QSYSVIEWS SAP (iSeries: System Catalog View of Tables in SAP Data Library) Structure details
Description: iSeries: System Catalog View of Tables in SAP Data Library
Structure field list including key, data, relationships and ABAP select examples
QSYSVIEWS 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 "iSeries: System Catalog View of Tables in SAP Data Library" 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_QSYSVIEWS TYPE QSYSVIEWS.
The QSYSVIEWS table consists of various fields, each holding specific information or linking keys about iSeries: System Catalog View of Tables in SAP Data Library data available in SAP. These include V_CREATOR (iSeries: Owner of table or view), SEQ_NO (iSeries: Sequence no. of this row; will allways be 1), CHECK_OPT (iSeries: Check option used on view), VIEW_DEF (iSeries: Part of view definition, if possible).. 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 QSYSVIEWS 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 |
| V_NAME | iSeries: SQL view name | V_NAME | CHAR | 30 | Assigned to domain | VIEWNAME | |||
| V_CREATOR | iSeries: Owner of table or view | TBCREATOR | CHAR | 10 | QCHAR10 | ||||
| SEQ_NO | iSeries: Sequence no. of this row; will allways be 1 | SEQ_NO | INT4 | 10 | INT4 | ||||
| CHECK_OPT | iSeries: Check option used on view | CHECK_OPT | CHAR | 1 | QQC11 | ||||
| VIEW_DEF | iSeries: Part of view definition, if possible | VIEW_DEF | CHAR | 255 | QQ1000 | ||||
| UPDATES | iSeries: View is updatable | V_UPDATES | CHAR | 1 | QQC11 | ||||
| DBNAME | iSeries: SQL schema name of view | VIEWSCHEMA | CHAR | 10 | QQTLN | ||||
| SYS_TNAME | iSeries: iSeries system name of view | SYS_VNAME | CHAR | 10 | QCHAR10 | ||||
| SYS_DNAME | iSeries: iSeries system schema name of view | SYS_VDNAME | CHAR | 10 | QCHAR10 |
| Key field | Non-key field |
How do I retrieve data from SAP structure QSYSVIEWS using ABAP code?
As QSYSVIEWS 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 QSYSVIEWS as there is no data to select.How to access SAP table QSYSVIEWS
Within an ECC or HANA version of SAP you can also view further information about QSYSVIEWS and the data within it using relevant transactions such asSE11 (ABAP Dictionary Maintenance)
SM30 (Maintain Table Data)
SE80 (Object Navigator)
SE16 (Data Browser).
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