BIW_CO_AREA SAP (BW Extract Structure: Controlling Area - Master Data) Structure details
Description: BW Extract Structure: Controlling Area - Master Data
Structure field list including key, data, relationships and ABAP select examples
BIW_CO_AREA 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 "BW Extract Structure: Controlling Area - Master Data" 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_BIW_CO_AREA TYPE BIW_CO_AREA.
The BIW_CO_AREA table consists of various fields, each holding specific information or linking keys about BW Extract Structure: Controlling Area - Master Data data available in SAP. These include WAERS (Currency Key), KTOPL (Chart of Accounts), LMONA (Fiscal Year Variant), KHINR (Standard Hierarchy for Cost Centers).. 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:Display/Maintenance via tcode SM30: Display/Maintenance Allowed but with Restrictions
SAP enhancement categories: Can be enhanced (character-type)
SAP BIW_CO_AREA structure 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 |
KOKRS | Controlling Area | KOKRS | CHAR | 4 | Assigned to domain | CACCD | CAC | ||
WAERS | Currency Key | WAERS | CUKY | 5 | Assigned to domain | WAERS | FWS | ||
KTOPL | Chart of Accounts | KTOPL | CHAR | 4 | Assigned to domain | KTOPL | KPL | C_KTOPL | |
LMONA | Fiscal Year Variant | PERIV | CHAR | 2 | Assigned to domain | PERIV | |||
KHINR | Standard Hierarchy for Cost Centers | KSTHI | CHAR | 12 | SETNR | ||||
ERKRS | Operating concern | ERKRS | CHAR | 4 | Assigned to domain | ERKRS | ERB | ||
PHINR | Profit center area | PHINR | CHAR | 12 | SETNR | ||||
BPHINR | Standard Hierarchy Area | CO_BPHINR | CHAR | 12 | SETNR | KWH | |||
PCACURTP | Currency type of the profit center report currency | CURTPPC | CHAR | 2 | CURTP | ||||
FIKRS | Financial Management Area | FIKRS | CHAR | 4 | Assigned to domain | FIKRS | FIK | ||
TCTHIENM | Hierarchy name | RSHIENM | CHAR | 30 | RSHIENM |
Key field | Non-key field |
How do I retrieve data from SAP structure BIW_CO_AREA using ABAP code?
As BIW_CO_AREA 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 BIW_CO_AREA as there is no data to select.How to access SAP table BIW_CO_AREA
Within an ECC or HANA version of SAP you can also view further information about BIW_CO_AREA and the data within it using relevant transactions such asSE11 (ABAP Dictionary Maintenance)
SM30 (Maintain Table Data)
SE80 (Object Navigator)
SE16 (Data Browser).
Search for further information about these or an SAP related objects