SAP PCA_SECURITY Card Master: Encryption Table data and field list

PCA_SECURITY is a standard SAP Table which is used to store Card Master: Encryption data in SAP systems, such as SAP R/3, S/4HANA, depending on the version and release level.

The PCA_SECURITY table consists of various fields, each holding specific information or linking keys about Card Master: Encryption data available in SAP. These include CARD_GUID (GUID of a Payment Card), CARD_TYPE (Payment card type), CRYPTIC_NUMBER (Externally Encrypted Payment Card Number), CRYPTIC_LEN (Length of Encoded Payment Card Number)... 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. .

PCA_SECURITY table Technical Details:

Delivery Class: A - Application table (master and transaction data)
Display/Maintenance via tcode SM30: Display/Maintenance Allowed but with Restrictions
SAP enhancement categories: Can be enhanced (character-type or numeric)


SAP PCA_SECURITY table fields - Full list of fields found in SAP data dictionary

Looking for S/4HANA specific information? Click here to explore the details, fields and extensibility available for this table in the SAP S/4HANA version of the PCA_SECURITY table. Also check whether the table still exists or has been transformed into a CDS view as part of the HANA simplifications.
Field Description Data Element Data Type length (Dec) Check table Conversion Routine Domain Name MemoryID SHLP
CLIENTClient MANDTCLNT3Assigned to domainMANDT
CARD_GUIDGUID of a Payment Card CARD_GUIDRAW16SYSUUID
CARD_TYPEPayment card type CC_INSTITUTECHAR4Assigned to domainCC_INSTITUTE
CRYPTIC_NUMBERExternally Encrypted Payment Card Number PCA_CRYPTIC_NUMBER_EXTERNALRAW255SYHEX255
CRYPTIC_LENLength of Encoded Payment Card Number PCA_CRYPTIC_LENINT410RFCINT4
CRYPTIC_HASHHash Value of an Encrypted Payment Card Number PCA_CRYPTIC_HASHCHAR32
CRYPTIC_VALUEPayment Card Value PCA_CRYPTIC_VALUECHAR25

Key field Non-key field



How do I retrieve data from SAP table PCA_SECURITY using ABAP code

The following ABAP code Example will allow you to do a basic selection on PCA_SECURITY to SELECT all data from the table
DATA: WA_PCA_SECURITY TYPE PCA_SECURITY.

SELECT SINGLE *
FROM PCA_SECURITY
INTO CORRESPONDING FIELDS OF WA_PCA_SECURITY
WHERE...

How to access SAP table PCA_SECURITY

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

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