WPMAEX SAP (Extended MAEX Structure (Engineering Change Management)) Structure details

Dictionary Type: Structure
Description: Extended MAEX Structure (Engineering Change Management)




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

WPMAEX 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 MAEX Structure (Engineering Change Management)" 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_WPMAEX TYPE WPMAEX.

The WPMAEX table consists of various fields, each holding specific information or linking keys about Extended MAEX Structure (Engineering Change Management) data available in SAP. These include UTIME (Time of Last Change), AENNR (Change Number), CHGFLAG (POS interface: flag for certain field changes), MANDT (Client).. 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 WPMAEX 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
DATUMPOS interface: date WJDPOSDATDATS8DATUM
UTIMETime of Last Change UTIMETIMS6UZEIT
AENNRChange Number AENNRCHAR12Assigned to domainAENNRAENNRAEN
CHGFLAGPOS interface: flag for certain field changes WJDPOSFLAGCHAR1X
MANDTClient MANDTCLNT3T000MANDT
MATNRMaterial Number MATNRCHAR18MARAMATN1MATNRMATS_MAT1
ALANDDeparture country (country from which the goods are sent) ALANDCHAR3T005LAND1VAL
GEGRULegal regulation for legal control GEGRUCHAR2T606GGEGRUGEG
ALNUMExport control class according the legal reg. for legal ctrl ALNUMCHAR14T606HALNUMALN
EMBGRGrouping for Legal Control EMBGRCHAR14T606IEMBGREMB
PMASTIndividual maint. of matl master for legal control possible PMASTCHAR1XFELD
SECGKLegal Control: Special Characteristics Code for Goods SECGKCHAR5T606DSECGK

Key field Non-key field



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

As WPMAEX 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 WPMAEX as there is no data to select.

How to access SAP table WPMAEX

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