SMARV SAP (Lock Table for Material Control Record) Structure details

Dictionary Type: Structure
Description: Lock Table for Material Control Record




ABAP Code to SELECT data from SMARV
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Structure field list including key, data, relationships and ABAP select examples

SMARV 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 "Lock Table for Material Control Record" 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_SMARV TYPE SMARV.

The SMARV table consists of various fields, each holding specific information or linking keys about Lock Table for Material Control Record data available in SAP. These include WERKS (Plant), LFGJA (Fiscal Year of Current Period), LFMON (Current period (posting period)), VMGJA (Fiscal year of previous period).. 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 SMARV 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
MANDTClient MANDTCLNT3Assigned to domainMANDT
WERKSPlant WERKS_DCHAR4Assigned to domainWERKSWRKH_T001W_C
LFGJAFiscal Year of Current Period LFGJANUMC4GJAHRGJAHR
LFMONCurrent period (posting period) LFMONNUMC2MONAT
VMGJAFiscal year of previous period VMGJANUMC4GJAHRGJAHR
VMMONMonth of previous period VMMONNUMC2MONAT
VJGJAFiscal year of last period of previous year VJGJANUMC4GJAHRGJAHR
VJMONLast month of previous year VJMONNUMC2MONAT
VVMGJFiscal year of period before last VVMGJNUMC4GJAHRGJAHR
VVMMOMonth of period before last VVMMONUMC2MONAT
VVJGJFiscal year of last period of year before last VVJGJNUMC4GJAHRGJAHR
VVJMOLast period of year before last VVJMNNUMC2MONAT
GJA_40CFiscal year of 1st period with dynamic closing GJA_40CNUMC4GJAHRGJAHR
MON_40C1st period with dynamic closing MON_40CNUMC2MONAT
XXRUEMAllow Posting to Previous Period (Backposting) XRUEMCHAR1XFELD
BWKEYValuation Area BWKEYCHAR4Assigned to domainBWKEYBWK

Key field Non-key field



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

As SMARV 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 SMARV as there is no data to select.

How to access SAP table SMARV

Within an ECC or HANA version of SAP you can also view further information about SMARV 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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