LIPS
transaction S/4HANA status: ActiveSD Document: Delivery Item Data
What the badges mean
- S/4HANA status: Active
- Active and unchanged in S/4HANA.
- S/4HANA status: Deprecated
- Still readable today, but no longer SAP's strategic path — plan around it.
- S/4HANA status: Replaced
- Replaced by a new persistence in S/4HANA; the classic name may still answer reads (see read mechanism).
- S/4HANA status: Migrating to IBP
- Planning scope is moving from APO toward IBP.
- S/4HANA status: Active (StRM) · Replaced (EWM)
- Path-dependent: active with SAP Stock Room Management, replaced where EWM is the warehouse path.
- S/4HANA status: Replaced · Compat View
- Compatibility view: the classic table name is redirected to a view over the new persistence — see how the physical model moved.
- S/4HANA status: Active · Proxy View
- Proxy view: reads route through NSDM proxy/CDS views — see how the physical model moved.
- master
- Data class: what the table holds — master data, transaction documents, org structure, config, or texts (one row per language — see the quirks guide).
- Linked type codes
CLNT — the client key; filter it explicitly and carry it through every join.
NUMC — fixed-width numeric text; keep it a string and keep the leading zeros.
DATS, TIMS — character date (YYYYMMDD) and time (HHMMSS), zero-filled when initial.
CURR, CUKY, QUAN, UNIT — amounts and quantities, meaningful only beside the currency key or unit that qualifies them.
LANG — a language key in a text table — one row per language.
Fields
43 fields · 3 key
The join key is all 3 key fields together — matching on any single one fans out. See composite keys in the quirks guide.
43 fields.
| Key | Field | Description | Type | Length | References |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Primary key | MANDT | Client | CLNT | 3 | T000 |
| Primary key | VBELN | Delivery | CHAR | 10 | LIKP |
| Primary key | POSNR | Delivery Item | NUMC | 6 | |
| PSTYV | Delivery Item Category | CHAR | 4 | ||
| ERNAM | Name of Person Who Created the Object | CHAR | 12 | ||
| ERZET | Entry Time | TIMS | 6 | ||
| ERDAT | Date on Which Record Was Created | DATS | 8 | ||
| MATNR | Material Number | CHAR | 18 / 40 | MARA | |
| MATWA | Material Entered | CHAR | 18 | ||
| ARKTX | Short Text for Sales Order Item | CHAR | 40 | ||
| MATKL | Material Group | CHAR | 9 | T023 | |
| WERKS | Plant | CHAR | 4 | T001W | |
| LGORT | Storage Location | CHAR | 4 | T001L | |
| CHARG | Batch Number | CHAR | 10 | ||
| LFIMG | Actual Quantity Delivered (in Sales Units) | QUAN | 13,3 | ||
| MEINS | Base Unit of Measure | UNIT | 3 | T006 | |
| VRKME | Sales Unit | UNIT | 3 | T006 | |
| UMVKZ | Numerator (factor) for conversion of sales qty into SKU | DEC | 5 | ||
| UMVKN | Denominator (divisor) for conversion of sales qty into SKU | DEC | 5 | ||
| NTGEW | Net Weight | QUAN | 15,3 | ||
| BRGEW | Gross Weight | QUAN | 15,3 | ||
| GEWEI | Weight Unit | UNIT | 3 | T006 | |
| VOLUM | Volume | QUAN | 15,3 | ||
| VOLEH | Volume Unit | UNIT | 3 | T006 | |
| VGBEL | Document Number of the Reference Document | CHAR | 10 | ||
| VGPOS | Item Number of the Reference Item | NUMC | 6 | ||
| VGTYP | SD Document Category of the Preceding Document | CHAR | 1 | ||
| LGNUM | Warehouse Number/Complex | CHAR | 3 | T300 | |
| LGTYP | Storage Type | CHAR | 3 | ||
| LGPLA | Storage Bin | CHAR | 10 | ||
| BWART | Movement Type (Inventory Management) | CHAR | 3 | T156 | |
| PRCTR | Profit Center | CHAR | 10 | CEPC | |
| KOSTL | Cost Center | CHAR | 10 | CSKS | |
| AUFNR | Order Number | CHAR | 12 | AUFK | |
| KDAUF | Sales Order Number for Valuated Stock | CHAR | 10 | ||
| KDPOS | Item of a Sales Order for Valuated Stock | NUMC | 6 | ||
| NETPR | Net Price | CURR | 11,2 | ||
| NETWR | Net Value of the Order Item in Document Currency | CURR | 15,2 | ||
| PRODH | Product Hierarchy | CHAR | 18 | ||
| MVGR1 | Material Group 1 | CHAR | 3 | ||
| VFDAT | Shelf Life Expiration or Best-Before Date | DATS | 8 | ||
| GRUND | Reason for Movement | NUMC | 4 | ||
| SOBKZ | Special Stock Indicator | CHAR | 1 | T148 |
Lengths shown as ECC / S/4HANA where the extended material number applies.
