# SAP Controlling (CO) Database Tables List > Source: https://netray.co/tools/sap-controlling-database-tables-reference > Publisher: Netray (netray.co), AI and integration engineering for ERP and manufacturing systems. > Section: Free Tools ## Short answer A searchable reference of the SAP tables behind cost centers, internal orders, product costing and material valuation. ## Category sap ## Erp SAP ECC / S/4HANA ## Audience - SAP CO consultant - ABAP developer - Cost accountant ## Tool **Kind:** worksheet **Mode:** reference **Columns:** #### Table **Key:** table **Type:** text #### Description **Key:** description **Type:** text #### Area **Key:** area **Type:** text #### Typical use **Key:** note **Type:** text **Rows:** **Table:** TKA01 **Description:** Controlling areas **Area:** Master data **Note:** Defines the CO area and its currency. **Table:** TKA02 **Description:** Controlling area assignment to company code **Area:** Master data **Note:** Links company codes to a CO area. **Table:** CSKS **Description:** Cost center master data **Area:** Cost centers **Note:** Cost center, validity dates, hierarchy area. **Table:** CSKT **Description:** Cost center texts **Area:** Cost centers **Note:** Join to CSKS for names. **Table:** CSLA **Description:** Activity type master data **Area:** Cost centers **Note:** Activity types such as machine or labor hours. **Table:** CSSL **Description:** Cost center and activity type combinations **Area:** Cost centers **Note:** Where activity prices are tied to a cost center. **Table:** CSKA **Description:** Cost element master data (chart of accounts level) **Area:** Cost elements **Note:** Cost element categories. **Table:** CSKB **Description:** Cost elements data dependent on controlling area **Area:** Cost elements **Note:** Cost element type per CO area. **Table:** CSKU **Description:** Cost element texts **Area:** Cost elements **Note:** Names for cost elements. **Table:** CEPC **Description:** Profit center master data **Area:** Master data **Note:** Profit center and segment. **Table:** AUFK **Description:** Order master data **Area:** Orders **Note:** Internal orders and production orders share this header. **Table:** AFKO **Description:** Order header data for PP orders **Area:** Production orders **Note:** Planned dates, BOM and routing links. **Table:** AFPO **Description:** Order item **Area:** Production orders **Note:** Material, planned quantity. **Table:** AFRU **Description:** Order completion confirmations **Area:** Production orders **Note:** Confirmed yield, scrap and hours. **Table:** RESB **Description:** Reservation and dependent requirements **Area:** Production orders **Note:** Component requirements and issued quantities. **Table:** COBK **Description:** CO object: document header **Area:** Actual postings **Note:** One row per CO document. **Table:** COEP **Description:** CO object: line items by period **Area:** Actual postings **Note:** Line-level postings to cost objects. **Table:** COSP **Description:** CO object: cost totals for external postings **Area:** Actual postings **Note:** Period totals for primary costs. **Table:** COSS **Description:** CO object: cost totals for internal postings **Area:** Actual postings **Note:** Period totals for allocations and secondary costs. **Table:** COBRA **Description:** Settlement rule for order settlement **Area:** Settlement **Note:** Where order costs are settled. **Table:** COBRB **Description:** Distribution rules for settlement rule by object number **Area:** Settlement **Note:** Receivers and percentages. **Table:** PRPS **Description:** WBS (Work Breakdown Structure) element master data **Area:** Projects **Note:** Project cost object. **Table:** PROJ **Description:** Project definition **Area:** Projects **Note:** Header for WBS structures. **Table:** KEKO **Description:** Product costing header **Area:** Product costing **Note:** One cost estimate per material, plant, version and costing variant. **Table:** KEPH **Description:** Product cost estimate cost components **Area:** Product costing **Note:** Cost split by cost component. **Table:** MBEW **Description:** Material valuation **Area:** Valuation **Note:** Price control, standard price, moving average price. **Table:** MARC **Description:** Plant data for material **Area:** Valuation **Note:** Procurement type, MRP data. **Table:** T001W **Description:** Plants and branches **Area:** Organization **Note:** Plant master. **Table:** T001K **Description:** Valuation area **Area:** Organization **Note:** Links valuation area to company code. **Table:** CKMLHD **Description:** Material Ledger header **Area:** Material Ledger **Note:** Material Ledger document anchor per material and valuation area. **Table:** CKMLPP **Description:** Material Ledger period totals, quantities **Area:** Material Ledger **Note:** Period quantity data. **Table:** CKMLCR **Description:** Material Ledger currency and valuation