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SAP Table DDFIELDTAB

Return Information of DDIF_FIELDINFO_GET (set-call)

DDFIELDTAB (Return Information of DDIF_FIELDINFO_GET (set-call)) is a standard table in SAP R\3 ERP systems. Below you can find the technical details of the fields that make up this table. Key fields are marked in blue.

Additionally we provide an overview of foreign key relationships, if any, that link DDFIELDTAB to other SAP tables.

DDFIELDTAB table fields

Field Data element Checktable Datatype Length Decimals
TABNAME Table Name TABNAME CHAR 30 0
NTABHD X030L STRU 0 0
TABNAME Table Name TABNAME CHAR 30 0
DBASE Internal Name for Database INTBASE CHAR 1 0
UUID Global Unique ID for table UUID RAW 16 0
CRSTAMP Time of nametab generation CRSTAMP CHAR 14 0
ABSTAMP ABAP Time Stamp ABSTAMP CHAR 14 0
DYSTAMP Screen time stamp DYSTAMP CHAR 14 0
FLDCNT Number of table fields FLDCNT RAW 2 0
TABLEN Table length in bytes TABLENGTH RAW 4 0
KEYCNT Number of key fields in table KEYCNT RAW 1 0
KEYLEN Length of Table Key in Bytes KEYLENGTH RAW 2 0
CLPOS Position number of the client field in the table CLPOS RAW 1 0
TABTYPE Type of the Dictionary object TABTYPE CHAR 1 0
A not used
T Pooled, cluster, transparent table
L ABAP/4 Dictionary table (not used)
P Physical pooled table
C Physical cluster table
V View (not used)
J Table without DB representation, views
TABFORM How the Dictionary object is implemented in the database TABFORM CHAR 1 0
T Table/view which is stored transparently in the database
C Table which is stored in a physical cluster
P Table which is stored in a physical pool
V Projection view
J Table/view without implementation in DB
REFNAME Name of physical table (for pool/cluster/view) REFNAME CHAR 30 0
FLAGBYTE Flag of length 1 byte for table attributes TABFLAG_D RAW 1 0
EXROUT Flag if table to be compressed EXROUT RAW 1 0
FLAG3 Flag of length 1 byte for table attributes TABFLAG_D RAW 1 0
FLAG4 Flag of length 1 byte for table attributes TABFLAG_D RAW 1 0
FLAG5 Flag of length 1 byte for table attributes TABFLAG_D RAW 1 0
FLAG6 Flag of length 1 byte for table attributes TABFLAG_D RAW 1 0
BUFSTATE Buffering type of table BUFSTATE CHAR 1 0
NULL ' ': not buffered
P 'P': partially buffered
R 'R': resident, fully buffered
G 'G': generic buffering
BUFPARM Supplementary information in generic buffering BUFPARM RAW 2 0
ALIGN Table alignment ALIGNMENT RAW 1 0
POINTERLG Pointer length with which nametab was generated POINTERLG RAW 1 0
UNICODELG Unicode length with which runtime object was generated UNICODELG RAW 1 0
COMPCNT ABAP Dictionary: Number of Fields with Depth 0 DDCOMPCNT RAW 2 0
LEAFCNT ABAP Dictionary: Leaf Content of Structure DDLEAFCNT RAW 2 0
DDOBJTYPE Table category TABCLASS CHAR 8 0
TRANSP Transparent table
INTTAB Structure
CLUSTER Cluster table
POOL Pooled table
VIEW General view structure
APPEND Append structure
DFIESHD DFIES STRU 0 0
TABNAME Table Name TABNAME CHAR 30 0
FIELDNAME Field Name FIELDNAME CHAR 30 0
LANGU Language Key DDLANGUAGE LANG 1 0
POSITION Position of the field in the table TABFDPOS NUMC 4 0
OFFSET Offset of a field DOFFSET NUMC 6 0
DOMNAME Domain name DOMNAME CHAR 30 0
ROLLNAME Data element (semantic domain) ROLLNAME CHAR 30 0
CHECKTABLE Table Name TABNAME CHAR 30 0
LENG Length (No. of Characters) DDLENG NUMC 6 0
INTLEN Internal Length in Bytes INTLEN NUMC 6 0
OUTPUTLEN Output Length OUTPUTLEN NUMC 6 0
DECIMALS Number of Decimal Places DECIMALS NUMC 6 0
DATATYPE ABAP/4 Dictionary: Screen data type for Screen Painter DYNPTYPE CHAR 4 0
ACCP Posting period YYYYMM
CHAR Character String
CLNT Client
CUKY Currency key, referenced by CURR fields
CURR Currency field, stored as DEC
D16D Decimal Floating Point, 16 Digits, DEC on Database
D16R Decimal Floating Point, 16 Digits, RAW on Database
D16S Decimal Floating Point. 16 Digits, with Scale Field
D34D Decimal Floating Point, 34 Digits, DEC on Database
D34R Decimal Floating Point, 34 Digits, RAW on Database
D34S Decimal Floating Point, 34 Digits, with Scale Field
DATS Date field (YYYYMMDD) stored as char(8)
DEC Counter or amount field with comma and sign
FLTP Floating point number, accurate to 8 bytes
INT1 1-byte integer, integer number <= 255
