SAP supported data types

The following tables list the SAP data types supported by the Talend components for SAP.

The information applies to the following components:

tELTSAPInput
tELTSAPMap
tSAPADSOOutput
tSAPADSOInput
tSAPDataSourceOutput
tSAPDSOOutput
tSAPDSOInput
tSAPInfoCubeInput
tSAPInfoObjectInput
tSAPInfoObjectOutput
tSAPODPInput

For each SAP type, its mapping to the Talend type is provided. After retrieving the metadata in Talend Studio, you can change the default Talend type if necessary.

Mapping of ABAP types to SAPTypes to SAPInternalTypes
ABAP type	SAPType (Talend SAP API defined)	SAPInternalType
a	BIG_DECIMAL	DECF16
e	BIG_DECIMAL	DECF34
P	BIG_DECIMAL	BCD
8	BIG_INTEGER	INT8
N	BIG_INTEGER	NUMC
b	BYTE	INT1
D	DATE	DATE
F	DOUBLE	FLOAT
I	INTEGER	INT
s	SHORT	INT2
C	STRING	CHAR
g	STRING	STRING
X	RAW	BYTE
y	RAW	XSTRING
T	TIME	TIME
p	STRING	—

Default mapping in Talend Studio
SAPType (Talend SAP API defined)	Default Talend type
BIG_DECIMAL	id_BigDecimal
BIG_INTEGER	id_BigDecimal
BYTE	id_Byte
DATE	id_Date
DOUBLE	id_Double
INTEGER	id_Integer
RAW	id_byte[]
SHORT	id_Short
STRING	id_String
TIME	id_Date

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