ABAP IMPORT NAMETAB Statement syntax and functionality in SAP

SECRET

IMPORT - Get a structure description

ABAP Syntax IMPORT NAMETAB h f ID id.

What does it do? Gets a structure description saved using EXPORT NAMETAB . The statement must only be used by tools of ABAP Workbench. For the field list f , a standard table without a secondary key can be specified.
System Fields
sy-subrc Meaning
0The specified structure description was found.
4The specified structure description was not found.
Latest notes: The statement IMPORT NAMETAB is no longer supported. Instead, the function module
DD_GET_NAMETAB must be used.

Runtime Exceptions
Non-catchable Exceptions

Reason for error: Table name is too long.

Runtime error: IMPORT_NAMETAB_WRONG_ID

ABAP IMPORT NAMETAB Statement syntax, information and example SAP source code