SAP A161 Info Record: Variants Table

Overview

A161 is a standard SAP S/4HANA table that stores Info Record: Variants data. There are total 11 fields in the A161 table. The following is a list of the fields that make up this table. Key fields are marked in blue.

The table A161 belongs to Purchasing (MM-PUR) module and is located in the package Purchasing (ME).

In addition, following links provide an overview of foreign key relationships, if any, that link A161 to other SAP tables and standard CDS views available based on A161 table in S/4HANA 2020.

Techincal Settings of A161

Below are technical details of the table A161

  • Buffering switched on
  • Full table is passed to buffer
  • Storage type is Column Store

List of A161 Fields

The following table gives you an overview of the fields available in A161

FieldDescriptionData ElementCheck TableData TypeLength
MANDTClientMANDTT000CLNT3
KAPPLApplicationKAPPLT681ACHAR2
KSCHLCondition typeKSCHAT685CHAR4
LIFNRVendor's account numberELIFNLFA1CHAR10
EKORGPurchasing organizationEKORGT024ECHAR4
ESOKZPurchasing info record categoryESOKZCHAR1
MATNRMaterial NumberMATNRMARACHAR40
VARCONDVariant Condition KeyVARCONDTVARCCHAR26
DATBIValidity end date of the condition recordKODATBIDATS8
DATABValidity start date of the condition recordKODATABDATS8
KNUMHNumber of the Condition RecordKNUMHCHAR10

Foreign Key Relationships

A foreign key field is a table field that is allocated to a check table and becomes part of the table's foreign key. The following table gives you an overview of the foreign keys for A161

Table NameFieldCardinalityCheck Table
A161EKORG:T024E
A161KAPPL:T681A
A161KSCHL:T685
A161LIFNR:LFA1
A161MANDT:T000
A161MATNR:MARA
A161VARCOND:TVARC

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