SAP ABAP Data Element REFTYPNAME (Name of Referenced Type or Referenced Class/Interface)

Hierarchy

☛ SAP_BASIS (Software Component) SAP Basis Component
   ⤷ BC-DWB-DIC-AC (Application Component) Activation Program, Conversion Program, DB Utility, MC, SPDD
     ⤷ SDDO (Package) ABAP/4 Dictionary: Domains, Data Elements

Basic Data

Data Element	REFTYPNAME
Short Description	Name of Referenced Type or Referenced Class/Interface

Data Type

Category of Dictionary Type	D	Domain
Type of Object Referenced		No Information
Domain / Name of Reference Type	OBJECTNAME
Data Type	CHAR	Character String
Length	30
Decimal Places	0
Output Length	30
Value Table

Further Characteristics

Search Help: Name	DD_TYPES_AND_IMPLEM_CLIFS
Search Help: Parameters	TYPENAME
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	Ref. Type
Medium	17	Name of Ref. Type
Long	25	Name of Referenced Type
Heading	30	Name of Referenced Type

Documentation

Definition

A reference type is a reference to another type. There are the following kinds of reference types:

• Reference to a class or an interface
• Reference to a type defined in the Dictionary
• Generic reference to OBJECT or DATA
• Reference to a built-in Dictionary type with specification of the length and possibly also the decimal places

You can use a reference type to define the data type properties for a data element, or for typing the component of a structure or the line type of a table type.

In the field Referenced type, enter the name of a class, an interface, the generic references DATA, OBJECT, ANY, or the name of a type defined in the Dictionary. If the reference type is to be a predefined Dictionary type, choose the reference to the predefined type. Enter the number of characters and, if required, the number of decimal places.

History

Last changed by/on	SAP	20020827
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