SAP A278 ETM Material / Activity Type Table

Overview

A278 is a standard SAP S/4HANA table that stores ETM Material / Activity Type data. There are total 8 fields in the A278 table. The following is a list of the fields that make up this table. Key fields are marked in blue.

The table A278 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 A278 to other SAP tables and standard CDS views available based on A278 table in S/4HANA 2020.

Techincal Settings of A278

Below are technical details of the table A278

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

List of A278 Fields

The following table gives you an overview of the fields available in A278

FieldDescriptionData ElementCheck TableData TypeLength
MANDTClientMANDTT000CLNT3
KAPPLApplicationKAPPLT681ACHAR2
KSCHLCondition typeKSCHAT685CHAR4
MATNRMaterial NumberMATNRMARACHAR40
J_3GLVARTActivity TypeJ_3GLVARTJ_3GLEIARTCHAR4
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 A278

Table NameFieldCardinalityCheck Table
A278J_3GLVART:J_3GLEIART
A278KAPPL:T681A
A278KSCHL:T685
A278MANDT:T000
A278MATNR:MARA

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