Here is a list of important Tcodes used with ABAP development.

Transaction codes ( showing in

bold letters) are listed with its purpose of use.
OSS1 SAP Online Service System
OY19 Compare Tables
S001 ABAP Development Workbench
S002 System Administration.
SA38 Execute a program.
SCAT Computer Aided Test Tool
SCU0 Compare Tables
SE01 Old Transport & Corrections screen
SE09 Workbench Organizer
SE10 Customizing Organizer
SE10 Customizing organizer requests for user (To release for transport
enter user name, press Enter. Select changed object and select ReleaseSE10 New
Transport & Correction screen
SE11 ABAP/4 Dictionary Maintenance SE12 ABAP/4 Dictionary Display SE13
Maintain Technical Settings (Tables)
SE11 ABAP/4 Dictionary.
SE12 Dictionary: Initial Screen enter object name
SE13 Access tables in ABAP/4 Dictionary.
SE14 ABAP/4 Dictionary: Database Utility.
SE14 Utilities for Dictionary Tables
SE15 ABAP/4 Repository Information System
SE16 Data Browser
SE16 Data Browser: Initial Screen.
SE16 Display table contents
SE17 General Table Display
SE30 ABAP/4 Runtime Analysis
SE30 ABAP/4 Runtime Analysis: Initial Screen.
SE30 Run Time Analysis (press Tips and Tricks button for good stuff)
SE32 ABAP/4 Text Element Maintenance
SE35 ABAP/4 Dialog Modules
SE36 ABAP/4: Logical Databases
SE37 ABAP/4 Function Library.
SE37 ABAP/4 Function Modules
SE38 ABAP Editor
SE38 ABAP/4 Program Development
SE39 Splitscreen Editor: Program Compare
SE41 Menu Painter
SE43 Maintain Area Menu
SE51 Screen Painter
SE51 Screen Painter: Initial Screen.
SE54 Generate View Maintenance Module
SE61 R/3 Documentation
SE62 Industry utilities
SE63 Translate Short/Long Text.
SE63 Translation
SE64 Terminology
SE65 R/3 documents. Short text statistics SE66 R/3 Documentation Statistics
(Test!)
SE68 Translation Administration
SE71 SAPscript layout set
SE71 SAPscript Layouts Create/Change
SE72 SAPscript styles
SE73 SAPscript font maintenance (revised)
SE74 SAPscript format conversion
SE75 SAPscript Settings
SE76 SAPscript Translation Layout Sets
SE77 SAPscript Translation Styles
SE80 ABAP/4 Development Workbench
SE80 Repository Browser: Initial Screen.
SE81 SAP Application Hierarchy
SE82 Customer Application Hierarchy
SE84 ABAP/4 Repository Information System
SE85 ABAP/4 Dictionary Information System
SE86 ABAP/4 Repository Information System
SE87 Data Modeler Information System
SE88 Development Coordination Info System
SE91 Maintain Messages
SE92 Maintain system log messages
SE93 Maintain Transaction Codes
SE93 Maintain Transaction.
SEU Object Browser

SAP System tables for Sales orders
Name Description Uses
LIKP
Shipped
Lines header

LIPS
Shipped
Lines detail

VBAK
Order
header
Every
order (unless archiving)
VBAP
Table
fields
Every line
item (unless archiving)
VBBE
Open sales
order line items
Great file,
but be careful. Contents dont reflect orders that do not affect purchasing
(go figure).
VBFA
Document
flow
Lets you
move from order to shipping document to invoice.
VBUK
Order
status
VBUP
Line item
detail status

SAP System tables for Material Management
Name Description Uses
MARA
Inventory
Master

MARC Plant Data

MARD
Current
Inventory

MAKT Descriptions

MBEW
Material
Valuation
T179
Product
Hierarchy

MVKE
Sales data
(materials)

MKPF
Material
document
Status
code R in VBFA
SAP System tables for Purchasing
Name Description Uses
EINA
Purchasing
inforecord
by
MATNR/LIFNR contains things like vendor material number and access key for
EINE
EINE
Purchasing
inforecord detail
Contains
minimum purchase, group, currency
EKPO
Purchase
orders

EKET
Scheduled
lines

EKES
Vendor
confirmed lines




SAP System tables for Service Management
Name Description Uses
CAUFV
Service
order header

AFPO
Service
order line
Holds
items that will create reservations
RESB
SM
Reservations
Materials
needed for line
SAP System tables for
Customer Data
KNAI Customer Master

KNVV
Sales
information

KNVP
Partners
(ship-to, etc)


System tables
Name Description Uses
DD02T
Table
texts
DD03L
Table
fields
Lists the
fields in a table
DD04T
Data
element texts

USR02
Valid user
names
Config tables (normally
begin with T)
Name Description Uses
T001
Client
table

T002 Languages

T005
Region
(Country)
TCURR
Currency
and exchange rates

TVAK Order type

TVSB
Shipping
condition

TVAGT
Rejected
reason for order line

Other tables
Name Description Uses
STXH
Text
header

STXL
Text
detail