RULES SAP (Rules for periodic appointments) Structure details
Description: Rules for periodic appointments
Structure field list including key, data, relationships and ABAP select examples
RULES 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 "Rules for periodic appointments" 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_RULES TYPE RULES.
The RULES table consists of various fields, each holding specific information or linking keys about Rules for periodic appointments data available in SAP. These include START_DATE (Date for public holiday and factory calendars), END_DATE (Date for public holiday and factory calendars), CONFLICTS (Fatory calendar flag), FCALID (Factory Calendar).. 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 RULES 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 | Version Number Component | CHAR2 | CHAR | 2 | CHAR2 | ||||
| START_DATE | Date for public holiday and factory calendars | SCDATUM | DATS | 8 | DATUM | ||||
| END_DATE | Date for public holiday and factory calendars | SCDATUM | DATS | 8 | DATUM | ||||
| CONFLICTS | Fatory calendar flag | CIND | CHAR | 1 | CHAR1 | ||||
| FCALID | Factory Calendar | WFCID | CHAR | 2 | Assigned to domain | WFCID | FCI | ||
| HCALID | Public Holiday Calendar | HIDENT | CHAR | 2 | Assigned to domain | HIDENT | HCI | ||
| RULE | Text field length 200 | CHAR200 | CHAR | 200 | CHAR200 | ||||
| INFO_DEL | Maintenance identifier | SC_MAINTID | CHAR | 1 | CHAR1 |
| Key field | Non-key field |
How do I retrieve data from SAP structure RULES using ABAP code?
As RULES 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 RULES as there is no data to select.How to access SAP table RULES
Within an ECC or HANA version of SAP you can also view further information about RULES 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