SAP COFT Process Management: Process Instructions in Control Recipe Table data and field list

COFT is a standard SAP Table which is used to store Process Management: Process Instructions in Control Recipe data in SAP systems, such as SAP R/3, S/4HANA, depending on the version and release level.

The COFT table consists of various fields, each holding specific information or linking keys about Process Management: Process Instructions in Control Recipe data available in SAP. These include CRID (Control recipe number), FTNO (Sequence number of process instruction in recipe), FTTYP (Type of process instruction), VORNR (Operation/Activity Number)... 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. .

COFT 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 (character-type)

SAP COFT 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 COFT table. Also check whether the table still exists or has been transformed into a CDS view as part of the HANA simplifications.

Key field

Non-key field

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

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

SELECT SINGLE *
FROM COFT
INTO CORRESPONDING FIELDS OF WA_COFT
WHERE...

How to access SAP table COFT

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

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