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SAP Table RSDCHABAS

Basic characteristics (for chars, time-chars and units)

RSDCHABAS (Basic characteristics (for chars, time-chars and units)) 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 RSDCHABAS to other SAP tables.

RSDCHABAS table fields

Field Data element Checktable Datatype Length Decimals
CHABASNM Reference characteristic RSCHABASNM CHAR 30 0
OBJVERS Object version RSOBJVERS CHAR 1 0
A Active
M Revised
N New
D Content
H Historic
T Transport
CHATP Characteristc Type Based on Master Data Access RSCHATP CHAR 3 0
GEN Default
FIX Own Implementation
REM Direct Access
DATATP Data Type in ABAP Dictionary DATATYPE_D 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
INTLEN Internal Length of InfoObjects in BW - see Docu RSDINTLEN NUMC 6 0
OUTPUTLEN Output Length OUTPUTLEN NUMC 6 0
CONVEXIT Conversion Routine CONVEXIT CHAR 5 0
FVALEX Domain fixed values exist (flag) RSFVALEX CHAR 1 0
X Yes
NULL No
LOWERCASE Lowercase letters allowed/not allowed LOWERCASE CHAR 1 0
NULL Do not set flag
X Set flag
GISTP Geographical type for a characteristic RSGISTP NUMC 1 0
0 No geo-characteristic
1 Static geo-characteristic
2 Dynamic geo-characteristic
3 Dynamic geo-characteristic with values from attribute
4 Static geo-characteristic with geo-attributes
GISATTRINM Geographical attribute RSGISATTRINM CHAR 30 0
INFOAREA InfoArea RSINFOAREA CHAR 30 0
APPLNM Application Component RSAPPLNM CHAR 30 0
BOR_OBJTYP Object Type SWO_OBJTYP CHAR 10 0
MDRCLNM Name of Master Data Read Class RSMDCLNM CHAR 30 0
MDRCLPA Parameters for Master Data Read Class RSMDRCLPA CHAR 100 0
NOVALFL Characteristic does not have a check table RSNOVALFL CHAR 1 0
X Yes
NULL No
RDAFL Permitted for RDA Process RSDRDAFL CHAR 1 0
X Yes
NULL No
F4DEFAULT Selection of Filter Values for Query Definition RSF4DEFAULT CHAR 1 0
D Only Values in InfoProvider
M Values in Master Data Table
F4QUERYEXEC Selection of Filter Values for Query Execution RSF4QUERYEXEC CHAR 1 0
Q Only Posted Values for Navigation
D Only Values in InfoProvider
M Values in Master Data Table
ATTRIBFL Attributes (flag) exist for the characteristic RSATTRIBFL CHAR 1 0
X Yes
NULL No
TIMDEPFL Flag: Master data is time-dependent RSTIMDEPFL CHAR 1 0
X Yes
NULL No
KEYSORTEXT The key is sorted according to the external format (flag) RSDKEYSOREXT CHAR 1 0
X Yes
NULL No
EXPDSOURCEFL The characteristic is used as export data source RSEXPDSOURCEFL CHAR 1 0
X Yes
NULL No
CHECKODS DataStore Object for Checking Characteristic Values RSDCHECKODS CHAR 30 0
TXTTABFL Text Table Exists RSDTXTTABFL CHAR 1 0
NULL Undefined
0 No
1 Yes
TXTTIMFL Texts are time-dep. RSDTXTTIMFL CHAR 1 0
NULL Undefined
0 No
1 Yes
NOLANGU Master data texts are language independent (flag) RSNOLANGU CHAR 1 0
X Yes
NULL No
TXTSHFL Short text exists (flag) RSTXTSHFL CHAR 1 0
X Yes
NULL No
TXTMDFL Medium length text exists (flag) RSTXTMDFL CHAR 1 0
X Yes
NULL No
TXTLGFL Long text exists (flag) RSTXTLGFL CHAR 1 0
X Yes
NULL No
TXTXLFL The long text is extra long (String) RSTXTXLFL CHAR 1 0
X Yes
NULL No
UNINM Currency attribute RSCUKYDEF RSDUNI CHAR 30 0
UOMCONV Base Unit of Measure RSUOMCONV CHAR 30 0
UOMCONVODS Quantity ODS: Units of Measure for InfoObject RSUOMCONVODS CHAR 30 0
IOBJROUT Global transfer routine for InfoObjects RSIOBJROUT CHAR 25 0
HIETABFL Characteristic with hierarchies RSHIETABFL CHAR 1 0
X Yes
NULL No
HIEVERFL Hierarchies can have several versions RSHIEVERFL CHAR 1 0
X Yes
NULL No
HIENMTFL Entire hierarchy is time-dependent RSDHIENMTFL CHAR 1 0
X Yes
NULL No
HIENDTFL Hierarchy structure is time-dependent RSHIENDTFL CHAR 1 0
X Yes
NULL No
HIEINTFL Intervals permitted in hierarchy RSHIEINTFL CHAR 1 0
X Yes
NULL No
HIESIGNCH Reverse Sign for Hierarchy Nodes RSSHSIGNCH CHAR 1 0
NULL No Reverse of Sign for Hierarchy Nodes
X Reverse of Sign Possible for Hierarchy Nodes
HIETJOINFL Use Temporal Hierarchy Join RSHIETJOINFL CHAR 1 0
X Yes
NULL No
HIETP Type of Characteristic Related to Hierarchy RSHIETP CHAR 3 0
GEN Standard
FIX Own Implementation
HIECLNM Name of Remote Hierarchy RSHIECLNM CHAR 30 0
HIECLPA Parameters for Remote Hierarchy Class RSHIECLPA CHAR 100 0
IOBJSIZCAT BW: Size category for InfoObject tables (master data/hier.) RSIOBJSIZCAT CHAR 2 0
IOBJDATCLS BW: Data class for InfoObject tables(master data/ hierarch.) RSIOBJDATCLS CHAR 5 0
OBN_SYS_ALIAS System Alias for OBN RSDSYSALIAS CHAR 10 0
HIGH_CARDINALITY Characteristic with high cardinality (more than 2 mio recs.) RSDHIGH_CARD_CHA NUMC 1 0
0 Without high cardinality
1 With high cardinality

RSDCHABAS foreign key relationships

Table Field Foreign key table Foreign key field Check table Check field
RSDCHABAS UNINM RSDCHABAS UNINM RSDUNI Units UNINM
RSDCHABAS UNINM RSDCHABAS OBJVERS RSDUNI Units OBJVERS