RTEXT SAP (Help Table for Text Processing) Structure details
Description: Help Table for Text Processing
Structure field list including key, data, relationships and ABAP select examples
RTEXT 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 "Help Table for Text Processing" 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_RTEXT TYPE RTEXT.
The RTEXT table consists of various fields, each holding specific information or linking keys about Help Table for Text Processing data available in SAP. These include SPRAS (Language Key), TTEXT (Short Text), LTEXT (Long Text), KZLTX (More Text Exists).. 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: Can be enhanced (character-type)
SAP RTEXT 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 |
SPRVO | Language Key | SPRAS | LANG | 1 | T002 | ISOLA | SPRAS | SPR | H_T002 |
SPRAS | Language Key | SPRAS | LANG | 1 | T002 | ISOLA | SPRAS | SPR | H_T002 |
TTEXT | Short Text | TDTEXT | CHAR | 30 | TDTEXT | ||||
LTEXT | Long Text | LTEXT | CHAR | 40 | TEXT40 | ||||
KZLTX | More Text Exists | LTXKZ | CHAR | 1 | XFELD | ||||
SELKZ | Selection indicator for list screens | SELKZ_LIST | CHAR | 1 | SELKZ | ||||
UPDKZ | Update indicator | UPDKZ_D | CHAR | 1 | UPDKZ |
Key field | Non-key field |
How do I retrieve data from SAP structure RTEXT using ABAP code?
As RTEXT 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 RTEXT as there is no data to select.How to access SAP table RTEXT
Within an ECC or HANA version of SAP you can also view further information about RTEXT 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