Naming Standards

SAP loosely uses standards when assigning numbers and letters to create a transa
ction code. These standards are followed mostly for functional transactions and
not for configuration transactions. These standards are not always followed. Th
is is a guideline of how the standards usually work, to give you a starting poin
t 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 let
ters)
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
BSIS
BSAS
BSID
BSAD
BSIK
BSAK

TABLES
note in which letter the table ends
Open ledger items
Closed ledger items
Open customer items
Closed customer items
Open vendor items
Closed vendor items

FINANCIAL MAIN MENUS:

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

K for A\P (vendor), S for G\L (le

is a D for customer)
a K for vendor)
S for ledger)
2.2

This transaction is from version 2.2 and does not contain paths to higer version
s of SAP R/3 configuration. For higher versions SAP stresses that you use the IM
G (TRAN: SPRO). Nonetheless, TRAN: ORFB is a fast and easy way to get to a lot o
f 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.