SAP ABAP Data Element PHOST (Physical host name)

Hierarchy

☛ SAP_BASIS (Software Component) SAP Basis Component
   ⤷ BC-CST (Application Component) Client/Server Technology
     ⤷ STSK (Package) Task Handler, Number Range, Update, Gateway and so on

Basic Data

Data Element	PHOST
Short Description	Physical host name

Data Type

Category of Dictionary Type	D	Domain
Type of Object Referenced		No Information
Domain / Name of Reference Type	PHOST
Data Type	CHAR	Character String
Length	64
Decimal Places	0
Output Length	64
Value Table

Further Characteristics

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Field Label

	Length	Field Label
Short	10	Host name
Medium	15	Host name
Long	20	Physical host name
Heading	10	Physical h

Documentation

Definition

Network - computer name

Use

Procedure

Enter the name with which the computer can be called in your computer network. If necessary, a computer can have several names with which the type of the link (FDDI, Ethernet, Token Ring, and so on) can be controlled, for example. Furthermore, the computer name depends whether you are using yellow pages or DNS. You can check the computer name with the program saphostbyname.

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History

Last changed by/on	SAP	20130604
SAP Release Created in	620