TCATALOG SAP (SAPscript Programming Interface: Structure CATALOG) Structure details
Description: SAPscript Programming Interface: Structure CATALOG
Structure field list including key, data, relationships and ABAP select examples
TCATALOG 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 "SAPscript Programming Interface: Structure CATALOG" 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_TCATALOG TYPE TCATALOG.
The TCATALOG table consists of various fields, each holding specific information or linking keys about SAPscript Programming Interface: Structure CATALOG data available in SAP. These include TDNAME (Name), TDID (Text ID), TDSPRAS (Language key), FUNCTION (Text change made).. 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 TCATALOG 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 |
TDOBJECT | Texts: Application Object | TDOBJECT | CHAR | 10 | Assigned to domain | TDOBJECT | |||
TDNAME | Name | TDOBNAME | CHAR | 70 | TDOBNAME | ||||
TDID | Text ID | TDID | CHAR | 4 | Assigned to domain | TDID | |||
TDSPRAS | Language key | TDSPRAS | LANG | 1 | Assigned to domain | ISOLA | SPRAS | ||
FUNCTION | Text change made | TDFUNCTION | CHAR | 1 | TDFUNCTION | ||||
KEEP | Characters | TDCHAR1 | CHAR | 1 | TDCHAR | ||||
RENAME | Checkbox (yes or no) | TDBOOL | CHAR | 1 | TDBOOL | ||||
ID | SAPscript: ID for text catalog | TDCATID | NUMC | 6 | NUMC6 | ||||
COPYINDEX | Number of Rows in Internal Tables | SYTFILL | INT4 | 10 | SYST_LONG | ||||
IS_REFTEXT | Checkbox (yes or no) | TDBOOL | CHAR | 1 | TDBOOL |
Key field | Non-key field |
How do I retrieve data from SAP structure TCATALOG using ABAP code?
As TCATALOG 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 TCATALOG as there is no data to select.How to access SAP table TCATALOG
Within an ECC or HANA version of SAP you can also view further information about TCATALOG 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