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SAP Table LVC_S_FCAT

ALV control: Field catalog

LVC_S_FCAT (ALV control: Field catalog) 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 LVC_S_FCAT to other SAP tables.

LVC_S_FCAT table fields

Field

Data element

Checktable

Datatype

Length

Decimals

Possible values

ROW_POS

ALV control: Output line (INTERNAL USE)

LVC_ROWPOS

INT4

COL_POS

ALV control: Output column

LVC_COLPOS

INT4

FIELDNAME

ALV control: Field name of internal table field

LVC_FNAME

CHAR

TABNAME

LVC tab name

LVC_TNAME

CHAR

CURRENCY

ALV control: Currency unit

LVC_CURR

CHAR

CFIELDNAME

ALV control: Field name for currency unit referenced

LVC_CFNAME

CHAR

QUANTITY

ALV control: Unit of measure

LVC_QUAN

CHAR

QFIELDNAME

ALV control: Field name for unit of measure referenced

LVC_QFNAME

CHAR

IFIELDNAME

ALV control: Field name of internal table field

LVC_FNAME

CHAR

ROUND

ALV control: ROUND value

LVC_ROUND

INT4

EXPONENT

ALV control: Exponent for float representation

LVC_EXPONT

CHAR

KEY

ALV control: Key field

LVC_KEY

CHAR

KEY_SEL

ALV control: Key column that may be hidden

LVC_KEYSEL

CHAR

ICON

ALV control: Output as icon

LVC_ICON

CHAR

Value	Description
NULL	Blank
.	Radio button
X	Selection

SYMBOL

ALV control: Output as symbol

LVC_SYMBOL

CHAR

CHECKBOX

ALV control: Output as checkbox

LVC_CHECKB

CHAR

Value	Description
NULL	Blank
.	Radio button
X	Selection

JUST

ALV control: Alignment

LVC_JUST

CHAR

LZERO

ALV control: Output leading zeros

LVC_LZERO

CHAR

Value	Description
NULL	Blank
.	Radio button
X	Selection

NO_SIGN

ALV Control: Suppress Signs for Output

LVC_NOSIGN

CHAR

Value	Description
NULL	Blank
.	Radio button
X	Selection

NO_ZERO

ALV control: Suppress zeros for output

LVC_NOZERO

CHAR

Value	Description
NULL	Blank
.	Radio button
X	Selection

NO_CONVEXT

ALV control: Do not consider conversion exit for output

LVC_NOCONV

CHAR

EDIT_MASK

ALV control: EditMask for output

LVC_EDTMSK

CHAR

EMPHASIZE

ALV control: Highlight column with color

LVC_EMPHSZ

CHAR

FIX_COLUMN

ALV Control: Fix Column

LVC_FIXCOL

CHAR

Value	Description
NULL	Blank
.	Radio button
X	Selection

DO_SUM

ALV control: Aggregate values of column

LVC_DOSUM

CHAR

Value	Description
NULL	Blank
.	Radio button
X	Selection

NO_SUM

ALV control: No aggregation over values of column

LVC_NOSUM

CHAR

Value	Description
NULL	Blank
.	Radio button
X	Selection

NO_OUT

ALV control: Column is not output

LVC_NOOUT

CHAR

TECH

ALV control: Technical field

LVC_TECH

CHAR

Value	Description
NULL	Blank
.	Radio button
X	Selection

OUTPUTLEN

ALV control: Column width in characters

LVC_OUTLEN

NUMC

CONVEXIT

Conversion Routine

CONVEXIT

CHAR

SELTEXT

ALV control: Column identifier for dialog functions

LVC_TXT

CHAR

TOOLTIP

ALV control: Tool tip for column header

LVC_TIP

CHAR

ROLLNAME

ALV control: Data element for F1 help

LVC_ROLL

CHAR

DATATYPE

Data Type in ABAP Dictionary

DATATYPE_D

CHAR

Value	Description
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

Value	Description
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

INTLEN

Internal Length in Bytes

INTLEN

NUMC

LOWERCASE

Lowercase letters allowed/not allowed

LOWERCASE

CHAR

Value	Description
NULL	Do not set flag
X	Set flag

REPTEXT

Heading

REPTEXT

CHAR

HIER_LEVEL

ALV control: Internal use

LVC_HIERL

INT4

REPREP

ALV control: Value is selection criterion for rep./rep.intf.

