ABAP Keyword Documentation → ABAP Glossary
field symbol
Symbolic name for a data object
to which actual memory areas can be assigned at program runtime. A field symbol can be used as a placeholder for a data object at the operand position. A field symbol is
typed either generically or
fully. Field symbols are declared using the statement FIELD-SYMBOLS or the
declaration operator
FIELD-SYMBOL;
memory areas are assigned to them using ASSIGN.