MENGE SAP (Material Master View: Alternative Quantity of Material) Structure details

Dictionary Type: Structure
Description: Material Master View: Alternative Quantity of Material




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Structure field list including key, data, relationships and ABAP select examples

MENGE 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 Master View: Alternative Quantity 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_MENGE TYPE MENGE.

The MENGE table consists of various fields, each holding specific information or linking keys about Material Master View: Alternative Quantity of Material data available in SAP. These include MEINH (Alternative Unit of Measure for Stockkeeping Unit), UMREZ (Numerator for Conversion to Base Units of Measure), UMREN (Denominator for conversion to base units of measure), EANNR (European Article Number (EAN) - obsolete!!!!!).. 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 MENGE 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
MATNRMaterial Number MATNRCHAR18Assigned to domainMATN1MATNRMATS_MAT1
MEINHAlternative Unit of Measure for Stockkeeping Unit LRMEIUNIT3Assigned to domainCUNITMEINS
UMREZNumerator for Conversion to Base Units of Measure UMREZDEC5UMBSZ
UMRENDenominator for conversion to base units of measure UMRENDEC5UMBSN
EANNREuropean Article Number (EAN) - obsolete!!!!! EANNRCHAR13CHAR13EAN
EAN11International Article Number (EAN/UPC) EAN11CHAR18EAN11EAN11EAN
NUMTPCategory of International Article Number (EAN) NUMTPCHAR2Assigned to domainNUMTP
LAENGLength LAENGQUAN13(3) MENG13
BREITWidth BREITQUAN13(3) MENG13
HOEHEHeight HOEHEQUAN13(3) MENG13
MEABMUnit of Dimension for Length/Width/Height MEABMUNIT3Assigned to domainCUNITMEINS
VOLUMVolume VOLUMQUAN13(3) MENG13
VOLEHVolume unit VOLEHUNIT3Assigned to domainCUNITMEINS
BRGEWGross Weight BRGEWQUAN13(3) MENG13
GEWEIWeight Unit GEWEIUNIT3Assigned to domainCUNITMEINS
ATINNInternal characteristic ATINNNUMC10Assigned to domainATINNATINN
KZWSOUnits of measure usage KZWSOCHAR1KZWSO
MSEHIUnit of Measurement MSEHIUNIT3Assigned to domainCUNITMEINS

Key field Non-key field



How do I retrieve data from SAP structure MENGE using ABAP code?

As MENGE 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 MENGE as there is no data to select.

How to access SAP table MENGE

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

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


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