Declaring Data

This section describes how to declare data in ABAP programs. To be able to do this, you should be familiar with the ABAP type concept which defines the relationship between data types and data objects.

The ABAP type concept is introduced in the

Introduction to Data Types and Objects

The following topics describe

Data Types

Data Objects

Creating Data Objects and Data Types

Summarizing Examples

Type Groups

Determining the Attributes of Data Objects

 

Throughout this guide, the term ‘field’ is used for data objects.

In general, a field can be

It will always be clear exactly what ‘field’ means from the context.