Hierarchy
SAP_BASIS (Software Component) SAP Basis Component⤷
BC-DWB-DIC-AC (Application Component) Activation Program, Conversion Program, DB Utility, MC, SPDD⤷
SDIC (Package) ABAP Dictionary
Basic Data
| Data Element | TABKAT |
| Short Description | Size category |
Data Type
| Category of Dictionary Type | D | Domain |
| Type of Object Referenced | No Information | |
| Domain / Name of Reference Type | TABKAT | |
| Data Type | CHAR | Character String |
| Length | 2 | |
| Decimal Places | 0 | |
| Output Length | 2 | |
| Value Table |
Further Characteristics
| Search Help: Name | ||
| Search Help: Parameters | ||
| Parameter ID | ||
| Default Component name | ||
| Change document | ||
| No Input History | ||
| Basic direction is set to LTR | ||
| No BIDI Filtering |
Field Label
| Length | Field Label | |
| Short | 10 | Size cat. |
| Medium | 15 | Size category |
| Long | 15 | Size category |
| Heading | 2 | SC |
Documentation
Definition
The size category determines the probable space requirement for a table in the database.
You can select the categories 0 to 4 for your table. Each category is assigned a specific fixed storage area value in the database. When you create a table, initial space is saved for it in the database. If more space is required later as a result of data that has been entered, the storage space is increased in accordance with the category selected.
Press F4 on the field Size category to see the number of data records that can be maintained for the individual categories of your table without complications ensuing. These complications could be for example a reorganization becoming necessary because the maximum space to be reserved for the table was exceeded due to the maintained size category.
History
| Last changed by/on | SAP | 19970321 |
| SAP Release Created in |
