SWFDELMDEF_P SAP (Persistence Structure for Container Elements) Structure details
Description: Persistence Structure for Container Elements
Structure field list including key, data, relationships and ABAP select examples
SWFDELMDEF_P 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 "Persistence Structure for Container Elements" 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_SWFDELMDEF_P TYPE SWFDELMDEF_P.
The SWFDELMDEF_P table consists of various fields, each holding specific information or linking keys about Persistence Structure for Container Elements data available in SAP. These include NAME (Element ID (32 Characters, Unique, Not Language-Dependent)), LINE_INDEX (Table Index/Continuation Line), SUB_INDEX (Number of Continuation Lines for Representing Value), OBJKIND (Abbrev. for Distinguishing Kinds of Obj. Type (SE24/BOR/...)).. 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 SWFDELMDEF_P 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 |
| NAME | Element ID (32 Characters, Unique, Not Language-Dependent) | SWFDNAME | CHAR | 32 | SWC_ELEM | ||||
| LINE_INDEX | Table Index/Continuation Line | 0 | |||||||
| SUB_INDEX | Number of Continuation Lines for Representing Value | 0 | |||||||
| OBJKIND | Abbrev. for Distinguishing Kinds of Obj. Type (SE24/BOR/...) | SWFOBJKIND | CHAR | 2 | SWF_CLSTYP | ||||
| BONAME | Part 1 of Type Name or Object Type Name | 0 | |||||||
| NODEID | Part 2 of Type Name or Object Node ID | 0 | |||||||
| TYPEKIND | ABAP Data Type of Data Object (from ABAP Type Descriptor) | SWFDTKIND | CHAR | 1 | SWFDTKIND | ||||
| LENGTH | Number of Characters of a Variable Length Elementary Type | 0 | |||||||
| DECIMALS | Number of Decimal Places for Type P | 0 | |||||||
| PARAMKIND | Description of Parameter Type (Import/Export/Changing...) | SWFDPARMTY | CHAR | 1 | SWFDPARMTY | ||||
| IS_NULL | New Input Values | XFLAG | CHAR | 1 | XFLAG | ||||
| IS_INITIAL | New Input Values | XFLAG | CHAR | 1 | XFLAG | ||||
| IS_TABLE | New Input Values | XFLAG | CHAR | 1 | XFLAG | ||||
| IS_LINETYPE | New Input Values | XFLAG | CHAR | 1 | XFLAG | ||||
| SERIALIZATION | 'A' - ABAP Internal, 'E' - External, 'I' - ID Transformation | 0 | |||||||
| USED_LENGTH | Length Used in Field 'CHAR_VALUE' | 0 | |||||||
| CHAR_VALUE | Character Representation of Value (Length up to 132 Chars) | SWFCNT_CVAL | CHAR | 132 |
| Key field | Non-key field |
How do I retrieve data from SAP structure SWFDELMDEF_P using ABAP code?
As SWFDELMDEF_P 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 SWFDELMDEF_P as there is no data to select.How to access SAP table SWFDELMDEF_P
Within an ECC or HANA version of SAP you can also view further information about SWFDELMDEF_P 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