A018 is a standard SAP table in SAP ECC (or) S/4HANA which stores Material Info Record data. There are total 10 fields in A018 table.This blog post provides key technical details of SAP table A018, including its availability across SAP S/4HANA versions and the list of CDS views for A018 table in SAP.
| SAP HANA Table Type | Column Store |
|---|---|
| Buffering Permission | Buffering switched on |
| Buffering Type | Full table is passed to buffer |
| Package | Application development Conditions (VKON) |
| Technical Component | Conditions (SD-MD-CM) |
SAP A018 Table Fields
The following is the list of fields that are available in SAP A018 table. The key fields of the table are highlighted in color.
| Field | Description | Data Element | Domain | Check Table | Data Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MANDT | Client | MANDT | MANDT | T000 | CLNT (3) |
| KAPPL | Application | KAPPL | KAPPL | T681A | CHAR (2) |
| KSCHL | Condition type | KSCHA | KSCHL | T685 | CHAR (4) |
| LIFNR | Vendor’s account number | ELIFN | LIFNR | LFA1 | CHAR (10) |
| MATNR | Material Number | MATNR | MATNR | MARA | CHAR (40) |
| EKORG | Purchasing organization | EKORG | EKORG | T024E | CHAR (4) |
| ESOKZ | Purchasing info record category | ESOKZ | ESOKZ | CHAR (1) | |
| DATBI | Validity end date of the condition record | KODATBI | DATUM | DATS (8) | |
| DATAB | Validity start date of the condition record | KODATAB | DATUM | DATS (8) | |
| KNUMH | Number of the Condition Record | KNUMH | KNUMH | CHAR (10) |
Availability
The SAP table A018 is available within SAP S/4HANA On-premise and SAP S/4HANA Cloud systems depending on the version and release level.
| SAP S/4HANA Version | Available? |
|---|---|
| 1909 | Yes |
| 2020 | Yes |
| 2021 | Yes |
| 2022 | Yes |
| 2023 | Yes |
CDS Views for A018 table
The following is the list of A018 CDS views, which can also be used instead of A018 table based on your business requirements.
| CDS View | CDS View Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| I_PURINFCNDHELPR | BASIC | Helper View For CDS |
| I_PURINFCNDPERIOD | BASIC | CONDITONS VALIDITY |
| I_PURINFORECDMATERIALPRCGCNDN | BASIC | Purch Info Record Material Cond |
| A_PURINFORECDPRCGCNDNVALIDITY | COMPOSITE | Pricing Condition Validity |
| I_PURINFORECDPRCGCNDNVALIDITY | COMPOSITE | Purch Info Record Cond Validity |
| I_SOURCESOFSUPPLY | COMPOSITE | Sources of Supply |
| C_EXTPURREQNPROPOSEDSOS | CONSUMPTION | Available Sources of Supply |
| C_PURGINFORECDAVGPRHIST | CONSUMPTION | Calculating Average Price History for PIR |
| C_PURGINFORECDVARCCALC | CONSUMPTION | Consumption view for PIR variance |
| C_PURINFCONDPERIOD | CONSUMPTION | Condition Period Consumption |
| C_PURINFORECDPRHIST | CONSUMPTION | Monitor Purchasing Info Record Price History |
| C_SOURCESOFSUPPLY | CONSUMPTION | Sources of Supply |
| P_PURGINFORECDHISTVARCCALC | CONSUMPTION | Info Record Price Change History Detail |
| P_PURGINFORECDPRCCALC | CONSUMPTION | Info Record Price Conversion |
| P_PURGINFORECDVARCCALC | CONSUMPTION | Private View for PIR Variance |
| P_PURINFORECDPRHIST | CONSUMPTION | Private View for Purchasing Info Record Price History |
