How To Fix ABADR004 - & is a structure, not a table

ABADR004 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: ABADR - Message Class for Characteristic Derivation

• Message number: 004

• Message text: & is a structure, not a table

What causes this issue?

You have entered the name of a structure, not a table. For the step
type "Table lookup", you must enter a table.

System Response

The system issues an error message and will not allow you to continue with this transaction until the error is resolved.

How to fix this error?

Enter the name of a table.

Error message extract from SAP system. Copyright SAP SE.

ABADR004 - Details

• The SAP error message ABADR004 indicates that there is an attempt to access a structure as if it were a table. This error typically occurs in ABAP programming when a developer tries to perform operations that are valid for database tables but not for structures.
  
  Cause:
  
  Misunderstanding of Data Types: The programmer may have confused a structure with a table. Structures are used to define a data type that can hold multiple fields, but they do not have a database representation like tables do.
  Incorrect Data Declaration: The data object may have been declared as a structure, but the code is trying to use it in a way that is only valid for tables (e.g., using SELECT statements, LOOP AT statements, etc.).
  Code Logic Error: There might be a logical error in the code where a structure is being treated as a table due to incorrect assumptions about the data model.
  
  
  Solution:
  
  
  Check Data Declarations: Review