difference between se12 and se17

[madhan_narlapuram]

hi,

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

thanks

madhan

rewards for sure

[Former Member]

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

[Former Member]

HI,

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

SE17 --> " General Table Display

Regards

Sudheer

[Former Member]

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

[Former Member]

Refer to this related thread

Regards,

Santosh

[madhan_narlapuram]

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

thanks

madhan

[Former Member]

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

[madhan_narlapuram]

then how do i see the content of that structure ?

[Former Member]

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

[Former Member]

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

[madhan_narlapuram]

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 ?

[Former Member]

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