TKCHA SAP (SAP-EIS: Abstract data type hierarchy) Structure details
Description: SAP-EIS: Abstract data type hierarchy
Structure field list including key, data, relationships and ABAP select examples
TKCHA 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 "SAP-EIS: Abstract data type hierarchy" 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_TKCHA TYPE TKCHA.
The TKCHA table consists of various fields, each holding specific information or linking keys about SAP-EIS: Abstract data type hierarchy data available in SAP. These include PARNT (Hierarchy node number), LEFTK (Hierarchy node number), NODTP (Hierarchy node type (new)), WERT1 (Characteristic value).. 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 TKCHA 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 |
| NODID | Hierarchy node number | CFHIKEY | NUMC | 8 | HIKEY | ||||
| PARNT | Hierarchy node number | CFHIKEY | NUMC | 8 | HIKEY | ||||
| LEFTK | Hierarchy node number | CFHIKEY | NUMC | 8 | HIKEY | ||||
| NODTP | Hierarchy node type (new) | CFNODTP | CHAR | 1 | CFNODTP | ||||
| WERT1 | Characteristic value | CFKEYL | CHAR | 50 | KEYID | ||||
| WERT2 | Characteristic value | CFKEYL | CHAR | 50 | KEYID | ||||
| TEXT1 | Text, 40 Characters Long | TEXT40 | CHAR | 40 | TEXT40 | ||||
| TEXT2 | Text, 40 Characters Long | TEXT40 | CHAR | 40 | TEXT40 | ||||
| TFLAG | Flag to indicate text | CFTFLAG | CHAR | 1 | CHAR1 | ||||
| EXPFL | Flag for subtree | CFEXPFL | CHAR | 1 | CFEXPFL | ||||
| MFLAG | Hierarchy selection | CFMFLAG | CHAR | 1 | CFMFLAG | ||||
| COLOR | Color and intensity of hierarchy node | CGSCOLOR | CHAR | 2 | CGSCOLOR |
| Key field | Non-key field |
How do I retrieve data from SAP structure TKCHA using ABAP code?
As TKCHA 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 TKCHA as there is no data to select.How to access SAP table TKCHA
Within an ECC or HANA version of SAP you can also view further information about TKCHA 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