RWTXSYM SAP (Report Writer: Text Symbols) Structure details
Description: Report Writer: Text Symbols
Structure field list including key, data, relationships and ABAP select examples
RWTXSYM 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 "Report Writer: Text Symbols" 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_RWTXSYM TYPE RWTXSYM.
The RWTXSYM table consists of various fields, each holding specific information or linking keys about Report Writer: Text Symbols data available in SAP. These include SYM_NAME (Report texts: Name of the general text variables), SYM_TEXT (Description of the text symbol), OUTPUTLEN (Output Length), DATATYPE (ABAP/4 Dictionary: Screen data type for Screen Painter).. 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 RWTXSYM 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 |
| SYM_TYPE | Report texts: Type of text variable | RWSYMTYPE | CHAR | 1 | RWSYMTYPE | ||||
| SYM_NAME | Report texts: Name of the general text variables | RWSYMNAME | CHAR | 64 | CHAR64 | ||||
| SYM_TEXT | Description of the text symbol | RWSYMTEXT | CHAR | 40 | TEXT40 | ||||
| OUTPUTLEN | Output Length | OUTPUTLEN | NUMC | 6 | DDLENG | ||||
| DATATYPE | ABAP/4 Dictionary: Screen data type for Screen Painter | DYNPTYPE | CHAR | 4 | DATATYPE | ||||
| CONVEXIT | Conversion Routine | CONVEXIT | CHAR | 5 | CONVEXIT | ||||
| SYM_VALUE | Current value of the text variable | RWSYMVALUE | CHAR | 255 | SYCHAR255 | ||||
| USED | Indicator: Symbol is used in the text module | RWSYMUSED | CHAR | 1 | XFELD | ||||
| MARK | Indicator: Select symbol in text (inverse display) | RWSYMMARK | CHAR | 1 | XFELD |
| Key field | Non-key field |
How do I retrieve data from SAP structure RWTXSYM using ABAP code?
As RWTXSYM 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 RWTXSYM as there is no data to select.How to access SAP table RWTXSYM
Within an ECC or HANA version of SAP you can also view further information about RWTXSYM 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