RIS_S_MD_DDFIELD_INFO SAP (Repository Information System: DDIC Field Information) Structure details

Dictionary Type: Structure
Description: Repository Information System: DDIC Field Information




ABAP Code to SELECT data from RIS_S_MD_DDFIELD_INFO
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Access table RIS_S_MD_DDFIELD_INFO




Structure field list including key, data, relationships and ABAP select examples

RIS_S_MD_DDFIELD_INFO 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 "Repository Information System: DDIC Field Information" 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_RIS_S_MD_DDFIELD_INFO TYPE RIS_S_MD_DDFIELD_INFO.

The RIS_S_MD_DDFIELD_INFO table consists of various fields, each holding specific information or linking keys about Repository Information System: DDIC Field Information data available in SAP. These include KEYFLAG (Identifies a key field of a table), OUTPUTLEN (Output Length), HEADLEN (Maximum length of heading), SCRLEN1 (Max. length for short field label).. 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 RIS_S_MD_DDFIELD_INFO 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
FIELDNAMEField Name FIELDNAMECHAR30Assigned to domainFDNAMEDFD
KEYFLAGIdentifies a key field of a table KEYFLAGCHAR1KEYFLAG
OUTPUTLENOutput Length OUTPUTLENNUMC6DDLENG
HEADLENMaximum length of heading HEADLENNUMC2SCRLEN
SCRLEN1Max. length for short field label SCRLEN_SNUMC2SCRLEN
SCRLEN2Max. length for medium field label SCRLEN_MNUMC2SCRLEN
SCRLEN3Max. length for long field label SCRLEN_LNUMC2SCRLEN

Key field Non-key field



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

As RIS_S_MD_DDFIELD_INFO 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 RIS_S_MD_DDFIELD_INFO as there is no data to select.

How to access SAP table RIS_S_MD_DDFIELD_INFO

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