Container Structure Analysis 

Use

Starting with a container or a structure, the corresponding fields are determined and displayed in a tree with their technical names and the description of the underlying data element. The color of the icons in front of the field names classifies the field in terms of the metadata:

•            – Public feature attribute
•            – Private feature attribute
•            – Container element (= fixed field)

The grayed out fields are feature attributes of features that are assigned to the application as inactive.

You can use the context menu for a field to reactivate the data category of the fields in a new column, or to branch directly to the data element in the ABAP Dictionary.

The display for fields in a container is sorted according to persistent and dynamic fields.

The display for fields in a structure is not further sub-divided. If, however, you are interested in the structure setup, then you can use the context menu for an entry to display the sub-structures for the structure and the fields they contain. You can also switch back to the previous display mode.

If you are viewing a sub-structure for a generated structure, the hierarchy for this can be broken down further. For non-generated sub-structures, it is possible to branch via the context menu directly to the structure in the ABAP Dictionary.

The different functions in the context menu are listed in the following table:

 

Function	Node	Functionality
Activate data category	Field	You can use this function to include a new column in the tree with the activated data categories for the fields.
Deactivate data category	Field (after “Activate data category”)	You can use this function to deactivate the column with the data categories.
Display data element	Field	You can use this function to display the data element that belongs to a field in the ABAP Dictionary.
Display hierarchy	Generated structure (apart from Basis structures)	You can use this function to display a structure generated from the sub-structures, instead of the fields of the structure setup. These can be either generated or fixed structures. This function is also possible for generated sub-structures.
Display fields	Generated structure (after “Display hierarchy”)	You can use this function to return to the basic listing of all fields for all generated structures.
Display structure	Non-generated structure	You can use this function to display a non-generated sub-structure in the ABAP Dictionary.