PBCH SAP (Direct input for characteristic values in demand management) Structure details
Description: Direct input for characteristic values in demand management
Structure field list including key, data, relationships and ABAP select examples
PBCH 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 "Direct input for characteristic values in demand management" 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_PBCH TYPE PBCH.
The PBCH table consists of various fields, each holding specific information or linking keys about Direct input for characteristic values in demand management data available in SAP. These include PDATU (Delivery/order finish date), CLINT (Internal Class Number), LNPOS (Row Number of Variant Table - External), EWAHR (Floating point field: quantity in characteristics planning).. 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 PBCH 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 |
| POSNR | Requirements plan item | BEDPP | NUMC | 6 | NUM06 | BDP | |||
| PDATU | Delivery/order finish date | DAT01 | DATS | 8 | DATUM | ||||
| CLINT | Internal Class Number | CLINT | NUMC | 10 | Assigned to domain | CLINT | |||
| LNPOS | Row Number of Variant Table - External | VTLIN | NUMC | 5 | NUM05 | ||||
| EWAHR | Floating point field: quantity in characteristics planning | EMEFL | FLTP | 16(16) | FLTP | ||||
| FLGFX | Fixing indicator | FLGFX | CHAR | 1 | X | ||||
| FLGUB | Copying firmed objects allowed | FLGUB | CHAR | 1 | X | ||||
| FLGWA | Indicator = 'X' quantity / indicator = ' ' usage probability | FLGWA | CHAR | 1 | X |
| Key field | Non-key field |
How do I retrieve data from SAP structure PBCH using ABAP code?
As PBCH 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 PBCH as there is no data to select.How to access SAP table PBCH
Within an ECC or HANA version of SAP you can also view further information about PBCH 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