Creating Container Elements (SAP Library

Creating Container Elements

Prerequisites

You are in one of the definition tools and want to add a new element to the container.

Procedure

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Container.

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Enter the technical name of the container element into the field Element.

You give each container element a technical name that can be used to identify it uniquely. The technical name must begin with a letter. This can be followed by letters, underscores or digits. Not case-sensitive. The technical name you choose should be in English.

Under Texts maintain the name and the description.

This text can include upper and lower cases.

Under Properties, select whether the new element is to be an import and/or an export element. Mark the element as mandatory if applicable.

The values for each of the container elements may be in the form of a multiline list of field values or object references. This list is then saved under an element name. You can select multiline in the container definition so that this container element can hold a multiline list of values.

According to the data type reference of the container element, make the following entries. If the new container element:

Is to reference a structure, enter the table or structure in the field Reference table

Is to reference an ABAP Dictionary field, specify a reference field as well

Is to reference an object type, enter the ID of the object type in the field Object type

You can use the F4 input help for all of these.

Specification of a ABAP Dictionary field reference is not mandatory. If no field reference is specified, the data type is C(255) (upper and lower case). Specification of an object type is not mandatory either. If no object type is specified, the container element can be assigned a reference to an object of any type.

Select .