TDS_SW_MSG SAP (Long Text Messages) Structure details
Description: Long Text Messages
Structure field list including key, data, relationships and ABAP select examples
TDS_SW_MSG 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 "Long Text Messages" 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_TDS_SW_MSG TYPE TDS_SW_MSG.
The TDS_SW_MSG table consists of various fields, each holding specific information or linking keys about Long Text Messages data available in SAP. These include MSGID (Message Class), MSGNO (Message Number), MSGTXT (Message Text), MSGV1 (Message Variable).. 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 TDS_SW_MSG 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 |
MSGTY | Message Type | SYMSGTY | CHAR | 1 | SYCHAR01 | ||||
MSGID | Message Class | SYMSGID | CHAR | 20 | Assigned to domain | ARBGB | |||
MSGNO | Message Number | SYMSGNO | NUMC | 3 | SYMSGNO | ||||
MSGTXT | Message Text | 0 | |||||||
MSGV1 | Message Variable | SYMSGV | CHAR | 50 | SYCHAR50 | ||||
MSGV2 | Message Variable | SYMSGV | CHAR | 50 | SYCHAR50 | ||||
MSGV3 | Message Variable | SYMSGV | CHAR | 50 | SYCHAR50 | ||||
MSGV4 | Message Variable | SYMSGV | CHAR | 50 | SYCHAR50 | ||||
REF_INDX | Row Index of Internal Tables | SYTABIX | INT4 | 10 | SYST_LONG | ||||
REF_COLID | Field Name | FIELDNAME | CHAR | 30 | Assigned to domain | FDNAME | DFD |
Key field | Non-key field |
How do I retrieve data from SAP structure TDS_SW_MSG using ABAP code?
As TDS_SW_MSG 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 TDS_SW_MSG as there is no data to select.How to access SAP table TDS_SW_MSG
Within an ECC or HANA version of SAP you can also view further information about TDS_SW_MSG 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