SAP ABAP Data Element IUUC_TABCLASS (Table category)
Hierarchy
DMIS (Software Component) DMIS 2011_1
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Basic Data
Data Element IUUC_TABCLASS
Short Description Table category  
Data Type
Category of Dictionary Type D   Domain
Type of Object Referenced     No Information
Domain / Name of Reference Type IUUC_TABCLASS    
Data Type CHAR   Character String 
Length 8    
Decimal Places 0    
Output Length 8    
Value Table      
Further Characteristics
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Change document    
No Input History    
Basic direction is set to LTR    
No BIDI Filtering    
Field Label
  Length  Field Label  
Short 10 Tab. Cat. 
Medium 18 Table Category 
Long 18 Table Category 
Heading Tab.Cat. 
Documentation

Definition

The table category defines whether a physical table exists for the logical table description defined in the ABAP Dictionary and how the table is stored on the database.

The following table types exist:

Transparent Tables

There is a physical table on the database for each transparent table. The names of the physical table and the logical table definition in the ABAP/4 Dictionary agree. All the business and application data is stored in transparent tables.

Structure

No data records exist on the database for a structure. Structures are used for the interface definition between programs or between screens and programs.

Append Structure

An Append structure defines a subset of fields which belong to another table or structure but which are treated as a separate object in the correction management.

Append structures are used to support modifications.

The following table types are used for internal purposes, for example to store control data or for continuous texts:

Pooled table

Pooled tables can be used to store control data (e.g. screen sequences, program parameters or temporary data). Several pooled tables can be combined to form a table pool. The table pool corresponds to a physical table on the database in which all the records of the allocated pooled tables are stored.

Cluster table

Cluster tables contain continuous text, for example documentation. Several cluster tables can be combined to form a table cluster. Several logical lines of different tables are combined to form a physical record in this table category. This permits object-by-object storage or object-by-object access. In order to combine tables in clusters, at least part of the keys must agree. Several cluster tables are stored in one corresponding table on the database.

Generated view structure

A structure is generated for a view during activation. This structure is used as the interface for the runtime environment. It is not usually displayed in the ABAP Dictionary.

History
Last changed by/on SAP  20141030 
SAP Release Created in 2006_1_620