Linked type codes in the Type column jump to the matching section of the SAP data quirks guide.
Field provenance: hand-curated.
Boilerplate SQL
Starting point for reading LIPS on Databricks. Set your Unity Catalog location and filter values below — they’re substituted into the SQL and the copy button.
3 parameters not filled: <catalog>, <schema>, <MANDT>
-- ============================================================
-- Table : LIPS SD Document: Delivery Item Data
-- Purpose: Column-selected read of LIPS — auto-generated from field metadata
-- Grain : One row per VBELN + POSNR
-- Notes : Auto-generated skeleton. For multi-table transaction query patterns, see the linked t-codes on this page. Set catalog/schema to your Unity Catalog location; fill remaining placeholders (<...>) for your tenant.
-- ============================================================
SELECT
l.MANDT AS "Client",
l.VBELN AS "Delivery",
l.POSNR AS "Delivery Item",
l.PSTYV AS "Delivery Item Category",
l.ERNAM AS "Name of Person Who Created the Object",
l.ERZET AS "Entry Time",
l.ERDAT AS "Date on Which Record Was Created",
l.MATNR AS "Material Number",
l.MATWA AS "Material Entered",
l.ARKTX AS "Short Text for Sales Order Item",
l.MATKL AS "Material Group",
l.WERKS AS "Plant",
l.LGORT AS "Storage Location",
l.CHARG AS "Batch Number",
l.LFIMG AS "Actual Quantity Delivered (in Sales Units)",
l.MEINS AS "Base Unit of Measure",
l.VRKME AS "Sales Unit",
l.UMVKZ AS "Numerator (factor) for conversion of sales qty into SKU",
l.UMVKN AS "Denominator (divisor) for conversion of sales qty into SKU",
l.NTGEW AS "Net Weight",
l.BRGEW AS "Gross Weight",
l.GEWEI AS "Weight Unit",
l.VOLUM AS "Volume",
l.VOLEH AS "Volume Unit",
l.VGBEL AS "Document Number of the Reference Document",
l.VGPOS AS "Item Number of the Reference Item",
l.VGTYP AS "SD Document Category of the Preceding Document",
l.LGNUM AS "Warehouse Number/Complex",
l.LGTYP AS "Storage Type",
l.LGPLA AS "Storage Bin",
l.BWART AS "Movement Type (Inventory Management)",
l.PRCTR AS "Profit Center",
l.KOSTL AS "Cost Center",
l.AUFNR AS "Order Number",
l.KDAUF AS "Sales Order Number for Valuated Stock",
l.KDPOS AS "Item of a Sales Order for Valuated Stock",
l.NETPR AS "Net Price",
l.NETWR AS "Net Value of the Order Item in Document Currency",
l.PRODH AS "Product Hierarchy",
l.MVGR1 AS "Material Group 1"
-- … plus 3 more columns — full list in the Fields section above
FROM <catalog>.<schema>.lips l
WHERE
l.MANDT = '<MANDT>'
ORDER BY l.VBELN;Verified August 2026
Released CDS views over this table
Released SAP standard VDM views that read over LIPS. Prefer these over classic-table reads on S/4HANA where available.
Relationships
Diagram of 1-hop neighbors — join details below.
Transaction Codes That Use This Table
R read · W write · R/W read + write