TPCOLA SAP (Table Painter Column with Attributes) Structure details
Description: Table Painter Column with Attributes
Structure field list including key, data, relationships and ABAP select examples
TPCOLA 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 with Attributes" 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_TPCOLA TYPE TPCOLA.
The TPCOLA table consists of various fields, each holding specific information or linking keys about Table Painter Column with Attributes data available in SAP. These include ROWNAME (Line type), IDX (Smart Forms: Three-Digit Number), NAME (SAP Smart Forms: Object name), WIDTH (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 TPCOLA 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 | ||||
| INTENSITY | Boxes: Shading (Gray value) | TDSHADING | NUMC | 3 | TDPERCENT | ||||
| LLEFT | Boxes and lines: Line width | TDSFFRAME | DEC | 7(2) | TDSFSIZE | ||||
| LLEFT_U | Boxes and lines: Line thickness unit of measurement | TDFRAMEU | CHAR | 2 | TDUNIT | ||||
| LTOP | Boxes and lines: Line width | TDSFFRAME | DEC | 7(2) | TDSFSIZE | ||||
| LTOP_U | Boxes and lines: Line thickness unit of measurement | TDFRAMEU | CHAR | 2 | TDUNIT | ||||
| LRIGHT | Boxes and lines: Line width | TDSFFRAME | DEC | 7(2) | TDSFSIZE | ||||
| LRIGHT_U | Boxes and lines: Line thickness unit of measurement | TDFRAMEU | CHAR | 2 | TDUNIT | ||||
| LBOTTOM | Boxes and lines: Line width | TDSFFRAME | DEC | 7(2) | TDSFSIZE | ||||
| LBOTTOM_U | Boxes and lines: Line thickness unit of measurement | TDFRAMEU | CHAR | 2 | TDUNIT |
| Key field | Non-key field |
How do I retrieve data from SAP structure TPCOLA using ABAP code?
As TPCOLA 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 TPCOLA as there is no data to select.How to access SAP table TPCOLA
Within an ECC or HANA version of SAP you can also view further information about TPCOLA 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