PLFT SAP table for - Process Instructions

PLFT SAP table for – Process Instructions

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Here we would like to draw your attention to PLFT table in SAP. As we know it is being mainly used with the SAP PP-PI (Production Planning for Process Industries – PP) component which is coming under PP module (Production Planning). PLFT is a SAP standard transparent table used for storing Process Instructions related data in SAP. It comes under the package CPC.

SAP PLFT table

Table PLFT technical data

Table	PLFT
Data storing	Process Instructions
Module	PP
Component	PP-PI
SAP Package	CPC
Delivery Class	A – Application table (master and transaction data)
Table Category	TRANSPARENT

Here is the details of each fields in this table.You can find the discription, data type and assigned lenth of each of the fields in PLFT table.

ANDAT : Date record created on
Its data type is D (Date (Date: YYYYMMDD)) with field length 8

AEDAT : (8-character) Date for SYST
Its data type is D (Date (Date: YYYYMMDD)) with field length 8

WERKS : Plant
Its data type is C (Character String) with field length 4

CSTYP : Object type: proc.message category or proc. instr. category
Its data type is C (Character String) with field length 2

CSKTX : Short description of process instruction
Its data type is C (Character String) with field length 40

PLNTY : Task List Type
Its a key field. Its data type is C (Character String) with field length 1

PLNKN : Number of the task list node
Its a key field. Its data type is N (Character String with Digits Only) with field length 8

PLNPH : Internal Sub-Calculation Number
Its a key field. Its data type is N (Character String with Digits Only) with field length 8

ZAEHL : Internal counter
Its a key field. Its data type is N (Character String with Digits Only) with field length 8

LOEKZ : CHAR01 data element for SYST
Its data type is C (Character String) with field length 1