POSTAB SAP (Structure of the Post Tab for ALV) Structure details
Description: Structure of the Post Tab for ALV
Structure field list including key, data, relationships and ABAP select examples
POSTAB 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 "Structure of the Post Tab for ALV" 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_POSTAB TYPE POSTAB.
The POSTAB table consists of various fields, each holding specific information or linking keys about Structure of the Post Tab for ALV data available in SAP. These include MATNR (Material Number), MAKTX (Material Description (Short Text)), BTWRK (Plant), VZWRK (Distribution center as plant).. 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 POSTAB 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 |
MATNR | Material Number | MATNR | CHAR | 18 | MATN1 | MATNR | MAT | S_MAT1 | |
MAKTX | Material Description (Short Text) | MAKTX | CHAR | 40 | TEXT40 | ||||
BTWRK | Plant | BTWRK | CHAR | 4 | WERKS | WRK | |||
VZWRK | Distribution center as plant | VZWRK | CHAR | 4 | WERKS | VZW | |||
FIWRK | Store as plant | FIWRK | CHAR | 4 | WERKS | WRK | |||
MANDT | Client | MANDT | CLNT | 3 | MANDT | ||||
BUKRS | Company Code | BUKRS | CHAR | 4 | BUKRS | BUK | C_T001 | ||
ABELN | Allocation Table Number | ABELN | CHAR | 10 | ALPHA | ABELN | ABE | ||
ABELP | Item number of allocation table | ABELP | NUMC | 5 | ABELP | ||||
ABELG | Sub-item no. of plant group (alloc tbl) | ABELG | NUMC | 5 | ABELG | ||||
ABELF | Sub.item no. of plant (alloc. tbl) | ABELF | NUMC | 5 | ABELF | ||||
VZBUK | Company Code | BUKRS | CHAR | 4 | BUKRS | BUK | C_T001 | ||
BEZCH | Description | BEZEI40 | CHAR | 40 | TEXT40 | ||||
EKORG | Purchasing Organization | EKORG | CHAR | 4 | EKORG | EKO | |||
EKGRP | Purchasing Group | EKGRP | CHAR | 3 | EKGRP | EKG | |||
WERKS | Plant | WERKS_D | CHAR | 4 | WERKS | WRK | H_T001W_C | ||
LGORT | Storage Location | LGORT_D | CHAR | 4 | LGORT | LAG | |||
LIFNR | Account Number of Vendor or Creditor | LIFNR | CHAR | 10 | ALPHA | LIFNR | LIF | KRED_C | |
AUFME | Allocation Unit | AUFME | UNIT | 3 | CUNIT | MEINS | |||
BETRB | Customer no. of plant | FILNR | CHAR | 10 | ALPHA | KUNNR | |||
FILNR | Customer no. of plant | FILNR | CHAR | 10 | ALPHA | KUNNR | |||
ORT01 | City | ORT01 | CHAR | 25 | TEXT25 | ||||
NAM01 | Name | NAME1 | CHAR | 30 | TEXT30 | ||||
EBLNU | Purchase Order Generated for Vendor | EBLNU | CHAR | 10 | ALPHA | EBELN | BES | ||
EBLPU | Generated purchase order item | EBLPU | NUMC | 5 | EBELP | POS | |||
BSART | Order type in allocation table (for external vendor) | BSART_LIEF | CHAR | 4 | BSART | BSA | WAUF_T161 | ||
UBSTN | Generated warehouse order | UBSTN | CHAR | 10 | ALPHA | EBELN | BES | ||
UBSTP | Generated stock transport order item | UBSTP | NUMC | 5 | EBELP | BSP | |||
UMART | Order type in allocation table (for warehouse/DC) | BSART_LAGER | CHAR | 4 | BSART | BSA | WAUF_T161 | ||
VBLNU | Generated delivery number | VBLNU | CHAR | 10 | ALPHA | VBELN | AUN | ||
VBLPU | Generated delivery note item | VBLPU | NUMC | 6 | POSNR | ||||
LFART | Delivery type of allocation table | LFART_AUFT | CHAR | 4 | LFART | ALT | LFART_FOR_ALLOCATION | ||
