Creating Table Types 

Procedure

  1. Select the object class Table type in the initial screen of the ABAP Dictionary, enter the name of the table type and choose Create.

    2. The maintenance screen for table types appears.

  2. Enter an explanatory short text in the field Short text.
  3. Enter the line type of the table type. You can refer to an already existent type (data element, structure, table type) or directly enter the type.

    4. If you want to refer to an existing type, you must select the flag Type reference and enter the name of the type in the field Type name.

    If you want to enter the data type, field length and possibly the number of decimal places directly, you must set the Direct type entry flag. Entries are now possible in the fields Data type, Number of places and Decimal places. Make the necessary entries there.

  4. Click on Access and Key.

    5. Choose the access mode, key category and key of the table type.

  5. Activate the table type.

You can display the result of the activation with Utilities ® Activation log. If errors occurred during activation, the activation log is automatically displayed.