SHM_AREA_INSTANCE_INFO SAP (Monitoring: Info Structure for Area) Structure details
Description: Monitoring: Info Structure for Area
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Access table SHM_AREA_INSTANCE_INFO
Structure field list including key, data, relationships and ABAP select examples
SHM_AREA_INSTANCE_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 "Monitoring: Info Structure for Area" 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_SHM_AREA_INSTANCE_INFO TYPE SHM_AREA_INSTANCE_INFO.
The SHM_AREA_INSTANCE_INFO table consists of various fields, each holding specific information or linking keys about Monitoring: Info Structure for Area data available in SAP. These include INSTANCE_NAME (Name of a Shared Object Instance of an Area), CLIENT (Client for Shared Object Areas), MARK (Selection), CNAM (Created by User:).. 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 (character-type or numeric)
SAP SHM_AREA_INSTANCE_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 |
| INSTANCE_NAME | Name of a Shared Object Instance of an Area | SHM_INST_NAME | CHAR | 80 | |||||
| CLIENT | Client for Shared Object Areas | SHM_CLIENT | CHAR | 3 | |||||
| MARK | Selection | 0 | |||||||
| CNAM | Created by User: | 0 | |||||||
| CDAT | Created On: | 0 | |||||||
| CTIME | Created at: | 0 | |||||||
| CCLIENT | Client for Shared Object Areas | SHM_CLIENT | CHAR | 3 | |||||
| UNAM | Last Changed By | 0 | |||||||
| UDAT | Changed On | 0 | |||||||
| UTIME | Last Changed At | 0 | |||||||
| UCLIENT | Client for Shared Object Areas | SHM_CLIENT | CHAR | 3 | |||||
| T_AVG_READ | Average Lock Time During Read Process | 0 | |||||||
| T_AVG_UPDATE | Average Lock Time During Update | 0 | |||||||
| T_AVG_WRITE | Average Lock Time During Write Process | 0 | |||||||
| TOT_CNT_READ | Number of Locks in an Area | SHM_LOCK_CNT | DEC | 20 | SHM_LONG_CNT_P | ||||
| TOT_CNT_UPDATE | Number of Locks in an Area | SHM_LOCK_CNT | DEC | 20 | SHM_LONG_CNT_P | ||||
| TOT_CNT_WRITE | Number of Locks in an Area | SHM_LOCK_CNT | DEC | 20 | SHM_LONG_CNT_P | ||||
| TIMES | 0 | ||||||||
| SIZE_ADMIN | Area Size | SHM_AREA_SIZE | DEC | 20 | SHM_AREA_SIZE | ||||
| SIZE_USED | Area Size | SHM_AREA_SIZE | DEC | 20 | SHM_AREA_SIZE | ||||
| SIZE_ALLOC | Area Size | SHM_AREA_SIZE | DEC | 20 | SHM_AREA_SIZE | ||||
| SIZE_MAX | Area Size | SHM_AREA_SIZE | DEC | 20 | SHM_AREA_SIZE | ||||
| READ_LOCKS | Number of Locks in an Area | SHM_LOCK_CNT | DEC | 20 | SHM_LONG_CNT_P | ||||
| WRITE_LOCKS | Number of Locks in an Area | SHM_LOCK_CNT | DEC | 20 | SHM_LONG_CNT_P | ||||
| UPDATE_LOCKS | Number of Locks in an Area | SHM_LOCK_CNT | DEC | 20 | SHM_LONG_CNT_P | ||||
| FAILED_UPDATE_LOCKS | Number of Locks in an Area | SHM_LOCK_CNT | DEC | 20 | SHM_LONG_CNT_P | ||||
| FAILED_READ_LOCKS | Number of Locks in an Area | SHM_LOCK_CNT | DEC | 20 | SHM_LONG_CNT_P | ||||
| INSTANCE_ID | Internal ID of Instance/Version/Lock | SHM_ID | DEC | 20 | SHM_LONG_CNT_P | ||||
| INSTANCE_LABEL | Sequential ID of Instance/Version/Lock | SHM_LABEL | DEC | 20 | SHM_LONG_CNT_P | ||||
| IS_VALID | Flag: Valid or Expired | 0 | |||||||
| VERSIONS | Number of Instance Versions | SHM_VERSION_CNT | DEC | 20 | SHM_LONG_CNT_P | ||||
| CONSTRUCTOR_RUNS | Number of Constructor Calls | SHM_CONSTR_CNT | DEC | 20 | SHM_LONG_CNT_P | ||||
| SYNCS | Number of Synchronization Calls | SHM_SYNC_CNT | DEC | 20 | SHM_LONG_CNT_P | ||||
| INVALIDATIONS | Number of Invalidations | SHM_INVAL_CNT | DEC | 20 | SHM_LONG_CNT_P | ||||
| SWAPS | Number of Swaps | SHM_SWAP_CNT | DEC | 20 | SHM_LONG_CNT_P | ||||
| COPIES | Number of Copy Processes | SHM_COPY_CNT | DEC | 20 | SHM_LONG_CNT_P | ||||
| FAILED_WRITE_LOCKS | Number of Locks in an Area | SHM_LOCK_CNT | DEC | 20 | SHM_LONG_CNT_P | ||||
| IN_BUILD | Number of Instance Versions | SHM_VERS_CNT | DEC | 20 | SHM_LONG_CNT_P | ||||
| ACTIVE | Number of Instance Versions | SHM_VERS_CNT | DEC | 20 | SHM_LONG_CNT_P | ||||
| OUTDATED | Number of Instance Versions | SHM_VERS_CNT | DEC | 20 | SHM_LONG_CNT_P | ||||
| INVALID | Number of Instance Versions | SHM_VERS_CNT | DEC | 20 | SHM_LONG_CNT_P | ||||
| DB_COMMIT_PENDING | Number of Instance Versions | SHM_VERS_CNT | DEC | 20 | SHM_LONG_CNT_P |
| Key field | Non-key field |
How do I retrieve data from SAP structure SHM_AREA_INSTANCE_INFO using ABAP code?
As SHM_AREA_INSTANCE_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 SHM_AREA_INSTANCE_INFO as there is no data to select.How to access SAP table SHM_AREA_INSTANCE_INFO
Within an ECC or HANA version of SAP you can also view further information about SHM_AREA_INSTANCE_INFO and the data within it using relevant transactions such asSE11 (ABAP Dictionary Maintenance)
SM30 (Maintain Table Data)
SE80 (Object Navigator)
SE16 (Data Browser).
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