SAP A257 Movement Type/Recipient Type Table
Overview
A257 is a standard SAP S/4HANA table that stores Movement Type/Recipient Type data. There are total 8 fields in the A257 table. The following is a list of the fields that make up this table. Key fields are marked in blue.
The table A257 belongs to Industry Solution Engineering & Construction (IS-EC) module and is located in the package MEC: Application development R/3 conditions (MEC_VKON).
In addition, following links provide an overview of foreign key relationships, if any, that link A257 to other SAP tables and standard CDS views available based on A257 table in S/4HANA 2020.
Techincal Settings of A257
Below are technical details of the table A257
- Buffering switched on
- Full table is passed to buffer
- Storage type is Column Store
List of A257 Fields
The following table gives you an overview of the fields available in A257
| Field | Description | Data Element | Check Table | Data Type | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MANDT | Client | MANDT | T000 | CLNT | 3 |
| KAPPL | Application | KAPPL | T681A | CHAR | 2 |
| KSCHL | Condition type | KSCHA | T685 | CHAR | 4 |
| J_3GBEWEG | Internal Indicator for Transaction Type | J_3GBEWEG | CHAR | 1 | |
| J_3GETYPE | Receiving Recipient Type | J_3GETYPE | J_3GZUETYP | CHAR | 2 |
| DATBI | Validity end date of the condition record | KODATBI | DATS | 8 | |
| DATAB | Validity start date of the condition record | KODATAB | DATS | 8 | |
| KNUMH | Number of the Condition Record | KNUMH | CHAR | 10 |
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 A257
| Table Name | Field | Cardinality | Check Table |
|---|---|---|---|
| A257 | J_3GETYPE | : | J_3GZUETYP |
| A257 | KAPPL | : | T681A |
| A257 | KSCHL | : | T685 |
| A257 | MANDT | : | T000 |