INT2 2-byte integer, only for length field before LCHR or LRAW
INT4 4-byte integer, integer number with sign
LANG Language key
LCHR Long character string, requires preceding INT2 field
LRAW Long byte string, requires preceding INT2 field
NUMC Character string with only digits
PREC Obsolete data type, do not use
QUAN Quantity field, points to a unit field with format UNIT
RAW Uninterpreted sequence of bytes
RSTR Byte String of Variable Length
SSTR Short Character String of Variable Length
STRG Character String of Variable Length
TIMS Time field (hhmmss), stored as char(6)
UNIT Unit key for QUAN fields
VARC Long character string, no longer supported from Rel. 3.0
INTTYPE ABAP data type (C,D,N,...) INTTYPE CHAR 1 0
C Character String
N Character String with Digits Only
D Date (Date: YYYYMMDD)
T Time (Time: HHMMSS)
X Byte Seq. (heXadecimal), in DDIC metadata also for INT1/2/4
I Integer number (4-byte integer with sign)
b 1-byte integer, integer number <= 254
s 2-byte integer, only for length field before LCHR or LRAW
P Packed number
F Floating point number to accuracy of 8 bytes
g Character string with variable length (ABAP type STRING)
y Byte sequence with variable length (ABAP type XSTRING)
u Structured type, flat
v Structured type, deep
h Table type
V Character string (old Dictionary type VARC)
r Reference to class/interface
l Reference to data object
a Decimal Floating Point Number, 16 Digits
e Decimal Floating Point Number, 34 Digits
j Static Boxed Components
k Generic Boxed Components
REFTABLE Table for reference field REFTABLE CHAR 30 0
REFFIELD Reference field for currency and qty fields REFFIELD CHAR 30 0
PRECFIELD Name of included table PRECFIELD CHAR 30 0
AUTHORID Authorization class AUTHORID CHAR 3 0
MEMORYID Set/Get parameter ID MEMORYID CHAR 20 0
LOGFLAG Indicator for writing change documents LOGFLAG CHAR 1 0
NULL Do not set flag
X Set flag
MASK Template (not used) AS4MASK CHAR 20 0
MASKLEN Template length (not used) MASKLEN NUMC 4 0
CONVEXIT Conversion Routine CONVEXIT CHAR 5 0
HEADLEN Maximum length of heading HEADLEN NUMC 2 0
SCRLEN1 Max. length for short field label SCRLEN_S NUMC 2 0
SCRLEN2 Max. length for medium field label SCRLEN_M NUMC 2 0
SCRLEN3 Max. length for long field label SCRLEN_L NUMC 2 0
FIELDTEXT Short Description of Repository Objects AS4TEXT CHAR 60 0
REPTEXT Heading REPTEXT CHAR 55 0
SCRTEXT_S Short Field Label SCRTEXT_S CHAR 10 0
SCRTEXT_M Medium Field Label SCRTEXT_M CHAR 20 0
SCRTEXT_L Long Field Label SCRTEXT_L CHAR 40 0
KEYFLAG Identifies a key field of a table KEYFLAG CHAR 1 0
NULL No key field
X Key field
LOWERCASE Lowercase letters allowed/not allowed LOWERCASE CHAR 1 0
NULL Do not set flag
X Set flag
MAC Flag if search help is attached to the field DDSHATTACH CHAR 1 0
NULL FALSE
X TRUE
GENKEY Flag (X or Blank) AS4FLAG CHAR 1 0
NULL Do not set flag
X Set flag
NOFORKEY Flag (X or Blank) AS4FLAG CHAR 1 0
NULL Do not set flag
X Set flag
VALEXI Existence of fixed values VALEXI CHAR 1 0
NULL Do not set flag
X Set flag
NOAUTHCH Flag (X or Blank) AS4FLAG CHAR 1 0
NULL Do not set flag
X Set flag
SIGN Flag for sign in numerical fields SIGNFLAG CHAR 1 0
NULL Do not set flag
X Set flag
DYNPFLD Flag: field to be displayed on the screen DYNPROFLD CHAR 1 0
NULL Do not set flag
X Set flag
F4AVAILABL Does the field have an input help DDF4AVAIL CHAR 1 0
NULL FALSE
X TRUE
COMPTYPE DD: Component Type COMPTYPE CHAR 1 0
E Data element
NULL Built-in type
S Structured type (possibly as INCLUDE)
L Table type
N Reference to non-active type
LFIELDNAME Field name FNAM_____4 CHAR 132 0
LTRFLDDIS Basic write direction has been defined LTR (left-to-right) DDLTRFLDDI CHAR 1 0
NULL FALSE
X TRUE
BIDICTRLC DD: No Filtering of BIDI Formatting Characters DDBIDICTRL CHAR 1 0
NULL FALSE
X TRUE
OUTPUTSTYLE DD: Output Style (Output Style) for Decfloat Types OUTPUTSTYLE NUMC 2 0
00 Normal
01 Sign right
02 Scale-preserving
03 Scientific
04 Scientific with leading zero
05 Scale-preserving scientific
06 Engineering
NOHISTORY DD: Flag for Deactivating Input History in Screen Field DDNOHISTORY CHAR 1 0
NULL FALSE
X TRUE
AMPMFORMAT DD: Indicator whether AM/PM time format is required DDAMPMFORMAT CHAR 1 0
LINES_DESCR DDTYPELIST TTYP 0 0
DFIES_TAB DFIES_TABLE TTYP 0 0
FIXED_VALUES DDFIXVALUES TTYP 0 0