SOFA SAP (SAPoffice: user-specific authorization for shared folders) Table details
Dictionary Type: Table
Description: SAPoffice: user-specific authorization for shared folders
Description: SAPoffice: user-specific authorization for shared folders
Table field list including key, data, relationships and ABAP select examples
SOFA is a standard SAP Table which is used to store SAPoffice: user-specific authorization for shared folders data and is available within R/3 SAP systems depending on the version and release level.
The SOFA table consists of various fields, each holding specific information or linking keys about SAPoffice: user-specific authorization for shared folders data available in SAP. These include FOLTP (Object folder: Object type from ID), FOLYR (Object folder: Year from ID), FOLNO (Object folder: Number from ID), USRTP (User type from ID).. 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: A - Application table (master and transaction data)Display/Maintenance via tcode SM30: Display/Maintenance Allowed but with Restrictions
SAP enhancement categories: Not classified
SAP SOFA table 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 |
| MANDT | Client | MANDT | CLNT | 3 | T000 | MANDT | |||
| FOLTP | Object folder: Object type from ID | SO_FOL_TP | CHAR | 3 | TSOTD | SO_OBJ_TP | |||
| FOLYR | Object folder: Year from ID | SO_FOL_YR | CHAR | 2 | SO_OBJ_YR | ||||
| FOLNO | Object folder: Number from ID | SO_FOL_NO | CHAR | 12 | SOFD | SO_OBJ_NO | |||
| USRTP | User type from ID | SO_USR_TP | CHAR | 3 | TSOTD | SO_OBJ_TP | |||
| USRYR | User year from the ID | SO_USR_YR | CHAR | 2 | SO_OBJ_YR | ||||
| USRNO | User number from the ID | SO_USR_NO | CHAR | 12 | Assigned to domain | SO_USR_NO | |||
| USRACC | Authorizations for shared folders | SO_AUT_FOL | CHAR | 1 | SO_FOL_AUT | ||||
| FLAG1 | Search of private or shared folders | SO_FLAG | CHAR | 1 | SO_FLAG | ||||
| FLAG2 | Search of private or shared folders | SO_FLAG | CHAR | 1 | SO_FLAG |
| Key field | Non-key field |
How do I retrieve data from SAP table SOFA using ABAP code
The following ABAP code Example will allow you to do a basic selection on SOFA to SELECT all data from the tableDATA: WA_SOFA TYPE SOFA.
SELECT SINGLE *
FROM SOFA
INTO CORRESPONDING FIELDS OF WA_SOFA
WHERE...
How to access SAP table SOFA
Within an ECC or HANA version of SAP you can also view further information about SOFA 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