SAANORM SAP (Control String for Checking Fields for SAA Standard) Structure details
Description: Control String for Checking Fields for SAA Standard
Structure field list including key, data, relationships and ABAP select examples
SAANORM 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 "Control String for Checking Fields for SAA Standard" 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_SAANORM TYPE SAANORM.
The SAANORM table consists of various fields, each holding specific information or linking keys about Control String for Checking Fields for SAA Standard data available in SAP. These include SAA_LENGTH (Test: Is name too long?), SAA_CSPACE (Test: Does name contain blanks?), SAA_HYPHEN (Test: Does name contain '-'?), SAA_1CHBAZ (Test: Does name start with a letter?).. 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 SAANORM 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 |
| SAA_SPACE | Test: Does name exist? | DCSAAN0001 | CHAR | 6 | DD_CHECK | ||||
| SAA_LENGTH | Test: Is name too long? | DCSAAN0002 | CHAR | 6 | DD_CHECK | ||||
| SAA_CSPACE | Test: Does name contain blanks? | DCSAAN0003 | CHAR | 6 | DD_CHECK | ||||
| SAA_HYPHEN | Test: Does name contain '-'? | DCSAAN0004 | CHAR | 6 | DD_CHECK | ||||
| SAA_1CHBAZ | Test: Does name start with a letter? | DCSAAN0005 | CHAR | 6 | DD_CHECK | ||||
| SAA_1CHUYZ | Open | DCSAAN0006 | CHAR | 6 | DD_CHECK | ||||
| SAA_ALPHAN | Test: Does name contain only allowed characters? | DCSAAN0007 | CHAR | 6 | DD_CHECK | ||||
| SAA_2O3PC_ | Test: Is 2nd or 3rd char. of name an underscore? | DCSAAN0008 | CHAR | 6 | DD_CHECK | ||||
| SAA_TRESE | Test: Is name reserved? | DCSAAN0009 | CHAR | 6 | DD_CHECK | ||||
| SAA_QCM | Check whether table is in QCM namespace | DCSAAN0010 | CHAR | 6 | DD_CHECK | ||||
| SAA_POINT | Check whether name begins with a period but is <> .INCLU | DCSAAN0011 | CHAR | 6 | DD_CHECK | ||||
| SAA_LPOS_ | DD: Check if the last character is a '_' | DCSAAN0012 | CHAR | 6 | DD_CHECK | ||||
| SAA_LANSI | Check for invalid language-specific character | DCSAAN0013 | CHAR | 6 | DD_CHECK | ||||
| SAA_PREFIX | Test for string betweeen /.../ | DCSAAN0014 | CHAR | 6 | DD_CHECK | ||||
| SAA_CASESENS | Test for Uppercase/Lowercase | DCSAAN0015 | CHAR | 6 | DCSAAN0015 |
| Key field | Non-key field |
How do I retrieve data from SAP structure SAANORM using ABAP code?
As SAANORM 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 SAANORM as there is no data to select.How to access SAP table SAANORM
Within an ECC or HANA version of SAP you can also view further information about SAANORM 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