WSAF_S_TABLE_DEFINES SAP (Table Fields and Field Descriptions) Structure details
Description: Table Fields and Field Descriptions
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Access table WSAF_S_TABLE_DEFINES
Structure field list including key, data, relationships and ABAP select examples
WSAF_S_TABLE_DEFINES 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 "Table Fields and Field Descriptions" 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_WSAF_S_TABLE_DEFINES TYPE WSAF_S_TABLE_DEFINES.
The WSAF_S_TABLE_DEFINES table consists of various fields, each holding specific information or linking keys about Table Fields and Field Descriptions data available in SAP. These include FIELDNAME (Field Name), ACTIVESTATUS (Activation Status of a Repository Object), TAB_POSITION (Position of the field in the table), KEYFLAG (Identifies a key field of a table).. 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: Can be enhanced (character-type)
SAP WSAF_S_TABLE_DEFINES 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 | ||
ACTIVESTATUS | Activation Status of a Repository Object | AS4LOCAL | CHAR | 1 | AS4LOCAL | ||||
TAB_POSITION | Position of the field in the table | TABFDPOS | NUMC | 4 | AS4POS | ||||
KEYFLAG | Identifies a key field of a table | KEYFLAG | CHAR | 1 | KEYFLAG | ||||
ROLLNAME | Data element (semantic domain) | ROLLNAME | CHAR | 30 | Assigned to domain | ROLLNAME | ROL | DD_DTEL | |
INTTYPE | ABAP data type (C,D,N,...) | INTTYPE | CHAR | 1 | INTTYPE | ||||
INTLEN | Internal Length in Bytes | INTLEN | NUMC | 6 | DDLENG | ||||
DATATYPE | Data Type in ABAP Dictionary | DATATYPE_D | CHAR | 4 | DTYPE | DATATYPE | |||
LENG | Length (No. of Characters) | DDLENG | NUMC | 6 | DDLENG | ||||
DECIMALS | Number of Decimal Places | DECIMALS | NUMC | 6 | DDLENG | ||||
DOMAENE | Domain name | DOMNAME | CHAR | 30 | Assigned to domain | DOMNAME | DD_DOMA |
Key field | Non-key field |
How do I retrieve data from SAP structure WSAF_S_TABLE_DEFINES using ABAP code?
As WSAF_S_TABLE_DEFINES 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 WSAF_S_TABLE_DEFINES as there is no data to select.How to access SAP table WSAF_S_TABLE_DEFINES
Within an ECC or HANA version of SAP you can also view further information about WSAF_S_TABLE_DEFINES 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