TUPEL SAP (Table of Data Sets) Structure details
Description: Table of Data Sets
Structure field list including key, data, relationships and ABAP select examples
TUPEL 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 "Table of Data Sets" 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_TUPEL TYPE TUPEL.
The TUPEL table consists of various fields, each holding specific information or linking keys about Table of Data Sets data available in SAP. These include WERKS (Plant), SELKZ (Selection Indicator), ZMAX (Number of Source List Record), NOBER (No Authorization).. 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: Can be enhanced (character-type or numeric)
SAP TUPEL 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 |
| MATNR | Material Number | MATNR | CHAR | 18 | Assigned to domain | MATN1 | MATNR | MAT | S_MAT1 |
| WERKS | Plant | EWERK | CHAR | 4 | Assigned to domain | WERKS | WRK | ||
| SELKZ | Selection Indicator | MEREP_SELKZ | CHAR | 1 | |||||
| ZMAX | Number of Source List Record | DZEORD | NUMC | 5 | NUM5 | ||||
| NOBER | No Authorization | MEREP_NOBER | CHAR | 1 | |||||
| NOSPERR | No Lock | MEREP_NOSPERR | CHAR | 1 | |||||
| BUCHKZ | Already Posted | MEREP_BUCHKZ | CHAR | 1 | |||||
| BESKZ | Procurement Type | BESKZ | CHAR | 1 | BESKZ | MBS | |||
| USEQU | Quota arrangement usage | USEQU | CHAR | 1 | Assigned to domain | USEQU | |||
| NOORD | No Source List Records Available | MEREP_NOORD | CHAR | 1 | |||||
| LUECKE | Time Gaps Exist | MEREP_LUECKE | CHAR | 1 | |||||
| ANZAHL | Number of Source List Record | DZEORD | NUMC | 5 | NUM5 | ||||
| .INCLU--AP | 0 | ||||||||
| AD_SORTCRITERION | Char 80 | CHAR80 | CHAR | 80 | CHAR80 |
| Key field | Non-key field |
How do I retrieve data from SAP structure TUPEL using ABAP code?
As TUPEL 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 TUPEL as there is no data to select.How to access SAP table TUPEL
Within an ECC or HANA version of SAP you can also view further information about TUPEL 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