Creating Customer Structures 

Use

For a few transfer objects, you can reduce the structure tables concerned according to the customer. This deletes fields that you no longer require from the structure for the R/3 System. The changed structure is created as a customer structure in the customer namespace. In this instance, this customer structure is used instead of the structure for the R/3 System.

Customer structures are stored in the customer namespace and should begin with "Z". Removing required fields from the structure creates errors in the transfer program.

Prerequisites

The application program must support this function.

Features

If you can use customer structures, the system displays Dictionary in the object-specific settings area on the Workbench initial screen.

You can create customer structures for the following data transfer objects:

If customer structures have already been created, the system displays Use customer structure in the object-specific settings area on the Workbench initial screen. This enables you to use the customer structure for the interface structure of the transfer file and to create initial data.

Activities

  1. On the Workbench initial screen, choose Dictionary.

    2. You are in the ABAP Dictionary.

  2. Copy the structure for the R/3 System to the ABAP Dictionary and then edit the structure you have just copied as required.