SFPDATATYPES SAP (Collection of Data Types for Test Purposes) Structure details
Description: Collection of Data Types for Test Purposes
Structure field list including key, data, relationships and ABAP select examples
SFPDATATYPES 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 "Collection of Data Types for Test Purposes" 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_SFPDATATYPES TYPE SFPDATATYPES.
The SFPDATATYPES table consists of various fields, each holding specific information or linking keys about Collection of Data Types for Test Purposes data available in SAP. These include STRING (Character string of variable length), BYTE (Uninterpreted String of Bytes, Length 8), XSTRING (Byte string of variable length), NUMC (Numeric Character String, Length 10).. 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 SFPDATATYPES 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 |
CHAR | Character String, Length 20 | 0 | |||||||
STRING | Character string of variable length | 0 | |||||||
BYTE | Uninterpreted String of Bytes, Length 8 | 0 | |||||||
XSTRING | Byte string of variable length | 0 | |||||||
NUMC | Numeric Character String, Length 10 | 0 | |||||||
DEC | Counter or amount field with comma and sign | 0 | |||||||
FLTP | Floating point number, accurate to 8 bytes | 0 | |||||||
INT | 4-byte integer, integer number with sign | 0 | |||||||
CURR | Currency field, stored as DEC | 0 | |||||||
CUKY | Currency Key | 0 | |||||||
QUAN | Quantity field | 0 | |||||||
UNIT | Unit key | 0 | |||||||
DATE | Date field (YYYYMMDD) stored as char(8) | 0 | |||||||
TIME | Time field (hhmmss), stored as char(6) | 0 | |||||||
LANG | Language ID (Conversion Exit ISOLA) | 0 |
Key field | Non-key field |
How do I retrieve data from SAP structure SFPDATATYPES using ABAP code?
As SFPDATATYPES 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 SFPDATATYPES as there is no data to select.How to access SAP table SFPDATATYPES
Within an ECC or HANA version of SAP you can also view further information about SFPDATATYPES 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