Functional Domain Tables
Here are a list of tables which you may find useful related to their domain.
SM12 – Lock Entries Tips
If you check SM12 you may find some lock entries – this is not a problem. Locked entries are required in standard SAP processing. In most instances the entry will remain in SM12 for a few seconds milliseconds, however they could remain in SM12 for a lot longer depending on the logical unit of work.
Factors which can impact the entry in SM12:
- Sizing and performance of the enqueue server.
- Sizing and performance of the application server/number of available processing sessions. (indirectly related)
- Program logic being executed on the application server.
What you may not know is that there is a hidden menu path for SM12 analysis. To activate this menu path you can do the following:
Run SM12, then enter OK code “test”. You will now see the top menu path has included a new Menu Option labelled “Error Handling”.
This menu option has many parameters and test functions which you can use to analyse the enqueue and dequeue processes.
If you require advice on how to use this new functionality you can refer to OSS note 5424 which is the SM12 FAQ! Success!
Work Faster in the IMG – Restrict Selections
It is possible you may be in a configuration screen which either has too many entries from which you wish to select to analyse, or you may need to select specific entries based upon values which are not part of the key of the table/configuration screen.
You could navigate to the table and do checks in SE16N or SQVI etc. Or…… the next time you are in a configuration node of the IMG, try the following tip:………
Select the following from the Top Menu Navigation Bar: Selection–>By Contents
Then select the Fields you require to filter the configuration entries.
Download Sales Orders according to SH Party
Recently Asked: How do you download sales orders in SAP by ship to party address?
Its easier than you think:
You can easily do this in VA05.
When in VA05 change the Search parameter from Sold to Party to Ship To Party by selecting the “Partner Function” button Ctrl+F10. Then use the other selection parameters as required.
The resultant lists can be downloaded/exported from the ALV grid.
If you dont find SH partner function in in VA05,please add it in the below mentioned menu path
IMG–>SD–>Sales–>Lists–>Set updating of partner index
Add SH to Transaction Group ’0′.
Then you can get a report based on Ship to Party in VA05.
LIS SIS Update Analysis
Tip – You may be using LIS (Logistics Information Services) or SIS (Sales Information Services) and woudl like to analyse what structures are updated with what Key Figures and Characteristics, you can do that with these awesome transaction codes:
MC30 Update Log
MCE2 PURCHIS: Update Diagnosis Purch.Doc.
MCVCHECK01 SIS: Update Group Check
MCVR SIS: update diagnosis – order
MCVS TIS: Update Diagnosis: Transportation
MCVT SIS: update diagnosis – delivery
MCVV SIS: update diagnosis – billing doc.
Command Line “OK-Codes”
Direct call of transactions, session handling:
/nxxxx
- This terminates the current transaction, and call transaction “xxxx”, for example, “sa38″ for reporting.
/n
- This terminates the transaction. This generally corresponds to going back with F15.
/nend
- This terminates all separate sessions and logs off (corresponds to “System -> Log off”).
/nex
- This terminates all separate sessions and logs off immediately (without any warning).
/oxxxx
- This opens a new session and starts transaction xxxx in this session.
/o
- This lists existing sessions and allows deletion or opening of a new session.
/i
- This terminates the current session (corresponds to “System -> End session”).
/i1 , /i2 ,…
- This terminates the session with the specified number.
.xyzw
- “Fast path”: “xyzw” refers to the underlined letters in the menus. This type of navigation is uncommon and is provided more for emergencies (such as a defective mouse).
Background input:
The following commands can be entered in correction mode (“Process in foreground” or “Display errors only”) when processing a background input session: Read more 
SAP Tips – Information Structure Updates
If you wish to see which information structures have been updated from Sales or Transportation you can use the following transaction codes:
