SAP process table reference: Master data (cross-cutting)
Tables touched by each Master data (cross-cutting) business process, shown side by side for SAP ECC and S/4HANA.
6 processes · 62 tables · Back to the process index
MD-01 · Customer (business partner)
15 tables · no differences between ECC and S/4HANA.
I. Classic customer
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Customer master, general data. |
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Customer master, company-code data. |
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Customer master, sales-area data. |
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Customer partner functions. |
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Customer bank details. |
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Customer contact persons. |
II. Business partner
| ECC | S/4HANA | Description | Notes |
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Business partner general data. |
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Business partner address assignments. |
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Business partner address usage / version. |
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Business partner roles. |
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Business partner bank details. |
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Maps the BP to the classic customer number (uses CLIENT). |
MD-02 · Vendor (business partner)
14 tables · no differences between ECC and S/4HANA.
I. Classic vendor
| ECC | S/4HANA | Description | Notes |
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Vendor master, general data. |
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Vendor master, company-code data. |
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Vendor master, purchasing-org data. |
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Vendor bank details. |
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Vendor withholding tax. |
II. Business partner
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Business partner general data. |
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Business partner address assignments. |
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Business partner address usage / version. |
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Business partner roles. |
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Business partner bank details. |
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Maps the BP to the classic vendor number (uses CLIENT). |
MD-03 · BP bank-data change + change notification workflow
16 tables · no differences between ECC and S/4HANA.
I. Business partner
| ECC | S/4HANA | Description | Notes |
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Business partner general data. |
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Business partner address assignments. |
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Business partner address usage / version. |
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Business partner roles. |
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Business partner bank details — what the workflow changes. |
II. Classic bank data
| ECC | S/4HANA | Description | Notes |
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Vendor bank details. |
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Customer bank details. |
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Bank master. |
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BP-to-vendor mapping (uses CLIENT). |
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BP-to-customer mapping (uses CLIENT). |
III. Change documents
| ECC | S/4HANA | Description | Notes |
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Change document header — who changed the bank data and when. |
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Change document items — old versus new field values. |
MD-04 · Material master
8 tables · no differences between ECC and S/4HANA.
I. Material
| ECC | S/4HANA | Description | Notes |
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Material master, general data. |
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Material master, plant data. |
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Storage-location stock and data. |
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Material valuation data. |
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Material master, sales-area data. |
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Material tax classification. |
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Material descriptions. |
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Units of measure. |
MD-06 · Cost center / cost element master
6 tables · no differences between ECC and S/4HANA.
I. Cost objects
| ECC | S/4HANA | Description | Notes |
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Cost centre master. |
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Cost centre names. |
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Cost element master, chart-of-accounts level. |
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Cost element master, controlling-area level. |
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Set hierarchy nodes — cost-centre groups. |
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Set leaf values — members of those groups. |
Other functional areas
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Finance (FI) — 10 processes, 130 tables
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Financial supply chain (FSCM) — 2 processes, 27 tables
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Controlling (CO) — 3 processes, 25 tables
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Asset accounting (FI-AA) — 1 process, 17 tables
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Sales & distribution (SD) — 5 processes, 67 tables
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Procurement (MM) — 8 processes, 123 tables
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Inventory management (IM) — 2 processes, 23 tables
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HR / Payroll — 3 processes, 26 tables