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SAP Table T438M

Control Parameter for MRP -Material Level-

T438M (Control Parameter for MRP -Material Level-) is a standard table in SAP R\3 ERP systems. Below you can find the technical details of the fields that make up this table. Key fields are marked in blue.

Additionally we provide an overview of foreign key relationships, if any, that link T438M to other SAP tables.

T438M table fields

Field Data element Checktable Datatype Length Decimals
MANDT Client MANDT T000 CLNT 3 0
WERKS Plant WERKS_D T001W CHAR 4 0
MTART MRP Group DISGR CHAR 4 0
BANER Creation Indicator for Purchase Requisitions BANER CHAR 1 0
1 Purchase requisitions
2 Purchase requisitions in opening period
3 Planned orders
DISER Creation Indicator for MRP Lists DISER CHAR 1 0
1 MRP list
2 Depending on the exception messages
3 No MRP list
UMTHZ Rescheduling horizon UMTHZ NUMC 3 0
FIXHZ Planning time fence FIXHZ NUMC 3 0
PLAHZ Planning horizon PLAHZ NUMC 3 0
SBDIS Share of safety stock which can be used for planning SBDIS NUMC 3 0
LIFKZ Automatic Schedule Lines (Scheduling Agreements) LIFKZ CHAR 1 0
1 No schedule lines
2 Schedule lines in the opening period
3 Schedule lines
GTERM Scheduling according to purchasing info record or agreement GTERM CHAR 1 0
X Yes
NULL No
KZDRB Indicator: direct procurement/production MRP KZDRB CHAR 1 0
NULL Direct procurement only when creating production order
1 Trigger direct procurement in requirements planning
2 Direct procurement only when creating production order
3 Trigger direct procurement in requirements planning
XFAT1 Firm Only Schedule Lines Transmitted to Vendor by Purchasing XFAT1 CHAR 1 0
X Yes
NULL No
XFAT2 Fant. 2 XFAT2 CHAR 1 0
X Yes
NULL No
VWVOR Tolerance value for bringing forward receipt elements VWVOR NUMC 2 0
VWVER Tolerance value for displacement in the future VWVER NUMC 2 0
PRREG Checking Rule for Availability Check PRREG T441R CHAR 2 0
VRMOD Consumption mode VRMOD CHAR 1 0
1 Backward consumption only
2 Backward/forward consumption
3 Forward consumption only
4 Forward/backward consumption
VINT1 Consumption period: backward VINT1 NUMC 3 0
VINT2 Consumption period: forward VINT2 NUMC 3 0
STRGR Planning strategy group STRGR T461P CHAR 2 0
RESHZ Roll forward period for the master plan RESHZ DEC 2 0
ANDIS Number of Days After Which the Material Must Be Planned ANDIS INT2 5 0
AUART Order Type AUFART T003O CHAR 4 0
AUAR2 Order type for process order AUAR2 T003O CHAR 4 0
PLSEL Issue Storage Location Selection PLSEL CHAR 1 0
1 Only components
2 Only assemblies
3 1st components / 2nd assemblies
4 1st assemblies / 2nd components
RVPKZ Adjustment of Planned Independent Requirements RVPKZ CHAR 1 0
NULL No adjustment
1 Adjustment in the future
2 Adjustment in the past
3 Adjustment in the future - only indep.reqmts w. consumption
4 Adjustment in the past - only indep. reqmts w. consumption
RESVP Period of adjustment for planned independent requirements RESVP DEC 3 0
SHFLG Safety time indicator (with or without safety time) SHFLG CHAR 1 0
NULL Ignore safety time
1 Safety time for independent reqmts
2 Safety time for all requirements
SHZET Safety time (in workdays) SHZET NUMC 2 0
MDACH Action control: planned order processing MDACH T46AC CHAR 2 0
PRASTA Period split PRASTA T459S CHAR 5 0
EXSGT Do not explode bulk material items EXSGD CHAR 1 0
NULL Setting from plant parameter
1 Generation of dependent requirements
2 No generation of dependent requirements
BESAL Determination of explosion date for BOM and routing BESAD CHAR 1 0
NULL Setting from plant parameter
1 Basic start date
2 Basic finish date
3 BOM explosion number/order start date
4 BOM explosion number/order finish date
BSART MRP:doc.type purchase requisitions for standard purchase ord BBSRT_NB T161 CHAR 4 0
BARTL MRP: Document type purchase requisition for subcontracting BBSRT_LB T161 CHAR 4 0
BARTU MRP: purchase requisition for stock transfer - document type BBSRT_UL T161 CHAR 4 0
GRREL Relevant for requirements grouping for project stock GRREL CHAR 1 0
X Yes
NULL No
VERTR Start date of order proposals allowed in the past VERGR CHAR 1 0
NULL Control at plant level
1 Start date in past allowed
2 Start date in past not allowed
FKOBS ATP check by full confirmation logic FKOBS CHAR 1 0
X Yes
NULL No
EVAPR Evaluation Profile for Range-of-Coverage Data MD_EVAPR T465 CHAR 3 0

T438M foreign key relationships

Table Field Foreign key table Foreign key field Check table Check field
T438M AUAR2 T438M MANDT T003O Order Types CLIENT
T438M AUAR2 T438M AUAR2 T003O Order Types AUART
T438M AUART T438M MANDT T003O Order Types CLIENT
T438M AUART T438M AUART T003O Order Types AUART
T438M BARTL T438M MANDT T161 Purchasing Document Types MANDT
T438M BARTL 'B' T161 Purchasing Document Types BSTYP
T438M BARTL T438M BARTL T161 Purchasing Document Types BSART
T438M BARTU T438M BARTU T161 Purchasing Document Types BSART
T438M BARTU T438M MANDT T161 Purchasing Document Types MANDT
T438M BARTU 'B' T161 Purchasing Document Types BSTYP
T438M BSART T438M MANDT T161 Purchasing Document Types MANDT
T438M BSART 'B' T161 Purchasing Document Types BSTYP
T438M BSART T438M BSART T161 Purchasing Document Types BSART
T438M EVAPR T438M WERKS T465 Evaluation Profile Ranges of Coverage WERKS
T438M EVAPR T438M EVAPR T465 Evaluation Profile Ranges of Coverage EVAPR
T438M EVAPR T438M MANDT T465 Evaluation Profile Ranges of Coverage MANDT
T438M MANDT T438M MANDT T000 Clients MANDT
T438M MDACH * T46AC Action control ACCTO
T438M MDACH T438M MANDT T46AC Action control MANDT
T438M MDACH T438M MDACH T46AC Action control MDACH
T438M MDACH * T46AC Action control ACCFM
T438M PRASTA T438M MANDT T459S Period splitting MANDT
T438M PRASTA T438M PRASTA T459S Period splitting PRASTA
T438M PRREG T438M MANDT T441R Values Table for Checking Rule MANDT
T438M PRREG T438M PRREG T441R Values Table for Checking Rule PRREG
T438M STRGR T438M MANDT T461P Planning strategy group MANDT
T438M STRGR T438M STRGR T461P Planning strategy group STRGR
T438M WERKS T438M WERKS T001W Plants/Branches WERKS
T438M WERKS T438M MANDT T001W Plants/Branches MANDT