Displaying Meta Data of R/3 Components

For the generated DCOM proxies you can display meta information on the respective R/3 components in the DCOM Connector. To allow this display, the system generates and implements for all R/3 components generated with the Object Builder the ISAPCatalog interface in addition to the standard interface ISAP<Name of Object Type>.
Thus you can display the meta data of

Prerequisites

The components in question are generated with the Object Builder for the DCOM Connector of Release 4.5B (or higher). For older versions the ISAPCatalog interface is not implemented.

Procedure

To display the meta data of a component from the standard screen of the DCOM Connector, proceed as follows:

  1. Choose Components or Installed Components.
    A list of the installed components appears.
  2. Choose Schema.
  3. In the list box Schema select the name space to which the components belong to restrict the components display. (Usually the name space is identical with the name of the R/3 target system.)
  4. Select the desired component with double-click.
    A list of all methods for this component and other meta information appears.
  5. To display parameters and their meta data for a particular method, click on the method.
  6. To display all ABAP structures and ABAP tables, choose Types.
    To display the individual table fields and their Dictionary data, click on the table name.