SAP ABAP Data Element TYPGENERIC (Generic table type)
Hierarchy
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SAP_BASIS (Software Component) SAP Basis Component
⤷ BC-DWB-DIC-AC (Application Component) Activation Program, Conversion Program, DB Utility, MC, SPDD
⤷ SDTT (Package) DD: Table types
⤷ BC-DWB-DIC-AC (Application Component) Activation Program, Conversion Program, DB Utility, MC, SPDD
⤷ SDTT (Package) DD: Table types
Basic Data
Data Element | TYPGENERIC |
Short Description | Generic table type |
Data Type
Category of Dictionary Type | D | Domain |
Type of Object Referenced | No Information | |
Domain / Name of Reference Type | DDBOOL | |
Data Type | CHAR | Character String |
Length | 1 | |
Decimal Places | 0 | |
Output Length | 1 | |
Value Table |
Further Characteristics
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Search Help: Parameters | ||
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Change document | ||
No Input History | ||
Basic direction is set to LTR | ||
No BIDI Filtering |
Field Label
Length | Field Label | |
Short | 1 | G |
Medium | 2 | Ge |
Long | 9 | Generic |
Heading | 3 | Gen |
Documentation
Generic table types are table types that define only some of the attributes of an internal table in the ABAP Dictionary and leave the others open. They have at least one generic attribute:
- Access mode is generic (that is, any table or index table)
- Key is not specified
- Key category is not specified
- further secondary keys are permitted (addition
WITH FURTHER SECONDARY KEYS
in the type definition in ABAP)
Use
Generic table types define the type of generic table parameters in function modules and forms, and thus provide a degree of freedom for the arguments passed in the corresponding calls. For example, if "index table" is defined as access mode in the generic table type of a parameter, either a sorted table or a standard table can be passed in the call.
Since generic table types only partly specify the table properties, they cannot be used to define data objects or types.
Rules for the generic attributes
- A table type with generic access mode (that is, any table or index table) always has the key category "not specified".
- A table type with a non-specified key always has the key category "not specified".
ABAP Keyword Documentation
Table key Definition
History
Last changed by/on | SAP | 19990505 |
SAP Release Created in |