SWD_SMETHO SAP (Workflow definition: Secondary methods (runtime+definition)) Structure details
Description: Workflow definition: Secondary methods (runtime+definition)
Structure field list including key, data, relationships and ABAP select examples
SWD_SMETHO 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 definition: Secondary methods (runtime+definition)" 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_SWD_SMETHO TYPE SWD_SMETHO.
The SWD_SMETHO table consists of various fields, each holding specific information or linking keys about Workflow definition: Secondary methods (runtime+definition) data available in SAP. These include CLIENT (Workflow definition: Client), WFD_ID (Number of workflow definition), VERSION (Version), EXETYP (Workflow 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: Not classified
SAP SWD_SMETHO 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 |
CLIENT | Workflow definition: Client | SWD_MANDAN | CLNT | 3 | T000 | MANDT | |||
WFD_ID | Number of workflow definition | SWD_WFD_ID | CHAR | 10 | SWD_HEADER | SWD_WFDIDS | |||
VERSION | Version | SWD_VERSIO | CHAR | 4 | SWD_VERSIO | ||||
EXETYP | Workflow Type | SWD_EXETYP | CHAR | 1 | SWD_EXETYP | ||||
NODEID | Node Number | SWD_NODEID | NUMC | 10 | SWD_NODIDS | ||||
CALLING_NO | Workflow definition: Call number of a secondary method | SWD_CALLNO | NUMC | 2 | NUMC2 | ||||
AUTOSTART | Flag for method type | SWW_LMETH | CHAR | 1 | SWW_LMETH | ||||
CONT_OBJ | Container Element for Secondary/Before/After Methods | SWD_SEC_OB | CHAR | 32 | SWC_EDITEL | ||||
METHOD | Secondary method | SWD_SMETHD | CHAR | 32 | SWC_ELEM |
Key field | Non-key field |
How do I retrieve data from SAP structure SWD_SMETHO using ABAP code?
As SWD_SMETHO 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 SWD_SMETHO as there is no data to select.How to access SAP table SWD_SMETHO
Within an ECC or HANA version of SAP you can also view further information about SWD_SMETHO 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