SAP BAPISAREA KANBAN Information for Vendors (Supply Area) Table data and field list

BAPISAREA 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 "KANBAN Information for Vendors (Supply Area)" 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_BAPISAREA TYPE BAPISAREA.

The BAPISAREA table consists of various fields, each holding specific information or linking keys about KANBAN Information for Vendors (Supply Area) data available in SAP. These include SUPPLYAREA (Production Supply Area), DESCRIP (Production supply area description)... 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. .

BAPISAREA structure Technical Details:

Delivery Class:
Display/Maintenance via tcode SM30: Display/Maintenance Allowed but with Restrictions
SAP enhancement categories: Cannot Be Enhanced


SAP BAPISAREA 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 BAPISAREA 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
PLANTPlant WERKS_DCHAR4T001WWERKSWRKH_T001W_C
SUPPLYAREAProduction Supply Area PRVBECHAR10PVBEPRVBEPVB
DESCRIPProduction supply area description PVBTXCHAR40TEXT40

Key field Non-key field



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

As BAPISAREA 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 BAPISAREA as there is no data to select.

How to access SAP table BAPISAREA

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

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