BSAUTHORS SAP (Table of Authors) Table details

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Table field list including key, data, relationships and ABAP select examples

BSAUTHORS is a standard SAP Table which is used to store Table of Authors data and is available within R/3 SAP systems depending on the version and release level.

The BSAUTHORS table consists of various fields, each holding specific information or linking keys about Table of Authors data available in SAP. These include ISBN (Char 13 for ISBN - With Hyphen), AUTHLNAME (Author, Surname), AUTHFNAME (Author, First Name), AUTHLNAM (Author, Surname).. 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: 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 BSAUTHORS table fields - Full list of fields found in SAP data dictionary

Key field

Non-key field

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

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

SELECT SINGLE *
FROM BSAUTHORS
INTO CORRESPONDING FIELDS OF WA_BSAUTHORS
WHERE...

How to access SAP table BSAUTHORS

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

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

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