Application Development Discussions
Join the discussions or start your own on all things application development, including tools and APIs, programming models, and keeping your skills sharp.
cancel
Showing results for 
Search instead for 
Did you mean: 

check table and value table

Former Member
0 Kudos

describe in brief the difference between check table and value table.

what the use of value table. how we can use fixed values

1 ACCEPTED SOLUTION

Former Member
0 Kudos

Hi

Difference between a check table and a value table

Value Table

This is maintained at Domain Level.

When ever you create a domain , you can entered allowed values. For example you go to Domain SHKZG - Debit/credit indicator. Here only allowed values is H or S.

When ever you use this Domain, the system will forces you to enter only these values.

This is a sort of master check . To be maintained as a customization object. This mean that if you want to enter values to this table you have to create a development request & transport the same.

Check table

For example you have Employee master table & Employee Transaction table.

When ever an employee Transacts we need to check whether that employee exists , so we can refer to the employee master table.

This is nothing but a Parent & Child relationship . Here data can be maintained at client level , no development involved.

As per DBMS what we call foregin key table, is called as check table in SAP.

There is 1 more important Difference in Value Table and Check Table is that:

1. The contents of the check will be used as an input help(F4 Help) for a particular field on which a check table is assigned.

But the contents of Value Table are never used in Input Help.

The Heirarchy which decides from where to used the Input Help is:

1. Input help defined explicitly in ABAP Program or Dialog Module.

2. Input Help Attached to the referenced Database Table field.

3. Using the contents of Check Table as an input help if neither (1) or (2) help are there.

4. Input help from Fixed value or Value range given in Domain.

<b>Reward points for useful Answers</b>

Kiran Kumar Somaroutu

6 REPLIES 6

Former Member
0 Kudos

The <b>Check Table</b> is the dependent table to which the relationship is defined using foreign keys. The contents of the check table field are shown in the input help for the referenced field.

The <b>Value table</b> is the table attached to a field at the domain level, where the entry to the field can be only from the value table. They are not used in the Input Help.

Check this link for few more difference between Check table and Value table

http://www.sap-img.com/abap/difference-between-a-check-table-and-a-value-table.htm

Former Member
0 Kudos

Value Table

This is maintained at Domain Level.

When ever you create a domain , you can entered allowed values. For example you go to Domain SHKZG - Debit/credit indicator. Here only allowed values is H or S.

When ever you use this Domain, the system will forces you to enter only these values.

This is a sort of master check . To be maintained as a customization object. This mean that if you want to enter values to this table you have to create a development request & transport the same.

Check table

For example you have Employee master table & Employee Transaction table.

When ever an employee Transacts we need to check whether that employee exists , so we can refer to the employee master table.

This is nothing but a Parent & Child relationship . Here data can be maintained at client level , no development involved.

As per DBMS what we call foregin key table, is called as check table in SAP.

There is 1 more important Difference in Value Table and Check Table is that:

1. The contents of the check will be used as an input help(F4 Help) for a particular field on which a check table is assigned.

But the contents of Value Table are never used in Input Help.

The Heirarchy which decides from where to used the Input Help is:

1. Input help defined explicitly in ABAP Program or Dialog Module.

2. Input Help Attached to the referenced Database Table field.

3. Using the contents of Check Table as an input help if neither (1) or (2) help are there.

4. Input help from Fixed value or Value range given in Domain.

Check Table: The ABAP Dictionary allows you to define relationships between tables using foreign keys . A dependent table is called a foreign key table, and the referenced table is called the check table. Each key field of the check table corresponds to a field in the foreign key table. These fields are called foreign key fields. One of the foreign key fields is designated as the check field for checking the validity of values. The key fields of the check table can serve as input help for the check field.

Value Table: Prior to Release 4.0, it was possible to use the value table of a domain to provide input help. This is no longer possible, primarily because unexpected results could occur if the value table had more than one key field. It was not possible to restrict the other key fields, which meant that the environment of the field was not considered, as is normal with check tables.

In cases where this kind of value help was appropriate, you can reconstruct it by creating a search help for the data elements that use the domain in question, and using the value table as the selection method.

Check table will be at field level checking.

Value table will be at domain level checking ex: scarr table is check table for carrid.

also refer

http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw2004s/helpdata/en/e2/667092730811d2959500a0c929b3c3/content.htm

http://www.abapmaster.com/cgi-bin/SAP-ABAP-interview-questions.cgi

regards,

srinivas

<b>*reward for useful answers*</b>

Former Member
0 Kudos

Check table is at dataelement level

Value table is at domain level.

Checktable -> For ex:If u are having one curr field there u an specfy the currency combination ...

Value table: in F4 u want to display as

1

2

1 for YES

2 for NO

then u can give in value ranges.

Former Member
0 Kudos

Hi Yogesh,

<b>Check Table</b> is for Field level Validation whereas Value table is for Domain Level Validations.

<b>Value Table</b> proposes table for check table.

I think you are clear with this.

<b>more elaborate.</b>

**************************

<b>Check Table</b>

The Check Table is the table used by system to check if a data exist or not exist.

While creating a table if you want to be sure that a field can have some values

and these are in a certain table, you can give IT this table as CHECK TABLE.

<b>Value Table</b>

This is maintained at Domain Level.

When ever you create a domain , you can entered allowed values. For example you go to Domain SHKZG - Debit/credit indicator.

Here only allowed values is H or S.

When ever you use this Domain, the system will forces you to enter only these values.

<b>This is a sort of master check .</b> .

To be maintained as a customization object.

This mean that if you want to enter values to this table you have to create a development request & transport the same.

<b>Differences:</b>

1)check table will carry out the check for input values for the table field being entered in any application

and value table will provide values on F4 help for that table field.

2)The check table defines the foreign keys and is part of the table definition.

The value table is part of the domain definition.

<b>Reward pts if found usefull:)</b>

Regards

Sathish

Former Member
0 Kudos

hi yogesh

the main difference between check table and value table is that

<b>check table</b> : it validates the tables at field level.Whatever you refer,it checks whether that entry is exactly present on the particular table.It depends on another table.so it is similar to Foreign key concept in RDBMS.

<b>value table</b> : it validates the table at domain level.Like restricting the entered values as per the domain settings.

REWARD IF SATISFIED....!!

Former Member
0 Kudos

Hi

Difference between a check table and a value table

Value Table

This is maintained at Domain Level.

When ever you create a domain , you can entered allowed values. For example you go to Domain SHKZG - Debit/credit indicator. Here only allowed values is H or S.

When ever you use this Domain, the system will forces you to enter only these values.

This is a sort of master check . To be maintained as a customization object. This mean that if you want to enter values to this table you have to create a development request & transport the same.

Check table

For example you have Employee master table & Employee Transaction table.

When ever an employee Transacts we need to check whether that employee exists , so we can refer to the employee master table.

This is nothing but a Parent & Child relationship . Here data can be maintained at client level , no development involved.

As per DBMS what we call foregin key table, is called as check table in SAP.

There is 1 more important Difference in Value Table and Check Table is that:

1. The contents of the check will be used as an input help(F4 Help) for a particular field on which a check table is assigned.

But the contents of Value Table are never used in Input Help.

The Heirarchy which decides from where to used the Input Help is:

1. Input help defined explicitly in ABAP Program or Dialog Module.

2. Input Help Attached to the referenced Database Table field.

3. Using the contents of Check Table as an input help if neither (1) or (2) help are there.

4. Input help from Fixed value or Value range given in Domain.

<b>Reward points for useful Answers</b>

Kiran Kumar Somaroutu