Structure and Task of the Screen Structure
Definition
Structure that contains the fields of the data structure
PSnnnn
and all fields displayed on the user interface of the infotype.
Use
The screen structure is used to display data on the user interface that is derived from the relevant database, but not saved on the database. The data can be input fields, output fields, or descriptive texts.
When you create a new standard infotype or a customer infotype, the system creates the relevant screen structure in the background. All fields from structure
PSnnnn
are automatically copied to the screen structure. You can enhance this structure. You must define a component in the screen structure for each element you want to appear on the user interface for the infotype.
There are two types of screen structure:
MAIN
Structures with single fields
LINE
Structures with a repetitive nature (repeat structures)
Since there can be several repeat structures for an infotype, as groups of fields should be grouped in different structures, they are distinguished by the suffix
_z
(see
"Naming Convention"
).
The naming convention for screen structures of standard infotypes is as follows:
The naming convention for screen structures of customer infotypes is as follows:
Structure
For detailed information about the structure and task of screen structures, see: