TXI_METADATA SAP (Meta Data for ILM Segments) Structure details
Description: Meta Data for ILM Segments
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 |
TABNAME | Table Name | TABNAME | CHAR | 30 | Assigned to domain | AS4TAB | DTB | ||
FIELDNAME | Field Name | FIELDNAME | CHAR | 30 | Assigned to domain | FDNAME | DFD | ||
LANGU | Language Key | DDLANGUAGE | LANG | 1 | Assigned to domain | ISOLA | SPRAS | ||
POSITION | Position of the field in the table | TABFDPOS | NUMC | 4 | AS4POS | ||||
OFFSET | Offset of a field | DOFFSET | NUMC | 6 | DOFFSET | ||||
DOMNAME | Domain name | DOMNAME | CHAR | 30 | Assigned to domain | DOMNAME | DD_DOMA | ||
ROLLNAME | Data element (semantic domain) | ROLLNAME | CHAR | 30 | Assigned to domain | ROLLNAME | ROL | DD_DTEL | |
CHECKTABLE | Table Name | TABNAME | CHAR | 30 | Assigned to domain | AS4TAB | DTB | ||
LENG | Length (No. of Characters) | DDLENG | NUMC | 6 | DDLENG | ||||
INTLEN | Internal Length in Bytes | INTLEN | NUMC | 6 | DDLENG | ||||
OUTPUTLEN | Output Length | OUTPUTLEN | NUMC | 6 | DDLENG | ||||
DECIMALS | Number of Decimal Places | DECIMALS | NUMC | 6 | DDLENG | ||||
DATATYPE | ABAP/4 Dictionary: Screen data type for Screen Painter | DYNPTYPE | CHAR | 4 | DATATYPE | ||||
INTTYPE | ABAP data type (C,D,N,...) | INTTYPE | CHAR | 1 | INTTYPE | ||||
REFTABLE | Table for reference field | REFTABLE | CHAR | 30 | Assigned to domain | AS4TAB | |||
REFFIELD | Reference field for currency and qty fields | REFFIELD | CHAR | 30 | Assigned to domain | FDNAME | |||
FIELDTEXT | Short Description of Repository Objects | AS4TEXT | CHAR | 60 | AS4TEXT | ||||
REPTEXT | Heading | REPTEXT | CHAR | 55 | REPTEXT | ||||
SCRTEXT_S | Short Field Label | SCRTEXT_S | CHAR | 10 | SCRTEXT_S | ||||
SCRTEXT_M | Medium Field Label | SCRTEXT_M | CHAR | 20 | SCRTEXT_M | ||||
SCRTEXT_L | Long Field Label | SCRTEXT_L | CHAR | 40 | SCRTEXT_L | ||||
KEYFLAG | Identifies a key field of a table | KEYFLAG | CHAR | 1 | KEYFLAG | ||||
SIGN | Flag for sign in numerical fields | SIGNFLAG | CHAR | 1 | AS4FLAG | ||||
FRKART | Dependency factor for semantic foreign keys | FRKART | CHAR | 4 | FRKART | ||||
LOWERCASE | Lowercase letters allowed/not allowed | LOWERCASE | CHAR | 1 | AS4FLAG |
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 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