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Stock Tables and Stock Types

Feb 13th, 2011 | By Ole | Category: SAP Tables & Views

Stock Tables

Table
Description
SOBKZ

MARC
Plant Data for Material
 

MARD
Storage Location Data for Material
 

MCHB
Batch Stocks
 

MSSL
Total Special Stocks with Vendor
O

MSLB
Special Stocks with Vendor
O

MSKU
Special Stocks with Customer
V,W

MSSA
Total Customer Orders on Hand
E

MSKA
Sales Order Stock
E

MSSQ
Project Stock Total
Q [...]

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Material Number Ranges and Formatting

May 30th, 2010 | By Ole | Category: Customizing, SAP ABAP, SAP Tables & Views, SAP Transaction Codes

Material Numbers in R/3
The material number in R/3 is technically defined as an eighteen byte, character field.
The logic that formats material numbers is contained in a conversion exit and is controlled by configuration tables, number range objects and standard R/3 customer
functions. This document first explains how material number ranges are defined and then details a [...]

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Inbound & Outbound IDoc user exits

Apr 25th, 2010 | By Ole | Category: EDI, ALE & IDOCs, SAP ABAP

Introduction:
In the in- and outbound processing of IDocs it is often necessary to implement a processing which is different from SAP standard. The reasons for this are for instance:
· Adding user-defined fields with special processing logic
· Substitutions with complex logic, which can not be handled with customizing
· Special validations, which can not be handled with [...]

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Copying an Internal table to the Clipboard

Nov 14th, 2009 | By Ole | Category: Featured, SAP ABAP

In the following example we select some material data from the transparent table MARA and copy the result to the clipboard.
The result is transferred to the clipboard with TABs as delimiters, which makes it possible to paste the result directly into Excel.

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Importing an Excel Sheet into an Internal Table

Nov 11th, 2009 | By Ole | Category: Featured, SAP ABAP, SAP Tables & Views

In the example we will show how simple it is to import an Excel spreadsheet into an internal table.
For the reason of simplicity we have chosen to use a predefined structure with 26 fields to hold the imported spreadsheet. You could simply add more columns if needed, or better, use a dynamic internal table.

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SAP Table Relations – MM – Classifications

Oct 31st, 2009 | By Ole | Category: Featured, SAP Tables & Views

 
 

Links between MARA, CRHD, MCH1, INOB, AUSP, CABN, CAWNT, CAWN, CABNT
Keyword: Characteristics

 
 
 
 
 

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Using ST05 to trace which tables a transaction is using

Oct 25th, 2009 | By Ole | Category: Featured, SAP Tables & Views, SAP Transaction Codes

Often we would like to know which transparent tables a SAP transaction is using. With the transaction ST05 this is easy to achieve.
Follow the steps below to learn how to find all those tables in an easy way.

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Run a database query in ABAP with a join on 3 tables

Oct 24th, 2009 | By Ole | Category: Featured, SAP ABAP, SAP Tables & Views

This code sample shows how to join three database tables in a select query. The result of the query are stored in an internal table. 

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SAP Table Relations – SD – Sales and Distribution

Oct 24th, 2009 | By Ole | Category: Featured, SAP Tables & Views

Links between VAPMA, VKDFS, VEPVG, VAKPA, VBLB, VKDFS, VBAK, VBBE, STXH, VBUK, VBEP, VBUP, VBEH, VBAP, VBKD, LIPS, VBPA, VEKP, VEPO, VBLK, LIKP, VTFA, VTTP, VTTK, VBFA, VBRP, VBUP, VBUK, VBSS, VBSK, KONV, VBSK, VBRK, NAST, VKDFS, VRKPA, VRPMA

 
 
 
 
 

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Using an internal table in a ABAP query

Oct 24th, 2009 | By Ole | Category: Featured, SAP ABAP, SAP Tables & Views

In the following example we will populate an internal table and use it as an input to a database query.

Define which material numbers we want to included in the query.
Optimize the query.
Run the query against the MARA table.
Print the result of the query (number of rows retrieved)

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SAP Table Relations – MM – Master Data

Oct 24th, 2009 | By Ole | Category: Featured, SAP Tables & Views

Links between MARC, MAKT, MLAN, MARA, T023, MBEW, MARM, T134

 

 

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SAP Info Structures (Tables)

Oct 24th, 2009 | By Ole | Category: SAP Tables & Views

List of standard SAP R/3 Info Structures. 

