SAPI_RETURN SAP (Step API: Return Messages) Structure details
Description: Step API: Return Messages
Structure field list including key, data, relationships and ABAP select examples
SAPI_RETURN 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 "Step API: Return Messages" 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_SAPI_RETURN TYPE SAPI_RETURN.
The SAPI_RETURN table consists of various fields, each holding specific information or linking keys about Step API: Return Messages data available in SAP. These include ITEM_KEY (Item Key), TYPE (Message type: S Success, E Error, W Warning, I Info, A Abort), ID (Message Class), NUMBER (Message Number).. 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 or numeric)
SAP SAPI_RETURN 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 |
DOC_KEY | Document Key | WB2_DOC_KEY | CHAR | 42 | |||||
ITEM_KEY | Item Key | WB2_ITEM_KEY | CHAR | 16 | |||||
TYPE | Message type: S Success, E Error, W Warning, I Info, A Abort | BAPI_MTYPE | CHAR | 1 | SYCHAR01 | ||||
ID | Message Class | SYMSGID | CHAR | 20 | T100A | ARBGB | |||
NUMBER | Message Number | SYMSGNO | NUMC | 3 | SYMSGNO | ||||
MESSAGE | Message Text | BAPI_MSG | CHAR | 220 | TEXT220 | ||||
LOG_NO | Application log: log number | BALOGNR | CHAR | 20 | BALHDR | BALOGNR | |||
LOG_MSG_NO | Application log: Internal message serial number | BALMNR | NUMC | 6 | BALM | BALMNR | |||
MESSAGE_V1 | Message Variable | SYMSGV | CHAR | 50 | SYCHAR50 | ||||
MESSAGE_V2 | Message Variable | SYMSGV | CHAR | 50 | SYCHAR50 | ||||
MESSAGE_V3 | Message Variable | SYMSGV | CHAR | 50 | SYCHAR50 | ||||
MESSAGE_V4 | Message Variable | SYMSGV | CHAR | 50 | SYCHAR50 | ||||
PARAMETER | Parameter Name | BAPI_PARAM | CHAR | 32 | SWC_ELEM | ||||
ROW | Lines in parameter | BAPI_LINE | INT4 | 10 | INT4 | ||||
FIELD | Field in parameter | BAPI_FLD | CHAR | 30 | Assigned to domain | FDNAME | |||
SYSTEM | Logical system from which message originates | BAPILOGSYS | CHAR | 10 | Assigned to domain | ALPHA | LOGSYS |
Key field | Non-key field |
How do I retrieve data from SAP structure SAPI_RETURN using ABAP code?
As SAPI_RETURN 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 SAPI_RETURN as there is no data to select.How to access SAP table SAPI_RETURN
Within an ECC or HANA version of SAP you can also view further information about SAPI_RETURN 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