MAKT SAP (Material Descriptions) Table details
Dictionary Type: Table
Description: Material Descriptions
Description: Material Descriptions
Table field list including key, data, relationships and ABAP select examples
MAKT is a standard SAP Table which is used to store Material Descriptions data and is available within R/3 SAP systems depending on the version and release level.
The MAKT table consists of various fields, each holding specific information or linking keys about Material Descriptions data available in SAP. These include MATNR (Material Number), SPRAS (Language Key), MAKTX (Material Description (Short Text)), MAKTG (Material description in upper case for matchcodes).. See below for full list along with technical details, documentation, text table, check tables, foreign key relationships, conversion routines, relevant tcodes and example ABAP select code etc. .
Delivery Class: A - Application table (master and transaction data)Display/Maintenance via tcode SM30: Display/Maintenance Allowed but with Restrictions
SAP enhancement categories: Can Be Enhanced (Deep)
Text table for: MARA
SAP MAKT table fields - Full list of fields found in SAP data dictionary
Field | Description | Data Element | Data Type | length (Dec) | Check table | Conversion Routine | Domain Name | MemoryID | SHLP |
MANDT | Client | MANDT | CLNT | 3 | T000 | MANDT | |||
MATNR | Material Number | MATNR | CHAR | 18 | MARA | MATN1 | MATNR | MAT | S_MAT1 |
SPRAS | Language Key | SPRAS | LANG | 1 | T002 | ISOLA | SPRAS | SPR | H_T002 |
MAKTX | Material Description (Short Text) | MAKTX | CHAR | 40 | TEXT40 | ||||
MAKTG | Material description in upper case for matchcodes | MAKTG | CHAR | 40 | CHAR40 |
Key field | Non-key field |
How do I retrieve data from SAP table MAKT using ABAP code
The following ABAP code Example will allow you to do a basic selection on MAKT to SELECT all data from the tableDATA: WA_MAKT TYPE MAKT.
SELECT SINGLE *
FROM MAKT
INTO CORRESPONDING FIELDS OF WA_MAKT
WHERE...
How to access SAP table MAKT
Within an ECC or HANA version of SAP you can also view further information about MAKT and the data within it using relevant transactions such asSE11 (ABAP Dictionary Maintenance)
SM30 (Maintain Table Data)
SE80 (Object Navigator)
SE16 (Data Browser).
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