MCH_MPLA SAP (Maintenance Plan) Structure details
Description: Maintenance Plan
Structure field list including key, data, relationships and ABAP select examples
MCH_MPLA 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 "Maintenance Plan" 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_MCH_MPLA TYPE MCH_MPLA.
The MCH_MPLA table consists of various fields, each holding specific information or linking keys about Maintenance Plan data available in SAP. These include WARPL (Maintenance Plan), WPTXT (Maintenance Plan Text), VSPOS (Shift Factor for Late Completion), VSNEG (Shift Factor for Early Completion).. 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 MCH_MPLA 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 |
MANDT | Client | MANDT | CLNT | 3 | Assigned to domain | MANDT | |||
WARPL | Maintenance Plan | WARPL | CHAR | 12 | MPLA | ALPHA | WARPL | MPL | MPLAL |
WPTXT | Maintenance Plan Text | WPTXT | CHAR | 40 | TEXT40 | ||||
VSPOS | Shift Factor for Late Completion | VERSCHPLUS | NUMC | 3 | NUM3 | ||||
VSNEG | Shift Factor for Early Completion | VERSCHNEG | NUMC | 3 | NUM3 | ||||
TOPOS | Tolerance for Late Completion (%) | TOLERPLUS | NUMC | 3 | NUM3 | ||||
TONEG | Tolerance for Early Completion (%) | TOLERNEG | NUMC | 3 | NUM3 | ||||
SFAKT | Cycle modification factor | SFAKT | DEC | 3(2) | SFAKT | ||||
HORIZ | Call horizon for maintenance plan calls | HORIZONT | NUMC | 3 | NUM3 | ||||
ABRHO | Scheduling Period | ABRHO | NUMC | 3 | ANZTA | ||||
HUNIT | Unit in scheduling interval | HUNIT | UNIT | 3 | T006 | CUNIT | MEINS | ||
CALL_CONFIRM | Only Create New Call Object After Completing Predecessor | CALL_CONFIRM | CHAR | 1 | CHAR1 | ||||
PLAN_SORT | Sort field for maintenance plans | PLAN_SORT | CHAR | 20 | CHAR20 | ||||
BEGRU | Technical object authorization group | IAUTG | CHAR | 4 | T370B | IAUTG | |||
OR_KNZ | Indicator for OR or AND link | ANDOR | CHAR | 1 | RADIO | ||||
AND_KNZ | Indicator for OR or AND link | ANDOR | CHAR | 1 | RADIO | ||||
PUFFP | Lead Float in Days | PUFF_VORL | NUMC | 3 | NUM3 | ||||
START_DATE | Start Date for Scheduling | DATE_START | DATS | 8 | DATUM | ||||
START_TIME | Start Time for Scheduling | TIME_START | TIMS | 6 | TIME | ||||
MPTYP | Maintenance plan category | MPTYP | CHAR | 2 | Assigned to domain | MPTYP | WAT | ||
APFKT | Execution factor for whole task list | APFKT | DEC | 3 | AFAKT |
Key field | Non-key field |
How do I retrieve data from SAP structure MCH_MPLA using ABAP code?
As MCH_MPLA 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 MCH_MPLA as there is no data to select.How to access SAP table MCH_MPLA
Within an ECC or HANA version of SAP you can also view further information about MCH_MPLA and the data within it using relevant transactions such asSE11 (ABAP Dictionary Maintenance)
SM30 (Maintain Table Data)
SE80 (Object Navigator)
SE16 (Data Browser).
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