SWOTOCOPY SAP (Structure for Copying, Renaming) Structure details
Description: Structure for Copying, Renaming
Structure field list including key, data, relationships and ABAP select examples
SWOTOCOPY 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 Copying, Renaming" 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_SWOTOCOPY TYPE SWOTOCOPY.
The SWOTOCOPY table consists of various fields, each holding specific information or linking keys about Structure for Copying, Renaming data available in SAP. These include TOTYPE (Object Type), FROMPROG (Implementation program), TOPROG (Implementation program), FROMELEM (Object name).. 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 SWOTOCOPY 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 |
FROMTYPE | Object Type | SWO_OBJTYP | CHAR | 10 | Assigned to domain | OJ_NAME | OBJ | ||
TOTYPE | Object Type | SWO_OBJTYP | CHAR | 10 | Assigned to domain | OJ_NAME | OBJ | ||
FROMPROG | Implementation program | SWO_PROGR | CHAR | 40 | PROGNAME | ||||
TOPROG | Implementation program | SWO_PROGR | CHAR | 40 | PROGNAME | ||||
FROMELEM | Object name | SWC_OBJEDE | CHAR | 32 | SWC_EDITEL | ||||
TOELEM | Object name | SWC_OBJEDE | CHAR | 32 | SWC_EDITEL | ||||
CREA_REL | Release at Creation | SWO_CREARE | CHAR | 4 | CHAR4 | ||||
WITH_DOCU | Copy with documentation | SWO_DOCCPY | CHAR | 1 | SWC_BOOL |
Key field | Non-key field |
How do I retrieve data from SAP structure SWOTOCOPY using ABAP code?
As SWOTOCOPY 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 SWOTOCOPY as there is no data to select.How to access SAP table SWOTOCOPY
Within an ECC or HANA version of SAP you can also view further information about SWOTOCOPY 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