SELINFO SAP (Structure for description of selection attributes) Structure details
Description: Structure for description of selection attributes
Structure field list including key, data, relationships and ABAP select examples
SELINFO 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 "Structure for description of selection attributes" 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_SELINFO TYPE SELINFO.
The SELINFO table consists of various fields, each holding specific information or linking keys about Structure for description of selection attributes data available in SAP. These include KIND (ABAP: Type of selection), TYPE (ABAP/4: Selection field type), LENGTH (ABAP/4: Length of selection field), CHE_RAD (CHAR01 data element for SYST).. 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 SELINFO 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 |
| NAME | ABAP/4: Name of SELECT-OPTION / PARAMETER | RSSCR_NAME | CHAR | 8 | SELCNAME | ||||
| KIND | ABAP: Type of selection | RSSCR_KIND | CHAR | 1 | SYCHAR01 | ||||
| TYPE | ABAP/4: Selection field type | RSSCR_TYPE | CHAR | 1 | SYCHAR01 | ||||
| LENGTH | ABAP/4: Length of selection field | RSSCR_LENG | INT4 | 10 | SYBIN4 | ||||
| CHE_RAD | CHAR01 data element for SYST | SYCHAR01 | CHAR | 1 | SYCHAR01 | ||||
| ID | CHAR04 data element for SYST | SYCHAR04 | CHAR | 4 | SYCHAR04 | ||||
| NODI | CHAR01 data element for SYST | SYCHAR01 | CHAR | 1 | SYCHAR01 | ||||
| OBLIGATORY | CHAR01 data element for SYST | SYCHAR01 | CHAR | 1 | SYCHAR01 |
| Key field | Non-key field |
How do I retrieve data from SAP structure SELINFO using ABAP code?
As SELINFO 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 SELINFO as there is no data to select.How to access SAP table SELINFO
Within an ECC or HANA version of SAP you can also view further information about SELINFO 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