SAP ABAP Data Element HIER_TABLE (General hierarchy tool structure type table name)

Hierarchy

☛ SAP_BASIS (Software Component) SAP Basis Component
   ⤷ BC-CUS-TOL-HMT (Application Component) Hierarchy Storage
     ⤷ SHI2 (Package) Hierarchy maintenance tool - structure for IMG etc.

Basic Data

Data Element	HIER_TABLE
Short Description	General hierarchy tool structure type table name

Data Type

Category of Dictionary Type	D	Domain
Type of Object Referenced		No Information
Domain / Name of Reference Type	CHAR15
Data Type	CHAR	Character String
Length	15
Decimal Places	0
Output Length	15
Value Table

Further Characteristics

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Field Label

	Length	Field Label
Short	9	Table
Medium	9	Table
Long	9	Table
Heading	9	Table

Documentation

Definition

The table name specified here defines hoe the nodes of this structure type are stored. 3 tables must be active in the system for the storage:

1. the node table: <tablename>
2. the node text table: <tablename>T
3. the link table: <tablename>R

Use

Procedure

Create and activate the tables according to the above convention, if they do not exist.

Examples

Enter table name TNODE. The text table is TNODET and the link table TNODER.

Dependencies

History

Last changed by/on	SAP	19990505
SAP Release Created in