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SAP Table Relations – Goods Receipt

Oct 24th, 2009 | By Ole | Category: SAP Tables & Views

Links between EKBE, MKPF, MVER, MSEG, S011, S013, S031

 
 
 
 
 

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SAP Table Relations – Purchase Orders

Oct 24th, 2009 | By Ole | Category: Featured, SAP Tables & Views

Links between EKKO, EORD, EKKN, EKET, EKPO, EINA, EINE

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SAP Table Relations – Customer Master Data

Oct 24th, 2009 | By Ole | Category: Featured, SAP Tables & Views

Links between KNVP, KNA1, KNB1, KNVV, KNB5, KNVD, KNAS, KNVS

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SAP Table Relations – Vendor Master Data

Oct 24th, 2009 | By Ole | Category: Featured, SAP Tables & Views

Links between LFM1, LFA1, LFB1, LFM2, LFBK, LFB5

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SAP Table Relations – FI-CO Tables

Oct 24th, 2009 | By Ole | Category: Featured, SAP Tables & Views

Links between BSIP, PAYR, BVOR, BSIK, BKPF, BSET, BSEC, BSIS, BSAD, BSEG, BSID, BSAS, BSAK

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SAP Tables – Project Systems

Oct 18th, 2009 | By Ole | Category: SAP Tables & Views

The SAP Project System optimizes the business processes from project planning through to carrying out the project and enables a project progress analysis. You can plan, carry out and control projects in a target-orientated and a business fashion.
In the following table you will find SAP Project Systems related tables.

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SAP Tables – Joint Venture

Oct 18th, 2009 | By Ole | Category: SAP Tables & Views

If you are a developer writing ABAP programs using the Joint Venture (JV) tables, the following tables could be usefull.

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SAP Tables – Production Revenue Accounting

Oct 18th, 2009 | By Ole | Category: SAP Tables & Views

Within the SAP Production and Revenue Accounting Solution, the Energy Integration Architecture connects third-party systems, such as ownership and field data capture systems, so they can synchronize and exchange data with the SAP Production and Revenue Accounting component. Within SAP Production and Revenue Accounting, measured oil and gas volumes are allocated to individual wells and [...]

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SAP Tables – Production Planning

Oct 18th, 2009 | By Ole | Category: Featured, SAP Tables & Views

SAP R/3 has a highly integrated Production Planning System. The PP module is divided into two Sub-modules, ‘PP-PI’ and ‘Production General’. PP-PI sub-module is designed for process industries.
The Production Planning module of SAP takes care of Master data needed like Bill Of Materials, Routings and Work Centers and stores it in one separate component.

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SAP Tables – Human Resources

Oct 18th, 2009 | By Ole | Category: Featured, SAP Tables & Views

The SAP HR module enables companies to effectively manage information about the people in their organization. It is integrated with other SAP modules and external systems. From the Organization Management perspective, companies can model a business hierarchy, the relationships of employees to various business units and the reporting structure among employees. The Personnel Administration (PA) [...]

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SAP Tables – Warehouse Management

Oct 18th, 2009 | By Ole | Category: SAP Tables & Views

SAP Warehouse Management allows you to manage your material flow, using advanced putaway and picking strategies. In the standard system, these strategies for putaway include random putaway (next empty bin), bulk storage, fixed bin, or addition to stock. The picking strategies include standard strategies first-in first-out (FIFO), last-in first-out (LIFO), picking by shelf life expiration [...]

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SAP Tables – Sales and Distribution

Oct 18th, 2009 | By Ole | Category: SAP Tables & Views

SAP SD stands for Sales and Distribution and this is the module which is used to manage customer-focused activities, from selling to delivery. The SD module is highly integrated with the other modules in SAP.

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SAP Tables – Quality Management

Oct 18th, 2009 | By Ole | Category: SAP Tables & Views

The Quality Management module (QM) is part of the integrated R/3 System. With the functions of the Quality Management (QM) module, you can implement the most important elements of a QM system, as specified in ISO 9000.  

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SAP Tables – Financial Accounting & Controlling

Oct 18th, 2009 | By Ole | Category: SAP Tables & Views

The SAP FI Module has the capability of meeting all the accounting and financial needs of an organization. It is within this module that Financial Managers as well as other Managers within your business can review the financial position of the company in real time as compared to legacy systems which often times require overnight [...]

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SAP Tables – Material Management

Oct 18th, 2009 | By Ole | Category: Featured, SAP Tables & Views

SAP MM stands for Materials Management and this is part of SAP Logistics which helps you manage end-to-end procurement and logistics business processes, from requisitioning to payment
If you are interested in tables from other areas of SAP, we have chosen to divide the tables into the following groups. Please click on the group description to [...]

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SAP Tables – EDI-ALE Related

Oct 18th, 2009 | By Ole | Category: SAP Tables & Views

IDoc or Intermediate Document is a standard SAP document exchange format. IDocs allow different application systems to be linked via a message-based interface. The IDoc interface consists of the definition of a data structure (where the data structure is the IDoc) and a processing logic for this data structure.

