COAS_BUF SAP (Buffer for CO Orders (Reporting)) Structure details
Description: Buffer for CO Orders (Reporting)
Structure field list including key, data, relationships and ABAP select examples
COAS_BUF 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 "Buffer for CO Orders (Reporting)" 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_COAS_BUF TYPE COAS_BUF.
The COAS_BUF table consists of various fields, each holding specific information or linking keys about Buffer for CO Orders (Reporting) data available in SAP. These include KOKRS (Controlling Area), OBJNR (Object number), AUTYP (Order category), AUART (Order Type).. 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 or numeric)
SAP COAS_BUF 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 |
| AUFNR | Order Number | AUFNR | CHAR | 12 | Assigned to domain | ALPHA | AUFNR | ANR | |
| KOKRS | Controlling Area | KOKRS | CHAR | 4 | Assigned to domain | CACCD | CAC | ||
| OBJNR | Object number | J_OBJNR | CHAR | 22 | Assigned to domain | J_OBJNR | ONR | ||
| AUTYP | Order category | AUFTYP | NUMC | 2 | AUFTYP | ||||
| AUART | Order Type | AUFART | CHAR | 4 | Assigned to domain | AUFART | AAT | ||
| ASTNR | Order status | AUFASTNR | NUMC | 2 | Assigned to domain | AUFSTNR | |||
| KOSTV | Responsible cost center | AUFKOSTV | CHAR | 10 | Assigned to domain | ALPHA | KOSTL | ||
| PSPEL | Work breakdown structure element (WBS element) | PS_PSP_ELE | NUMC | 8 | Assigned to domain | KONPR | PS_POSNR | ||
| WAERS | Order Currency | AUFWAERS | CUKY | 5 | Assigned to domain | WAERS | |||
| KTEXT | Description | AUFTEXT | CHAR | 40 | TEXT40 |
| Key field | Non-key field |
How do I retrieve data from SAP structure COAS_BUF using ABAP code?
As COAS_BUF 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 COAS_BUF as there is no data to select.How to access SAP table COAS_BUF
Within an ECC or HANA version of SAP you can also view further information about COAS_BUF 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