (Start Date), ENDDA (End Date).. 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: Cannot Be Enhanced


SAP PPCAD 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
MANDTClient MANDTCLNT3Assigned to domainMANDT
PLVARPlan Version PLVARCHAR2Assigned to domainPLVARPOP
VERSNVersion Number (Plan Scenario = Plan Version + Version No.) HR_VERSNCHAR2Assigned to domainHR_VERSN
BEGDAStart Date BEGDATUMDATS8DATUMBEG
ENDDAEnd Date ENDDATUMDATS8DATUMEND
VNAME(Cost) scenario group - Subdivision of a plan scenario HR_VNAMECHAR12HR_VNAME
UNAMEUser Name USRNAMECHAR12CHAR12
DATUMChanged on AEDTMDATS8DATUM
UZEITTime of last change HR_UZEITTIMS6UZEIT
STEXTComments on scenario group HR_COTXTCHAR40TEXT40
FRFLGPlan scenario released HR_FRFLGCHAR1KREUZ
ABARTPersonnel Cost Projection Period HR_PC_ABTCHAR1Assigned to domainABRAR
LTEXTLong text for employee subgroups for personnel calc. rule ABLTXCHAR25TEXT25
CURCYCurrency Key HR_CURCYCUKY5Assigned to domainWAERSFWS
PWDPassword for scenario group to be stored HR_PWDCHAR12CHAR12
COSTS_TYPEObject Type OTYPECHAR2Assigned to domainOTYPEPOT
TXTPersonnel cost planning: Reserve field HR_PC_RESVCHAR100TEXT100

Key field Non-key field



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

As PPCAD 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 PPCAD as there is no data to select.

How to access SAP table PPCAD

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