CABN is a standard Characteristics Transparent Table in SAP Cross Application application, which stores Characteristic data. On this page, you can view the Table Structure, Columns(Fields), links to SAP Documentation, Wiki & Help Pages, Q&A, similar/related TCodes, Tables, FMs, ABAP Reports, BW Datasources, and Authorization Objects for CABN. You can use the transaction code SE16 to view the data in this table, and SE11 TCode for the table structure and definition.

CABN — Table Structure, Fields(Columns) and Definitions

    Position Column Name Description Data Element Primary Key Data Type Length Check Table
    1 MANDT Client MANDT X CLNT 3 T000
    2 ATINN Internal characteristic ATINN X NUMC 10
    3 ADZHL Internal Counter for Archiving Objects by ECM ADZHL X NUMC 4
    4 ATNAM Characteristic name ATNAM CHAR 30
    5 ATIDN Object identification ATIDN CHAR 2
    6 ATFOR Data type of characteristic ATFOR CHAR 4
    7 ANZST Number of characters ANZST INT2 5
    8 ANZDZ Number of decimal places ANZDZ INT2 5
    9 ATVOR Value with plus or minus sign ATVOR CHAR 1
    10 ATSCH Value with template ATSCH CHAR 70
    11 ATKLE Case sensitive ATKLE CHAR 1
    12 ATKON Name of Conversion Routine ATKON CHAR 5
    13 ATEND Aggregating characteristic ATEND CHAR 1
    14 ATAEN Balance characteristic ATAEN CHAR 1
    15 ATKLA Characteristics Group ATKLA CHAR 10 TCMG
    16 ATERF Entry required ATERF CHAR 1
    17 ATEIN Single value ATEIN CHAR 1
    18 ATAME Multilingual characteristic ATAME CHAR 1
    19 ATWME Values in more than one language ATWME CHAR 1
    20 MSEHI Measurement Unit MSEHI UNIT 3 T006
    21 ATDIM Exponent display ATDIM INT2 5
    22 ATGLO Indicator: Whether You Can Make an Entry for Ref. Chars ATGLO CHAR 1
    23 ATGLA Indicator: restrictable characteristic ATGLA CHAR 1
    24 ATINT Interval values allowed ATINT CHAR 1
    25 ATUNS Entry Required in Configuration ATUNS CHAR 1
    26 ATSON Indicator: additional values ATSON CHAR 1
    27 ATTAB Table name ATTAB CHAR 30
    28 ATFEL Field name ATFEL CHAR 30
    29 ATTEI Field name for unit ATTEI CHAR 30
    30 ATPRT Check table ATPRT CHAR 30
    31 ATPRR Name of Check Report Program ATPRR CHAR 40
    32 ATPRF Function Module for Checking Values ATPRF CHAR 30
    33 ATWRD Display allowed values defined in characteristic ATWRD CHAR 1
    34 ATFOD Unformatted entry control ATFOD CHAR 1
    35 ATHIE Explode value hierarchy ATHIE CHAR 1
    36 ATDEX Exponent Display Format ATDEX NUMC 1
    37 ATFGA Indicator: formatted editing ATFGA CHAR 1
    38 ATVSC Indicator: display template when assigning values ATVSC CHAR 1
    39 ANAME Application Name ERNAM CHAR 12
    40 ADATU Valid-From Date of Production Version ERDAT DATS 8
    41 VNAME Joint venture AENAM CHAR 12
    42 VDATU Request.dlv.dt AEDAT DATS 8
    43 ATXAC Indicator for Multiple Table Assignments ATXAC CHAR 1
    44 ATYAC Indicator: Align Characteristic Values to the Right ATYAC CHAR 1
    45 ATMST Actual Start Time ATMST CHAR 1 TCMS
    46 ATWSO Display of Allowed Values ATWSO CHAR 1
    47 ATBSO Display of values assigned to a characteristic ATBSO CHAR 1
    48 DATUV Valid-From Date DATUV DATS 8
    49 TECHV Technical status from TECHV CHAR 12
    50 AENNR Change Number AENNR CHAR 12 AENR
    51 LKENZ Deletion Indicator LKENZ CHAR 1
    52 ATWRI Indicator: Keep Order in Value Assignment ATWRI CHAR 1
    53 DOKAR Document type DOKAR CHAR 3
    54 DOKNR Document number DOKNR CHAR 25
    55 DOKVR Document version DOKVR CHAR 2
    56 DOKTL Document part DOKTL_D CHAR 3
    57 KNOBJ Number of object with linked dependencies KNOBJ NUMC 18
    58 ATINP No Entry Can be Made for Characteristic ATINP CHAR 1
    59 ATVIE Characteristic Not to be Displayed ATVIE CHAR 1
    60 WERKS Plant WERKS_D CHAR 4
    61 KATALOGART Catalog QKATART_CL CHAR 1
    62 AUSWAHLMGE Selected set QAUSWAHLMG_CL CHAR 8
    63 ATHKA Indicator: display node in a value hierarchy ATHKA CHAR 1
    64 ATHKO Indicator: nodes are selectable ATHKO CHAR 1
    65 CLINT Internal Class Number CLINT NUMC 10 KLAH
    66 ATTOL Indicator for Allowed Tolerances ATTOL CHAR 1
    67 ATZUS Indicator: Values Can Be Assigned to Ref. Characteristics ATZUS CHAR 1
    68 ATVPL Relevant to Planning ATVPL CHAR 1
    69 ATAUTH Authorization Group for Characteristics Maintenance ATAUTH CHAR 3
    70 COUNTRYGRP Characteristic is Country-Dependent COUNTRYGRP CHAR 1
    71 DATUB Valid-to date DATUB DATS 8
    72 LASTCHANGEDDATETIME UTC Time Stamp in Long Form (YYYYMMDDhhmmssmmmuuun) TIMESTAMPL DEC 21

