TYPEHDINFO SAP (DD: header information for types (nametab information)) Structure details
Description: DD: header information for types (nametab information)
Structure field list including key, data, relationships and ABAP select examples
TYPEHDINFO 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 "DD: header information for types (nametab information)" 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_TYPEHDINFO TYPE TYPEHDINFO.
The TYPEHDINFO table consists of various fields, each holding specific information or linking keys about DD: header information for types (nametab information) data available in SAP. These include UUID (Global Unique ID for table), CRSTAMP (Time of nametab generation), ABSTAMP (ABAP Time Stamp), DYSTAMP (Screen time stamp).. 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 TYPEHDINFO 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 |
| TYPENAME | Name of Dictionary Type | TYPENAME | CHAR | 30 | OBJECTNAME | DTYP | DD_TYPES | ||
| UUID | Global Unique ID for table | UUID | RAW | 16 | UUID | ||||
| CRSTAMP | Time of nametab generation | CRSTAMP | CHAR | 14 | TIMESTMP | ||||
| ABSTAMP | ABAP Time Stamp | ABSTAMP | CHAR | 14 | TIMESTMP | ||||
| DYSTAMP | Screen time stamp | DYSTAMP | CHAR | 14 | TIMESTMP | ||||
| TABTYPE | Type of the Dictionary object | TABTYPE | CHAR | 1 | TABTYPE | ||||
| TABFORM | How the Dictionary object is implemented in the database | TABFORM | CHAR | 1 | TABFORM | ||||
| REFNAME | DD: reference to type or domain | TREFNAME | CHAR | 30 | OBJECTNAME | ||||
| UNICODELG | Unicode length with which runtime object was generated | UNICODELG | RAW | 1 | NTABSHORT |
| Key field | Non-key field |
How do I retrieve data from SAP structure TYPEHDINFO using ABAP code?
As TYPEHDINFO 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 TYPEHDINFO as there is no data to select.How to access SAP table TYPEHDINFO
Within an ECC or HANA version of SAP you can also view further information about TYPEHDINFO 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