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SAP Table DD04L

Data elements

DD04L (Data elements) is a standard table in SAP R\3 ERP systems. Below you can find the technical details of the fields that make up this table. Key fields are marked in blue.

Additionally we provide an overview of foreign key relationships, if any, that link DD04L to other SAP tables.

DD04L table fields

Field

Data element

Checktable

Datatype

Length

Decimals

Possible values

ROLLNAME

Data element (semantic domain)

ROLLNAME

CHAR

AS4LOCAL

Activation Status of a Repository Object

AS4LOCAL

CHAR

Value	Description
A	Entry activated or generated in this form
L	Lock entry (first N version)
N	Entry edited, but not activated
S	Previously active entry, backup copy
T	Temporary version when editing

AS4VERS

Version of the entry (not used)

AS4VERS

NUMC

DOMNAME

Domain name

DOMNAME

DD01L

CHAR

ROUTPUTLEN

Length (No. of Characters)

DDLENG

NUMC

MEMORYID

Set/Get parameter ID

MEMORYID

TPARA

CHAR

LOGFLAG

Indicator for writing change documents

LOGFLAG

CHAR

Value	Description
NULL	Do not set flag
X	Set flag

HEADLEN

Maximum length of heading

HEADLEN

NUMC

SCRLEN1

Max. length for short field label

SCRLEN_S

NUMC

SCRLEN2

Max. length for medium field label

SCRLEN_M

NUMC

SCRLEN3

Max. length for long field label

SCRLEN_L

NUMC

ACTFLAG

Activation flag

DTACTFLAG

CHAR

Value	Description
NULL	All changes already propagated to the dependent tables
I	Dependent tables must be activated
D	Screen time stamp for dependent tables must be set
N	Nametab of the dependent tables must be regenerated

APPLCLASS

Application class for DD objects (not used)

APPLCLASS

CHAR

AUTHCLASS

Activation type

AUTHCLASS_

NUMC

Value	Description
01	Nametab generation not in online (only via C program)
02	C structures must be adapted when tables are changed
10	Initial table required before R3TRANS runs
00	No classification

AS4USER

Last Changed by

AS4USER

CHAR

AS4DATE

Date of Last Change

AS4DATE

DATS

AS4TIME

Last changed at

AS4TIME

TIMS

DTELMASTER

Original Language in Repository objects

MASTERLANG

LANG

RESERVEDTE

SDIC: Reserve for data elements (not used)

RESERVEDTE

CHAR

DTELGLOBAL

Flag for private DD objects (not used)

GLOBALFLAG

CHAR

Value	Description
NULL	Global DE object
X	Application-dependent DE object
T	Table-dependent DD object

SHLPNAME

Name of a Search Help

SHLPNAME

CHAR

SHLPFIELD

Name of a search help parameter

SHLPFIELD

CHAR

DEFFDNAME

Default name for components using the data element

DEFFDNAME

CHAR

DATATYPE

Data Type in ABAP Dictionary

DATATYPE_D

CHAR

Value	Description
ACCP	Posting period YYYYMM
CHAR	Character String
CLNT	Client
CUKY	Currency key, referenced by CURR fields
CURR	Currency field, stored as DEC
D16D	Decimal Floating Point, 16 Digits, DEC on Database
D16R	Decimal Floating Point, 16 Digits, RAW on Database
D16S	Decimal Floating Point. 16 Digits, with Scale Field
D34D	Decimal Floating Point, 34 Digits, DEC on Database
D34R	Decimal Floating Point, 34 Digits, RAW on Database
D34S	Decimal Floating Point, 34 Digits, with Scale Field
DATS	Date field (YYYYMMDD) stored as char(8)
DEC	Counter or amount field with comma and sign
FLTP	Floating point number, accurate to 8 bytes
INT1	1-byte integer, integer number <= 255
INT2	2-byte integer, only for length field before LCHR or LRAW
INT4	4-byte integer, integer number with sign
LANG	Language key
LCHR	Long character string, requires preceding INT2 field
LRAW	Long byte string, requires preceding INT2 field
NUMC	Character string with only digits
PREC	Obsolete data type, do not use
QUAN	Quantity field, points to a unit field with format UNIT
RAW	Uninterpreted sequence of bytes
RSTR	Byte String of Variable Length
SSTR	Short Character String of Variable Length
STRG	Character String of Variable Length
TIMS	Time field (hhmmss), stored as char(6)
UNIT	Unit key for QUAN fields
VARC	Long character string, no longer supported from Rel. 3.0

LENG

Length (No. of Characters)

DDLENG

NUMC

DECIMALS

Number of Decimal Places

DECIMALS

NUMC

OUTPUTLEN

Output Length

OUTPUTLEN

NUMC

LOWERCASE

Lowercase letters allowed/not allowed

LOWERCASE

CHAR

Value	Description
NULL	Do not set flag
X	Set flag

SIGNFLAG

Flag for sign in numerical fields

SIGNFLAG

CHAR

Value	Description
NULL	Do not set flag
X	Set flag

CONVEXIT

Conversion Routine

CONVEXIT

CHAR

VALEXI

Existence of fixed values

VALEXI

CHAR

Value	Description
NULL	Do not set flag
X	Set flag

ENTITYTAB

Value table

ENTITYTAB

DD02L

CHAR

REFKIND

Category of Dictionary Type

TYPEKIND

CHAR

Value	Description
E	Elementary Type
S	Structured Type
L	Table Type
NULL	Direct Type Entry
R	Reference Type
D	Domain

REFTYPE

Type of Object Referenced

DDREFTYPE

CHAR

Value	Description
NULL	No Information
A	ANY
O	Object
D	DATA
B	Built-In Dictionary Type
E	Data Element
S	Structured Type
L	Table Type
C	Class
I	Interface

PROXYTYPE

DD: Is a generated proxy object

DDPROXYTY

CHAR

Value	Description
X	Is a generated proxy object
NULL	Is not proxy-generated

LTRFLDDIS

Basic write direction has been defined LTR (left-to-right)

DDLTRFLDDI

CHAR

Value	Description
NULL	FALSE
X	TRUE

BIDICTRLC

DD: No Filtering of BIDI Formatting Characters

DDBIDICTRL

CHAR

Value	Description
NULL	FALSE
X	TRUE

NOHISTORY

DD: Flag for Deactivating Input History in Screen Field

DDNOHISTORY

CHAR

Value	Description
NULL	FALSE
X	TRUE

DD04L foreign key relationships

Table	Field	Foreign key table	Foreign key field	Check table	Check field
DD04L	DOMNAME	DD04L	DOMNAME	DD01L Domains	DOMNAME
DD04L	DOMNAME	*		DD01L Domains	AS4LOCAL
DD04L	DOMNAME	*		DD01L Domains	AS4VERS
DD04L	ENTITYTAB	DD04L	ENTITYTAB	DD02L SAP Tables	TABNAME
DD04L	ENTITYTAB	*		DD02L SAP Tables	AS4LOCAL
DD04L	ENTITYTAB	*		DD02L SAP Tables	AS4VERS
DD04L	MEMORYID	DD04L	MEMORYID	TPARA Directory of Memory IDs	PARAMID