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SAP Table CABN

Characteristic

CABN (Characteristic) 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 CABN to other SAP tables.

Source: CABN (Characteristic)

CABN table fields

Field Data element Checktable Datatype Length Decimals
MANDT Client MANDT T000 CLNT 3 0
ATINN Internal characteristic ATINN NUMC 10 0
ADZHL Internal counter for archiving objects via engin. chg. mgmt ADZHL NUMC 4 0
ATNAM Characteristic Name ATNAM CHAR 30 0
ATIDN Object identification ATIDN CHAR 2 0
ATFOR Data type of characteristic ATFOR CHAR 4 0
CHAR Character Format
CURR Currency Format
DATE Date Format
NUM Numeric Format
TIME Time Format
UDEF User-Defined Data Type
ANZST Number of Characters ANZST INT2 5 0
ANZDZ Number of Decimal Places ANZDZ INT2 5 0
ATVOR Value with Plus or Minus Sign ATVOR CHAR 1 0
X Yes
NULL No
ATSCH Value with template ATSCH CHAR 30 0
ATKLE Case Sensitive ATKLE CHAR 1 0
X Yes
NULL No
ATKON Name of Conversion Routine ATKON CHAR 5 0
ATEND Aggregating characteristic ATEND CHAR 1 0
X Yes
NULL No
* Reference indicator
ATAEN Balance characteristic ATAEN CHAR 1 0
X Yes
NULL No
ATKLA Chars Group ATKLA TCMG CHAR 10 0
ATERF Entry Required ATERF CHAR 1 0
X Yes
NULL No
* Reference indicator
ATEIN Single value ATEIN CHAR 1 0
X Yes
NULL No
ATAME Multilingual characteristic ATAME CHAR 1 0
X Yes
NULL No
ATWME Values in more than one language ATWME CHAR 1 0
X Yes
NULL No
MSEHI Unit of Measurement MSEHI T006 UNIT 3 0
ATDIM Exponent display ATDIM INT2 5 0
ATGLO Indicator: Whether You Can Make an Entry for Ref. Chars ATGLO CHAR 1 0
X Yes
NULL No
* Reference indicator
ATGLA Indicator: restrictable characteristic ATGLA CHAR 1 0
X Yes
NULL No
ATINT Interval Values Allowed ATINT CHAR 1 0
X Yes
NULL No
* Reference indicator
ATUNS Entry Required in Configuration ATUNS CHAR 1 0
X Yes
NULL No
* Reference indicator
ATSON Indicator: Additional Values ATSON CHAR 1 0
X Yes
NULL No
* Reference indicator
ATTAB Table Name ATTAB CHAR 30 0
ATFEL Field Name ATFEL CHAR 30 0
ATTEI Field Name for Unit ATTEI CHAR 30 0
ATPRT Check table ATPRT CHAR 30 0
ATPRR Name of Check Report Program ATPRR CHAR 40 0
ATPRF Function Module for Checking Values ATPRF CHAR 30 0
ATWRD Display Allowed Values Defined in Characteristic ATWRD CHAR 1 0
X Yes
NULL No
* Reference indicator
ATFOD Unformatted Entry Control ATFOD CHAR 1 0
X Yes
NULL No
* Reference indicator
ATHIE Explode value hierarchy ATHIE CHAR 1 0
X Yes
NULL No
* Reference indicator
ATDEX Exponent Display Format ATDEX NUMC 1 0
0 No exponent
1 Standard
2 Exponent entered
3 Scientific exponent
ATFGA Indicator: formatted editing ATFGA CHAR 1 0
X Yes
NULL No
ATVSC Indicator: Display Template When Assigning Values ATVSC CHAR 1 0
X Yes
NULL No
* Reference indicator
ANAME Name of Person who Created the Object ERNAM CHAR 12 0
ADATU Date on Which Record Was Created ERDAT DATS 8 0
VNAME Name of Person Who Changed Object AENAM CHAR 12 0
VDATU Changed On AEDAT DATS 8 0
ATXAC Indicator for Multiple Table Assignments ATXAC CHAR 1 0
X Yes
NULL No
ATYAC Indicator: Align Characteristic Values to the Right ATYAC CHAR 1 0
X Yes
NULL No
* Reference indicator
ATMST Status of a characteristic ATMST TCMS CHAR 1 0
ATWSO Display of Allowed Values ATWSO CHAR 1 0
A Sorted in Ascending Order
D Sorted in Descending Order
NULL No Sorting
ATBSO Display of values assigned to a characteristic ATBSO CHAR 1 0
A Sorted in Ascending Order
D Sorted in Descending Order
NULL No Sorting
DATUV Valid-From Date DATUV DATS 8 0
TECHV Technical status from TECHV CHAR 12 0
AENNR Change Number AENNR AENR CHAR 12 0
LKENZ Deletion Indicator LKENZ CHAR 1 0
X Yes
NULL No
ATWRI Indicator: Keep Sequence in Value Assignment ATWRI CHAR 1 0
X Yes
NULL No
DOKAR Document Type DOKAR CHAR 3 0
DOKNR Document number DOKNR CHAR 25 0
DOKVR Document Version DOKVR CHAR 2 0
DOKTL Document Part DOKTL_D CHAR 3 0
KNOBJ Number of Object with Assigned Dependencies KNOBJ NUMC 18 0
ATINP No Entry Can be Made for Characteristic ATINP CHAR 1 0
X Yes
NULL No
* Reference indicator
ATVIE Characteristic Not to be Displayed ATVIE CHAR 1 0
X Yes
NULL No
* Reference indicator
WERKS Plant WERKS_D CHAR 4 0
KATALOGART Catalog QKATART_CL CHAR 1 0
AUSWAHLMGE Selected Set QAUSWAHLMG_CL CHAR 8 0
ATHKA Indicator: display node in a value hierarchy ATHKA CHAR 1 0
X Yes
NULL No
* Reference indicator
ATHKO Indicator: nodes are selectable ATHKO CHAR 1 0
X Yes
NULL No
* Reference indicator
CLINT Internal Class Number CLINT KLAH NUMC 10 0
ATTOL Indicator for Allowed Tolerances ATTOL CHAR 1 0
X Yes
NULL No
* Reference indicator
ATZUS Indicator: Values Can Be Assigned to Ref. Characteristics ATZUS CHAR 1 0
X Yes
NULL No
ATVPL Relevant to Planning ATVPL CHAR 1 0
X Yes
NULL No
ATAUTH Authorization Group for Characteristics Maintenance ATAUTH CHAR 3 0
COUNTRYGRP Characteristic is Country-Dependent COUNTRYGRP CHAR 1 0
X Yes
NULL No

CABN foreign key relationships

Table Field Foreign key table Foreign key field Check table Check field
CABN AENNR CABN MANDT AENR Change Master MANDT
CABN AENNR CABN AENNR AENR Change Master AENNR
CABN ATKLA CABN MANDT TCMG Characteristics Groups MANDT
CABN ATKLA CABN ATKLA TCMG Characteristics Groups ATKLA
CABN ATMST CABN MANDT TCMS Characteristic Status MANDT
CABN ATMST CABN ATMST TCMS Characteristic Status ATMST
CABN CLINT CABN MANDT KLAH Class Header Data MANDT
CABN CLINT CABN CLINT KLAH Class Header Data CLINT
CABN MANDT CABN MANDT T000 Clients MANDT
CABN MSEHI CABN MANDT T006 Units of Measurement MANDT
CABN MSEHI CABN MSEHI T006 Units of Measurement MSEHI