{"id":7305,"date":"2025-08-02T17:35:05","date_gmt":"2025-08-02T12:05:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sapewmhelp.com\/?question=what-are-table-delivery-classes-in-sap"},"modified":"2025-08-02T17:35:05","modified_gmt":"2025-08-02T12:05:05","slug":"what-are-table-delivery-classes-in-sap","status":"publish","type":"question","link":"https:\/\/www.sapewmhelp.com\/?question=what-are-table-delivery-classes-in-sap","title":{"rendered":"What Are Table Delivery Classes in SAP?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Table Delivery Classes define how a table is delivered by SAP, and how data in that table is handled during client copies, upgrades, and transports. Every table in SAP must have a delivery class, and it&#8217;s set in SE11 under the Attributes tab.<\/p>\n<h3 data-start=\"316\" data-end=\"355\">Why Is Delivery Class Important?<\/h3>\n<p>It determines:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Whether data in the table is customizing, master data, or transactional<\/li>\n<li>If and how the data is transported between systems<\/li>\n<li>Whether the data is client-dependent or client-independent<\/li>\n<li>How the table behaves during client copy or SAP upgrades.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"_tableContainer_16hzy_1\">\n<div class=\"_tableWrapper_16hzy_14 group flex w-fit flex-col-reverse\">\n<table data-start=\"690\" data-end=\"1697\">\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th data-start=\"690\" data-end=\"707\" data-col-size=\"md\">Delivery Class<\/th>\n<th data-start=\"707\" data-end=\"722\" data-col-size=\"lg\">Description<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>A<\/strong> \u2013 Application Table (Master &amp; Transaction Data)<\/td>\n<td>Client-dependent; used for storing application data like customers, sales, etc. Data is typically not transported.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>C<\/strong> \u2013 Customizing Table (Client-dependent)<\/td>\n<td>Holds configuration data; client-dependent; transportable via customizing request.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>E<\/strong> \u2013 Customizing Table (Client-independent)<\/td>\n<td>Like C, but client-independent. Must be handled carefully as changes affect all clients.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>L<\/strong> \u2013 SAP Table for storing temporary data<\/td>\n<td>Temporary\/volatile data; no transport or client copy. Example: log or buffer tables.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>G<\/strong> \u2013 Customizing Table (with text table)<\/td>\n<td>Used with a corresponding text table; data is often language-dependent.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>S<\/strong> \u2013 System Table<\/td>\n<td>Stores system data; client-independent; changes are rare and usually done by SAP only.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>W<\/strong> \u2013 Repository Table<\/td>\n<td>Stores data about repository objects (e.g., table definitions); technical SAP use only.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"sticky end-(--thread-content-margin) h-0 self-end select-none\">\n<div class=\"absolute end-0 flex items-end\">\n<h3 data-start=\"1704\" data-end=\"1720\">Examples:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><code>KNA1<\/code> (Customer Master) \u2192 Delivery Class <strong>A<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><code>T001<\/code> (Company Codes) \u2192 Delivery Class <strong>C<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><code>TADIR<\/code> (Repository Info) \u2192 Delivery Class <strong>W<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><code>T000<\/code> (Client Table) \u2192 Delivery Class <strong>S\n<p><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"content-img\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sapewmhelp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/delivery-class.png\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","question-category":[158],"question_tags":[178,239,255,177,256],"class_list":["post-7305","question","type-question","status-publish","hentry","question-category-abap","question_tags-abap","question_tags-database-tables","question_tags-delivery-class","question_tags-sap","question_tags-se11"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sapewmhelp.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/question\/7305","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sapewmhelp.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/question"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sapewmhelp.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/question"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sapewmhelp.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sapewmhelp.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7305"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sapewmhelp.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7305"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"question-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sapewmhelp.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fquestion-category&post=7305"},{"taxonomy":"question_tags","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sapewmhelp.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fquestion_tags&post=7305"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}