LVC_CRPRP

CHAR

DOMNAME

Domain name

DOMNAME

CHAR

SP_GROUP

Group key

LVC_SPGRP

CHAR

HOTSPOT

ALV control: SingleClick-sensitive

LVC_HOTSPT

CHAR

DFIELDNAME

ALV control: Field name for column group in database

LVCDBGFN

CHAR

COL_ID

ALV control: Column ID

LVC_COLID

INT4

F4AVAILABL

Does the field have an input help

DDF4AVAIL

CHAR

Value	Description
NULL	FALSE
X	TRUE

AUTO_VALUE

ALV control: Automatic value copy

LVC_AUTO

CHAR

CHECKTABLE

Table Name

TABNAME

CHAR

VALEXI

Existence of fixed values

VALEXI

CHAR

Value	Description
NULL	Do not set flag
X	Set flag

WEB_FIELD

ALV control: Field name of internal table field

LVC_FNAME

CHAR

HREF_HNDL

Natural Number

INT4

STYLE

ALV control: Style

LVC_STYLE

RAW

STYLE2

ALV control: Style

LVC_STYLE

RAW

STYLE3

ALV control: Style

LVC_STYLE

RAW

STYLE4

ALV control: Style

LVC_STYLE

RAW

DRDN_HNDL

Natural Number

INT4

DRDN_FIELD

ALV control: Field name of internal table field

LVC_FNAME

CHAR

NO_MERGING

Character Field Length 1

CHAR01

CHAR

H_FTYPE

ALV tree control: Functional type (sum, avg, max, min, ...)

LVC_FTYPE

CHAR

COL_OPT

Entry for Optional Column Optimization

LVC_COLOPT

CHAR

Value	Description
X	Optimization Is Kept Until the First Interaction
A	Optimization Is Kept Always
NULL	No Optimization

NO_INIT_CH

Character Field Length 1

CHAR01

CHAR

DRDN_ALIAS

Character Field Length 1

CHAR01

CHAR

DECFLOAT_STYLE

DD: Output Style (Output Style) for Decfloat Types

OUTPUTSTYLE

NUMC

Value	Description
00	Normal
01	Sign right
02	Scale-preserving
03	Scientific
04	Scientific with leading zero
05	Scale-preserving scientific
06	Engineering

PARAMETER0

30 Characters

CHAR30

CHAR

PARAMETER1

30 Characters

CHAR30

CHAR

PARAMETER2

30 Characters

CHAR30

CHAR

PARAMETER3

30 Characters

CHAR30

CHAR

PARAMETER4

30 Characters

CHAR30

CHAR

PARAMETER5

Natural Number

INT4

PARAMETER6

Natural Number

INT4

PARAMETER7

Natural Number

INT4

PARAMETER8

Natural Number

INT4

PARAMETER9

Natural Number

INT4

REF_FIELD

ALV control: Reference field name for internal table field

LVC_RFNAME

CHAR

REF_TABLE

ALV control: Reference table name for internal table field

LVC_RTNAME

CHAR

TXT_FIELD

ALV control: Field name of internal table field

LVC_FNAME

CHAR

ROUNDFIELD

ALV control: Field name with ROUND specification

LVC_RNDFN

CHAR

DECIMALS_O

ALV control: Number of decimal places for output

LVC_DECMLS

CHAR

DECMLFIELD

ALV control: Field name with DECIMALS specification

LVC_DFNAME

CHAR

DD_OUTLEN

ALV control: Output length in characters

LVC_DDLEN

NUMC

DECIMALS

Number of Decimal Places

DECIMALS

NUMC

COLTEXT

ALV control: Column heading

LVC_TXTCOL

CHAR

SCRTEXT_L

Long Field Label

SCRTEXT_L

CHAR

SCRTEXT_M

Medium Field Label

SCRTEXT_M

CHAR

SCRTEXT_S

Short Field Label

SCRTEXT_S

CHAR

COLDDICTXT

ALV control: Determine DDIC text reference

LVC_DDICT

CHAR

SELDDICTXT

ALV control: Determine DDIC text reference

LVC_DDICT

CHAR

TIPDDICTXT

ALV control: Determine DDIC text reference

LVC_DDICT

CHAR

EDIT

ALV control: Ready for input

LVC_EDIT

CHAR

TECH_COL

ALV control: Internal use

LVC_TCOL

INT4

TECH_FORM

ALV control: Internal use

LVC_TFORM

INT4

TECH_COMP

ALV control: Internal use

LVC_TCOMP

CHAR

Value	Description
NULL	Blank
.	Radio button
X	Selection

HIER_CPOS

ALV control: Hierarchical column position

LVCHCOLPOS

INT2

H_COL_KEY

Tree Control: Column Name / Item Name

TV_ITMNAME

CHAR

H_SELECT

Indicates if a column in the tree control can be selected

LVC_SELECT

CHAR

DD_ROLL

Data element (semantic domain)

ROLLNAME

CHAR

DRAGDROPID

ALV control: Drag&Drop handle for DragDrop object

LVC_DDID

INT4

MAC

Character Field Length 1

CHAR01

CHAR

INDX_FIELD

Natural Number

INT4

INDX_CFIEL

Natural Number

INT4

INDX_QFIEL

Natural Number

INT4

INDX_IFIEL

Natural Number

INT4

INDX_ROUND

Natural Number

INT4

INDX_DECML

Natural Number

INT4

GET_STYLE

Character Field Length 1

CHAR01

CHAR

MARK

Character Field Length 1

CHAR01

CHAR