Naming Standards

SAP loosely uses standards when assigning numbers and letters to create a
transaction code. These standards are followed mostly for functional transactions
and not for configuration transactions. These standards are not always followed.
This is a guideline of how the standards usually work, to give you a starting point
on how transaction codes are organized.

A transaction that ends in the number below usually has the function of
00 = main menu, 1 = ADD, 2 = MODIFY, 3 = DISPLAY

If a transaction ends in a number, it may perform the function as listed to the

left. For example:
MR00 � INVOICE VERIFICATION MAIN MENU
MR01 � ADD AN MM INVOICE
MR02 � MODIFY A MM INVOICE
MR03 � DISPLAY A MM INVOICE
ME00 � PURCHASING MAIN MENU
ME21 � CREATE A PURCHASE ORDER
ME22 � CHANGE A PURCHASE ORDER
ME23 � DISPLAY A PURCHASE ORDER
MB00 � GOODS RECEIPT MAIN MENU
VA00 � SALES MAIN MENU
VF00 � BILLING MAIN MENU
XK01 � CREATE A VENDOR CENTRALLY
XD01 � CREATE A CUSTOMER CENTRALLY
FS01 � CREATE A GENERAL LEDGER ACCOUNT

Transactions beginning in are these types of transactions:

F � Financial
FK � Financial Vendor Master
FS � Ledger Accounts
FB � Shared Financial Transactions (Shared between A\P A\R Assets G\L)
M � Material Management
MK � Material Vendor Master
MB � Goods Receipt � Inventory Management
MR � MM Invoice Verification
ME � Purchasing
ME1 � Purchase Requisition
ME2 � Purchase Order
MM � Material Master
V � Sales & Distribution
VA � Sales Order
VF � Billing
XK � Central Vendor Master
XD � Central Customer Master
O � Usually configuration Transactions (Config transactions begin with various
letters)

Within transactions the following letters have meaning. These letters also refer to
General Ledger account types and are used in naming system tables.
A � Assets (first letter fo the German word Anlagengegenstand)
D � Customer/ debit type transactions (first letter of German word Debitor)
K � Vendor/credit type of transactions (first letter of German word Kredit)
M � Material (first letter of German word Material)
S � Ledger (first letter of the German word Soll)

Examples of D, K, M, and S used in transactions � fill # in with D, K, M, or S.

F#01 � CREATE FINANCIAL CUSTOMER, VENDOR, OR LEDGER,
The F at the beginning denotes a financial transaction,
The 1 at the end denotes CREATE.
FD01 is create financial level customer accounts.
FK01 is create financial level vendor accounts
FS01 is create financial ledger accounts.

SYSTEM TABLES � note in which letter the table ends

BSIS � Open ledger items
BSAS � Closed ledger items
BSID � Open customer items
BSAD � Closed customer items
BSIK � Open vendor items
BSAK � Closed vendor items

FINANCIAL MAIN MENUS:

F#MN � MAIN MENU where # = D for A\R (customer), K for A\P (vendor), S for G\L
(ledger)
FDMN ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE (note the 2nd character is a D for customer)
FKMN ACCOUNTS PAYABLE (note the 2nd character is a K for vendor)
FSMN GENERAL LEDGER (note the 2nd character is a S for ledger)
MISCELLANEOUS CONFIGURATION TRANSACTIONS:
ORFB � MAIN FINANCIAL CONFIG TRANSACTION VERSION 2.2

This transaction is from version 2.2 and does not contain paths to higer versions
of SAP R/3 configuration. For higher versions SAP stresses that you use the IMG
(TRAN: SPRO). Nonetheless, TRAN: ORFB is a fast and easy way to get to a lot of the
configuration that you need.
OLMB � MM INVENTORY MANAGEMENT CONFIGURATION MAIN MENU
(NOTE � this transaction ends in MB which is the code for goods receipt)
OLME � MM PURCHASING CONFIGURATION MAIN MENU
(NOTE � this transaction ends in ME which is the code for purchasing)
OLMR � MM INVOICE VERIFICATION MAIN CONFIG MENU
(NOTE � this transaction ends in MR which is the code for MM Invoice Verfication)
WEDI � EDI configuration and other EDI stuff.