SAP process table reference: Procurement (MM)
Tables touched by each Procurement (MM) business process, shown side by side for SAP ECC and S/4HANA.
8 processes · 123 tables · Back to the process index
MM-01 · Procure-to-pay (PR → PO → GR → IR → payment)
29 tables · 4 differ between ECC and S/4HANA.
I. Master data
| 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 bank details. |
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Material master, general data. |
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Material master, plant data. |
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Material valuation data. |
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Purchasing info record, general. |
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Purchasing info record, purchasing-org data. |
II. Configuration
| ECC | S/4HANA | Description | Notes |
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Purchasing document types. |
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Item categories in purchasing. |
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Purchasing groups. |
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Purchasing organisations. |
III. Requisition & PO
| ECC | S/4HANA | Description | Notes |
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Purchase requisition items. |
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Purchase requisition account assignment. |
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Purchasing document header (PO). |
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Purchasing document items. |
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Delivery schedule lines. |
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PO account assignment. |
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Partner roles in purchasing. |
IV. History & goods receipt
| ECC | S/4HANA | Description | Notes |
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PO history — GR and IR references per item. |
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Material document header — a compatibility view in S/4; use MATDOC. |
Removed in S/4HANA · ECC: In S/4 this is a compatibility view; the physical data is in MATDOC. |
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Material document items — a compatibility view in S/4; use MATDOC. |
Removed in S/4HANA · ECC: In S/4 this is a compatibility view; the physical data is in MATDOC. |
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Material document (header + items) — the physical table in S/4; MKPF/MSEG are compatibility views over it. |
S/4HANA only |
V. Invoice & accounting
| ECC | S/4HANA | Description | Notes |
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Invoice receipt header (logistics invoice). |
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Invoice receipt items. |
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Accounting document header. |
S/4: Header only in S/4 — amounts in ACDOCA. |
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Accounting document line items. |
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Universal Journal line items. |
S/4HANA only |
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Open vendor items. |
S/4: Compatibility view over ACDOCA/BSEG. |
MM-02 · PO invoice — indirect goods, 3-way match
41 tables · 6 differ between ECC and S/4HANA.
I. Business partner — vendor
| 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 (uses MANDT). |
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Maps the BP to the classic vendor number (uses CLIENT). |
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Central address data (uses CLIENT) — include the LFA1 and BUT020 address numbers. |
II. Vendor & G/L master
| 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 bank details. |
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Vendor withholding tax per company code. |
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Bank master — has a MANDT column. |
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G/L account for the account-assigned (indirect) item. |
III. Purchase order
| ECC | S/4HANA | Description | Notes |
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Purchasing document header (PO). |
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Purchasing document items. |
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PO account assignment (G/L, cost centre, profit centre). |
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Delivery schedule lines. |
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PO history — GR (VGABE 1) and IR (VGABE 2) references. |
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Partner roles in purchasing. |
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PO pricing conditions — replaced by PRCD_ELEMENTS in S/4. |
Removed in S/4HANA |
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PO pricing conditions — uses CLIENT, keyed by KNUMV. |
S/4HANA only |
IV. Release strategy
| ECC | S/4HANA | Description | Notes |
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Purchasing document types. |
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Item categories in purchasing. |
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Release strategies. |
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Release codes. |
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Release groups. |
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Release group / class assignment. |
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Change document header — records the PO release event. |
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Change document items — the field-level changes. |
V. Goods receipt
| ECC | S/4HANA | Description | Notes |
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Material document header — a compatibility view in S/4; use MATDOC. |
Removed in S/4HANA · ECC: In S/4 this is a compatibility view; physical data is in MATDOC. |
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Material document items — a compatibility view in S/4; use MATDOC. |
Removed in S/4HANA · ECC: In S/4 this is a compatibility view; physical data is in MATDOC. |
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Material document (header + items) — the physical GR table in S/4. HANA SQL on MKPF/MSEG returns 0 rows; SE16N only reads them through the CDS layer. |
S/4HANA only |
VI. Invoice receipt
| ECC | S/4HANA | Description | Notes |
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Invoice receipt header (MM-IV / logistics invoice). |
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Invoice receipt items. |
VII. VIM add-on (OpenText)
| ECC | S/4HANA | Description | Notes |
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OpenText VIM document header / item tables — the invoice-capture layer. Add-on and version-specific. |
Add-on |
VIII. Workflow runtime
| ECC | S/4HANA | Description | Notes |
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Workflow work-item header. |
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Workflow work-item history / log. |
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Workflow work-item container (payload). |
IX. FI document
| ECC | S/4HANA | Description | Notes |
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Accounting document header generated by the invoice. |
S/4: Header only in S/4 — amounts in ACDOCA. |
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Accounting document line items. |
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Universal Journal line items — uses RCLNT/RBUKRS. |
S/4HANA only |
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Open vendor items. |
S/4: Compatibility view over ACDOCA/BSEG. |
MM-03 · Import purchases
13 tables · 5 differ between ECC and S/4HANA.
