KAP8_TIMEST SAP table for – BW PS: Time Stamp Tables for Delta Extraction

Here we would like to draw your attention to KAP8_TIMEST table in SAP. As we know it is being mainly used with the SAP PS-IS (Information System in PS) component which is coming under PS module (Project Systems). KAP8_TIMEST is a SAP standard transparent table used for storing BW PS: Time Stamp Tables for Delta Extraction related data in SAP. It comes under the package KAP8_45B.

SAP KAP8_TIMEST table

Table KAP8_TIMEST technical data

TableKAP8_TIMEST
Data storingBW PS: Time Stamp Tables for Delta Extraction
ModulePS
ComponentPS-IS
SAP PackageKAP8_45B
Delivery ClassL – Table for storing temporary data
Table CategoryTRANSPARENT

SAP KAP8_TIMEST Table Fields

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 KAP8_TIMEST table.

  • CHABASNM
    Its a key field. Its data type is C (Character String) with field length 30
  • AETIM : TIME Data Element for SYST
    Its a key field. Its data type is T (Time (Time: HHMMSS)) with field length 6
  • TS_LOW
    Its data type is D (Date (Date: YYYYMMDD)) with field length 8
  • LAST_TS
    Its data type is C (Character String) with field length 1