SAP BWAFDEVTYP WAF: Device Classes for Controlling Installation Table data and field list

BWAFDEVTYP is a standard SAP Table which is used to store WAF: Device Classes for Controlling Installation data in SAP systems, such as SAP R/3, S/4HANA, depending on the version and release level.

The BWAFDEVTYP table consists of various fields, each holding specific information or linking keys about WAF: Device Classes for Controlling Installation data available in SAP. These include MARKUPSUBTYPE (Character Field of Length 12), FILEEXTENSION (Not More Closely Defined Area, Possibly Used for Patchlevels)... 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. .

BWAFDEVTYP table Technical Details:

Delivery Class: S - System table, maint. only by SAP, change = modification
Display/Maintenance via tcode SM30: Display/Maintenance Allowed but with Restrictions
SAP enhancement categories: Not classified


SAP BWAFDEVTYP 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 BWAFDEVTYP 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
DEVICECLASSCharacter Field of Length 12 CHAR12CHAR12CHAR12
MARKUPSUBTYPECharacter Field of Length 12 CHAR12CHAR12CHAR12
FILEEXTENSIONNot More Closely Defined Area, Possibly Used for Patchlevels CHAR4CHAR4CHAR4

Key field Non-key field



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

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

SELECT SINGLE *
FROM BWAFDEVTYP
INTO CORRESPONDING FIELDS OF WA_BWAFDEVTYP
WHERE...

How to access SAP table BWAFDEVTYP

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

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