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SAP Table Relationships

Asked by: MageDribble

Does anyone have a good book/website that'll explain the relationships between SAP tables?  I'd like to track the progress of an order from start of order till the order is shipped out.  I'd like to know how long it took for the order to be placed to shipped, as well as other metrics I'd like to run.  

Can someone give me a push in the right direction?  My SAP version is on an Oracle server so I'm looking for info about the VBAP, VBAK, LIPS, etc tables.

Thanks,
MageDribble

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Answers

 

by: jonvaughanPosted on 2006-09-21 at 16:00:13ID: 17573892

You will be looking for this ...

http://www.erpgenie.com/abap/tables_sd.htm

 

by: BygbeaPosted on 2006-09-22 at 09:59:09ID: 17578970

I would look up the data in the document flow tables.  This has all the infor you are looking for.  The table I would use is VBFA.

I hope this helps.

 

by: MageDribblePosted on 2006-09-22 at 10:33:28ID: 17579253

I already had a copy of the erpgenie but it doesn't show the kind of detail I am looking for.  I guess I am looking for more of a data dictionary than anything.

 

by: BygbeaPosted on 2006-09-22 at 10:35:23ID: 17579260

Did you try looking at the document flow tabl?  Here is all the tracking information you need all in one table.

 

by: MageDribblePosted on 2006-09-22 at 11:05:02ID: 17579434

I looked at it but don't understand what this table is supposed to do.  The part that confuses me is how I would use the preceding/subsequent doc fields in my table joins.

 

by: BygbeaPosted on 2006-09-22 at 11:12:54ID: 17579492

So, if you have a SD document you can enter it in the Preceding document and then view all the corresponding documents.  If you goto VA03 and you enter a sales number, then click on the document flow button or shift+F5.  You will see the sales oder and all the documents that correspond to the document.  IE, delivery document, and Invoice.  It will also show you multiple deliveries and Invoices.  Here you can see the date when the document were created.  Once you have the ossociated documents you can easily look up the creation times from the individual tables.

Let me know if you need more info.

I hope this helps.

 

by: jonvaughanPosted on 2006-09-24 at 16:32:05ID: 17588869

So what information is it you are actually after if it is not on the erpgenie table ?

You have been to SE11 i take it ?

 

by: MageDribblePosted on 2006-09-24 at 17:59:04ID: 17589092

If I wanted to query when a specific part was received or when an order was placed and what date & time it shipped.  This is the information that I am looking for.  Also I am looking for what orders a particular customer has placed, how many are late, how many are missing parts, etc.  What I'd like to be able to do is know which tables to reference for these queries.  Currently I use VBAP/VBAK as my starting point for everything.  However, I don't know what the fields actually represent.  For example, I use VBELN b/c I was told this is the order number however I have no data dictionary to tell me this information, my only source of knowledge is coming from the people who work in the SAP front-end.

I do not know what SE11 is.  The company I am doing this work for has provided no SAP training to myself or any of their employees.

 

by: BygbeaPosted on 2006-09-26 at 09:05:54ID: 17602662

If you are looking for the receiving information it is on the MSEG table.  Caution this table is large.
If you are looking Sales Order and Contract infomation, VBAK (SO Header), VBAP (SO Item)
If you are looking to Delivery Information, LIKP (Delv Header),  LIPS (Delv. Item)
If you are looking for Billing Information, VBRK (Billing Header), VBRP (Billing Item)

You can start to see a partern here.  You can use SE11 to findout the exact field structures and types.
Also, with in each table there is a reference field.  

VBAP-VGBEL contains the reference document, for sales orders this is the Contract.
LIPS-VGBEL contains the reference document, for deliveries this is the sales order.
VBRP-VGBEL contains the reference document, for invoices, this could a deliver, sales order, contract, etc.  You will also need to use VBRP-VGTYP to determine the reference document type, contract, sales order, delivery, etc.

This is just a view of the SD tables.  There are a dozen more for pricing, partner functionns, etc.  

I have been working with SAP since 1995 on version 2.2e  and I have never seen a data dictionary.  All the inormation I gave you I have abtained being resoucefulness and determined.  Using all my SAP knowledge to find the hidden secrets of SAP.

I hope this helps.

 

by: jonvaughanPosted on 2006-10-03 at 19:01:24ID: 17656341

Transaction SE11 is the SAP data dictionary.

It contains the description of the fields, their Data Element, which is the semantic meaning of the field, and the Domain, which is the technical descripiton.

You can also display and create views of the tables in SE11.
This is the basic transaction for understanding what you want to know. Use that in conjunction with the sapgenie diagram to see the table relationships. and transaction SE16 to see the actual data in the tables.

 

by: MageDribblePosted on 2006-10-04 at 04:23:30ID: 17658416

SE11 appears to be what I've been needing.  I went to the IT department and had them pull the info out of SE11 and it is exactly what I am looking for.

thx everyone!

 

by: MageDribblePosted on 2006-11-08 at 07:33:36ID: 17898781

sorry for the delay in responding - work has been extremely busy.  Thank you for your help.

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