SAP BC001 Business Partner: Assign Vendor - Partner Table data and field list

BC001 is a standard SAP Table which is used to store Business Partner: Assign Vendor - Partner data in SAP systems, such as SAP R/3, S/4HANA, depending on the version and release level.

The BC001 table consists of various fields, each holding specific information or linking keys about Business Partner: Assign Vendor - Partner data available in SAP. These include PARTNER (Business Partner Number), LIFNR (Account Number of Vendor or Creditor), CRUSER (User who created the object), CRDAT (Date on which the object was created)... 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. .

BC001 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: Can be enhanced (character-type)


SAP BC001 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 BC001 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
CLIENTClient MANDTCLNT3T000MANDT
PARTNERBusiness Partner Number BU_PARTNERCHAR10BUT000ALPHABU_PARTNERBPABUPA
LIFNRAccount Number of Vendor or Creditor LIFNRCHAR10Assigned to domainALPHALIFNRLIFKRED_C
CRUSERUser who created the object BU_CRUSRCHAR12USNAM
CRDATDate on which the object was created BU_CRDATDATS8DATUM
CRTIMTime at which the object was created BU_CRTIMTIMS6UZEIT

Key field Non-key field



How do I retrieve data from SAP table BC001 using ABAP code

The following ABAP code Example will allow you to do a basic selection on BC001 to SELECT all data from the table
DATA: WA_BC001 TYPE BC001.

SELECT SINGLE *
FROM BC001
INTO CORRESPONDING FIELDS OF WA_BC001
WHERE...

How to access SAP table BC001

Within an ECC or HANA version of SAP you can also view further information about BC001 and the data within it using relevant transactions such as

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