RSM_KEY SAP (External employee data: Key information) Structure details
Description: External employee data: Key information
Structure field list including key, data, relationships and ABAP select examples
RSM_KEY 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 "External employee data: Key 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_RSM_KEY TYPE RSM_KEY.
The RSM_KEY table consists of various fields, each holding specific information or linking keys about External employee data: Key information data available in SAP. These include EXT_PERID (External Employee ID), PERSON_NO (Personnel Number), EXT_ACTION_TYPE (External Personnel Action Type), PERS_AREA (Personnel Area).. 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 RSM_KEY 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 |
| LOG_SYSTEM | Logical system | LOGSYS | CHAR | 10 | Assigned to domain | ALPHA | LOGSYS | ||
| EXT_PERID | External Employee ID | RSM_PERID | CHAR | 20 | CHAR20 | ||||
| PERSON_NO | Personnel Number | PERNR_D | NUMC | 8 | PERNR | PER | |||
| EXT_ACTION_TYPE | External Personnel Action Type | RSM_ACTION_TYPE | CHAR | 2 | Assigned to domain | RSM_ACTION_TYPE | |||
| PERS_AREA | Personnel Area | PERSA | CHAR | 4 | Assigned to domain | PERSA | PBR | ||
| COM_ID | Identification of Transaction | RSM_COM_ID | CHAR | 40 | RSM_COM_ID |
| Key field | Non-key field |
How do I retrieve data from SAP structure RSM_KEY using ABAP code?
As RSM_KEY 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 RSM_KEY as there is no data to select.How to access SAP table RSM_KEY
Within an ECC or HANA version of SAP you can also view further information about RSM_KEY 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