PPFSFILTER SAP (PPF: Display Filter and Key) Structure details
Description: PPF: Display Filter and Key
Structure field list including key, data, relationships and ABAP select examples
PPFSFILTER 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 "PPF: Display Filter and Key" 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_PPFSFILTER TYPE PPFSFILTER.
The PPFSFILTER table consists of various fields, each holding specific information or linking keys about PPF: Display Filter and Key data available in SAP. These include ICON (Name of an Icon), QUICKINFO (Quickinfo for an icon), TEXT (Text, 40 Characters Long), STARTFLT (Data element for domain BOOLE: TRUE (='X') and FALSE (=' ')).. 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 PPFSFILTER 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 |
ID | 3-Byte field | CHAR3 | CHAR | 3 | CHAR3 | ||||
ICON | Name of an Icon | ICONNAME | CHAR | 30 | ICONNAME | ||||
QUICKINFO | Quickinfo for an icon | ICONQUICK | CHAR | 30 | ICONTEXT | ||||
TEXT | Text, 40 Characters Long | TEXT40 | CHAR | 40 | TEXT40 | ||||
STARTFLT | Data element for domain BOOLE: TRUE (='X') and FALSE (=' ') | BOOLE_D | CHAR | 1 | BOOLE | ||||
FILTER | 0 |
Key field | Non-key field |
How do I retrieve data from SAP structure PPFSFILTER using ABAP code?
As PPFSFILTER 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 PPFSFILTER as there is no data to select.How to access SAP table PPFSFILTER
Within an ECC or HANA version of SAP you can also view further information about PPFSFILTER 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