SFS_FIELDTYPE_INFO SAP (Field Information) Structure details

Dictionary Type: Structure
Description: Field Information




ABAP Code to SELECT data from SFS_FIELDTYPE_INFO
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Access table SFS_FIELDTYPE_INFO




Structure field list including key, data, relationships and ABAP select examples

SFS_FIELDTYPE_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_FIELDTYPE_INFO TYPE SFS_FIELDTYPE_INFO.

The SFS_FIELDTYPE_INFO table consists of various fields, each holding specific information or linking keys about Field Information data available in SAP. These include ROLLNAME (Data element (semantic domain)), LENG (Length of Field (Number of Characters)), DATATYPE (ABAP/4 Dictionary: Screen data type for Screen Painter), INTLEN (Internal Length in Bytes).. 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 SFS_FIELDTYPE_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
FIELDNAMEField Name FIELDNAMECHAR30Assigned to domainFDNAMEDFD
ROLLNAMEData element (semantic domain) ROLLNAMECHAR30Assigned to domainROLLNAMEROLDD_DTEL
LENGLength of Field (Number of Characters) DDLENNUMC4DDLEN
DATATYPEABAP/4 Dictionary: Screen data type for Screen Painter DYNPTYPECHAR4DATATYPE
INTLENInternal Length in Bytes INTLENNUMC6DDLENG
INTTYPEABAP data type (C,D,N,...) INTTYPECHAR1INTTYPE
OUTPUTLENOutput Length OUTPUTLENNUMC6DDLENG
DECIMALSNumber of Decimal Places DECIMALSNUMC6DDLENG
LOWERCASELowercase letters allowed/not allowed LOWERCASECHAR1AS4FLAG

Key field Non-key field



How do I retrieve data from SAP structure SFS_FIELDTYPE_INFO using ABAP code?

As SFS_FIELDTYPE_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_FIELDTYPE_INFO as there is no data to select.

How to access SAP table SFS_FIELDTYPE_INFO

Within an ECC or HANA version of SAP you can also view further information about SFS_FIELDTYPE_INFO and the data within it using relevant transactions such as

SE11 (ABAP Dictionary Maintenance)
SM30 (Maintain Table Data)
SE80 (Object Navigator)
SE16 (Data Browser).


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