SWAEXPREF SAP (Workflow Expression Reference (Type Information)) Structure details
Description: Workflow Expression Reference (Type Information)
Structure field list including key, data, relationships and ABAP select examples
SWAEXPREF 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 "Workflow Expression Reference (Type Information)" 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_SWAEXPREF TYPE SWAEXPREF.
The SWAEXPREF table consists of various fields, each holding specific information or linking keys about Workflow Expression Reference (Type Information) data available in SAP. These include REFSTRUCT (Reference table), REFFIELD (Reference field), REFOBJTYPE (Object Type), ATTRTYPE (Attribute type).. 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 SWAEXPREF 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 |
| REFTYPE | Dictionary | SWC_REFTYP | CHAR | 1 | SWC_REFTYP | ||||
| REFSTRUCT | Reference table | SWC_REFSTR | CHAR | 30 | Assigned to domain | AS4TAB | |||
| REFFIELD | Reference field | SWC_REFFLD | CHAR | 30 | Assigned to domain | FDNAME | |||
| REFOBJTYPE | Object Type | SWO_OBJTYP | CHAR | 10 | TOJTB | OJ_NAME | OBJ | ||
| ATTRTYPE | Attribute type | SWO_ATTYPE | CHAR | 1 | SWO_ATTYPE | ||||
| TABELEM | Multiline element | SWC_TABELM | CHAR | 1 | SWC_BOOL | ||||
| TYPE_KIND | Single-Character Indicator | CHAR1 | CHAR | 1 | CHAR1 | ||||
| TYPENAME | Text field length 200 | CHAR200 | CHAR | 200 | CHAR200 | ||||
| TLENGTH | Natural Number | INT4 | INT4 | 10 | INT4 | ||||
| TDECIMALS | Natural Number | INT4 | INT4 | 10 | INT4 | ||||
| TCURRKEY | Currency Unit, Assigned to a Currency Amount | SWACURRKEY | CUKY | 5 | |||||
| TUNITKEY | Unit Key | SWAUNITKEY | UNIT | 3 | |||||
| TUNITPREC | Number of Decimal Places of a Unit-Dependent Size | SWAUNITPRC | PREC | 2 | |||||
| TZONE | Time Zone | SYTZONE | INT4 | 10 | SYST_SHORT |
| Key field | Non-key field |
How do I retrieve data from SAP structure SWAEXPREF using ABAP code?
As SWAEXPREF 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 SWAEXPREF as there is no data to select.How to access SAP table SWAEXPREF
Within an ECC or HANA version of SAP you can also view further information about SWAEXPREF 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