SHSTRUC SAP (Structure definitions for table VALUE) Structure details
Description: Structure definitions for table VALUE
Structure field list including key, data, relationships and ABAP select examples
SHSTRUC 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 definitions for table VALUE" 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_SHSTRUC TYPE SHSTRUC.
The SHSTRUC table consists of various fields, each holding specific information or linking keys about Structure definitions for table VALUE data available in SAP. These include TABNAME (Table Name), FIELDNAME (Field Name), FIELDTYPE (ABAP/4 Dictionary: Screen data type for Screen Painter), FIELDTEXT (Short Description of Repository Objects).. 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 SHSTRUC 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 |
| POS | Column line typ I for performance reasons | POSITION_I | INT4 | 10 | |||||
| TABNAME | Table Name | TABNAME | CHAR | 30 | Assigned to domain | AS4TAB | DTB | ||
| FIELDNAME | Field Name | FIELDNAME | CHAR | 30 | Assigned to domain | FDNAME | DFD | ||
| FIELDTYPE | ABAP/4 Dictionary: Screen data type for Screen Painter | DYNPTYPE | CHAR | 4 | DATATYPE | ||||
| FIELDTEXT | Short Description of Repository Objects | AS4TEXT | CHAR | 60 | AS4TEXT | ||||
| FIELDLEN | Output Length | OUTPUTLEN | NUMC | 6 | DDLENG | ||||
| KEYWORD | Heading | REPTEXT | CHAR | 55 | REPTEXT | ||||
| KEYWORDLEN | Max. length for long field label | SCRLEN_L | NUMC | 2 | SCRLEN | ||||
| KEYFLAG | 'X' -> Field belongs to the key and is pre-assigned | KEYFLAGHLP | CHAR | 1 | CHAR1 | ||||
| SELECTFLAG | 'X' -> Field can be selected for PF4 value transfer | SELECTFLAG | CHAR | 1 | CHAR1 | ||||
| SCRLEN_S | Max. length for short field label | SCRLEN_S | NUMC | 2 | SCRLEN | ||||
| SCRLEN_M | Max. length for medium field label | SCRLEN_M | NUMC | 2 | SCRLEN | ||||
| SCRLEN_L | Max. length for long field label | SCRLEN_L | NUMC | 2 | SCRLEN | ||||
| SCRTEXT_S | Short Field Label | SCRTEXT_S | CHAR | 10 | SCRTEXT_S | ||||
| SCRTEXT_M | Medium Field Label | SCRTEXT_M | CHAR | 20 | SCRTEXT_M | ||||
| SCRTEXT_L | Long Field Label | SCRTEXT_L | CHAR | 40 | SCRTEXT_L | ||||
| DISPLAY | Single-Character Indicator | CHAR1 | CHAR | 1 | CHAR1 |
| Key field | Non-key field |
How do I retrieve data from SAP structure SHSTRUC using ABAP code?
As SHSTRUC 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 SHSTRUC as there is no data to select.How to access SAP table SHSTRUC
Within an ECC or HANA version of SAP you can also view further information about SHSTRUC 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