SAP BUTEORT End of Retention Date for Business Partner Table data and field list

BUTEORT is a standard SAP Table which is used to store End of Retention Date for Business Partner data in SAP systems, such as SAP R/3, S/4HANA, depending on the version and release level.

The BUTEORT table consists of various fields, each holding specific information or linking keys about End of Retention Date for Business Partner data available in SAP. These include PARTNER (Business Partner Number), EORT_DT (End of Retention Date)... 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. .

BUTEORT 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 (Deep)


SAP BUTEORT 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 BUTEORT 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 MANDTCLNT3Assigned to domainMANDT
PARTNERBusiness Partner Number BU_PARTNERCHAR10Assigned to domainALPHABU_PARTNERBPABUPA
EORT_DTEnd of Retention Date BU_EORT_DATEDATS8DATUM

Key field Non-key field



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

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

SELECT SINGLE *
FROM BUTEORT
INTO CORRESPONDING FIELDS OF WA_BUTEORT
WHERE...

How to access SAP table BUTEORT

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

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