I. Purchase order
| ECC | S/4HANA | Description | Notes |
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Purchasing document header. |
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Purchasing document items. |
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Delivery schedule lines. |
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PO history. |
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Customs / freight conditions — replaced by PRCD_ELEMENTS in S/4. |
Removed in S/4HANA |
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Customs / freight conditions (uses CLIENT). |
S/4HANA only |
II. Foreign trade
| ECC | S/4HANA | Description | Notes |
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Import foreign trade header. |
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Import foreign trade item. |
III. Goods receipt & invoice
| ECC | S/4HANA | Description | Notes |
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Material document header — compatibility view in S/4; use MATDOC. |
Removed in S/4HANA |
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Material document items — compatibility view in S/4; use MATDOC. |
Removed in S/4HANA |
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Material document — the physical table in S/4. |
S/4HANA only |
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Invoice receipt header. |
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Invoice receipt items. |
MM-04 · Subcontracting
9 tables · 4 differ between ECC and S/4HANA.
I. Purchase order
| ECC | S/4HANA | Description | Notes |
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Purchasing document header. |
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Purchasing document items. |
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Delivery schedule lines. |
II. Components & stock
| ECC | S/4HANA | Description | Notes |
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Reservations / dependent requirements — the components consumed. |
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Stock with vendor — components provided to the subcontractor. |
III. Goods movement & accounting
| ECC | S/4HANA | Description | Notes |
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Material document header — compatibility view in S/4; use MATDOC. |
Removed in S/4HANA |
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Material document items — compatibility view in S/4; use MATDOC. |
Removed in S/4HANA |
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Material document — the physical table in S/4. |
S/4HANA only |
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Universal Journal line items. |
S/4HANA only |
MM-05 · Stock transport order
10 tables · 3 differ between ECC and S/4HANA.
I. Purchase order
| ECC | S/4HANA | Description | Notes |
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Purchasing document header (STO). |
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Purchasing document items. |
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Delivery schedule lines. |
II. Delivery
| ECC | S/4HANA | Description | Notes |
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Replenishment delivery header. |
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Replenishment delivery items. |
III. Goods movement & stock
| ECC | S/4HANA | Description | Notes |
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Material document header — compatibility view in S/4; use MATDOC. |
Removed in S/4HANA |
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Material document items — compatibility view in S/4; use MATDOC. |
Removed in S/4HANA |
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Material document — the physical table in S/4. |
S/4HANA only |
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Storage-location stock. |
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Material master, plant data. |
MM-06 · Service procurement
10 tables · 3 differ between ECC and S/4HANA.
I. Purchase order
| ECC | S/4HANA | Description | Notes |
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Purchasing document header. |
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Purchasing document items. |
II. Service entry
| ECC | S/4HANA | Description | Notes |
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Service entry sheet header. |
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Service line specifications. |
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Service account-assignment lines. |
III. Goods movement & invoice
| ECC | S/4HANA | Description | Notes |
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Material document header — compatibility view in S/4; use MATDOC. |
Removed in S/4HANA |
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Material document items — compatibility view in S/4; use MATDOC. |
Removed in S/4HANA |
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Material document — the physical table in S/4. |
S/4HANA only |
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Invoice receipt header. |
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Invoice receipt items. |
MM-08 · Vendor consignment procurement
7 tables · 3 differ between ECC and S/4HANA.
I. Purchase order
| ECC | S/4HANA | Description | Notes |
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Purchasing document header. |
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Purchasing document items. |
II. Stock & settlement
| ECC | S/4HANA | Description | Notes |
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Special stock — vendor consignment / pipeline stock. |
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Material document header — compatibility view in S/4; use MATDOC. |
Removed in S/4HANA |
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Material document items — compatibility view in S/4; use MATDOC. |
Removed in S/4HANA |
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Material document — the physical table in S/4. |
S/4HANA only |
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Consignment / pipeline settlement documents. |
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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Inventory management (IM) — 2 processes, 23 tables
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HR / Payroll — 3 processes, 26 tables
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Master data (cross-cutting) — 6 processes, 62 tables