MATERIAL_SERIAL_NUM SAP (Material Serial Numbers) Structure details
Description: Material Serial Numbers
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Access table MATERIAL_SERIAL_NUM
Structure field list including key, data, relationships and ABAP select examples
MATERIAL_SERIAL_NUM 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 "Material Serial Numbers" 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_MATERIAL_SERIAL_NUM TYPE MATERIAL_SERIAL_NUM.
The MATERIAL_SERIAL_NUM table consists of various fields, each holding specific information or linking keys about Material Serial Numbers data available in SAP. These include SERIAL_NUMBER (Field length 18), MAPAR (Manufacturer part number), EQUNR (Equipment Number), BAUJJ (Year of construction).. 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 MATERIAL_SERIAL_NUM 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 |
| MATERIAL | Material Number | MATNR | CHAR | 18 | Assigned to domain | MATN1 | MATNR | MAT | S_MAT1 |
| SERIAL_NUMBER | Field length 18 | CHAR18 | CHAR | 18 | CHAR18 | ||||
| MAPAR | Manufacturer part number | MAPAR | CHAR | 30 | MAPAR | ||||
| EQUNR | Equipment Number | EQUNR | CHAR | 18 | Assigned to domain | ALPHA | EQUNR | EQN | EQUI |
| BAUJJ | Year of construction | BAUJJ | CHAR | 4 | GJAHR | CJAHR | |||
| BAUMM | Month of construction | BAUMM | CHAR | 2 | BAUMM | ||||
| HERST | Manufacturer of asset | HERST | CHAR | 30 | TEXT30 | ||||
| OBJNR | Object number | J_OBJNR | CHAR | 22 | Assigned to domain | J_OBJNR | ONR | ||
| TOTLF | Total Life | 0 | |||||||
| REMLF | Remaining Life | 0 | |||||||
| ITEM_NUMBER | Item number of the SD document | POSNR | NUMC | 6 | Assigned to domain | POSNR | |||
| SELECTED | New Input Values | XFLAG | CHAR | 1 | XFLAG | ||||
| USAGE_FLAG | New Input Values | XFLAG | CHAR | 1 | XFLAG | ||||
| UII | Unique Item Identifier | UII_CHAR72 | CHAR | 72 | UII_CHAR72 | UII | H_UII |
| Key field | Non-key field |
How do I retrieve data from SAP structure MATERIAL_SERIAL_NUM using ABAP code?
As MATERIAL_SERIAL_NUM 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 MATERIAL_SERIAL_NUM as there is no data to select.How to access SAP table MATERIAL_SERIAL_NUM
Within an ECC or HANA version of SAP you can also view further information about MATERIAL_SERIAL_NUM 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