PTEXSMALL SAP (Status Information on External Interface) Structure details
Description: Status Information on External Interface
Structure field list including key, data, relationships and ABAP select examples
PTEXSMALL 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 "Status Information on External Interface" 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_PTEXSMALL TYPE PTEXSMALL.
The PTEXSMALL table consists of various fields, each holding specific information or linking keys about Status Information on External Interface data available in SAP. These include INFTY (Infotype), SUBTY (Subtype), 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 PTEXSMALL 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 |
| PERNR | Personnel Number | PERNR_D | NUMC | 8 | PERNR | PER | |||
| INFTY | Infotype | INFTY | CHAR | 4 | INFOTYP | ITP | |||
| SUBTY | Subtype | SUBTY | CHAR | 4 | SUBTY | SUB | |||
| BEGDA | Start Date | BEGDA | DATS | 8 | DATUM | ||||
| ENDDA | End Date | ENDDA | DATS | 8 | DATUM | ||||
| FOUND_PTEXDIR | Checkbox | RP_XFELD | CHAR | 1 | XFELD | ||||
| POSTED_INFTY | Checkbox | RP_XFELD | CHAR | 1 | XFELD | ||||
| FOUND_INTERFACE | Checkbox | RP_XFELD | CHAR | 1 | XFELD | ||||
| INTERFACE_STATUS | Log status when record was last accessed | PW_STATU3 | CHAR | 1 | PW_STATU |
| Key field | Non-key field |
How do I retrieve data from SAP structure PTEXSMALL using ABAP code?
As PTEXSMALL 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 PTEXSMALL as there is no data to select.How to access SAP table PTEXSMALL
Within an ECC or HANA version of SAP you can also view further information about PTEXSMALL 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