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SAP Tables – User & Role Administration

Oct 18th, 2009 | By Ole | Category: SAP Tables & Views

A collection of the most relevant User andRole tables in SAP
If you are interested in tables from other areas of SAP, we have chosen to divide the tables into the following groups. Please click on the group description to view each groups tables.

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SAP Tables – Basis related tables & General tables

Oct 18th, 2009 | By Ole | Category: SAP Tables & Views

Tables related to the setup and monitoring of the SAP system.
If you are interested in tables from other areas of SAP, we have chosen to divide the tables into the following groups. Please click on the group description to view each groups tables.

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XI 3.0 / PI 7.0 File Adapter: FTP Timeout Handling

Oct 6th, 2009 | By Ole | Category: SAP XI/PI

SAP Note Number: 849089
Symptom
You have configured an SAP XI 3.0 / PI 7.0 J2EE File Adapter communication channel with the Transport Protocol set to “File Transfer Protocol (FTP)”. You are experiencing sporadic conectivity problems to the FTP server on the transport or network layer, which result in stalled TCP/IP connections and cause the FTP channel [...]

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Post goods movements with MB_CREATE_GOODS_MOVEMENT

Oct 6th, 2009 | By Ole | Category: Material Movements

Functionality
You can use this method to create a material document for a goods movement. You can only create one material document each time you call up the method.

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SAP ABAP System fields

Oct 6th, 2009 | By Ole | Category: SAP ABAP

When you execute an ABAP programs, all the system fields data are passed to the structure SYST.
Use transaction SE11 – Dictionary to view the structure. Structure are used for storing temporary data.
Some of the system fields can be used in your ABAP programs.
Below you will find a list of the most common used system fields.

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Background Jobs

Oct 6th, 2009 | By Ole | Category: Basis, Featured

Background jobs are scheduled using the transaction SM36 or SM36WIZ.
In the transaction SM37 you can modify already created jobs. You will also be able to check if the job is running without errors. 

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Process Codes for IDocs

Oct 5th, 2009 | By Ole | Category: EDI, ALE & IDOCs

The Process code links the IDoc Logical Message and Basic Types to the function module that will process it. These can be viewed in WE64
You can also find inbound process codes for given message types in the table TMSG2. 

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SAP Movement Types

Oct 5th, 2009 | By Ole | Category: Featured, Material Movements

 Below you will find a short description of the standard movement types. The reversal movement type is the movement type + 1 (reversal of 101 = 102).
 

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Beginner’s Guide to ALE and IDocs

Oct 5th, 2009 | By Ole | Category: EDI, ALE & IDOCs

- a step-by-step approach
January 19th, 2008 Riyaz
This article will help you understand the basics of ALE and IDocs via a simple do-it-yourself example. We will create a custom IDoc in one SAP system and then post some business data through it to another SAP system. Business data will be picked up from custom data dictionary [...]

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External DB Look-ups from XI/PI

Oct 4th, 2009 | By Ole | Category: SAP XI/PI

How to perform external DBLook-ups from XI utilizing J2EE JDBC Connector Service (pdf)

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Restarting failed Messages

Oct 3rd, 2009 | By Ole | Category: EDI, ALE & IDOCs

How to Re-Process failed XI Messages Automatically – by Naveen Pandrangi (PDF) 

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SAP Transaction Codes

Oct 2nd, 2009 | By Ole | Category: SAP Transaction Codes

You can jump to any screen in the SAP system by entering a SAP transaction code into the command field on the standard toolbar. A transaction code is usually a four-character code that guides you directly to the screen for the task we want to perform.

 

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Tables related to Change Pointers

Oct 1st, 2009 | By Ole | Category: Change Pointers

Change pointers are R/3 objects that mark changes to SAP master data. The table BDCP is the primary change pointer data table while BDCPS contains the status (processed or unprocessed) of the change pointer record.
CD objects record the changes occurring to master data at a field level. These changes are stored in tables CDHDR and [...]

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Complete list of BAPI’s

Oct 1st, 2009 | By Ole | Category: Featured, Function Modules & BAPI's

BAPI (Business Application Programming Interface) is a set of interfaces to object-oriented programming methods that enable a programmer to integrate third-party software into the proprietary R/3 product from SAP. For specific business tasks such as uploading transactional data, BAPIs are implemented and stored in the R/3 system as remote function call (RFC) modules.

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How to load data from two SAP tables into an internal table

Sep 27th, 2009 | By Ole | Category: Featured, SAP ABAP, SAP Tables & Views

In this case we will read data from the two tables AFKO and MARA into the internal table it_orders.
The table AFKO holds the headers for PP orders and MARA the general material data.

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