SAP B60CH Direct input for characteristic values in demand management Table data and field list

B60CH is a standard SAP Structure so does not store data like a database table does. It can be used to define the fields of other actual tables or to process "Direct input for characteristic values in demand management" Information within sap ABAP programs.

This is done by declaring abap internal tables, work areas or database tables based on this Structure. These can then be used to store and process the required data appropriately.

i.e. DATA: wa_B60CH TYPE B60CH.

The B60CH table consists of various fields, each holding specific information or linking keys about Direct input for characteristic values in demand management data available in SAP. These include PDATU (Delivery/order finish date), CLINT (Internal Class Number), LNPOS (Row Number of Variant Table - External), EWAHR (Floating point field: quantity in characteristics planning)... 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. .

B60CH structure Technical Details:

Delivery Class:
Display/Maintenance via tcode SM30: Display/Maintenance Allowed but with Restrictions
SAP enhancement categories: Can be enhanced (character-type or numeric)


SAP B60CH structure 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 B60CH 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
STYPEBatch Input Interface Record Type STYPE_BICHAR1CHAR1
PDATUDelivery/order finish date DAT01DATS8DATUM
CLINTInternal Class Number CLINTNUMC10Assigned to domainCLINT
LNPOSRow Number of Variant Table - External VTLINNUMC5NUM05
EWAHRFloating point field: quantity in characteristics planning EMEFLFLTP16(16) FLTP
FLGFXFixing indicator FLGFXCHAR1X
FLGUBCopying firmed objects allowed FLGUBCHAR1X
FLGWAIndicator = 'X' quantity / indicator = ' ' usage probability FLGWACHAR1X

Key field Non-key field



How do I retrieve data from SAP structure B60CH using ABAP code?

As B60CH is a database structure and not a table it does not store any data in the SAP data dictionary. The ABAP SELECT statement is therefore not appropriate and can not be performed on B60CH as there is no data to select.

How to access SAP table B60CH

Within an ECC or HANA version of SAP you can also view further information about B60CH and the data within it using relevant transactions such as

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