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SAP Table VIMNAMTAB

Control block structure for view fields in view maintenance

VIMNAMTAB (Control block structure for view fields in view maintenance) 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 VIMNAMTAB to other SAP tables.

VIMNAMTAB table fields

Field Data element Checktable Datatype Length Decimals
VIEWFIELD ABAP Dictionary: Name of view field VIEWFIELD CHAR 30 0
KEYFLAG Identifies a key field of a table KEYFLAG CHAR 1 0
NULL No key field
X Key field
POSITION Position of the field in the table TABFDPOS NUMC 4 0
READONLY Maintenance attribute for view field VFLDROFLAG CHAR 1 0
NULL View field is available as normal
R View field can only be read
S View field is used to form subsets
H View field is not transferred to the maintenance screens
LOWERCASE Lowercase letters allowed/not allowed LOWERCASE CHAR 1 0
NULL Do not set flag
X Set flag
FLENGTH Internal Length in Bytes INTLEN NUMC 6 0
OUTPUTLEN Output Length OUTPUTLEN NUMC 6 0
SCRTEXT Long Field Label SCRTEXT_L CHAR 40 0
TABIX Row Index of Internal Tables SYTABIX INT4 10 0
DOMNAME Domain name DOMNAME CHAR 30 0
CHECKTABLE Check table name of the foreign key CHECKTABLE CHAR 30 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
DATATYPE 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
PRIMTABKEY Position of the field in the table TABFDPOS NUMC 4 0
CONVEXIT Conversion Routine CONVEXIT CHAR 5 0
TEXTTABFLD CHAR01 data element for SYST SYCHAR01 CHAR 1 0
DECIMALS Number of Decimal Places DECIMALS NUMC 6 0
SIGN Flag for sign in numerical fields SIGNFLAG CHAR 1 0
NULL Do not set flag
X Set flag
LENG Length (No. of Characters) DDLENG NUMC 6 0
ROLLNAME Data element (semantic domain) ROLLNAME CHAR 30 0
PRTFRKYFLD CHAR01 data element for SYST SYCHAR01 CHAR 1 0
BASTABNAME Table Name TABNAME CHAR 30 0
BASTABFLD Field Name FIELDNAME CHAR 30 0
TXTTABFLDN Field Name FIELDNAME CHAR 30 0
TEXTTABPOS Offset of a field DOFFSET NUMC 6 0
TEXTFLDSEL CHAR01 data element for SYST SYCHAR01 CHAR 1 0
MEMORYID Set/Get parameter ID MEMORYID CHAR 20 0
REFTABLE Table for reference field REFTABLE CHAR 30 0
REFFIELD Reference field for currency and qty fields REFFIELD CHAR 30 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