SAPTable Extract

With this extract, data can be read from SAP Data Dictionary tables. You can access any Transparent Table as well as Database View and Projection View table types. Note that Maintenance View and Help View are not supported.

Settings

Connection The connection name.
SAP table The name of the SAP Data Dictionary table has to be specified.
Filter The table can be filtered on any component field of the SAP table.
Field Field name
Filter type Options are accept or deny. With deny, the condition is negated.
Operator
bt Between. A filter range has to be specified in the field value. Example: [2006,2010]
eq Equal (=)
ge Greater than or equal to (>=)
gt Greater (>)
in Checks if the column data is contained in a list of values. The list is specified in the field value. Example: 2006,2008,2010
le Lower than or equal to (<=)
like

String comparison. The filter value is a pattern in this case. The condition is true if the column data matches the pattern. You can use the following wildcard characters in the pattern:

%: for a sequence of any characters (including spaces).
_: for a single character

Example: KS1000%
lt Lower (<)
ne Not equal to (<>)
Value Filter value
Bear in mind that the length of the filter value must not exceed the doubled length of the SAP field.

Fields in SAP Tables with datatype "string" cannot be read with SAPTable extract and will result in an error. This is a limitation of SAP: "The built-in type STRING is mapped to the ABAP type string and also handled like a text string (CLOB) in ABAP Dictionary and by database tables. Table fields of this type cannot be used as key fields or index fields in database tables or in any positions in Open SQL statements. "

To extract a CDS View, you must specify its generated DDL SQL View, which can be displayed in SAP with the Dictionary View Editor (transaction SE11).

 

Export data fields

The output structure consists of fields of the SAP Data Dictionary table, which have to be specified in the extract definition. An alias name of the field and a default value in case of empty or null values can be optionally assigned.

Due to internal limitations of SAP modules, total combined output length of all specified fields must not exceed 4000 bytes.

Bulk size Size of blocks for extraction.
Use caching Memory, disk, or none (default). See Caching in Extracts.

Sorting of output rows

The output rows are automatically sorted on all primary keys of the table or view as defined in the SAP ABAP Dictionary.

Note: it is possible to extract from Hana CDS Views by using the generated table of the view (as seen in SAP Data Dictionary), but this is restricted to CDS Views without input parameters.

Updated August 27, 2024