WEFDT | Date of planned GR at plant | WEFDT | CHAR | 10 | CHAR10 | ||||
WEFTP | External date type | PRGBZ | CHAR | 1 | PRGBZ | ||||
WEFUZ | Time | UZEIT | TIMS | 6 | UZEIT | ||||
MENGE | Quantity | MENGE_D | QUAN | 13(3) | MENG13 | ||||
VSTEL | Shipping Point/Receiving Point | VSTEL | CHAR | 4 | VSTEL | VST | |||
VTEXT | Description | VTEXT | CHAR | 20 | TEXT20 | ||||
LPRIO | Delivery Priority | LPRIO | NUMC | 2 | LPRIO | ||||
ROUTE | Route | ROUTE | CHAR | 6 | ROUTE | ||||
SPDNR | Forwarding agent | SPDNR | CHAR | 10 | ALPHA | LIFNR | |||
VKORG | Sales Organization | VKORG | CHAR | 4 | VKORG | VKO | C_VKORG | ||
VTWEG | Distribution Channel | VTWEG | CHAR | 2 | VTWEG | VTW | C_VTWEG | ||
SPART | Division | SPART | CHAR | 2 | SPART | SPA | C_SPART | ||
VKBUR | Sales Office | VKBUR | CHAR | 4 | VKBUR | VKB | |||
VKGRP | Sales Group | VKGRP | CHAR | 3 | VKGRP | VKG | |||
VZENT | Distribution center (as customer) | VZENT | CHAR | 10 | ALPHA | KUNNR | |||
BSERL | Vendor purchase order allowed | BSERL | CHAR | 1 | XFELD | ||||
UMERL | Stock transfer allowed | UMERL | CHAR | 1 | XFELD | ||||
SPERR | Blocking flag, plant | SPBTR | CHAR | 1 | SPERR_A | ||||
SPRGR | Description | BEZEI40 | CHAR | 40 | TEXT40 | ||||
APSTP | Item category of allocation table | APSTP | CHAR | 4 | APSTP | ||||
AKTNR | COUPON | WAKTION | CHAR | 10 | ALPHA | WAKTION | WAK | ||
ZUSAM | Vendor POs, aggregate | BSTZU | CHAR | 1 | BSTZU | ||||
LFUHR | Time of delivery | LFUHR | TIMS | 6 | LFUHR | ||||
AUREL | Relevant to Allocation Table | AUREL | CHAR | 1 | AUREL | ||||
RETPO | Returns Item | RETPO | CHAR | 1 | XFELD | ||||
LAND1 | Country Key | LAND1 | CHAR | 3 | LAND1 | LND | |||
LFNRU | Account no. of vendor / creditor of sub-item | LFNRU | CHAR | 10 | ALPHA | LIFNR | LIF | ||
LFNRA | Account Number of Vendor or Creditor | LIFNR | CHAR | 10 | ALPHA | LIFNR | LIF | KRED_C | |
RFKTN | Reference outline agreement | RFKTN | CHAR | 10 | ALPHA | EBELN | |||
RFKTP | Reference outline agreement item | RFKTP | NUMC | 5 | EBELP | ||||
SELKZ | Selection flag | SELKZ | CHAR | 1 | SELKZ | ||||
FB_TYP | Document category of allocation table follow-on documents | RAT_FB_BELTYP | CHAR | 1 | RAT_FB_BELTYP | ||||
VBELN_GKA | Number of generated sales order | VBELN_GKA | CHAR | 10 | ALPHA | VBELN | |||
VBELP_GKA | Number of generated sales order item | VBELP_GKA | NUMC | 6 | POSNR | ||||
KAART | Sales Document Type | AUART | CHAR | 4 | AUART | AUART | AAT | ||
SAPOS | Number of alloc tbl item of material on higher level | POSNR_SA | NUMC | 5 | ABELP | ||||
LFNUM | Consecutive Number | LFNUM | CHAR | 5 | CHAR5 | ||||
AUFAR | Allocation Table Type | AUFAR | CHAR | 4 | AUFAR | ATG | |||
RFAKT | Reference promotion | RFAKT | CHAR | 10 | ALPHA | EBELN | |||
ASTAK | Activity status allocation tbl (header) | ASTAK | CHAR | 1 | ASTAK | ||||
PSTAK | Maintenance status of allocation table | PSTAK | CHAR | 1 | PSTAK | ||||
EDATK | Date on Which Record Was Created | ERDAT | DATS | 8 | DATUM | ||||
ENAMK | Name of Person who Created the Object | ERNAM | CHAR | 12 | USNAM | ||||
ADATK | Changed On | AEDAT | DATS | 8 | DATUM | ||||
ANAMK | Name of Person Who Changed Object | AENAM | CHAR | 12 | USNAM | ||||
