TKCHS SAP (SAP-EIS: Interface structure for external hierarchies) Structure details
Description: SAP-EIS: Interface structure for external hierarchies
Structure field list including key, data, relationships and ABAP select examples
TKCHS 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: Interface structure for external hierarchies" 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_TKCHS TYPE TKCHS.
The TKCHS table consists of various fields, each holding specific information or linking keys about SAP-EIS: Interface structure for external hierarchies data available in SAP. These include KEYID (Characteristic value), TXT20 (Description of object), TXT40 (Hierarchy node long text), COLOR (Color and intensity of hierarchy node).. 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 TKCHS 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 |
| HSTEP | Hierarchy level | CFHSTEP | NUMC | 3 | CFHSTEP | ||||
| KEYID | Characteristic value | CFKEYL | CHAR | 50 | KEYID | ||||
| TXT20 | Description of object | CFTXT20 | CHAR | 20 | TXT20 | ||||
| TXT40 | Hierarchy node long text | CFTXT40 | CHAR | 40 | TEXT40 | ||||
| COLOR | Color and intensity of hierarchy node | CGSCOLOR | CHAR | 2 | CGSCOLOR |
| Key field | Non-key field |
How do I retrieve data from SAP structure TKCHS using ABAP code?
As TKCHS 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 TKCHS as there is no data to select.How to access SAP table TKCHS
Within an ECC or HANA version of SAP you can also view further information about TKCHS 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