SLANTAB SAP (Structure for Representing Tables to Be Supplemented) Structure details
Description: Structure for Representing Tables to Be Supplemented
Structure field list including key, data, relationships and ABAP select examples
SLANTAB 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 Representing Tables to Be Supplemented" 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_SLANTAB TYPE SLANTAB.
The SLANTAB table consists of various fields, each holding specific information or linking keys about Structure for Representing Tables to Be Supplemented data available in SAP. These include CONTFLAG (Delivery class), CLIDEP (Flag indicating client-specific entries), TABDESC (Short Description of Repository Objects), TABMARK (Selection field).. 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 SLANTAB 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 |
| TABNAME | Table Name | TABNAME | CHAR | 30 | Assigned to domain | AS4TAB | DTB | ||
| CONTFLAG | Delivery class | CONTFLAG | CHAR | 1 | CONTFLAG | ||||
| CLIDEP | Flag indicating client-specific entries | CLIDEP | CHAR | 1 | CLIDEP | ||||
| TABDESC | Short Description of Repository Objects | AS4TEXT | CHAR | 60 | AS4TEXT | ||||
| TABMARK | Selection field | S_MARK | CHAR | 1 | S_FLAG | ||||
| SUPMODE | Table Supplementation Mode (Language Transport) | SUPMODE | CHAR | 1 | SUPMODE | ||||
| CLIENT | Client | MANDT | CLNT | 3 | Assigned to domain | MANDT |
| Key field | Non-key field |
How do I retrieve data from SAP structure SLANTAB using ABAP code?
As SLANTAB 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 SLANTAB as there is no data to select.How to access SAP table SLANTAB
Within an ECC or HANA version of SAP you can also view further information about SLANTAB 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