SHLPEXTIDX SAP (Structure for External Index) Structure details
Description: Structure for External Index
Structure field list including key, data, relationships and ABAP select examples
SHLPEXTIDX 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 External Index" 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_SHLPEXTIDX TYPE SHLPEXTIDX.
The SHLPEXTIDX table consists of various fields, each holding specific information or linking keys about Structure for External Index data available in SAP. These include INDEXNAME (Logical name of an external index), CATID (Index category identification), SELMETHOD (Selection method of an elementary search help), FSELMETHOD (ABAP/4 Editor function module).. 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 SHLPEXTIDX 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 |
| INDEXNAME | Logical name of an external index | DDF4IDNAME | CHAR | 30 | |||||
| CATID | Index category identification | SRET_CATID | CHAR | 32 | SRET_CATID | H_SRETIDCAT | |||
| SELMETHOD | Selection method of an elementary search help | SELMETHOD | CHAR | 30 | REFSHLP | DD_SELMETHOD | |||
| FSELMETHOD | ABAP/4 Editor function module | EDFUNCTION | CHAR | 30 | Assigned to domain | FUNCNAME | |||
| KEYSTRUCT | Name of a structure or table | DDPNAME | CHAR | 30 | Assigned to domain | AS4TAB | |||
| PROTTABLE | Table Name | TABNAME | CHAR | 30 | Assigned to domain | AS4TAB | DTB | ||
| PROTPROC | Name of a stored procedure | DDF4PROCNM | CHAR | 20 | |||||
| LANGUFIELD | Field Name | FIELDNAME | CHAR | 30 | Assigned to domain | FDNAME | DFD | ||
| LANGUINDEP | Language-independ. of an external index | DDIDXLANIN | CHAR | 1 | |||||
| MANDTINDEP | Cross-client external index | DDIDXMDTIN | CHAR | 1 | |||||
| FUZZYGRAD | Degree of fuzziness for searching an external index | DDIDXFUZZY | INT1 | 3 | |||||
| SRSVRID | Search server relation ID | SRET_SSRID | CHAR | 10 | SRET_SSRID | ||||
| PACKSIZE | Packet size for indexing with external search machines | DDSEPASIZE | INT4 | 10 | |||||
| SYNCMINS | Duration period (in minutes) for a batch job | BTCPMIN | NUMC | 2 | NUM02 | ||||
| SYNCHOURS | Duration period (in hours) for a batch job | BTCPHOUR | NUMC | 2 | NUM02 | ||||
| SYNCDAYS | Duration (in days) of DBA action | BTCPDAY | NUMC | 3 | NUM03 | ||||
| TEXTSEARCH | Description free text field for fuzzy F4 help | DDF4TXTSE | CHAR | 70 | |||||
| DDTEXT | Explanatory short text | DDTEXT | CHAR | 60 | DDTEXT | ||||
| AS4LOCAL | Activation Status of a Repository Object | AS4LOCAL | CHAR | 1 | AS4LOCAL | ||||
| DDSHINDEXT | 0 | ||||||||
| DDSHIDXATT | 0 | ||||||||
| DDKEYMAP_T | 0 | ||||||||
| DDIDXSPRAS | 0 | ||||||||
| DDTABLPROC | 0 |
| Key field | Non-key field |
How do I retrieve data from SAP structure SHLPEXTIDX using ABAP code?
As SHLPEXTIDX 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 SHLPEXTIDX as there is no data to select.How to access SAP table SHLPEXTIDX
Within an ECC or HANA version of SAP you can also view further information about SHLPEXTIDX 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