The BDS_PHF table in SAP ERP or S/4HANA stores BDS: Files of Physical Information Objects data. There are total 10 fields in BDS_PHF table. The BDS: Files of Physical Information Objects table is available in all major SAP S/4HANA versions, is implemented as a Column Store table within the SAP HANA database. Additionally we provide an overview of the structure and fields of BDS_PHF table. It is in SAP Knowledge Provider Business Document Service (SBDS) ABAP package and is part of the Business Document Service (BC-SRV-BDS) module.
SAP BDS_PHF Table Fields
Following is the list of fields that are available in SAP BDS_PHF table. The primary key fields of the table are MANDT (Client), PHIO_ID (Physical document), FILE_NUM (Sequential number of file).
| Field | Description | Data Element | Check Table | Data Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MANDT | Client | MANDT | * | CLNT (3) |
| PHIO_ID | Physical document | SDOK_PHID | SDOKPHIO | CHAR (32) |
| FILE_NUM | Sequential number of file | SDOK_FNUMB | NUMC (10) | |
| PH_CLASS | Physical document class | SDOK_PHCL | * | CHAR (10) |
| DOC_FORMAT | Document format (TEXT, TIFF, RTF, PDF, …) | SDOK_FORM | SDOKFORM | CHAR (4) |
| DOC_FMTVER | Document format version | SDOK_FMVER | CHAR (10) | |
| MIMETYPE | HTML content type | W3CONTTYPE | CHAR (128) | |
| FILE_SIZE | File size (in bytes) | SDOK_FSIZE | NUMC (12) | |
| FILE_NAME | Relative storage location of physical document | SDOK_FILNM | CHAR (255) | |
| FILE_TYPE | Type of data transfer | SDOK_TRFMD | CHAR (1) |
