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Need to know German abbreviations in SAP Table & Fields

Former Member
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For a couple of years with abap exp. i've seen German abbreviations almost everyday, but i don't know what r those abbreviations stand for ?

For example the simply field :

MANDT

VBELN

AUART

VKORG

VTWEG

SPART

GSBER

WERKS

LGORT

any suggestion or any website to learn ?

PS.

SAP AG. should change the name of these data element :

SPERM_M Purchasing block at purchasing organization level

SPERM_X Centrally imposed purchasing block

😜 just kidding

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ThomasZloch
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MANDT -> Mandant

VBELN -> Vertriebsbelegnummer

AUART -> Auftragsart

VKORG -> Verkaufsorganisation

VTWEG -> Vertriebsweg

SPART -> Sparte

GSBER -> Geschäftsbereich

WERKS -> Werk

LGORT -> Lagerort

That old five character limit dates back to R/2 days, I believe.

You could maybe logon in language "DE", if installed? Otherwise just post them here

Thomas

matt
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I was in a shop ordering a new TV, and couldn't remember the word for delivery, until I thought about it in SAP - LIFNR. Ah! Lieferung!

former_member181995
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LIFNR?

or

VBELN?

Cheers

Former Member
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LIFNR = Lieferantennummer = Vendor

KUNNR = Kundennummer = Customer

matt
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OK - but I still got my TV delivered!

Former Member
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Unless someone else's user exit delivered it for you...

... Ahh!! a Beamer...

former_member181995
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>

> OK - but I still got my TV delivered!

Wait untill shipment status set to "7"

Cheers

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EBELN -> Einkaufbelegnummer? = Purchasing Document Number

Former Member
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This is such an awesome topic.

I am an American, who speaks German.

I actually sided with SAP over Oracle in the development of my career, because I love German so much.

My company chose not to install the German language pack

If there isn't an official site documenting these, then we should keep this string going!

BELNR -  Belegnummer - Document (Receipt) Number

Former Member
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I speak German quite well and many of those technical field names don't mean much to me either until I see their descriptions and remember them, and to understand how they are used by displaying the runtime object, and...

=> No shortcuts there for German speakers either - at most it helps the memory performance a little bit...

Cheers,

Julius

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And it's a good thing too. As you can see from both the Business Object Repository and BAPIs in general, an attempt to render parameter and field names in English seems to lack and form of standard. This means you get EMPLOYEENUMBER and PERSONNELNUMBER referenced to pernr in two different but similar Business Objects. When you are working in a method and take a punt on the key field name, chances are you will have guessed the wrong one.

After a little time in SAP you find remembering the field names just happens. Until English gets a little more exact and limited lets keep it with the German abbreviations.

You know it makes sense.

Gareth