6. Adding Structures Flashcards
Structure
Is a group of fields that logically belong together. A Structure consists of components (fields) whose types are defined. A component can have an elementary type, a structured type, a table type or a reference type.
A structcture’s components can have:
An elementary type, a structured type a table type or a reference type
Structures are used for
especially to define the data at the interface of module pools and screens and to define the types of function module parameters.
Substructures
allow you to include fields from another table or structure in the table you
are creating.
Customizing includes
are provided in SAP tables and structures to allow you to add
fields to these structures/tables without modifying the tables themselves.
Append Structures
allow you to add fields to SAP-provided structures and transparent
tables that were not provided for in the standard version.