SAP Help, Wiki, Q&A and other resources for CABN

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  • Replicated Tables in SAP Marketing - SAP Help Portal

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    https://help.sap.com/viewer/eb4404cf3f87458194c0fd1615e2bb69/1809.YMKT/en-US/2554cb528dd6d142e10000000a4450e5.html

  • Master Data - SAP Help Portal

    Product characteristics (color, size, and so on) CABN, CABNT, CAWN, ...

    https://help.sap.com/viewer/23629a03333840199de513280b74f738/2.0.1/en-US/dafb5c5486e78d4ce10000000a4450e5.html

  • SAP ERP Data for Multichannel Sales Analysis - SAP Help Portal

    Conditions T685, T685T Sales Document Types ...

    https://help.sap.com/viewer/e95c8443f589486bbfec99331049704a/2.0.1/en-US/0618b2520efa6477e10000000a441470.html

  • Classification Datasource and associated tables | SAP Blogs

    In certain business requirements, there is a need to create a classification in ECC which is essentially an extension for a master data. E.g. For Material we need additional attributes such as Packaging Group or for Business Partner we need additional attributes such as Lead Auditor, Certification Expiry Date etc. These information are stored in separate classification tables such as CABN, CAWN, CAWNT and not in the base master data tables (such as MARA or BUPT00 etc). Each class has an associated class type within which the characteristics are defined. When analysis is required based on these...

    https://blogs.sap.com/2015/02/24/classification-datasource-and-associated-tables

  • Issues in fetching Internal characteristics of materials | SAP Blogs

     An internal characteristic is something pertaining to, constituting, or indicating the character or peculiar quality of a particular Material. Characteristics allow to attach attributes to a material, routing, a work center, a batch or an order. It becomes a legal requirement sometimes to fetch values of these internal characteristics. This document explains how to fetch the internal characteristic values and gives an insight into some flaws that occur during these kinds of developments. 

    https://answers.sap.com/people/srikanth.tulasi/blog/2008/12/09/issues-in-fetching-internal-characteristics-of-materials

  • To get Material Classification Values for Class Type 300 (CU51) - SAP Q&A

    I am in need a FM/BAPI which retrieve the characteristic values of the Material BOM for class type 300 which is created the TCODE CU51.

    https://answers.sap.com/questions/3615041/to-get-material-classification-values-for-class-ty.html

  • How to join CABN table with VBAk - SAP Q&A

    I have to fetch data from CABN, by joining CABN table with VBAK.Can any one suggest me how can i fetch data from CABN, by comparig which field of VBAK?

    "How to join CABN table with VBAk - SAP Q&A"

    https://answers.sap.com/questions/5581410/how-to-join-cabn-table-with-vbak.html

  • Material Chassifications - SAP Q&A

    i mean,in Material master(MM01/02/03 transaction), in the classification tab, we will have CLASS TYPE,CLASS, characteristic description & values.

