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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.

CABN table fields

Field Data element Checktable Datatype Length Decimals Possible values
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
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
ATSCH
Value with template
ATSCH
CHAR
30 0
ATKLE
Case Sensitive
ATKLE
CHAR
1 0
ATKON
Name of Conversion Routine
ATKON
CHAR
5 0
ATEND
Aggregating characteristic
ATEND
CHAR
1 0
ATAEN
Balance characteristic
ATAEN
CHAR
1 0
ATKLA
Chars Group
ATKLA TCMG
CHAR
10 0
ATERF
Entry Required
ATERF
CHAR
1 0
ATEIN
Single value
ATEIN
CHAR
1 0
ATAME
Multilingual characteristic
ATAME
CHAR
1 0
ATWME
Values in more than one language
ATWME
CHAR
1 0
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
ATGLA
Indicator: restrictable characteristic
ATGLA
CHAR
1 0
ATINT
Interval Values Allowed
ATINT
CHAR
1 0
ATUNS
Entry Required in Configuration
ATUNS
CHAR
1 0
ATSON
Indicator: Additional Values
ATSON
CHAR
1 0
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
ATFOD
Unformatted Entry Control
ATFOD
CHAR
1 0
ATHIE
Explode value hierarchy
ATHIE
CHAR
1 0
ATDEX
Exponent Display Format
ATDEX
NUMC
1 0
ATFGA
Indicator: formatted editing
ATFGA
CHAR
1 0
ATVSC
Indicator: Display Template When Assigning Values
ATVSC
CHAR
1 0
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
ATYAC
Indicator: Align Characteristic Values to the Right
ATYAC
CHAR
1 0
ATMST
Status of a characteristic
ATMST TCMS
CHAR
1 0
ATWSO
Display of Allowed Values
ATWSO
CHAR
1 0
ATBSO
Display of values assigned to a characteristic
ATBSO
CHAR
1 0
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
ATWRI
Indicator: Keep Sequence in Value Assignment
ATWRI
CHAR
1 0
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
ATVIE
Characteristic Not to be Displayed
ATVIE
CHAR
1 0
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
ATHKO
Indicator: nodes are selectable
ATHKO
CHAR
1 0
CLINT
Internal Class Number
CLINT KLAH
NUMC
10 0
ATTOL
Indicator for Allowed Tolerances
ATTOL
CHAR
1 0
ATZUS
Indicator: Values Can Be Assigned to Ref. Characteristics
ATZUS
CHAR
1 0
ATVPL
Relevant to Planning
ATVPL
CHAR
1 0
ATAUTH
Authorization Group for Characteristics Maintenance
ATAUTH
CHAR
3 0
COUNTRYGRP
Characteristic is Country-Dependent
COUNTRYGRP
CHAR
1 0

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 MSEHI T006
Units of Measurement
MSEHI
CABN MSEHI CABN MANDT T006
Units of Measurement
MANDT