VIMSHORTSL SAP (extended table maint.: Selection conditions short form) Structure details
Description: extended table maint.: Selection conditions short form
Structure field list including key, data, relationships and ABAP select examples
VIMSHORTSL 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 "extended table maint.: Selection conditions short form" 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_VIMSHORTSL TYPE VIMSHORTSL.
The VIMSHORTSL table consists of various fields, each holding specific information or linking keys about extended table maint.: Selection conditions short form data available in SAP. These include NEGATION (NOT operator in selection conditions), LEFTPAR (Row Index of Internal Tables), OPERATOR (Operator in a selection condition), VALUE (Area for table key).. 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 VIMSHORTSL 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 |
| VIEWFIELD | ABAP Dictionary: Name of view field | VIEWFIELD | CHAR | 30 | Assigned to domain | FDNAME | |||
| NEGATION | NOT operator in selection conditions | VSNEGATION | CHAR | 3 | VSNEGATION | ||||
| LEFTPAR | Row Index of Internal Tables | SYTABIX | INT4 | 10 | SYST_LONG | ||||
| OPERATOR | Operator in a selection condition | VSOPERATOR | CHAR | 2 | VSOPERATOR | ||||
| VALUE | Area for table key | TABKEYL | CHAR | 120 | TABKEYL | ||||
| RIGHTPAR | Row Index of Internal Tables | SYTABIX | INT4 | 10 | SYST_LONG | ||||
| AND_OR | AND/OR link in a selection condition | VSCONJ | CHAR | 3 | VSCONJ |
| Key field | Non-key field |
How do I retrieve data from SAP structure VIMSHORTSL using ABAP code?
As VIMSHORTSL 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 VIMSHORTSL as there is no data to select.How to access SAP table VIMSHORTSL
Within an ECC or HANA version of SAP you can also view further information about VIMSHORTSL 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