SWOTGEN SAP (Parameters for interface generation (IDL, ODL, ...)) Structure details
Description: Parameters for interface generation (IDL, ODL, ...)
Structure field list including key, data, relationships and ABAP select examples
SWOTGEN 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 "Parameters for interface generation (IDL, ODL, ...)" 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_SWOTGEN TYPE SWOTGEN.
The SWOTGEN table consists of various fields, each holding specific information or linking keys about Parameters for interface generation (IDL, ODL, ...) data available in SAP. These include GENIDL (Generate IDL), GENODL (Generate ODL), SHOWCODE (Display generated code), DOWNLOAD (Perform download).. 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 SWOTGEN 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 |
| FILENAME | Local file for upload/download | LOCALFILE | CHAR | 128 | LOCALFILE | ||||
| GENIDL | Generate IDL | SWOGENIDL | CHAR | 1 | FLAG | ||||
| GENODL | Generate ODL | SWOGENODL | CHAR | 1 | FLAG | ||||
| SHOWCODE | Display generated code | SWOSHOWCOD | CHAR | 1 | FLAG | ||||
| DOWNLOAD | Perform download | SWODOWNLD | CHAR | 1 | FLAG | ||||
| LANGU_OUTP | Target language for code generation | SWOOUTLANG | CHAR | 10 | SWOOUTLANG |
| Key field | Non-key field |
How do I retrieve data from SAP structure SWOTGEN using ABAP code?
As SWOTGEN 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 SWOTGEN as there is no data to select.How to access SAP table SWOTGEN
Within an ECC or HANA version of SAP you can also view further information about SWOTGEN 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