MAKTX and MAKTG

[Former Member]

Hi ,

In MARA table we see the description of the material in fields MAKTX and MAKTG. What is the difference between the two fields.

Regards

Nandini

[Former Member]

Hi Nandini,

The Fields MAKTX and MAKTG are fields maintained in Table MAKT.

MAKTX is the field which holds the Description of material upto 40 characters in original format ( this might be combination of both upper case and lower case alphabets).

MAKTG is the field which holds the Description of material only in Upper Case.

By having descriptions in Uppercase it helps the user in MATCHCODE, i.e., if user wants to enquire based on material description for let us say Capacitor or CaPacitor etc., then when enquiring with MAKTG field is more simpler.

With Best Regards

Srinivas

[Former Member]

Thanks to all.

[Former Member]

Hi,

MAKTX = Material Description (Short Text)

MAKTG = Material description in upper case for matchcodes

Regards,

BK

[JL23]

The fields are actually not in MARA, they are in MAKT table.

SE16 just displays them as info when looking into MARA.

MAKTG has the description in capital letters only while MAKTX has the description like you enter it in MM01

[Former Member]

MAKTG*

You can check SE11 for more details

cheers!

ps.: Sorry the double post!

Edited by: Plauto Abreu on Dec 20, 2010 2:29 PM

[Former Member]

Hello !

MAKTX is the material description and MARKTG is the same BUT, is Material description in upper case for matchcodes !

Cheers !