TXI_METADATA SAP (Meta Data for ILM Segments) Structure details

Dictionary Type: Structure
Description: Meta Data for ILM Segments




ABAP Code to SELECT data from TXI_METADATA
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Structure field list including key, data, relationships and ABAP select examples

TXI_METADATA 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 "Meta Data for ILM Segments" 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_TXI_METADATA TYPE TXI_METADATA.

The TXI_METADATA table consists of various fields, each holding specific information or linking keys about Meta Data for ILM Segments data available in SAP. These include FIELDNAME (Field Name), LANGU (Language Key), POSITION (Position of the field in the table), OFFSET (Offset of a field).. 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 TXI_METADATA 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
TABNAMETable Name TABNAMECHAR30Assigned to domainAS4TABDTB
FIELDNAMEField Name FIELDNAMECHAR30Assigned to domainFDNAMEDFD
LANGULanguage Key DDLANGUAGELANG1Assigned to domainISOLASPRAS
POSITIONPosition of the field in the table TABFDPOSNUMC4AS4POS
OFFSETOffset of a field DOFFSETNUMC6DOFFSET
DOMNAMEDomain name DOMNAMECHAR30Assigned to domainDOMNAMEDD_DOMA
ROLLNAMEData element (semantic domain) ROLLNAMECHAR30Assigned to domainROLLNAMEROLDD_DTEL
CHECKTABLETable Name TABNAMECHAR30Assigned to domainAS4TABDTB
LENGLength (No. of Characters) DDLENGNUMC6DDLENG
INTLENInternal Length in Bytes INTLENNUMC6DDLENG
OUTPUTLENOutput Length OUTPUTLENNUMC6DDLENG
DECIMALSNumber of Decimal Places DECIMALSNUMC6DDLENG
DATATYPEABAP/4 Dictionary: Screen data type for Screen Painter DYNPTYPECHAR4DATATYPE
INTTYPEABAP data type (C,D,N,...) INTTYPECHAR1INTTYPE
REFTABLETable for reference field REFTABLECHAR30Assigned to domainAS4TAB
REFFIELDReference field for currency and qty fields REFFIELDCHAR30Assigned to domainFDNAME
FIELDTEXTShort Description of Repository Objects AS4TEXTCHAR60AS4TEXT
REPTEXTHeading REPTEXTCHAR55REPTEXT
SCRTEXT_SShort Field Label SCRTEXT_SCHAR10SCRTEXT_S
SCRTEXT_MMedium Field Label SCRTEXT_MCHAR20SCRTEXT_M
SCRTEXT_LLong Field Label SCRTEXT_LCHAR40SCRTEXT_L
KEYFLAGIdentifies a key field of a table KEYFLAGCHAR1KEYFLAG
SIGNFlag for sign in numerical fields SIGNFLAGCHAR1AS4FLAG
FRKARTDependency factor for semantic foreign keys FRKARTCHAR4FRKART
LOWERCASELowercase letters allowed/not allowed LOWERCASECHAR1AS4FLAG

Key field Non-key field



How do I retrieve data from SAP structure TXI_METADATA using ABAP code?

As TXI_METADATA 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 TXI_METADATA as there is no data to select.

How to access SAP table TXI_METADATA

Within an ECC or HANA version of SAP you can also view further information about TXI_METADATA and the data within it using relevant transactions such as

SE11 (ABAP Dictionary Maintenance)
SM30 (Maintain Table Data)
SE80 (Object Navigator)
SE16 (Data Browser).


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