SWOTOP SAP (Runtime Structure Parameter OLE Server) Structure details
Description: Runtime Structure Parameter OLE Server
Structure field list including key, data, relationships and ABAP select examples
SWOTOP 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 "Runtime Structure Parameter OLE Server" 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_SWOTOP TYPE SWOTOP.
The SWOTOP table consists of various fields, each holding specific information or linking keys about Runtime Structure Parameter OLE Server data available in SAP. These include PARAMETER (Parameter for method), ELEMTYPE (Element type), OBLIG (Mandatory element), ELEMLENGTH (Length of the field in bytes).. 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 SWOTOP 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 |
METHOD | Method | SWO_METHOD | CHAR | 32 | SWC_ELEM | ||||
PARAMETER | Parameter for method | SWO_PARAM | CHAR | 32 | SWC_ELEM | ||||
ELEMTYPE | Element type | SWC_ELEMTP | CHAR | 1 | SWC_ELEMTP | ||||
OBLIG | Mandatory element | SWC_OBLIG | CHAR | 1 | SWC_BOOL | ||||
ELEMLENGTH | Length of the field in bytes | SWC_LENGTH | NUMC | 3 | SWC_LENGTH | ||||
TYPE | ABAP Type of element | SWC_TYPE | CHAR | 1 | INTTYPE | ||||
LOWERCASE | Lowercase letters allowed/not allowed | LOWERCASE | CHAR | 1 | AS4FLAG | ||||
TABELEM | Multiline element | SWC_TABELM | CHAR | 1 | SWC_BOOL | ||||
REFOBJTYPE | Reference obj. type | SWO_REFOBJ | CHAR | 10 | Assigned to domain | OJ_NAME |
Key field | Non-key field |
How do I retrieve data from SAP structure SWOTOP using ABAP code?
As SWOTOP 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 SWOTOP as there is no data to select.How to access SAP table SWOTOP
Within an ECC or HANA version of SAP you can also view further information about SWOTOP 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