views **Area:** Material Ledger **Note:** Period prices and values by currency type. **Table:** CRHD **Description:** Work center header **Area:** Work centers **Note:** Work center id, plant, category. **Table:** CRCO **Description:** Assignment of work center to cost center **Area:** Work centers **Note:** Links work center activities to cost centers. **Table:** PLKO **Description:** Task list header **Area:** Routing **Note:** Routing header. **Table:** PLPO **Description:** Task list operation **Area:** Routing **Note:** Standard values per operation. **Table:** MAST **Description:** Material to BOM link **Area:** BOM **Note:** Finds the BOM number for a material. **Table:** STKO **Description:** BOM header **Area:** BOM **Note:** BOM status and base quantity. **Table:** STPO **Description:** BOM item **Area:** BOM **Note:** Component and quantity. **Table:** ACDOCA **Description:** Universal Journal entry line items (S/4HANA) **Area:** S/4HANA **Note:** Holds FI and CO line items together. **Notes:** In S/4HANA, many classic CO totals tables such as COSP and COSS are replaced by compatibility views over ACDOCA. Verify table availability in SE11 on your release. ## Content **Intro:** When a controller asks why a cost center number differs between two reports, the answer is usually in the tables. This reference lists the main SAP CO, product costing and valuation tables with a plain description of what each holds. **Sections:** #### How to use the list **Body:** Search by table name or keyword. Each row shows the area, so you can filter to cost centers, production orders, product costing or Material Ledger. The typical-use column tells you why you would open the table in SE16N or SE11. Export to Excel to share with developers building custom reports. **Bullets:** - Search a table such as COEP to see its description - Filter by area to see all product costing tables - Export for your documentation set #### How the tables connect **Body:** A cost center in CSKS is posted to through CO documents: COBK holds the header, COEP the lines, and COSP and COSS the period totals. Production orders start in AUFK with AFKO and AFPO, pull component demand from RESB, and settle through COBRA and COBRB. Product costing writes headers to KEKO and component splits to KEPH, while MBEW stores the resulting standard price or moving average price on the material. #### S/4HANA differences **Body:** From S/4HANA, the Universal Journal ACDOCA stores finance and controlling line items in one table, and several older CO tables are accessible only through compatibility views. Custom reports that read COEP or COSP directly may still work through those views, but new development should read ACDOCA or the released CDS views. Always confirm in your own system because behavior depends on release. #### Common mistakes **Body:** Developers often read COSP and COSS separately and forget that COEP holds the line detail with a different period structure. Another mistake is joining KEKO to MBEW without matching the costing variant and version. When pulling cost center names, remember CSKT is language dependent and CSKS is time dependent, so filter on validity date. **Bullets:** - Filter CSKS on the validity date - Match costing variant and version in KEKO - Include language key when joining text tables **Cta:** If you need natural-language answers over SAP CO data without writing joins by hand, Netray can set up a read-only assistant on your own infrastructure. **Faq:** #### Which table holds SAP cost center master data? **Answer:** CSKS holds cost center master data with validity dates, and CSKT holds the language-dependent names. Hierarchy relationships come from the standard hierarchy tables. Always filter CSKS by validity date because a cost center can have several time slices. #### What is the difference between COSP and COSS? **Answer:** COSP holds totals for external postings, which are primary costs posted from financial accounting or materials. COSS holds totals for internal postings such as allocations and activity allocations. Together they give period totals by cost object and cost element. #### Where is the standard price of a material stored? **Answer:** In MBEW. The VPRSV field shows the price control, S for standard or V for moving average. STPRS holds the standard price, VERPR the moving average price, and PEINH the price unit. #### Does ACDOCA replace the old CO tables? **Answer:** In S/4HANA, ACDOCA is the single line-item source for FI and CO, and older tables such as COEP are provided as compatibility views. Behavior depends on your release, so verify in the data dictionary before writing new reports. ## Search terms SAP CO tables, SAP controlling tables list, CSKS table in SAP, COEP COSP table, KEKO KEPH table, MBEW table SAP, ACDOCA table, SAP product costing tables --- Talk to an engineer: https://netray.co/contact?intent=erp_ai | Machine catalog: https://netray.co/agent/catalog.json