SALERTSCATEGORY SAP (ALM API: Alert Category Without Text and Recipient) Structure details

Dictionary Type: Structure
Description: ALM API: Alert Category Without Text and Recipient




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Structure field list including key, data, relationships and ABAP select examples

SALERTSCATEGORY 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 "ALM API: Alert Category Without Text and Recipient" 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_SALERTSCATEGORY TYPE SALERTSCATEGORY.

The SALERTSCATEGORY table consists of various fields, each holding specific information or linking keys about ALM API: Alert Category Without Text and Recipient data available in SAP. These include ALIAS (ALM: Long Name of an Alert Category), CLASS (Classification of Alert Category), DESCR (Description of Alert Category), PRIORITY (Alert priority).. 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: Cannot Be Enhanced


SAP SALERTSCATEGORY 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
CATEGORYAlert Category SALRTDCATCHAR30Assigned to domainSALRTDCAT
ALIASALM: Long Name of an Alert Category SALERTDALIASCHAR80Assigned to domainSALERTDALIASGET_ALERT_ALIAS
CLASSClassification of Alert Category SALRTDCATCCHAR30Assigned to domainSALRTDCATC
DESCRDescription of Alert Category SALRTDCATDCHAR60AS4TEXT
PRIORITYAlert priority SALRTDPRIOCHAR1SALRTOPRIO
CONTDEFID for Parameter Condition SWJ_CONDIDCHAR32SYSUUID_C
MAXDELVRYMaximum Number of Alert Deliveries SALRTDMAXDINT13
ESCACTIVEEscalation Active SALRTDESCACHAR1BOOLE
ESCRECIPTEscalation Recipient SALRTDESCRCHAR12Assigned to domainXUBNAME
ESCTOLTIMETolerance Time for Escalation in Minutes SALRTDESCTDEC8
DYNTEXTDynamic Text SALRTDDYTXCHAR1BOOLE
EXPIRYTIMEExpiry Time in Minutes SALRTDEXPIDEC8
NOEXTIDDo not insert an external alert ID SALRTDNOIDCHAR1CHAR1
ORIGLANGOriginal Language of the Alert Category SALRTDORIGLANGLANG1Assigned to domainISOLASPRASSPRH_T002
DEVCLASSApplication Package of the Alert Category SALRTDDEVCLASSCHAR30Assigned to domainDEVCLASSDEVCLASS

Key field Non-key field



How do I retrieve data from SAP structure SALERTSCATEGORY using ABAP code?

As SALERTSCATEGORY 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 SALERTSCATEGORY as there is no data to select.

How to access SAP table SALERTSCATEGORY

Within an ECC or HANA version of SAP you can also view further information about SALERTSCATEGORY and the data within it using relevant transactions such as

SE11 (ABAP Dictionary Maintenance)
SM30 (Maintain Table Data)
SE80 (Object Navigator)
SE16 (Data Browser).


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