    "You will have to query tables AUSP and CABN for the data."

    https://answers.sap.com/answers/1505682/view.html

  • Fetching Characteristics of CLASS on MATNR using ATINN in CABN and AUSP - SAP Q&A

    I have a program which creates a sales order via this function module. I am already successful in creating sales order, however, I noticed that the pricing conditions value comes in a multiple of 10. If the price that I enter is 12.50, if I check the condition price value, it becomes 125.50. Any idea on why this is happening?

    "Fetching Characteristics of CLASS on MATNR using ATINN in CABN and AUSP - SAP Q&A"

    https://answers.sap.com/questions/1771501/condition-price-in-sdsalesdocumentcreate.html

  • Extractor for tbl CABN | SAP Community

    Could someone tell me the std extractor for table CABN or how to find the extractor for the table.

    https://answers.sap.com/questions/2139431/extractor-for-tbl-cabn.html

  • View the full list of resources, SAP Help/Wiki pages and Q&A for CABN


Related Tables

TABLE Description Functional Area
AUSP Characteristic Values Cross Application - Classes
CAWN Characteristic values Cross Application - Characteristics
KLAH Class Header Data Cross Application - Classes
CAWNT Value Texts Cross Application - Characteristics
KSSK Allocation Table: Object to Class Cross Application - Classes

Transaction Codes for SAP Table CABN

TCODE Description Functional Area
KSSK Temp. Alloc.: Actual Stat. Key Fig. CO - Activity Types
CT04 Characteristics Cross Application - Characteristics
MCH1 RIS: Execute Evaluation Logistics - Retail Information System (RIS)
MCHA RIS: Till Receipt/Matl - Selection Logistics - Retail Information System (RIS)
MM03 Display Material & Logistics - Material Master
MCHB RIS: Till Receipt - Selection Logistics - Retail Information System (RIS)

FMs for SAP Table CABN

FM Description Functional Area
BAPI_OBJCL_GETDETAIL Classification BAPI: Read Classification Information on Object Cross Application - Classification
CLAF_CLASSIFICATION_OF_OBJECTS Classification Data for Object Cross Application - Classification
VC_I_GET_CONFIGURATION Stellt die Konfiguration in einer itab aufbereitet zur Verf Logistics - Variant Configuration
REUSE_ALV_GRID_DISPLAY Output of a simple list (single-line) Basis - SAP List Viewer
BAPI_OBJCL_CHANGE Classification BAPI: Change Assignment Cross Application - Classification
BAPI_OBJCL_GETCLASSES Classification BAPI: Classes for Object Cross Application - Classification

ABAP Reports for SAP Table CABN

ABAP REPORT Description Functional Area
ALSYSAL Program for Object Type SYSALERT: System Alert Basis - Monitoring
DSIG_BOOKING_EX Report DSIG_BOOKING_EX Cross Application - Digital Signature
LCNDPU13 Provides the object initialized in the data provider object
RADDBDIF Control Program for Processing the DBDIFF Basis - Activation Program, Conversion Program, DB Utility, MC, SPDD
RSWBOINS SE06 for Installation in Background Basis - Transport Organizer
SAPMV45A Sales Order Processing SD - Sales

BW Datasources for SAP Table CABN

BW DATASOURCE Description Functional Area
0MATERIAL_ATTR Material Number Logistics - Logistics - General
0CO_OM_CCA_9 Cost Centers: Actual Costs Using Delta Extraction CO - Cost Center Accounting
0PM_MEASUREMENT Measuring Points and Measurement Documents PM - Plant Maintenance
0CO_OM_CCA_1 Cost centers: Costs and allocations CO - Cost Center Accounting
0PM_OM_OPA_3 Maintenance Orders: Commitmt Line Items PM - Plant Maintenance
0PM_PRM_PLCS_1 Planned Costs Maintenance PM - Plant Maintenance

Authorization Objects for SAP Table CABN

AUTHORIZATION OBJECT Description Functional Area
P_PERNR HR: Master Data - Personnel Number Check
S_CARRID Authorization Object for Airlines
CMS_CAG Authorization object for CAG
CMS_RBL Authorization object for receivable in CMS
M_MATE_WRK Material Master: Plants

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