AFDAT | Confirmation Request Date | AFDAT | CHAR | 10 | CHAR10 | ||||
AFDTP | Date type (day, week, month, interval) | PRGRS | CHAR | 1 | PRGRS | ||||
ASTAP | Activity status of allocation table item | ASTAP | CHAR | 1 | ASTAK | ||||
PSTAP | Maintenance status of alloc. table item | PSTAP | CHAR | 1 | PSTAK | ||||
RSPOS | Item Number of Reservation/Dependent Requirement | RSPOS | NUMC | 4 | RSPOS | RPO | |||
EBELN | Purchasing Document Number | EBELN | CHAR | 10 | ALPHA | EBELN | BES | MEKK_C | |
EBELP | Item Number of Purchasing Document | EBELP | NUMC | 5 | EBELP | BSP | |||
SBELN | No. of allocation rule | SBELN | CHAR | 10 | ALPHA | SBELN | BLN | ||
FILKL | Plant group (technical plant class) | FILKL | CHAR | 18 | KLASSE | ||||
LISTG | Listing Indicator | LISTG | CHAR | 1 | LISTG | ||||
RUNDG | Rounding off in allocation table | RUNDG | CHAR | 1 | RUNDG | ||||
RESTV | Split remainder | RESTV | CHAR | 1 | RESTV | ||||
ASTRA | Allocation Strategy | ASTRA | CHAR | 4 | ASTRA | ||||
LIEFW | Flag: delivery phase exists | LIEFW | CHAR | 1 | CHAR1 | ||||
MANUE | Flag: allocation table manually changed | MANUE | CHAR | 1 | CHAR1 | ||||
LIFTY | Vendor category | LIFTY | CHAR | 1 | VLFKZ | ||||
WEFPR | Delivery phase in percent of total qty | LWPRZ | NUMC | 3 | PROZENT100 | ||||
AUTLF | Complete delivery defined for each sales order? | AUTLF | CHAR | 1 | XFELD | ||||
BRGEW | Open gross weight of all schedule lines for this key | BRGEW_VG | QUAN | 15(3) | MENG15 | ||||
GEWEI | Weight Unit | GEWEI | UNIT | 3 | CUNIT | MEINS | |||
VOLUM | Open volume of all schedule lines for this key | VOLUM_VG | QUAN | 15(3) | MENG15 | ||||
VOLEH | Volume unit | VOLEH | UNIT | 3 | CUNIT | MEINS | |||
BEARZ | Processing time in days | BEARZ_VG | DEC | 5(2) | DEC3_2 | ||||
ADRNR_AG | Address number of the sold-to party | ADRNR_AG | CHAR | 10 | ALPHA | ADRNR | |||
ADRNR_WE | Address number of the ship-to party | ADRNR_WE | CHAR | 10 | ALPHA | ADRNR | |||
ACTIV | List Level in which the Line Item is Active | ACTIV | NUMC | 2 | NUM02 | ||||
ELIKZ | 'Delivery Completed' Indicator | ELIKZ | CHAR | 1 | XFELD | ||||
VBELN | Sales and Distribution Document Number | VBELN | CHAR | 10 | ALPHA | VBELN | AUN | ||
VBELP | Sales document item | VBELP | NUMC | 6 | POSNR | ||||
WAERS | Currency Key | WAERS | CUKY | 5 | WAERS | FWS | |||
RSNUM | Number of Reservation/Dependent Requirement | RSNUM | NUMC | 10 | RSNUM | RES | |||
BSTMG | Purchase Order Quantity | BSTMG | QUAN | 13(3) | MENG13 | ||||
BSTME | Purchase Order Unit of Measure | BSTME | UNIT | 3 | CUNIT | MEINS | |||
UMLMG | Quantity Delivered (Stock Transfer) | GLMNG | QUAN | 13(3) | MENG13 | ||||
UMLME | Purchase Order Unit of Measure | BSTME | UNIT | 3 | CUNIT | MEINS | |||
LFMNG | Delivery qty | LIFMG | QUAN | 13(3) | MENG13 | ||||
VRKME | Sales unit | VRKME | UNIT | 3 | CUNIT | MEINS | |||
WADAT | Goods Issue Date | WADAT | DATS | 8 | DATUM | ||||
WATYP | External date type | PRGBZ | CHAR | 1 | PRGBZ | ||||
LFIMG | Actual quantity delivered (in sales units) | LFIMG | QUAN | 13(3) | MENG13 | ||||
LEWED | Latest Possible Goods Receipt | LEWED | DATS | 8 | DATUM | ||||
