Most commonly used SAP standard tables

SAP Master Tables

Vendor Master (General Section)LFA1
Vendor Master (Company Code)LFB1
Vendor Master (Bank Details)LFBK
General Data in Customer MasterKNA1
Customer Master (Company Code)KNB1
General Material Data  MARA
Material DescriptionsMAKT
Plant Data for MaterialMARC
Storage Location Data for MaterialMARD
Units of Measure for MaterialMARM

SAP Header and Item tables

It is good idea to get familiar with SAP standard tables. SAP has tables with Header and Item relationship and below I am displaying a limited list of header and items tables for learning purpose. These tables will be used frequently throughout this course.

ProcessHeader DataItem Data
Sales DocumentVBAKVBAP
Purchasing DocumentEKKOEKPO
Billing DocumentVBRKVBRP
SD Document: DeliveryLIKPLIPS
Accounting DocumentBKPFBSEG
Material DocumentMKPFMSEG

Below is a simplified relationship diagram of SAP Materials Management table. This is not the complete list of SAP MM tables.

Some common tables of SAP FI and its relationship with other tables is shown below.

Image Courtesy – https://blogs.sap.com/2017/11/06/a-relationship-basic-of-mm-and-fi-tables/

The good part is that SAP follows a naming convention and the blow table highlights the common naming convention. Remember that there can always be an exception.

CustomerKN*
SalesVB*, VA*, VK*
ShippingVT*, VB*, VE*
DeliveryLI*
Material MasterMA*, MB*, MK*, MS*, MV*
BillingVB*, VR*, VK*
PricingKO*
PurchasingEK*, EI*
Vendor MasterLF*
FI tablesBS*
Cost center accountingCO*, CS*
Organisational elementsT001*