TPCOL SAP (Table Painter Column) Structure details
Description: Table Painter Column
Structure field list including key, data, relationships and ABAP select examples
TPCOL 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 "Table Painter Column" 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_TPCOL TYPE TPCOL.
The TPCOL table consists of various fields, each holding specific information or linking keys about Table Painter Column data available in SAP. These include IDX (Smart Forms: Three-Digit Number), NAME (SAP Smart Forms: Object name), WIDTH (Column width (for output table)), WIDTH_U (Unit of measurement for column width (for output table)).. 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 TPCOL 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 |
| ROWNAME | Line type | TDTLTYPE | CHAR | 30 | TDTLTYPE | ||||
| IDX | Smart Forms: Three-Digit Number | TDSFNUM3 | NUMC | 3 | TDSFNUM3 | ||||
| NAME | SAP Smart Forms: Object name | TDOBJNAME | CHAR | 30 | TDOBJNAME | ||||
| WIDTH | Column width (for output table) | TDSFCWDTH | DEC | 7(2) | TDSFSIZE | ||||
| WIDTH_U | Unit of measurement for column width (for output table) | TDSFCWDTHU | CHAR | 2 | TDUNITH | ||||
| FIXED | Checkbox (yes or no) | TDBOOL | CHAR | 1 | TDBOOL |
| Key field | Non-key field |
How do I retrieve data from SAP structure TPCOL using ABAP code?
As TPCOL 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 TPCOL as there is no data to select.How to access SAP table TPCOL
Within an ECC or HANA version of SAP you can also view further information about TPCOL 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