ABAP DICTIONARY

SAP ABAP Data Dictionary Tables

Abap Dictionary is a central repository where we define and maintain the objects which are
related to database.

Define means creation of objects

Maintenance means changing and deleting the objects.

The objects are,

Database table:

It is an object which stores data in the form of rows and columns.

Each row is called as record, and each column is called as field.

So, to define a table we have to define the fields first.

So, to define a field, we have to specify the below things.

What is the DataType? ------ Domain
Defining Field -----------What is the length?

What is the Description? ------- DataElement

Field = DataElement+Domain
Domain:

It is an object which specifies technical information such as data type and length for a field.

It also specifies sign, lower case, conversion routine, fixed values, and value table .