RSSDESCR SAP (Transfer Structure for Select-Option (Technical Attributes)) Structure details
Description: Transfer Structure for Select-Option (Technical Attributes)
Structure field list including key, data, relationships and ABAP select examples
RSSDESCR 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 "Transfer Structure for Select-Option (Technical Attributes)" 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_RSSDESCR TYPE RSSDESCR.
The RSSDESCR table consists of various fields, each holding specific information or linking keys about Transfer Structure for Select-Option (Technical Attributes) data available in SAP. These include LENGTH (Length or decimal places), VIS_LENGTH (Length or decimal places), SIGNED (Flag for sign in numerical fields), DECIMALS (Decimal places).. 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 RSSDESCR 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 |
| TYPE | ABAP/4: Selection field type | RSSCR_TYPE | CHAR | 1 | SYCHAR01 | ||||
| LENGTH | Length or decimal places | NLENG | NUMC | 3 | SYNUM03 | ||||
| VIS_LENGTH | Length or decimal places | NLENG | NUMC | 3 | SYNUM03 | ||||
| SIGNED | Flag for sign in numerical fields | SIGNFLAG | CHAR | 1 | AS4FLAG | ||||
| DECIMALS | Decimal places | NDECIMALS | NUMC | 2 | SYNUM02 | ||||
| LOWER | ABAP: Is upper/lower case allowed in selection? | RSSCR_LOWC | CHAR | 1 | RSSCR_CFLG | ||||
| NOINT | CHAR01 data element for SYST | SYCHAR01 | CHAR | 1 | SYCHAR01 | ||||
| MORE | CHAR01 data element for SYST | SYCHAR01 | CHAR | 1 | SYCHAR01 | ||||
| F4 | CHAR01 data element for SYST | SYCHAR01 | CHAR | 1 | SYCHAR01 |
| Key field | Non-key field |
How do I retrieve data from SAP structure RSSDESCR using ABAP code?
As RSSDESCR 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 RSSDESCR as there is no data to select.How to access SAP table RSSDESCR
Within an ECC or HANA version of SAP you can also view further information about RSSDESCR 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