Cdpos And Cdhdr Table In SAP

Hi to everyone!!! If you having trouble with these two tables CDPOS and CDHDR and you really don´t know how to solve the issue. So in this article we will check Cdpos and Cdhdr table in SAP to see the change history of transaction and master tables of SAP using ABAP. we will cover Cdpos table in sap & Cdhdr table in SAP, Change Documents in SAP,How To Use of cdhdr and cdpos tables in SAP and Cdhdr object class list

As far as we know, using below mention parameters we would be getting the information which we need.

Table: CDHDR

Object class (OBJECTCLAS)

Change ID (CHANGE_IND)

Table of Contents

Cdpos table in SAP

CDPOS is an item table which stores the log of changes. In ABAP it is use to retrieve the Item data of changes log which we created.

FIELD	DATA ELEMENT	DATA TYPE	LENGTH	SHORT DESCRIPTION
MANDANT	MANDT	CLNT	3	Client
OBJECTCLAS	CDOBJECTCL	CHAR	15	Object class
OBJECTID	CDOBJECTV	CHAR	90	Object value
CHANGENR	CDCHANGENR	CHAR	10	Document change number
TABNAME	TABNAME	CHAR	30	Table Name
TABKEY	CDTABKEY	CHAR	70	Changed table record key
FNAME	FIELDNAME	CHAR	30	Field Name
CHNGIND	CDCHNGIND	CHAR	1	Change Type (U, I, S, D)
TEXT_CASE	CDXFELD	CHAR	1	Flag: X=Text change
UNIT_OLD	CDUNIT	UNIT	3	Change documents, unit referenced
UNIT_NEW	CDUNIT	UNIT	3	Change documents, unit referenced
CUKY_OLD	CDCUKY	CUKY	5	Change documents, referenced currency
CUKY_NEW	CDCUKY	CUKY	5	Change documents, referenced currency
VALUE_NEW	CDFLDVALN	CHAR	254	New contents of changed field
VALUE_OLD	CDFLDVALO	CHAR	254	Old contents of changed field
_DATAAGING	DATA_TEMPERATURE	DATS	8	Data Filter Value for Data Aging

CDPOS TABLE IN SAP

Cdhdr table in SAP

CDHDR is header table which stores the log of changes. In ABAP it is use to retrieve the header data of changes log which we created.

FIELD	DATA ELEMENT	DATA TYPE	LENGTH	SHORT DESCRIPTION
MANDANT	MANDT	CLNT	3	Client
OBJECTCLAS	CDOBJECTCL	CHAR	15	Object class
OBJECTID	CDOBJECTV	CHAR	90	Object value
CHANGENR	CDCHANGENR	CHAR	10	Document change number
USERNAME	CDUSERNAME	CHAR	12	User name of the person responsible in change document
UDATE	CDDATUM	DATS	8	Creation date of the change document
UTIME	CDUZEIT	TIMS	6	Time changed
TCODE	CDTCODE	CHAR	20	Transaction in which a change was made
PLANCHNGNR	PLANCHNGNR	CHAR	12	Planned change number
ACT_CHNGNO	CD_CHNGNO	CHAR	10	Change number of the document created by this change
WAS_PLANND	CD_PLANNED	CHAR	1	Flag that changes were generated from planned changes
CHANGE_IND	CDCHNGINDH	CHAR	1	Application object change type (U, I, E, D)
LANGU	LANGU	LANG	1	Language Key
VERSION	CHAR3	CHAR	3	3-Byte field
_DATAAGING	DATA_TEMPERATURE	DATS	8	Data Filter Value for Data Aging

CDHDR TABLE IN SAP

How To Use of cdhdr and cdpos table in SAP

Suppose we have requirement to find the changes in delivery header through any custom program created by an ABAPer for that we need to check change log of delivery header. The changes logs are stored in CDPOS and CDHDR table, to create a program we will read the CDHDR and CDPOS tables by its objectclasss.

Cdhdr object class list

Sometime we are trying to find changes in our document or changes log or our document which was stored in tables CDHDR and CDPOS. We will use the Foncution Module “CHANGEDOCUMENT_READ_HEADERS” to get the header information which requires the objectclass of type CDHDR-OBJECTCLAS.

We have a field called object class -> which is nothing but the SAP object which is used for the change document. SAP object are material master, sales document, Vendor master, purchasing document, delivery document customer master etc.

And here another column which is change number i.e CHANGENR -> a unique number generated each time a change is done.

For example of purchase order how these change document helps to identify changes made on the purchase document.

For the Purchase document, the object class is EINKBELEG. You can get details about object class using Tcode SCDO and from table TCDOB.

To find the object class you can check the table TCDOB.

FIELD	DATA ELEMENT	DATA TYPE	LENGTH	SHORT DESCRIPTION
OBJECT	CDOBJECTCL	CHAR	15	Object class
TABNAME	CDTABNAME	CHAR	30	Change document creation: Table name
MULTCASE	CDMULTCASE	CHAR	1	Create change documents: ‘X’=Multiple case, ‘ ‘=Single case
DOCUDEL	CDDOCUDEL	CHAR	1	Change document creation: ‘X’=Field doc.when deleting
DOCUINS	CDDOCUINS	CHAR	1	Create Change Document: “X” = Field Documentation for Insert
REFNAME	CDTABNAME	CHAR	30	Change document creation: Table name
OLDTABNAME	CDTABNAME	CHAR	30	Change document creation: Table name
ARCHMULT	CDARCHMULT	CHAR	1	Multi-Record Processing in Archiving
DOCUD_NOIF	CDDOCUDEL_NOIF	CHAR	1	CDs: ‘X’=Single Field Documentation (No Initial Delete)
DOCUI_IF	CDDOCUINS_IF	CHAR	1	Change Document: ‘X’=Single Field Docu./Insert w./Initial

CDHDR OBJECT CLASS LIST

FAQ : Cdpos and Cdhdr table in SAP

1.What is Cdpos and Cdhdr

CDPOS is the item table which store the change log of item data.
CDHDR is the header table which store the change log header data.

2.How to use CDHDR and CDPOS SAP Tables?

Go to transaction SE16N enter table name CDHDR and fill the change document object and document number details well open in CDHDR and pass the same into CDPOS table you will get the all items details for the same.

3.What is the table of object list.

TCDOB is the table where all object list stores.

4.What is Change Log?

Change log or document are used to store the changes of master records, tables, and changes in any document. These changes are stored in two tables that is CDHDR and CDPOS. here CDHDR is the header table and CDPOS is the item table.

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