SFS_FIELD_INFO SAP (Field Information) Structure details
Description: Field Information
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Access table SFS_FIELD_INFO
Structure field list including key, data, relationships and ABAP select examples
SFS_FIELD_INFO 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 "Field Information" 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_SFS_FIELD_INFO TYPE SFS_FIELD_INFO.
The SFS_FIELD_INFO table consists of various fields, each holding specific information or linking keys about Field Information data available in SAP. These include LENG (Length of Field (Number of Characters)), DATATYPE (ABAP/4 Dictionary: Screen data type for Screen Painter), INTLEN (Internal Length in Bytes), INTTYPE (ABAP data type (C,D,N,...)).. 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 SFS_FIELD_INFO 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 |
ROLLNAME | Data element (semantic domain) | ROLLNAME | CHAR | 30 | Assigned to domain | ROLLNAME | ROL | DD_DTEL | |
LENG | Length of Field (Number of Characters) | DDLEN | NUMC | 4 | DDLEN | ||||
DATATYPE | ABAP/4 Dictionary: Screen data type for Screen Painter | DYNPTYPE | CHAR | 4 | DATATYPE | ||||
INTLEN | Internal Length in Bytes | INTLEN | NUMC | 6 | DDLENG | ||||
INTTYPE | ABAP data type (C,D,N,...) | INTTYPE | CHAR | 1 | INTTYPE | ||||
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 |
Key field | Non-key field |
How do I retrieve data from SAP structure SFS_FIELD_INFO using ABAP code?
As SFS_FIELD_INFO 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 SFS_FIELD_INFO as there is no data to select.How to access SAP table SFS_FIELD_INFO
Within an ECC or HANA version of SAP you can also view further information about SFS_FIELD_INFO 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