UMGSOFFLENNAM SAP (Offset length and fieldname) Structure details

Dictionary Type: Structure
Description: Offset length and fieldname




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Structure field list including key, data, relationships and ABAP select examples

UMGSOFFLENNAM 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 "Offset length and fieldname" 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_UMGSOFFLENNAM TYPE UMGSOFFLENNAM.

The UMGSOFFLENNAM table consists of various fields, each holding specific information or linking keys about Offset length and fieldname data available in SAP. These include IOFF (Field offset from beginning of structure (from 0)), ILEN (Internal length of field), NAME (Field Name), ABAP_LENGTH (Internal Length in Bytes).. 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 UMGSOFFLENNAM 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
IOFFField offset from beginning of structure (from 0) IOFFINT410IOFF
ILENInternal length of field ILENINT410ILEN
NAMEField Name FIELDNAMECHAR30Assigned to domainFDNAMEDFD
ABAP_LENGTHInternal Length in Bytes INTLENNUMC6DDLENG
ABAP_TYPEABAP data type (C,D,N,...) INTTYPECHAR1INTTYPE
BYTE_OFFSET Byte offset0

Key field Non-key field



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

As UMGSOFFLENNAM 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 UMGSOFFLENNAM as there is no data to select.

How to access SAP table UMGSOFFLENNAM

Within an ECC or HANA version of SAP you can also view further information about UMGSOFFLENNAM 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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