MGDATA SAP (Structure for material group data) Structure details
Description: Structure for material group data
Structure field list including key, data, relationships and ABAP select examples
MGDATA 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 "Structure for material group data" 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_MGDATA TYPE MGDATA.
The MGDATA table consists of various fields, each holding specific information or linking keys about Structure for material group data data available in SAP. These include SPART (Division), LREF3 (Material group-related supply relat. between plants /DEACT.), WWGDA (Material group reference material), WWGPA (Material group material).. 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 MGDATA 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 |
| MATKL | Material Group | MATKL | CHAR | 9 | Assigned to domain | MATKL | MKL | S_WBWG | |
| SPART | Division | SPART | CHAR | 2 | Assigned to domain | SPART | SPA | C_SPART | |
| LREF3 | Material group-related supply relat. between plants /DEACT. | LREF3 | CHAR | 3 | LREF3 | ||||
| WWGDA | Material group reference material | WWGDA | CHAR | 18 | Assigned to domain | MATN1 | MATNR | MAT | |
| WWGPA | Material group material | WWGPA | CHAR | 18 | Assigned to domain | MATN1 | MATNR | MAT | |
| ABTNR | Department number | ABTNR | CHAR | 4 | Assigned to domain | ABTNR | |||
| BEGRU | Authorization Group | BEGRU | CHAR | 4 | BEGRU | ||||
| SPRAS | Language Key | SPRAS | LANG | 1 | Assigned to domain | ISOLA | SPRAS | SPR | H_T002 |
| WGBEZ | Material Group Description | WGBEZ | CHAR | 20 | TEXT20 | ||||
| WGBEZ60 | Long text describing the material group | WGBEZ60 | CHAR | 60 | TEXT60 | ||||
| FLDELETE | Deletion Indicator | FLLKENZ | CHAR | 1 | XFELD | ||||
| RETCODE | Return Code | SYSUBRC | INT4 | 10 | SYST_SHORT |
| Key field | Non-key field |
How do I retrieve data from SAP structure MGDATA using ABAP code?
As MGDATA 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 MGDATA as there is no data to select.How to access SAP table MGDATA
Within an ECC or HANA version of SAP you can also view further information about MGDATA 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