topic Re: difference between se12 and se17 in Application Development and Automation Discussions

difference between se12 and se17

madhan_narlapuram — Thu, 21 Jun 2007 07:29:48 GMT

hi,

what is the difference between the transaction code se12 and se17 ?

thanks

madhan

rewards for sure

Re: difference between se12 and se17

Former Member — Thu, 21 Jun 2007 07:32:52 GMT

Hi,

In SE17 you can select by client code(MANDT). I believe it is the old program of displaying DB table before SE16 comes. Some customer basis folks do not allow you to run SE17 even in DEV.

SE11 is a data dictionary maintainance transaction. From there, you can go to SE16.

Regards

Re: difference between se12 and se17

Former Member — Thu, 21 Jun 2007 07:36:43 GMT

HI,

SE12 --> " Dictionary: Initial Screen - enter object name.

SE17 --> " General Table Display

Regards

Sudheer

Re: difference between se12 and se17

Former Member — Thu, 21 Jun 2007 07:42:29 GMT

Determine who has data dictionary access by reviewing who has the following transaction capability

 SE11
•	ABAP/4 Data Dictionary Maintenance
	SE12
•	ABAP/4 Data Dictionary Display
	SE13
•	Maintain Technical Settings (Tables)
	SE14
•	Utilities for Dictionary Tables
	SE15
•	ABAP/4 Repository Information System
	SE16
•	Data Browser

. Obtain a listing of all SAP clients

•

Table T000 has the SAP clients

• Path: SYSTEM - SERVICES - TABLE MAINTENANCE

•	SE16 or SE17

reward points if it is usefull .....

Girish

Re: difference between se12 and se17

Former Member — Thu, 21 Jun 2007 07:44:40 GMT

Refer to this related thread

Regards,

Santosh

Re: difference between se12 and se17

madhan_narlapuram — Thu, 21 Jun 2007 07:51:15 GMT

enter SDCOM in both the transaction and let me know if u can figure it out more ...

thanks

madhan

Re: difference between se12 and se17

Former Member — Thu, 21 Jun 2007 07:55:02 GMT

Hi Madhan,

SE12 shows structure of a table whereas SE17 shows the contents.

SDCOM is a structure and not a table. So you can see it only in SE12 and not in SE17.

Regs,

Sameer

Re: difference between se12 and se17

madhan_narlapuram — Thu, 21 Jun 2007 07:56:35 GMT

then how do i see the content of that structure ?

Re: difference between se12 and se17

Former Member — Thu, 21 Jun 2007 08:00:28 GMT

Madhan,

A structure doesnt exist in the database.. i.e. it has no contents.

It is just a pre-defined <b>type</b> which is created just for the sake of using somewhere in SAP code.

It is pretty much same as TYPE declaration in the reports.

TYPE declaration is just used while declaring an internal table later in the program.

Regs,

Sameer

Re: difference between se12 and se17

Former Member — Thu, 21 Jun 2007 08:07:58 GMT

hi,

Structure contenet cannot be viewed at database level you can see it in runtime while debugging . Structures are used to hold the data for a temporary period.

Regards,

Santosh

Re: difference between se12 and se17

Former Member — Thu, 21 Jun 2007 08:09:47 GMT

See as i mentioned earier it self ....

se17 is only for general table display ...

for amy database table we will have data stored that can be displayed with selection screen when you execute the table ..

but for structure's there wont be any selection screen to display ...because there is no data exsist in it ...

now read this

<b>se12 -> ABAP/4 Dictionary Display

se17 ->General Table Display </b>

reward points if it is usefull ...

Girish

Re: difference between se12 and se17

madhan_narlapuram — Thu, 21 Jun 2007 08:10:12 GMT

for example

say TYPE : a as int.

a = 10.

here u know ' a ' has the value 10

and u can monitor what values a is having during the program

how will i know what values are carried in a structure ?