SAP A042 Country/State/City/Customer Classif.3/Material Classif.3 Table data and field list

A042 is a standard SAP Table which is used to store Country/State/City/Customer Classif.3/Material Classif.3 data in SAP systems, such as SAP R/3, S/4HANA, depending on the version and release level.

The A042 table consists of various fields, each holding specific information or linking keys about Country/State/City/Customer Classif.3/Material Classif.3 data available in SAP. These include KAPPL (Application), KSCHL (Condition type), ALAND (Departure country (country from which the goods are sent)), REGIO (STATE (State, Province, County))... 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. .

A042 table Technical Details:

Delivery Class: A - Application table (master and transaction data)
Display/Maintenance via tcode SM30: Display/Maintenance Allowed but with Restrictions
SAP enhancement categories: Not classified


SAP A042 table fields - Full list of fields found in SAP data dictionary

Looking for S/4HANA specific information? Click here to explore the details, fields and extensibility available for this table in the SAP S/4HANA version of the A042 table. Also check whether the table still exists or has been transformed into a CDS view as part of the HANA simplifications.
Field Description Data Element Data Type length (Dec) Check table Conversion Routine Domain Name MemoryID SHLP
MANDTClient MANDTCLNT3T000MANDT
KAPPLApplication KAPPLCHAR2T681AKAPPLKAP
KSCHLCondition type KSCHACHAR4T685AKSCHLVKS
ALANDDeparture country (country from which the goods are sent) ALANDCHAR3T005LAND1VAL
REGIOSTATE (State, Province, County) REGIOCHAR3Assigned to domainREGIO
CITYCCity Code CITYCCHAR4Assigned to domainCITYC
TAXK3Tax classification 3 for customer TAXK3CHAR1Assigned to domainTAXKD
TAXM3Tax classification 3 for material TAXM3CHAR1Assigned to domainTAXKM
DATBIValidity end date of the condition record KODATBIDATS8DATUM
DATABValidity start date of the condition record KODATABDATS8DATUM
KNUMHCondition record number KNUMHCHAR10KNUMB

Key field Non-key field



How do I retrieve data from SAP table A042 using ABAP code

The following ABAP code Example will allow you to do a basic selection on A042 to SELECT all data from the table
DATA: WA_A042 TYPE A042.

SELECT SINGLE *
FROM A042
INTO CORRESPONDING FIELDS OF WA_A042
WHERE...

How to access SAP table A042

Within an ECC or HANA version of SAP you can also view further information about A042 and the data within it using relevant transactions such as

SE11 (ABAP Dictionary Maintenance)
SM30 (Maintain Table Data)
SE80 (Object Navigator)
SE16 (Data Browser).