PPVARDAT SAP (Correspondence: Data on text variables) Structure details
Description: Correspondence: Data on text variables
Structure field list including key, data, relationships and ABAP select examples
PPVARDAT 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 "Correspondence: Data on text variables" 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_PPVARDAT TYPE PPVARDAT.
The PPVARDAT table consists of various fields, each holding specific information or linking keys about Correspondence: Data on text variables data available in SAP. These include ELEMENT (STXD form event), OUTNR (Sequence of text element output), WDTEGR (Group change: Form window, -text element), TBNAM (Structure name of a text variable).. 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 PPVARDAT 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 |
| WINDOW | Window | TDWINDOW | CHAR | 8 | TDELEMFORM | ||||
| ELEMENT | STXD form event | TDEVENT | CHAR | 30 | TDEVENT | ||||
| OUTNR | Sequence of text element output | OUTNR | INT4 | 10 | INT4 | ||||
| WDTEGR | Group change: Form window, -text element | WDTEGR | INT4 | 10 | INT4 | ||||
| TBNAM | Structure name of a text variable | PTBNAM | CHAR | 30 | PTBNAM | ||||
| FIELD | Field Name | FIELDNAME | CHAR | 30 | Assigned to domain | FDNAME | DFD | ||
| DATASET | Data record number | DATSET | INT4 | 10 | INT4 | ||||
| DATA | Data on text variables | VARDAT | CHAR | 132 | HRVARDAT |
| Key field | Non-key field |
How do I retrieve data from SAP structure PPVARDAT using ABAP code?
As PPVARDAT 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 PPVARDAT as there is no data to select.How to access SAP table PPVARDAT
Within an ECC or HANA version of SAP you can also view further information about PPVARDAT 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