SEA_SHLP_DESCR SAP (Description of Search Help, Domain) Structure details
Description: Description of Search Help, Domain
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Access table SEA_SHLP_DESCR
Structure field list including key, data, relationships and ABAP select examples
SEA_SHLP_DESCR 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 "Description of Search Help, Domain" 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_SEA_SHLP_DESCR TYPE SEA_SHLP_DESCR.
The SEA_SHLP_DESCR table consists of various fields, each holding specific information or linking keys about Description of Search Help, Domain data available in SAP. These include SHLPTYPE (Type of an input help (see fixed values)), INTDESCRIP (), ISSIMPLE (Flag if a search help is an elementary search help), HOTKEY (Hot key for a search help).. 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 (Deep)
SAP SEA_SHLP_DESCR 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 |
SHLPNAME | Name of a Search Help | SHLPNAME | CHAR | 30 | Assigned to domain | SHLPNAME | SHLP | DD_SHLP | |
SHLPTYPE | Type of an input help (see fixed values) | DDSHLPTYP | CHAR | 2 | DDSHLPTYP | ||||
INTDESCRIP | 0 | ||||||||
ISSIMPLE | Flag if a search help is an elementary search help | DDSHSIMPLE | CHAR | 1 | DDBOOL | ||||
HOTKEY | Hot key for a search help | DDSHHOTKEY | CHAR | 1 | CHAR1 | ||||
SELMTYPE | Cat. of selection method of an elementary search help | SELMTYPE | CHAR | 1 | SELMTYPE | ||||
SELMETHOD | Selection method of an elementary search help | SELMETHOD | CHAR | 30 | REFSHLP | DD_SELMETHOD | |||
TEXTTAB | Text table for selection method | SELMETHTXT | CHAR | 30 | AS4TAB | ||||
SELMEXIT | Search help exit | DDSHSELEXT | CHAR | 30 | FUNCNAME | DD_SELMEXIT | |||
DIALOGTYPE | Dialog type | DDSHDIATYP | CHAR | 1 | DDSHDIATYP | DD_DDSHDIATYP | |||
DDLANGUAGE | 2-Character SAP Language Code | LAISO | CHAR | 2 | LAISO | ||||
DDTEXT | Explanatory short text | DDTEXT | CHAR | 60 | DDTEXT | ||||
DIALOGINFO | Flag: SELFIELDS and LISTFIELDS already read | 0 | |||||||
F4STATE | Do not set manually!!! | 0 | |||||||
TABNAME | Table Name | TABNAME | CHAR | 30 | AS4TAB | DTB | |||
FIELDNAME | Field Name | FIELDNAME | CHAR | 30 | FDNAME | DFD | |||
TITLE | Explanatory short text | DDTEXT | CHAR | 60 | DDTEXT | ||||
HISTORY | Do not use!!!! | 0 | |||||||
HANDLE | Reference to Further Information | 0 | |||||||
DATATYPE | Data Type in ABAP Dictionary | DATATYPE_D | CHAR | 4 | DTYPE | DATATYPE | |||
LENG | Length (No. of Characters) | DDLENG | NUMC | 6 | DDLENG | ||||
OUTPUTLEN | Output Length | OUTPUTLEN | NUMC | 6 | DDLENG | ||||
DECIMALS | Number of Decimal Places | DECIMALS | NUMC | 6 | DDLENG | ||||
LOWERCASE | Lowercase letters allowed/not allowed | LOWERCASE | CHAR | 1 | AS4FLAG | ||||
SIGNFLAG | Flag for sign in numerical fields | SIGNFLAG | CHAR | 1 | AS4FLAG | ||||
CONVEXIT | Conversion Routine | CONVEXIT | CHAR | 5 | CONVEXIT | ||||
VALEXI | Existence of fixed values | VALEXI | CHAR | 1 | AS4FLAG | ||||
INTERFACE | 0 | ||||||||
FIELDDESCRIP | 0 | ||||||||
FIELDPROPS | 0 | ||||||||
SELOPTS | 0 |
Key field | Non-key field |
How do I retrieve data from SAP structure SEA_SHLP_DESCR using ABAP code?
As SEA_SHLP_DESCR 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 SEA_SHLP_DESCR as there is no data to select.How to access SAP table SEA_SHLP_DESCR
Within an ECC or HANA version of SAP you can also view further information about SEA_SHLP_DESCR 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