WEVDT | Date of planned GR at Distribution Center | WEVDT | CHAR | 10 | CHAR10 | ||||
WEVTP | External date type | PRGBZ | CHAR | 1 | PRGBZ | ||||
AVERL | Notification allowed | AVERL | CHAR | 1 | XFELD | ||||
MEINS | Base Unit of Measure | MEINS | UNIT | 3 | CUNIT | MEINS | |||
ABLAD | Unloading Point | ABLAD | CHAR | 25 | TEXT25 | ||||
FBDAT | Release date of vendor PO generation | FBDAT | CHAR | 10 | CHAR10 | ||||
FBDTP | Date type (day, week, month, interval) | PRGRS | CHAR | 1 | PRGRS | ||||
FLDAT | Release date for generation of deliveries | FLDAT | CHAR | 10 | CHAR10 | ||||
FLDTP | Date type (day, week, month, interval) | PRGRS | CHAR | 1 | PRGRS | ||||
WEDAT | Delivery date | LFDAT | DATS | 8 | DATUM | ||||
WETYP | Date type (day, week, month, interval) | PRGRS | CHAR | 1 | PRGRS | ||||
VKDAT | Date of start of sales at plant | VKDAT | CHAR | 10 | CHAR10 | ||||
VKTYP | External date type | PRGBZ | CHAR | 1 | PRGBZ | ||||
LEDAT | Delivery Creation Date | LEDAT | DATS | 8 | DATUM | ||||
BEDAT | Purchase Order Date | BEDAT | DATS | 8 | DATUM | ||||
BEDTP | External date type | PRGBZ | CHAR | 1 | PRGBZ | ||||
UMDAT | Purchase Order Date | BEDAT | DATS | 8 | DATUM | ||||
UMDTP | External date type | PRGBZ | CHAR | 1 | PRGBZ | ||||
ABFST | Status plant notification | ABFST | CHAR | 1 | ASTAB | ||||
ABAST | Details status, plant notification | ABAST | CHAR | 1 | ABAST | ||||
BSTST | Status: Vendor Purchase Order Generation | BSTST | CHAR | 1 | ASTAB | ||||
UMLST | Status: warehouse order generation | UMLST | CHAR | 1 | ASTAB | ||||
LIEST | Status: generate deliveries | LIEST | CHAR | 1 | ASTAB | ||||
ABVST | Notification status (DC) | ABVST | CHAR | 1 | ASTAB | ||||
WEEST | Entry status of GR in DC | WEEST | CHAR | 1 | ASTAB | ||||
KAGST | Status of sales order generation | KAGST | CHAR | 1 | ASTAB | ||||
ZAEHL | Row Index of Internal Tables | SYTABIX | INT4 | 10 | SYST_LONG | ||||
STATU | Single-Character Indicator | CHAR1 | CHAR | 1 | CHAR1 | ||||
BEARB | Follow-On Document Generation Status | FBG_BEARB | CHAR | 1 | CHAR1 | ||||
FRM_REL | Single-Character Indicator | CHAR1 | CHAR | 1 | CHAR1 | ||||
LFDNR_FB_KOPF_POSTAB | Natural Number | INT4 | INT4 | 10 | INT4 | ||||
WRF_AT_DL_ID | Dateline ID (GUID) | WRF_AT_DL_ID | CHAR | 22 | SYSUUID_22 | ||||
LTSNR | Vendor Subrange | LTSNR | CHAR | 6 | LTSNR | ||||
.INCLU--AP | 0 | ||||||||
SLS_REL | Single-Recipient Vendor Orders from Allocation Table | SLS_REL | CHAR | 1 | SLS_REL | ||||
LFDNR_SUB | Natural Number | INT4 | INT4 | 10 | INT4 | ||||
.INCLU--AP | 0 | ||||||||
CONS_ORDER | Consignment Processing in Allocation Table (FBG) | WRF_AT_CONS_ORDER | CHAR | 1 | WRF_AT_CONS_ORDER | ||||
LFDNR_FB_KOPF_POSTAB | Natural Number | INT4 | INT4 | 10 | INT4 | ||||
FB_TYP | Single-Character Indicator | CHAR1 | CHAR | 1 | CHAR1 |
Key field | Non-key field |
How do I retrieve data from SAP structure POSTAB using ABAP code?
As POSTAB 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 POSTAB as there is no data to select.How to access SAP table POSTAB
Within an ECC or HANA version of SAP you can also view further information about POSTAB 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