SEARCHTAB SAP (Internal Admin. of the Search Screen Structure) Structure details
Description: Internal Admin. of the Search Screen Structure
Structure field list including key, data, relationships and ABAP select examples
SEARCHTAB 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 "Internal Admin. of the Search Screen Structure" 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_SEARCHTAB TYPE SEARCHTAB.
The SEARCHTAB table consists of various fields, each holding specific information or linking keys about Internal Admin. of the Search Screen Structure data available in SAP. These include MODE (Output control for search dynpro), OPERATOR (Logical operator for the search screen), WORD (Search expression for search screen).. 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 SEARCHTAB 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 |
| LFD | Sequence number for search tab | DOKU_LFD | CHAR | 2 | CHAR2 | ||||
| MODE | Output control for search dynpro | DOKU_MOD | CHAR | 1 | CHAR1 | ||||
| OPERATOR | Logical operator for the search screen | DOKU_OP | CHAR | 10 | CHAR10 | ||||
| WORD | Search expression for search screen | DOKU_STR | CHAR | 60 | WORD |
| Key field | Non-key field |
How do I retrieve data from SAP structure SEARCHTAB using ABAP code?
As SEARCHTAB 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 SEARCHTAB as there is no data to select.How to access SAP table SEARCHTAB
Within an ECC or HANA version of SAP you can also view further information about SEARCHTAB 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