KAST SAP (Index: sales order - bill of material) Structure details
Description: Index: sales order - bill of material
Structure field list including key, data, relationships and ABAP select examples
KAST 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 "Index: sales order - bill of material" 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_KAST TYPE KAST.
The KAST table consists of various fields, each holding specific information or linking keys about Index: sales order - bill of material data available in SAP. These include VBPOS (Item Number in Sales Order), MATNR (Material Number), WERKS (Plant), STLTY (BOM category).. 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 KAST 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 |
| VBELN | Sales Order Number | KDAUF | CHAR | 10 | Assigned to domain | ALPHA | VBELN | AUN | |
| VBPOS | Item Number in Sales Order | KDPOS | NUMC | 6 | NUM06 | KPO | |||
| MATNR | Material Number | MATNR | CHAR | 18 | Assigned to domain | MATN1 | MATNR | MAT | S_MAT1 |
| WERKS | Plant | WERKS_D | CHAR | 4 | Assigned to domain | WERKS | WRK | H_T001W_C | |
| STLTY | BOM category | STLTY | CHAR | 1 | STLTY | ||||
| STLNR | Bill of material | STNUM | CHAR | 8 | NUMCV | STNUM | STLNR | ||
| ARANG | CIM priority for selection ID | CSLPR | NUMC | 2 | CSLPR | ||||
| STLAN | BOM Usage | STLAN | CHAR | 1 | Assigned to domain | STLAN | CSV | ||
| STALT | Alternative BOM | STLAL | CHAR | 2 | ALPHA | ALTNR | |||
| ALTST | Indicator: Alternatives | ALTST | CHAR | 1 | XFELD | ||||
| VARST | Indicator: variants | VARST | CHAR | 1 | XFELD | ||||
| KOMST | Indicator: configurable BOM | KBAUS | CHAR | 1 | XFELD | ||||
| HISDT | Indicator: BOM with history (date) | HISDT | CHAR | 1 | XFELD | ||||
| TSTMP | Time stamp: BOM change relevant to explosion | CS_TSTAMP | DEC | 15 | TZNTSTMPS |
| Key field | Non-key field |
How do I retrieve data from SAP structure KAST using ABAP code?
As KAST 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 KAST as there is no data to select.How to access SAP table KAST
Within an ECC or HANA version of SAP you can also view further information about KAST 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