MAGE SAP (ABAP/4 Dictionary objects for mass generation) Structure details
Description: ABAP/4 Dictionary objects for mass generation
Structure field list including key, data, relationships and ABAP select examples
MAGE is a standard SAP Structure so does not store data like a database table does. It can be used to define the fields of other actual tables or to process "ABAP/4 Dictionary objects for mass generation" Information within sap ABAP programs.
This is done by declaring abap internal tables, work areas or database tables based on this Structure. These can then be used to store and process the required data appropriately.
i.e. DATA: wa_MAGE TYPE MAGE.
The MAGE table consists of various fields, each holding specific information or linking keys about ABAP/4 Dictionary objects for mass generation data available in SAP. These include OBJTYP (ABAP/4 Dictionary object type), OBJNAME (Name of the ABAP Dictionary object), INDXNAME (Unique Index ID in a Table), ACTFLAG (Activation flag).. See below for full list along with technical details, documentation, text table, check tables, foreign key relationships, conversion routines, relevant tcodes and example ABAP select code etc. .
Delivery Class:Display/Maintenance via tcode SM30: Display/Maintenance Allowed but with Restrictions
SAP enhancement categories: Not classified
SAP MAGE structure fields - Full list of fields found in SAP data dictionary
| Field | Description | Data Element | Data Type | length (Dec) | Check table | Conversion Routine | Domain Name | MemoryID | SHLP |
| PGMID | Program ID in Requests and Tasks | PGMID | CHAR | 4 | PGMID | ||||
| OBJTYP | ABAP/4 Dictionary object type | OBJECTTYP | CHAR | 4 | OBJECTTYP | ||||
| OBJNAME | Name of the ABAP Dictionary object | OBJECTNAME | CHAR | 30 | OBJECTNAME | ||||
| INDXNAME | Unique Index ID in a Table | INDEXID | CHAR | 3 | INDEXID | DIX | |||
| ACTFLAG | Activation flag | ACTFLAG | CHAR | 1 | ACTFLAG | ||||
| ERRFLAG | Flag (X or Blank) | AS4FLAG | CHAR | 1 | AS4FLAG | ||||
| MESSNR | AS400-DDIC: Output message no. in T100 | MESSNR | CHAR | 3 | MESSNR | ||||
| MESSID | AS400-DDIC: Output message ID in T100 | MESSID_D | CHAR | 20 | MESSID | ||||
| NODOKU | Flag (X or Blank) | AS4FLAG | CHAR | 1 | AS4FLAG | ||||
| OBJFUNC | Object function | OBJFUNC | CHAR | 1 | OBJFUNC | ||||
| ADDFIELD | Flag indicating whether the table has ADD FIELDS | DDADDFIELD | CHAR | 1 | AS4FLAG | ||||
| AS4POS | Dictionary: Line item | DDPOSITION | NUMC | 6 | DDPOSITION | ||||
| VAR1 | Message Variable | SYMSGV | CHAR | 50 | SYCHAR50 | ||||
| VAR2 | Message Variable | SYMSGV | CHAR | 50 | SYCHAR50 | ||||
| VAR3 | Message Variable | SYMSGV | CHAR | 50 | SYCHAR50 | ||||
| VAR4 | Message Variable | SYMSGV | CHAR | 50 | SYCHAR50 |
| Key field | Non-key field |
How do I retrieve data from SAP structure MAGE using ABAP code?
As MAGE is a database structure and not a table it does not store any data in the SAP data dictionary. The ABAP SELECT statement is therefore not appropriate and can not be performed on MAGE as there is no data to select.How to access SAP table MAGE
Within an ECC or HANA version of SAP you can also view further information about MAGE and the data within it using relevant transactions such asSE11 (ABAP Dictionary Maintenance)
SM30 (Maintain Table Data)
SE80 (Object Navigator)
SE16 (Data Browser).
Search for further information about these or an SAP related objects