SAP Application (DB) source data types

The SAP Application (DB) endpoint for Qlik Replicate supports most SAP data types. The table below shows the SAP source data types that are supported when using Qlik Replicate and the default mapping to the Qlik Replicate data types.

For information on how the data type is mapped to the target, see the chapter for the target endpoint you are using.

For additional information about Qlik Replicate data types, see Replicate data types.

Data types
ABAP Type	ABAP Type Description	SAP Type	Qlik Replicate Data Type
h	Table type	-	BYTES
V	Character string (old Dictionary type VARC)	-	STRING
C	Character string	-	STRING
N	Character string with only digits	-	STRING
D	Date (string: YYYYMMDD)	-	DATE
T	Time (string: HHMMSS)	-	TIME
X	Byte sequence	INT4 (4-byte integer)	I4
		INT2 (2-byte integer)	I2
		INT1 (1-byte integer)	I1
		ELSE	If backend type is NUMERIC: NUMERIC If length = 0: BLOB If length > 0: BYTES
I	Integer number (4-byte integer with sign)	-	INT4
b	2-byte integer	-	INT2
s	1-byte integer	-	INT1
P	Packed number	-	NUMERIC
F	Floating point number to accuracy of 8 bytes	-	R8
g	Character string with variable length	-	STRING
y	Byte sequence with variable length	-	BLOB BYTES
u	Structured type, flat	-	BYTES
v	Structured type, deep	-	BYTES
r	Reference to class/interface	-	BYTES
i	Reference to data object	-	BYTES
n	Numeric text	NUMC	STRING

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