Document Classes 

The document classes normally indicate the type of object that is to be documented. However, some document classes do not refer to any type of object. These classes have an independent existence as system objects in their own right. Examples are Release Notes, chapters of online manuals and “general texts” that can be included as modules in other documents.

The various document classes are either assigned to documentation type technical documentation or end user documentation. You can maintain modules of type end user documentation with the documentation maintenance transaction. The modules of type technical documentation are edited in the relevant maintenance transaction for the object type in question, for example for function modules and their parameters in the function library.

The most important document classes are listed here:

End user documentation

●      General text

●      Authorization object

●      Authorization profile

●      Data element

●      Data element supplement

●      Chapter in a structure

●      Message

●      Release Note

●      Report

●      ABAP syntax documentation

●      System log

●      Text in dialog

●      ABAP environment

You can obtain a complete list in the maintenance transaction by pressing the F4 help key on the field for the document class.

Technical documentation

●      Domains

●      Function modules and parameters

●      Function module exceptions

●      Correction transport requests

●      Tables