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Predefined Types in ABAP Dictionary

The following table lists the predefined types in ABAP Dictionary. These types cannot be used directly in ABAP programs, and are therefore also known as external data types. Instead, they are used in ABAP Dictionary to define data types and database fields that can be referenced from ABAP programs. Each predefined data type in ABAP Dictionary is assigned to the predefined ABAP type listed in the last column of the table.

Type Permitted Positions m Meaning ABAP Type
ACCP 6 Posting period n, length 6
CHAR 1-30000 Character string c, length m
CLNT 3 Client c, length 3
CUKY 5 Currency key for currency fields c, length 5
CURR 1-31 Currency field in BCD format p, length (m+1)/2
DATS 8 Date d
DEC 1-31 Packed number BCD format p, length (m+1)/2
DF16_DEC 1-15 Decimal floating point number stored in BCD format decfloat16
DF16_RAW 16 Decimal floating point number stored in binary format decfloat16
DF16_SCL 16 Decimal floating point number stored in binary format with subsequent scaling decfloat16
DF34_DEC 1-31 Decimal floating point number stored in BCD format decfloat34
DF34_RAW 34 Decimal floating point number stored in binary format decfloat34
DF34_SCL 34 Decimal floating point number stored in binary format with subsequent scaling decfloat34
FLTP 16 Floating point number f
INT1 3 1-byte integer b
INT2 5 2-byte integer s
INT4 10 4-byte integer i
LANG 1 Language c, length 1
LCHR 256-... Long character string c, length m
LRAW 256-... Long byte string x, length m
NUMC 1-255 Numeric text n, length m
PREC 2 Obsolete data type s
QUAN 1-31 Quantity field in BCD format p, length (m+1)/2
RAW 1-255 Byte string x, length m
RAWSTRING 256-... Byte string (BLOB) xstring
SSTRING 1-1333 Character string string
STRING 256-... Character string (CLOB) string
TIMS 6 Time t
UNIT 2-3 Unit key of a quantity field c, length m

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