STEDIT SAP (Structure for Editing Short Texts) Structure details
Description: Structure for Editing Short Texts
Structure field list including key, data, relationships and ABAP select examples
STEDIT 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 Editing Short Texts" 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_STEDIT TYPE STEDIT.
The STEDIT table consists of various fields, each holding specific information or linking keys about Structure for Editing Short Texts data available in SAP. These include SHOWOBJECT (Description of Objects), LENGTH (Numc3 for Basis Programs), SOURCETEXT (Text, 256 Characters), TARGETTEXT (Text, 256 Characters).. 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: S - System table, maint. only by SAP, change = modificationDisplay/Maintenance via tcode SM30: Display/Maintenance Allowed but with Restrictions
SAP enhancement categories: Not classified
SAP STEDIT 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 |
| OBJ_NAME | Object Name of Short Text Editor | STEDIT_OBJ | CHAR | 100 | CHAR100 | ||||
| SHOWOBJECT | Description of Objects | STEDIT_SHW | CHAR | 100 | TEXT100 | ||||
| LENGTH | Numc3 for Basis Programs | NUMC3BASIS | NUMC | 3 | NUMC3 | ||||
| SOURCETEXT | Text, 256 Characters | TEXT256 | CHAR | 256 | TEXT256 | ||||
| TARGETTEXT | Text, 256 Characters | TEXT256 | CHAR | 256 | TEXT256 | ||||
| DESCRIPT1 | Text Field of Length 60 | TEXT60 | CHAR | 60 | TEXT60 | ||||
| DESCRIPT2 | Text Field of Length 60 | TEXT60 | CHAR | 60 | TEXT60 | ||||
| DESCRIPT3 | Text Field of Length 60 | TEXT60 | CHAR | 60 | TEXT60 | ||||
| DESCRIPT4 | Text Field of Length 60 | TEXT60 | CHAR | 60 | TEXT60 |
| Key field | Non-key field |
How do I retrieve data from SAP structure STEDIT using ABAP code?
As STEDIT 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 STEDIT as there is no data to select.How to access SAP table STEDIT
Within an ECC or HANA version of SAP you can also view further information about STEDIT 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