SAP Transaction Codes – The Ultimate Testing Checklist

Are you sure that you’re testing the right SAP ERP transaction codes? Are you confident that you’re keeping on top of common practices? Are you sure you’re not overlooking important transactions that you should be testing?

If you can’t confidently answer yes to all of the above, keep reading! We’ve put together the ultimate checklist of SAP ERP transactions for correct test management, compiled after analyzing the usage statistics of more than 600 different companies and over 2,500 different SAP landscapes.

 So here are the 40 most-used transaction codes in SAP ECC.

Take a look and make sure you’re not missing out on anything.

#	Transaction Code	Transaction Description	Application Component	Application Description
1	FBL1N	Vendor Line Items	FI-GL-IS	Information System
2	ME21N	Create Purchase Order	MM-PUR	Purchasing
3	ME23N	Display Purchase Order	MM-PUR	Purchasing
4	FBL5N	Customer Line Items	FI-GL-IS	Information System
5	VA02	Change Sales Order	SD-SLS	Sales
6	FBL3N	G/L Account Line Items	FI-GL-IS	Information System
7	VA01	Create Sales Order	SD-SLS	Sales
8	F110	Parameters for Automatic Payment	FI	Financial Accounting
9	FS10N	Balance Display	FI	Financial Accounting
10	FB01	Post Document	FI	Financial Accounting
11	KSB1	Cost Centers: Actual Line Items	CO	Controlling
12	MIRO	Enter Invoice	MM-IV	Invoice Verification
13	FB1S	Clear G/L Account	FI-GL	General Ledger Accounting
14	ME22N	Change Purchase Order	MM-PUR	Purchasing
15	MB51	Material Doc. List	MM-IM	Inventory Management
16	ME2L	Purchase Orders by Vendor	MM-PUR	Purchasing
17	MD04	Display Stock/Requirements Situation	PP-MRP-BD	Master Data
18	VA03	Display Sales Order	SD-SLS	Sales
19	MM03	Display Material &	LO-MD-MM	Material Master
20	FB05	Post with Clearing	FI	Financial Accounting
21	VF01	Create Billing Document	SD-BIL	Billing
22	MMBE	Stock Overview	LO-MD-MM	Material Master
23	F-03	Clear G/L Account	FI	Financial Accounting
24	MM02	Change Material &	LO-MD-MM	Material Master
25	MIGO	Goods movement	MM-IM	Inventory Management
26	FB60	Enter Incoming Invoices	FI-GL-GL	Basic Functions
27	MM01	Create Material &	LO-MD-MM	Material Master
28	AW01N	Asset Explorer	FI-AA-AA	Basic Functions
29	XD02	Change Customer (Centrally)	FI-AR-AR	Basic Functions
30	VF02	Change Billing Document	SD-BIL	Billing
31	VF03	Display Billing Document	SD-BIL	Billing
32	XK03	Display vendor (centrally)	FI-AP-AP	Basic Functions
33	F-44	Clear Vendor	FI	Financial Accounting
34	XK02	Change vendor (centrally)	FI-AP-AP	Basic Functions
35	FB02	Change Document	FI	Financial Accounting
36	FK03	Display Vendor (Accounting)	FI	Financial Accounting
37	MIR4	Call MIRO – Change Status	MM-IV	Invoice Verification
38	F-02	Enter G/L Account Posting	FI	Financial Accounting
39	FBZ0	Display/Edit Payment Proposal	FI	Financial Accounting
40	MB52	List of Warehouse Stocks on Hand	MM-IM	Inventory Management

 

By the way, if you’ve ever wondered how the SAP transaction codes (t-codes) get their designations, they usually start with two letters (though not always) derived from German, followed by numbers.

What the numbers behind those letters generally mean:

Number	Meaning
01	Create
02	Amend/Change
03	View/Display

What the T-code letters are telling us:

t-code Starts With	Module
F	FINANCIAL
FB	SHARED FINANCIAL TRANSACTIONS (SHARED BETWEEN AP AR ASSETS GL)
FK	FINANCIAL VENDOR MASTER
FS	LEDGER ACCOUNTS
M	MATERIALS MANAGEMENT
MB	GOODS RECEIPT – INVENTORY MANAGEMENT
ME	PURCHASING
ME1	PURCHASE REQUISITION
ME2	PURCHASE ORDER
MK	MATERIAL VENDOR MASTER
MM	MATERIAL MASTER
MR	MM INVOICE VERIFICATION
V	SALES AND DISTRIBUTION
VA	SALES ORDERS
VF	BILLING
XD	CENTRAL CUSTOMER MASTER
XK	CENTRAL VENDOR MASTER

If this hasn’t fully satisfied the SAP trivia buff inside you, feel free to touch base with me and ask for other interesting data points—you know, the kind of stuff one can only learn by looking at a huge number of SAP landscapes. And boy, do I see a lot of landscapes in the electronic world of SAP ECC and S/4HANA!